whats the best methods for big tench

[BoldBear]

I love tench fishing in the early summer. Most of the smaller ones I catch (1.5lb to 5lb) I catch quite close in against the bank or near close-in lilly beds, using breadflake, sweetcorn or smalllish lively redworms (not lobs or brandlings) If I am after bigger Tench between 6lb to 9lb with a chance of a 10lb'er I use active-8 pellets or Lamprey pellets supergued onto a short hair (or banded) ledgered tight against large distant lilly pads right out in the middle.
But every water is different, I know another water where Casters are the order of the day.
I find that on my water they seem to move away from the bank into deeper water once the sun comes up but move back into shallower water again in the evening.

[Roy]

i find trout pellets are good for pulling out bigger tench just throw it in with your corn and prawn the smell of them attract well

[Serious D]

I love Tench fishing, It was only last year I caut my first tench, a woping 6lp beauty, and have been catching them ever since, my biggest is 9lp I only go in the night for tench, I find its best to go just before it starts to go dark scater a bit of ground bait and some hemp, about 2ft away from the reads I only ever use magot as a bait for tench as I find it's much better than bread or lunchan meat.

[teddytench]

Try hallibut pellets and luncheon meat, these work for me
Tight lines,
TEDDYTENCH.

[Tyke]

Float leger, laying on, or straight leger wiil all take tench. Best baits, appart from boilies are lob worms, bread paste/ flake. A very good book to help is 'Tench' by Len Head. or the book by Jim Gibbinson. Hpe this helps. Tyke.

[fishypaul]

never overlook maggots,tench love 'em

[bazza123]

try fishin sweetcorn in the margins,bait the swim and leave it for about2 hours,best time is late afternoon,when the small tench have cleaned up the corn,fish a small 1/4 inch lump of luncheon meat,ripped off not cut up,the bigger tench love this,but remember you cant catch big tench,if there are no big tench ,so check out big tench waters,its well worth travelling,
bazza

[john slee]

Originally Posted by chris_1980

the best thing about this place is it used to be polluted as its next to a chemical factory so as a young lad growing up there was never any fish in the bottom lodge but now it is full of tench and apart from me and my mate ive never seen anyone else fish it so the place is always empty i think the fish must have got there from the top lodge flooding over after bad rain but as far as i know there only seems to be tench and perch in it. another wierd thing is although there is loads of tench in there you never see any bubbles or signs of the fish feeding maybe thats why no one else thinks there is fish in it but like i said before i had 35 tench out last sunday and lost a monster perch just before i netted it so i will happily fish there all by myself and let people tell me i am wasting my time. if only they checked my keepnet out. ha . anyway thanks for the advice lads and i will keep you posted on my results

this lodge wouldnt happen to be cockers lodges would it?

[bazza123]

dont tell anyone where it is or if your catching there,its hard to find places like that,tight lines.bazza

[Lman]

maggots and sweetcorn tench love em
deadmaggots are a favourite with some anglers as they dont disappear into the lake bed