The last couple of times I've been tenching there's been lots of tench bubbles rising to the surface, but not many bites. This is typical of tench at this time of year - the explanation often given is that the tench are preoccupied with natural food so ignore groundbait and loose feed.
I wonder if this is true ? There were no bubbles in the swim until I started groundbaiting, then the bubbles appeared about half an hour later. Perhaps a simple explanation is that tench are eating the loose feed etc and are avoiding the baited hook. Has anybody seen tench feeding on the bottom in these conditions, eating everything but the baited hook?
What do you think puts them off taking the bait ? Is it seeing the hook, or the hooklink, or is it that the bait doesn't behave naturally when the eddy currents from the tench stir up the baits on the bottom ?
What's the best way of getting bites ?
I wonder if this is true ? There were no bubbles in the swim until I started groundbaiting, then the bubbles appeared about half an hour later. Perhaps a simple explanation is that tench are eating the loose feed etc and are avoiding the baited hook. Has anybody seen tench feeding on the bottom in these conditions, eating everything but the baited hook?
What do you think puts them off taking the bait ? Is it seeing the hook, or the hooklink, or is it that the bait doesn't behave naturally when the eddy currents from the tench stir up the baits on the bottom ?
What's the best way of getting bites ?