Hampshire the place to be for a big tench!

Hampshire stillwaters played host to two astonishing captures of big tench, with Chris Stothard and Matthew Fernandez landing fish of 11lb 9oz and 11lb 4oz respectively.

Chris Stothard with his 11lb 9oz Hampshire tench

Chris, from Portsmouth, had never targeted this particular lake before but ended up driving home glad that he did – having caught 11 specimen tench to a new PB of 11lb 9oz following his 48-hour stay.

Meanwhile, southern specialist Matt used heli-feeder rigs with 14mm dumbell hookbaits over a smelly spod mix to land 15 tincas to a best of 11lb 4oz during his overnight session. 

Matthew Fernandez with his 11lb 4oz Hampshire tench