My search for a personal best Tench

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Four years ago I managed to secure a ticket to a venue that I have wanted to fish all my life. Steeped in history and having had some of the countries best specimen anglers tread its bank it was finally my time. Tench were my target and having managed a few sessions over the past couple of springs I was becoming known as Mr Nine-Pounder!
Time really isn't on my side and with the best made plans this spring going pear-shaped it was once again a few hours here and a few hours there, however my luck was about to change.
This video covers a couple of sessions last spring in which a few fish graced my net, as well as the first two sessions this year.

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27 сен 2024

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@cliveeariss880 4 месяца назад

Hello Duncan, great advice and yes, all the time the bait is always a chance, I do love a big water, lovely Tench, these fish are just class, great job.

@duncancharmanangling1136 4 месяца назад

Thanks Clive....

@paulus0109 4 месяца назад

Pretty bunch of great tench there Duncan. Great tips aswel. Thnx

@duncancharmanangling1136 4 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@scottpoulter9164 4 месяца назад

Great video, the tail on that 5lb Tench at 20 mins was amazing. Hope to see you soon Duncan.

@duncancharmanangling1136 4 месяца назад

Cheers Scott, see you soon....

@eynonr1 4 месяца назад

Another quality video Duncan and some clonking Tincas. I hope Chris was upwind of you though after you ate that Chilli knowing your tendency to blow a good southwesterly or two!

@duncancharmanangling1136 4 месяца назад

He gave as good as he could!

@PhilAlexander-tt3ul 3 месяца назад

Nice one Duncan as always

@duncancharmanangling1136 3 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@mrskint55 22 дня назад

I smashed my PB a couple of weeks ago having caught a Tench 9.4 Ib and another 8.8Ib beating my previous best by almost 4Ib .

@duncancharmanangling1136 22 дня назад

Well done....

@alamocannon3791 4 месяца назад

\been fishing a large pit for Tench, One of the guys has been having luck on maggots in a feeder, But as much as Iv`e tried I can`t get one. They`ve been fizzing around the bait but not taking the hook, Which is a maggot kebab on a 10. Praps I should use worm. I have been using hemp and hali ground bait as well. You thoughts ? Great vid by the way.

@duncancharmanangling1136 4 месяца назад

Try cutting out the ground bait completely and cutting right back on the hemp and replacing with lots of worm cut up into small pieces and feeding a mix of worm/maggot and a bit of hemp with maggot on one rod and worm on the other.

@bradleyhughes5793 4 месяца назад

Great video as always Duncan! I’m currently putting all my time into a small gravel pit. Worm kebab for whatever reason just doesn’t work, but switching to bunch of red maggots/T-rig works brilliantly. All the Tench I’m having average 5-6lb - however all the carp lads are pulling Tench in between 7-9lb on boilies… have you ever faced something similar?

@duncancharmanangling1136 4 месяца назад

Hi Bradley, unless the carpers are weighing their tench, which I suspect they're probably not, then take the size with a pinch of salt. I fished a big pit where I was told by carpers that double figured bream were a regular occurance, I caught hundreds, the biggest was 9.12!

@jameshunt5590 3 месяца назад

Morning duncan Just moved to surrey from the midlands and using your videos as a kind of guide to local waters ( have joined farnham angling also) my passion are tench and big roach/rudd so will be putting some time in at frensham shortly...... but i have to ask where is this pit ?? 🙏

@duncancharmanangling1136 2 месяца назад

Hi James, Frensham fishing well for tench this year. The 'big pit' is Ellis, CSAS venue, rock hard club to get into unfortunately.

@jamesgeorge8915 3 месяца назад

Anyone know where this is?

@duncancharmanangling1136 2 месяца назад

Ellis, CSAS venue, membership capped unfortunately so rock hard to get into.

@FEddieP 4 месяца назад

Could it be eels biting through the hooklinks with the worm kebabs? I've had absolutely screaming runs from eels recently so I've been switching to wire twig rigs whilst its dark and back to fluoro from first light. I'd hate to think I could be deep hooking eels and potentiality killing them

@duncancharmanangling1136 4 месяца назад

It's not eels, probably pike (we have caught a few in daylight) as we have put in around a dozen nights over the last three seasons and only ever had one bite off in the night and caught one eels and never get screamers, apart from the one Chris had. If I was getting plagued by eels then would switch to maggot, if still getting eel runs then to maybe a small boilie so I could keep targeting my desired species. If the eels were that problematic would simply reel in and not fish at night or do exactly the same as you.

@FEddieP 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the reply. Forgot to say the video is great and I've got a lot out of your videos for various species.

@stewartduncan7711 4 месяца назад

Hemp.......Your fickle friend.

@duncancharmanangling1136 4 месяца назад

Hemp, devastating in small doses, disastrous if overdone

@timothyridge6136 4 месяца назад

You almost nailed it there Duncan. A tiny bit more emphasis on the hours and sometimes days spent looking for fish, the size (and low stock) of the venues and the extent of the weed would have added to the realism. I've just done 7 days on a pit it berkshire (a 10 hr return trip) 5 of those days were spent looking for fish, and I caught my first fish yesterday! Yes there are easier options for fish that might just scrape double figures (linear etc.) but for me the emphasis is on achievement. Those large southern gravel pits are something else.

@duncancharmanangling1136 4 месяца назад

Morning Tim, love your dedication and will include emphasis on time/stock/weed etc in the next video. Well done on your first fish, hope the hard work open the flood gates to plenty more.

@David-ce1nh 4 месяца назад

Bait boats not for me. Too clinical. I find it pretty sad to honest.

@duncancharmanangling1136 4 месяца назад

Morning David, bait boats, there is a time and a place, I'd rather cast and catch as you saw as it makes each capture that much more rewarding. Each to their own but yes the over use is a bit sad.