Saturday 27 March 2010

Time for Tench

Saturday 27th March

With the closed season now firmly upon us ive decided to switch my attentions towards catching some Tench and Bream. Theres a gravel pit near my house which is a prolific Tench water and it was here where i decided to kick off my Spring campaign mainly to get a few under my belt and build up some confidence.

The day started off as a bit of a nightmare, firstly the gate to the fishery was late being unlocked which left me sat there for half an hour. When i got to my chosen spot i unpacked the rods only to find id brought the tip from a completely different rod which meant one of the rods i had to use use was actually made up of two. The wife then rang and i accidentally dropped my mobile in the lake completely buggering it in the process and then i realised id forgotten my unhooking mat too.
All these setbacks aside i eventually got two baits into position on some nice clear spots and sat back to await developments. One rod was on a bolt feeder setup with maggots and casters on the hook and the other was on a standard semi-fixed rig with a source boilie and a PVA bag of crushed pellets.

After about an hour the boilie rod was away and i hit into a fish which kited into heavy weed and the hook pulled. As i was rebaiting that rod the maggot one registered a stuttery take and i soon had a small Tench of around 3lb in the net.



After this i had a flurry of twiches and pulls on the maggot rod and even though i struck at a couple i couldnt connect with anything so i put them down to being liners. I decided to sit on my hands until a fish hooked itself and this seemed to do the trick as 2 more Tench were soon banked. These were slightly bigger than the first, being around 4-5lb apiece.

The sun then decided to put in an appearance and with this all indications ceased completely. There was a lull for a couple of hours and i thought that id had all the action i was going to get, that is, until the sky clouded up again. Almost as soon as i did the boilie rod was off and i netted another Tench after a brief tussle. The very second i did so the maggot rod began to judder towards the lake as another fish made for the far bank. I had no choice but to try and secure the first fish in the net as best as i could and then play the second one to the net. Thankfully all went smoothly and i was soon taking a pic of a nice brace shot. The fish were around 4lb apiece.
That was pretty much it, i stayed on for another hour or so with no more bites so i packed up happy with what id caught.
Water temp was a whopping 12 degrees, air temp was up to 14 degrees and the prevailing wind was a stiff North Westerly.

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