Korum-backed ace Rob Thompson was the next angler to enjoy tench success when this pristine 10lb 15oz example (inset) devoured his fake maggot hookbait. The Leicestershire-based specimen hunter spent a day targeting a big Midlands pit and lightly baited a spot with a dozen medium Spombs of groundbait, Sonubaits F1… Read more
Simon Aldred’s 11lb 11oz tench with a lovely photo to match! I had planned on being at the lake by 5.00 but as is all too usual now, work delayed my plans. I eventually arrived at 7.45 so the race was on!! Aware it was going to be dark very… Read more
Tench have well and truly woken up, and anglers up and down the country have enjoyed a spot of tinca action – but perhaps none more so than Si Llewellyn, who has landed what is potentially the biggest tench of the season. Tench have well and truly woken up, and… Read more
After a 17-year-wait tench fanatic, Dave Harman finally managed to beat his personal best with the capture of this sublime 11lb 10oz specimen. The 51-year-old banked one of the biggest tench of the season on the second evening of a three-day pursuit in search of big tincas on his local… Read more
The biggest tench of the season accolade has been smashed once again with the capture of this monumental 13lb 1oz specimen. The plump tinca was banked by building contractor Nick Proctor from a Midlands Stillwater and smashed his old personal best for the species by more than four pounds. The… Read more
A 240-mile drive from Cheshire to Kent rewarded Dean Taylor with this stunning 11lb 8oz tench – his biggest of the year so far. After spodding worm, caster, hemp and pellet at 4 am to an area 65 yards from the bank, it wasn’t long before the tench fanatic saw… Read more
