Light baiting just enough to fool giant tench

A LIGHT baiting approach has led to the capture of one of the largest reported tench of the season tipping the scales at 11lb 8oz.

The fish fell to Darryn Stolworthy, who fed a tiny amount of bait between two gravel bars on a local pit.

He says:

“I hardly fed anything – just a handful of maggots, casters and chopped worm plus the maggots in my feeders. A few hours later my worm rod was away as a huge fish headed for the weed.”

But his size 12 hook held firm and Darryn soon netted a tench he described as having the biggest frame he had ever seen.

Darryn Stolworthy and his 11lb 8oz tench