| #1  03-30-2010, 02:47 PM | |||
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| Hatchet Pond This lake never seems to get a mention on any tench forums, but is the best tench lake I've ever fished. I got to fish it the 1st day of the season and a couple of days after(work commitments), had 3 tench 6 3/4, 8 3/4 and 9 1/2, with 7 bream between 9 3/4 and 12 3/4. The tench go 14lb+, bream go a bit bigger, plenty of them too. Anyone else fished this place? I'll also be hitting Linbrook this year when the carp have spawned. These are 2 places that rarely get mentioned anywhere, although I do know the Tenchfishers group get a week at Linbrook every year with fish to the same sort of size as Hatchet.     |
| #2 03-30-2010, 03:14 PM | ||||
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| Re: Hatchet Pond My parents used to live just round the corner from Hatchet Pond in the New Forest next to Beaulieu. I fished it a couple of times back in the 1990s and caught nice Tench, Bream and Carp from there, and there were never more than 6 to ten other anglers around it. I remember reading an article in the Coarse Fisherman magazine about the huge Bream and Tench that the author caught there back in the 80s/90s. Those where exceptionally good Fish you caught there MDWal, it looks like it is back on form again. I think Ill take my rods the next time I am in the area. __________________ My Web Site (The Average Coarse Angler) Happiness is Fish Shaped (It used to be woman shaped but the wifes getting on a bit now) |
