After a long winter and with the days starting to lengthen and the water temperature slowly starting to increase. Fish are starting to wake up from their winter hibernation, and for Tench in particular, the spring is a great time to catch them
<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Spring is the time of year where the green-flanked and red-eyed tench comes into the minds of many an angler up and down the country, as now hard-fighting tench really get on
After fruitlessly chasing the shadowy big tench that live in Denton Reservoir for much of August, I decided to try for this species in a venue that’s a bit easier, Buckminster Brick Pit. This attractive, horseshoe shaped club lake is a pleasant
Tench are often thought of as an early summer species, but if you use the right tactics and the weather stays reasonably mild, you can still catch these fish deep into the autumn. However, baits that were successful during those balmy summer days
Sweetcorn can be useful to have in reserve for those occasions when small fish are driving you mad, constantly whittling away at baits like maggots, casters and worms. When using feeder tackle in particular and fishing for bream, small perch can be a
After that amazing session I only had one more weekend left to fish as I was going on holiday with the better half. On arrival down the lakes on the Friday evening I found the complex very busy so after chatting with a couple of mates I went for a
After a bit of a wonder around Bawburgh and a chat with a couple of friends I made my way to a swim which normally fishes well I these conditions (sunny and a good south west blow) but the swim hadn’t really fished well this spring due to the lack
The next weekend was the Tenchfishers fish-in at Bawburgh lakes so I had booked off a couple of days the next week to make it into a long weekend - to say I was looking forward to it was an understatement.The Friday evening came around and I was on
Welcome to the first in a four-part series on the Angling Direct Blog, Spring Sessions. Local angler Justin Grapes details his tench fishing exploits this spring at the fantastic Bawburgh Fisheries. Accompanied by Drennan Cup holder, Darryn
The weather is picking up, the evenings are drawing out and bite time seems to be longer with every passing day. With that in mind it is time to celebrate the quintessential British spring/summertime species – it’s Time for Tench.
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