Monster 11lb 14oz tench landed

A colossal tench of 11lb 14oz has topped a superb week for the species that has seen numerous specimens banked from lakes all across the country. 

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The double-figure fish fell to Tenchfishers member Eddie Court on a pair of 8mm pineapple boilies fished over a bed of maggots, micro pellets and hemp.

Eddie, alongside a number of other members of the group, was enjoying a fish-in at Medway Valley Fisheries when his new personal best for the species picked up his hookbait. 

He told Angling Times: “The tench fought incredibly hard, in fact initially I thought I’d hooked a carp! 

“I backed that fish up with another tench of 8lb. This fell to the same helicopter rig, but with two 8mm Krill boilies on the hair.

“My catch was special, but the trip was made extra-special as two of my fellow Tenchfishers members broke their personal bests in the same fish-in.

“This is our first event to have had three double-figure tench grace the bank, and I’m sure there will be more to come from these fantastic lakes over the next few months.”