Saturday, 14 April 2012
Small Spring tinca tinca
I went back to my favourite tench pond on thursday, as spring is here - though it felt like the middle of winter with the wind chill. I was float fishing near an artificial island, i think this acts as a fish refuge against any cormorants (not that i've seen any on this pond), however it seems to attract tench and my best tinca to date came from the very spot. Anyway, I float fished maggot tight to the island using 2lb 8oz drennan double strength and a size 18 super spade, shotted right down to a pin prick on the surface. Rod was a drennan float master in 13ft (great tool) and drennan series 7 float reel finished the tackle. The action was slow going, I only managed a small roach (which showed evidence of black spot?) and a gudgeon. However, the tell tale lift of the float showed a potential tench and i struck into solid resistance, but it was short lived. A small tench of under 2lb graced the net, the first tench of the year - it's always good to catch a spring tench, and hopefully the first of many.
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Hello. First I'd like to say I really enjoy reading your blog. The Tees is also my local river and I'm pretty new to fishing. I enjoyed mixed success last season mainly fishing on the lower tees for bream. A fish which I really would like to target is the chub which I gather can be found on the higher stretches of the river. Have you had much success with Tees chub? I was wondering which parts of the Tees might be good for Chub? And what are the best tactics?
ReplyDeleteMany thanks!
Many thanks!
There's plenty of ood chub fishing to be had on the Tees. My recommendation would be to Join Stockton AC, stretches at on the middle Tees are perfect for chub, and some big ones at that. My favourite chub fishing time of the year is the back end of the season, though there's plenty of good chub fishing to be had during the summer. Best tactics are to locate likely looking swims, and drop a big bait like luncheon meat, cheese paste or worms. If you havent had a bite in 15 mins, move on. Good luck mate!
ReplyDeleteThanks very much ! I will be giving this a try.
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