What is the best bait for tench fishing?

What is the best bait for tench fishing?

The most effective baits include worms, black slugs, red maggots and casters, as tench are instinctively attracted to such baits. Bread flake, pellets, sweetcorn, prawns and boilies can also be used to catch tench. In some regions, green peas are said to work very well.

What is the best time of year to catch tench?

In summer, the best time to catch tench is between very early morning and early noon. Early to late evenings work best in spring, while later mornings and early afternoons are best in autumn. On mild winter days, tench fishing, while not being easy, yields the best results in the afternoon.

What boilies do tench like?

So, what are the very best boilies for tench? In order to catch tench with boilies, your hookbaits should be between 8mm and 12mm. This size also applies to pop-ups, which are buoyant, harder types of boilies. The best boilie flavours for tench are pineapple, bloodworm and krill.

What size hooks for tench?

The hooks you should be using for your specimen tench fishing are wide gape carp hooks with a size ranging from 8 to 12, depending on the size of your hookbaits. I prefer strong carp hooks because tench are so incredibly strong fighters.

Do tench like pellets?

Dai Gribble shows you how to make his proven Tench Bait Mix Unlike bream, that will often eat anything that you put in the swim, the tench can be a little more picky. I use a mixture of small pellets, maggots and hemp. Most waters that hold big tench will probably also hold big carp.

Is rain good for tench fishing?

Tench do feed and bite in the rain, but based on my experience, they do so far less than in dry weather. Heavy rain will also make life much harder for you on the bank, which is why I generally recommend anglers not to fish in the rain.

What problems do the tench cause?

Impacts of tench Tench compete with native minnows, bullheads and suckers for food and eat large quantities of snails and insect larvae. By feeding heavily on snails, which graze on algae, tench may contribute to algal blooms. Aggressive feeding by tench stirs up sediments, leading to cloudy water.

How do you fish for tench?

Top Ten Tench Fishing Tips

1. Find the right venue. It might seem like an obvious one, but you can’t catch tench if they aren’t there!
2. Use your eyes for signs of fish.
3. Tench love weed.
4. Rake things up!
5. Check your nets and boots.
6. Lob one out there !
7. Corn is a sweet bait.
8. Keep ’em feeding.

Can you catch tench in April?

He reckons that April is a better month for tench fishing than May, even on deep – and therefore still cold – gravel pits. I’ve never really thought properly about tench until it gets warm, so mid-May onwards (and traditionally 16th June) but I’d be interested to hear your views on early season tench fishing.

Is bread good for tench?

Baits for catching Tench Sweetcorn tipped with one or two red maggots is worth a try. Sweetcorn is my favourite along with Bread, a large piece of flake seems best but tench can be caught on punch, flake or paste.

Does tench fight hard?

Possibly the most unique looking fish that swims in our waters, tench can offer fantastic sport from April – October, and they fight hard! Large male tench, with their enormous pectoral fins and enlarged, protruding muscles will test all but the strongest of tackle, and it’s wise to gear-up accordingly.

What’s the best way to catch fish on Tench?

At least once in your life you need to spend a dawn session, float fishing the lift method on a lily fringed lake for tench. It might not be the most effective method for targeting big fish, but once the bubbles start fizzing around your float as the early morning sun streams through the trees you will experience a little bit of fishing heaven.

What’s the best bait to use for Tench?

Corn is a sweet bait. Don’t ignore sweetcorn, it can be a deadly bait for tench. Try fishing two grains on the hook when float fishing, or for fishing at distance, use a floating piece of artificial corn popped up as part of a method feeder rig. Highly visible, tasty and cheap, corn is still one of the best tench baits.

When to use maggot feeders for tench fishing?

Early spring the tench haven’t ventured into the margins yet, so you’ll need to fish a little further out. For my corn approach when fishing further out again is to use either maggot feeders or open end feeders. When using two or more rods I’ll use one of each to mix it up.

Can you catch tench in Rock Hard water?

It might seem like an obvious one, but you can’t catch tench if they aren’t there! If you are relatively new to tench fishing then it’s probably better to find a water that contains a good head of small to medium sized tench, rather than heading for a rock-hard big fish venue. If in doubt, head for a water with a good head of small to medium tench.