Tench Fishing : Location

Tench Fishing : Location
Arguably the most important skill for any tench angler is watercraft - the ability to locate the fish we are targeting. In the past I have looked at tench baits and tench rigs, but have't really talked in detail about how to find the best swims and the best spots to fish. So, in this Lock Down Special, I hope to compliment those previous films by looking at the intriguing subject of tench location.
Gleaned from over 35 years of tench fishing I hopefully give a few tips on how to set about learning about your tench lake and the signs to look for.
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[@drpaulgarner]

Thanks for watching! Do your findings agree with mine, or do you base your location on other factors? Let me know in the comments below. If there's anything I haven't covered that you want to know more about then again drop me a comment and I'll try and answer it. Thanks! Paul

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[@littleowltelevision1418]

Good video Tench my favourite fish as far as tench concerned there days are numbered as most waters now put too many carp in an kill weed with dye destroying the tench natural an preferred habitat . Shame anglers don't see the tench as valuable as the carp

[@richardneale6828]

Great video again Paul, I always enjoy watching, straight to the point ,no silly music, and lots of useful info👍👍

[@drpaulgarner]

Thanks Richard, best wishes, Paul

[@Jacksonknox834]

Great tips, very informative love my tench fishing,but as your describing you have to put in the prep 👍👍

[@mattwooldridge6300]

Great stuff Paul all my tench rods are set up ready to roll

[@drpaulgarner]

Nice one Matt, fingers crossed we can safely get out fishing for them before too long.

[@drpaulgarner]

One thousand views and 100+ likes in under 24hrs. Thanks guys, you are the best!

[@mrw.2361]

Great video ,can't wait to try target tench a bit on the Fen drains,if we can get out when the season opens

[@drpaulgarner]

Thanks Michael, I hope the teaching goes well. Best wishes, Paul

[@FishingwithMrW]

Hi Paul. love your videos, you have helped me so much over the winter to get ready for my tench fishing, i did have a tench in February only 5 lbs but it was a start, Paul do you do guide days and keep up the work, stay safe

[@drpaulgarner]

Thanks Gary, really appreciate the comment! Good stuff, a February tench is awesome. I don't do guide days I am afraid. Maybe speak to my good friend Duncan Charman, as he is a very good guide. Keep safe mate. Best wishes, Paul

[@briancox144]

Nice one hopefully will not be long nice video anyway

[@damiannagorski541]

Hi Paul. Really enjoy your videos and find the information very useful. I live in NW England. Do you know any waters that I could catch catch BIG tench. Thanks.

[@valentinetomin8046]

Hello Paul Great video and your ability to cut to the chase and deliver nuggets of knowledge is a great skill. Sitting here in the East Midlands on the 23rd of May, it actually feels like the 23rd of October and has done so for weeks! Would be great to know how you are approaching your tench fishing in this prolonged unseasonal spell of weather, or are you sticking to bream until weather conditions are more favourable for tench? Thanks

[@easyfishing1936]

Hi Paul, well most, but not all, of my tenching is done on a river flood relief channel so a different set of rules apply. I have found that I very rarely see rolling fish and that during the daylight hours the fish just don't show themselves so I only can look for drop offs and fish those spots. I do catch some right at the tail end of the season and they are mostly in the boat channel in depths of 10 ft plus. In the season I have to use a rake as the weed beds can reach the surface in over 10 feet of water! The fish come up the marginal shelf which is normally at least 4 ft deep as the bats appear, in fact it's so reliable I call it "bat o clock" and I am forced to use ultra strong pole tactics 22 plus solid elastic for less stretch and minimum 8 lbs line and forged hooks and a very strong pole! I mapped the river with a castable echo sounder which was a real eye opener! I only seem to catch the odd fish during the day fishing the deep swims, upto 20 ft deep and the vast majority come from shallower swims from bat o clock until about midnight. Loads of rowers add to the fun as some times they are on the water with lights on them. Huge carp and very big bream make life varied. If you want a laugh watch me playing a 20 lbs plus carp on the pole on my video "river tench". I'm gagging to get out but I don't think it will be anytime soon. Regards Bill

[@drpaulgarner]

Thanks Bill, that sounds like some excellent and challenging fishing you have there. I'll have a watch of your river tench video, thanks for suggesting it.

