| #1  04-17-2010, 11:58 AM | |||
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 First Tench of the Season Been away for a while as have had absolutely no chance to get my rods out at all. So i was very excited when the missus decided to do an extra night shift leaving me looking at a lonely night in. Luckily dad was free and a night session was quickly planned. Having caught a single tench last year, and a small one at that, we thought we should concentrate our efforts on these gorgeous fish. We decided to fish the backwater of Island Pond at Rackerhayes just because it has done well for us in th past. So arriving about 7pm we lugged our gear round to the swim and set our pod up. I decided to fish bread on a 14 hook with a running lead set up, fishing to the left just off a overhanging tree. So i cast out then realised, doh, we had forgotten the catapult. So a quick drive home and i recast plus a healthy smattering of Source pellets. Getting the bivvy up my alarm goes mad and the spool starts going crazy. I strike and off goes a fish like a rocket trying to get into the bowels of the tree. Applying all the pressure iv got i finally manage to turn him and play him out in the open, much to my dads relief and slip the net under an absolutely pristine Rackerhayes tench, weighing in at a lovely 7lbs. We had nothing else all night and it was absolutely freezing but well worth it for my first glance at a 2010 tench! With a pic hopefully to follow. __________________ Glory glory Bolton Wanderers!     |
| #2 04-17-2010, 12:18 PM | ||||
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| Re: First Tench of the Season Happy days mate..well done on your efforts  __________________ Shore Species 2012: Bugger All !! |
| #3 04-17-2010, 01:31 PM | ||||
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| Re: First Tench of the Season cracking tench cant wait to see it __________________ Richard|Sea Fishing |Carp Fishing| Spud Gun | Zander fishing | Fishing Reports | Hunting Reports |
| #5 04-17-2010, 02:51 PM | ||||
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 Re: First Tench of the Season well done  wish i could catch a tench of that size, me and my hubby are going on holiday in north wales in september to a fishery called bron eifon so hope to catch a fish or two  |
| #6 04-17-2010, 03:29 PM | ||||
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| Re: First Tench of the Season Sounds like a cracker, well done! BW __________________ Copyright © All Rights Reserved. No part of this post may be reproduced on any website other than www.fishing-forum.info Keep Ulster's Waters Healthy, Practice Catch and Release! |
| #8 04-17-2010, 09:41 PM | |||
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| Re: First Tench of the Season Nice one, bloody good first fish of the year! Quote:
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