What do tench fish eat?

How do you take care of a Tench fish?

They should, however, be provided with a soft sandy substrate in which to dig, and plenty of hiding-places. Tench are crepuscular fishes, and so the tank shouldn’t be too brightly lit. They can be fed with all the usual live, frozen, and dried foods, and mussel flesh should be included in the diet.

What do you feed a Tench fish?

The tench’s natural diet is made up of bloodworms, small crustaceans, molluscs and microscopic organisms such as daphnia. The most effective baits include worms, black slugs, red maggots and casters, as tench are instinctively attracted to such baits.

How to catch a Tench fish?

Catching young tench is rare as they tend to hide within thick weed beds where they consume zooplankton, however, if you do catch one, look out for the black stripe in front of their caudal fins. The tench almost exclusively is a summer feeder, ideal times to fish for them are early mornings or late evenings during the summer or early autumn.

How do you fish for Tench?

Tench feed almost exclusively on the bottom and like to root about in the mud and weeds looking for snails, grubs and anything else they can eat. When you have chosen a venue ask the fishery owner or the bailiff which is the favoured peg, best method and baits for catching tench.

Is tench fishing easier than carp fishing?

Despite tench being known for their unpredictability when it comes to feeding, overall, they are easier to catch compared to carp and anglers very rarely have to wait hours for a bite, unlike their wily cousins.

Is it easy to catch specimen Tench?

As the tench is a truly elusive coarse species, and as catching really big specimens isn’t the easiest of tasks, I have decided to write this helpful guide on specimen tench fishing. Targeting and catching specimen tench demands both a lot of time, strong gear and tackle, and advanced tactics.

How does your tench fishing evolve?

My tench fishing evolves over the coming weeks as the fish change their behaviour, but there are some tactics that come into play each season for me and which have stood the test of time. Let me share them with you…

What is the best way to catch a Tench?

Tench fishing season is upon us so we’ve gone to former Drennan Cup champion Dai Gribble to give us his top tips to help you catch a tench this season. Tench do get caught by carp anglers using thick line and big hooks but a more refined approach is much more productive.

What size feeder for tench fishing?

A medium Drennan flat method feeder is perfect for tench fishing and i fish this with a size 10 Drennan Specialist hook and hair rig my hookbaits which are usually small dumbells or pop-up boilies.

Is a Tench fish a good investment?

Such a fish could be a good investment – they are a very tough species and live a long time, maybe longer than 15 years. But tench generally don’t compete strongly with other bottom feeders like carp that feed more aggressively and take the lion’s share of available grub.

How has your tench fishing evolved over time?

My tench fishing evolves over the coming weeks as the fish change their behaviour, but there are some tactics that come into play each season for me and which have stood the test of time. Let me share them with you… Maggots often figure very highly in my tench fishing.

Do Tench fish compete with carp for Grub?

But tench generally don’t compete strongly with other bottom feeders like carp that feed more aggressively and take the lion’s share of available grub. That said, tench around the country are getting bigger, perhaps the result of protein-rich carp anglers’ baits.

Are tench fishing baits getting bigger?

That said, tench around the country are getting bigger, perhaps the result of protein-rich carp anglers’ baits. In 1976, a pair of big five pounders would have made the weeklies; but, by today’s standards, who cares? Now, a pair of ‘sevens’ might be worth a few lines.

How do you catch a big Tench?

Tench can be caught on a variety of fishing methods and rigs, but there are a few that really stick out. Especially when it comes to big tench, using these rigs, and using them the right way, can increase your chances of landing more fish significantly.

What is the best line for tench fishing?

A robust monofilament mainline is your best choice for specimen tench fishing. Use a 6-8lb breaking strength for clear and open water, and a 10-12lb mainline for snaggy venues. You can find the best mono line for tench on Amazon here. For my tench rigs, I prefer using fluorocarbon or braid hooklinks.

When is the best time to catch tench fish?

If you are after heavy-weight specimen tench, the best time to catch them is between the months of April and June, meaning before they spawn. Female tench produce a ton of eggs, which will periodically increase their overall body weight and make their bellies extremely fat.

What are the best rigs and methods for tench fishing?

Best rigs and methods for tench fishing in spring through to late summer My go to tench top tip “if” there isn’t eels in the venue your fishing is to use worms and lots of them. Tench love worms! Especially big tench. I like to fish open end ground bait feeders fished helicopter style.

How to fish for Tench in early spring?

Early spring the tench haven’t ventured into the margins yet, so you’ll need to fish a little further out. For my corn approach when fishing further out again is to use either maggot feeders or open end feeders. When using two or more rods I’ll use one of each to mix it up.

How do you catch a Tench?

Whereas I used to catch tench by regularly loosefeeding a few maggots or grains of corn round my float, the cornerstone of my modern tench attack is a ‘bait and wait’ tactic – I lay a large bed of feed on the bottom then wait for fish to settle on it.

What are the different types of tench fishing?

There are really three main tench fishing methods; float fishing, cage feeder fishing and method feeder fishing. When float fishing or ledgering with a swim or cage feeder for tench, smaller live baits, as well as smaller fake baits should be used as a hookbait.

What is the best way to fish for spring Tench?

In early in Spring tench are more likely to be beyond standard float fishing range. Try using a block-end/maggot feeder loaded with live maggots – I prefer a mix of red and white – with a bunch of dead red maggots or a mix of live and artificial maggots on a small maggot clip fished on a hair rig.

What is the best bottom rig for tench fishing?

The inline feeder rig has several great features and together, they equal a superb bottom rig for tench. No matter if you fish a lighter method feeder on the feeder rod or a heavy one on the specialist rod, this rig will almost always turn a careful biter into a hooked fish. The method feeder’s two greatest advantages are the following: