As Spring comes begrudgingly closer, my thoughts are turning to a beautiful old estate lake, where the tench will soon be waking up. The lake holds masses of 4-6lb tench, plus a couple of decent shoals of the same size bream, but I have yet to contact anything better (if indeed there are any in there).
So, folks, there are maggots and swetcorn, but what baits, applications or flavours have you found to be most enticing to tench, especially any which may be a little more selective for the possible bigger fish?
Last season was the first season for about a decade when any fishing has been allowed, so there is a distinct lack of previous history to go off. The best recorded fish I heard of was a 9lb+ in the early nineties. Will there be any better fish now?
Every methodI used last year produced plenty of fish, but all like peas in a pod.
So, folks, there are maggots and swetcorn, but what baits, applications or flavours have you found to be most enticing to tench, especially any which may be a little more selective for the possible bigger fish?
Last season was the first season for about a decade when any fishing has been allowed, so there is a distinct lack of previous history to go off. The best recorded fish I heard of was a 9lb+ in the early nineties. Will there be any better fish now?
Every methodI used last year produced plenty of fish, but all like peas in a pod.