A productive session on a lake with quality tench and roach on the bank
After playing a game of football on the evening, I was up nice and early the following morning to go fishing.
Fortunately, I didn’t pick up an injury, so I was able to walk normally to the swim, as opposed to hobbling. I know all about that.
We had overnight rain – which is extremely welcome at the moment – and it was a fresh start to the day.
On the ‘tench lake’ that I’ve fished a few times recently, my approach was the same – a grain of sweetcorn at 20 yards over brown crumb and corn.
Once I throw a couple of balls of bait in the swim, the following additions are all made in accordance with what was happening out there.
On this occasion, I was getting instant roach plucks from the off, so I was happy to keep the bait going in.
Then, once I saw tench feeding bubbles, I continued. The key is to keep the fish in the swim without overdoing the feed.
Based on rod tip movement plus the bubbles, especially when you’ve got tincas in front of you, experience tells you how much bait to introduce and at what frequency.
You can follow the session via the video, where I caught several tench and roach. It was the most productive trip to the tench lake in some time.
Tackle: Fox Barbel Special 1.5 test curve rod and an Okuma Zeon reel. 6lb Maxima Chameleon, with a six-inch hook-length created by a small shot and a bead. Above that was a 1/2 ounce bomb. Size 12 Drennan Super Specialist hook.
Nature notes: Green woodpecker flew from the grass as I approached the lake. Adult great crested grebe on the lake, with a juvenile in tow. Kingfisher in low flight over the water. Swifts c.6 high in the sky.
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