[@gavincorbett1272]

I live in Worcester and I can't find anywhere decent near by....its a shame I used to catch loads as a kid and would love to fish for them by design

[@tamaskoleszar998]

Hi Paul This a great video again. I want to start tench fishing when the lockdown is over but I don’t know any good tench lakes in Somerset. Do you know any good ? I’m living in North Somerset. Thanks Tom

[@drpaulgarner]

Hi Tamas, I don't know that area very well mate I am afraid, but I think Cheddar Reservoir is quite good for tench? Best wishes, Paul

[@tamaskoleszar998]

Paul Garner Fishing Thanks. I will have a look they website. Tight lines 🎣🎣

[@DjDolHaus86]

I think the late winter/early spring flurry is almost entirely down to the day length and water temps starting to rise which draws the fish out of their winter torpor but because the invertebrate populations are only just starting to emerge in low numbers they can't find much else to eat. Once it's all got going a few months down the line there are a ton of other things that they'd rather eat so bait gets somewhat ignored. Can't say I'm much of an expert on tench behaviour though, I live deep in the acidic waters of the south west where tench populations were never high but got wiped out almost entirely by the influx of carp in the late 90s. I think I've still got a tiny tench in my pond but he's almost black in colour and as such very difficult to spot, I haven't seen him swirl in good few months so I think a heron might have got him.

[@drpaulgarner]

Yep, I think you are right about the Feb Flurry. Day length influences so much in nature, and we often overlook it.

[@SpiralMoss]

I'm a sea angler and bought a John Wilson Avon quiver rod for mullet. But there's a Tench lake 2km from my house so I'm within the 5km limit,so I'll try tomorrow morning early. Does wind put them off ? I'm in Co Clare in Ireland

[@drpaulgarner]

Good luck Neilus, take care. Paul

[@spyrothedragon3431]

Hi Paul, iv set my sights on fishing for tench this summer, iv been an avid carp angler for years but fancied a change. Im hoping to fish for tench through the summer then move back over to carp and perch through autumn and winter. Iv been watching your videos now and I'm slowly getting some terminal tackle together, iv decided to use some of my 1.5tc Avon rods that I use for chub and barbel on the river, coupled with a set of 5000 bait runners. Iv watched a few of your rig videos now and I think im going to keep it simple with a helicopter setup and a standard inline setup. I wanted to ask you what hook link material you would use when using a helicopter setup? Also reel mainline choice? would this be venue dependant, taking into account weed growth or snags? Any tips you think would help me on my first few sessions would be ideal. Take care

[@drpaulgarner]

Hi mate, thanks for the message. Sounds like you are on the right lines there with your gear choice. For feeder fishing for tench it is a little venue dependent, but I always go a bit heavier than absolutely necessary - I want to land everything that I hook. So 10lb mainline is standard for me. Normally Pro Gold. For the short hooklinks on the helicopter rigs I normally use 10lb fluorocarbon - make sure it is a 100% fluoro and not a coated line as it will be stronger knot strength and less visible. This might sound a bit heavy, but when a good tench gets bogged down in a seedbed you’ll be glad of it. For feeder fishing I don’t think the main line diameter puts the fish off any. The other line I like for hook lengths is gold label ProClear, although not the easiest to get hold of. Hope that helps? Paul

[@andrewtate8303]

Time we get our best time for Tench will have been and gone

[@drpaulgarner]

Still, that's the cards we have been dealt this year Andrew, but there will still be plenty of time when the virus has bitten the dust. Best wishes, Paul

[@FishyflapsUK]

should be called PG Tips.

[@drpaulgarner]

lol, coming soon .... ;-)

[@FishyflapsUK]

Paul Garner Fishing on a serious note, great video. kept me interested even thou you were presenting from indoors. i always learn something watching these and i have a dipolma in fish management!! so ur knowledge is second to none. stay safe mr garner.

[@drpaulgarner]

@@FishyflapsUK Nice one, thanks for the kind words. Best wishes, Paul