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mike smith
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I am actually asking a tench question, and beg your forgiveness for the hijack of your forum, but carp fishermen are really nice and excellent anglers...(is that enough?).
I have found a good tench water (apparently), but it is really silty (over 7ft in the margins). I have had a cast around with a marker rod and found about 6-8ft of water over silt, inbetween weed beds. No gravel, sand or clay etc, just tons of silt.
I have read a little bit about silt fishing to give me a start, but what about bait? Do I use something with a strong flavour, or will the flavour not escape the silt? Groundbaiting?, prebaiting?
Do you subscribe to the plug the lead in the silt and leave it method, or slow sink bombs (cork) with light bait (breadflake?) to rest on silt (is that possible)? How far will a normal 2oz lead sink in silt?
Will a tench burrow into the silt like carp?
Maybe someone would have a stab at an article if it isn't that simple. I hear some of the North West meres are very silty, maybe Graham would want a go? Thanks in advance.
I have found a good tench water (apparently), but it is really silty (over 7ft in the margins). I have had a cast around with a marker rod and found about 6-8ft of water over silt, inbetween weed beds. No gravel, sand or clay etc, just tons of silt.
I have read a little bit about silt fishing to give me a start, but what about bait? Do I use something with a strong flavour, or will the flavour not escape the silt? Groundbaiting?, prebaiting?
Do you subscribe to the plug the lead in the silt and leave it method, or slow sink bombs (cork) with light bait (breadflake?) to rest on silt (is that possible)? How far will a normal 2oz lead sink in silt?
Will a tench burrow into the silt like carp?
Maybe someone would have a stab at an article if it isn't that simple. I hear some of the North West meres are very silty, maybe Graham would want a go? Thanks in advance.