“Some anglers stop targeting tench this late into summer as they’re down in weight, but to me they’re such a beautiful fish I’m happy to catch them at any size..” An uncommon hookbait in the tench world proved the downfall for this stunning 12lb 7oz tench landed by Rob Spinks…. Read more

Following a slow start to his tench campaign, Hampshire specimen angler, Matt Fernandez, landed this beautiful 11lb 1oz fish on his last session for the species. After pre-baiting a few areas, Matt noticed fizzing on both spots when he arrived and decided to toss a coin on which swim to… Read more

With HS2 building a railway through his favourite tench water, Korda TV Production and Project Manager, Gary Newman, had to find a new venue and settled on an 80-acre gravel pit in the home counties. Arriving for a 48-hour session, Gary got into a swim he fancied. There was thick… Read more

Following a tricky spring with only a handful of fish, Chris Stothard had a fantastic session on a large southern pit, with a hit of fish topped by this 11lb 3oz cracker. Chris, who is the Tenchfishers Regional Officer for South Hants and Dorset, made the most of the warmer… Read more

Former Drennan Cup winner, Darryn Stolworthy has banked the biggest reported tench of the season so far with this beast at 12lb 2oz.  The Norfolk specialist angler fished a Cambridgeshire pit that had produced one tench all year, and that fish had fallen to a carp angler. However, knowing the… Read more

Dai Gribble proved the merits of moving swims to stay on the fish when he banked this fine 11lb 4oz tench from an East Anglian pit. It’s the first double-figure specimen the two-time Drennan Cup winner has landed this season, having caught two tench that came agonisingly close at 9lb… Read more