Tench fishing

[josh56500]

Hi

Has anybody got any good tips for tench fishing at this time year?

Thanks

Josh

[BoldBear]

Originally Posted by josh56500

Hi

Has anybody got any good tips for tench fishing at this time year?

Thanks

Josh

Yes; Clean your tackle and spool up your reels ready for the imminent raise in spring temperatures. It’s a tad cool for them to feed in earnest at present.

I normally start catching around March but normally only once the temperatures are into low double figures.

In spring I usually get most of my Tench on Casters but Breadflake and small lively Redworm are good baits too.

In the early spring I use fairly light lines of around 4lb with 3lb hooklengths and size 14 or 16 hooks on the float over gravel beds close in; but as the season progresses and the lilly beds start pushing through the surface and I start catching larger Tench then I move on to 6lb line and larger hooks and start using Pellets & mini boilees and try to catch the larger Tench out against the distant lilly beds in the middle of the lake and the overhanging bushes on the islands where there is no bankside disturbance.

But meanwhile while it is still fairly cold; I am still busy getting my Tench gear ready and spooling up my reels.

[josh56500]

ok, thanks for the advice