"The greatest tench fishing I will ever have" - Kane Hammond

“Just two weeks after catching a PB of 11lb 3oz, I returned to the same 90-acre Surrey pit for another go.

“I spent two hours baiting a gravel bar at 50 yards with dead maggots, hemp, corn and pellets, before casting cut-down Hinders Beta’nana pop-ups tipped with five live maggots over the top. I had no idea that I was about to enjoy the greatest 24 hours’ tench fishing I’ll probably ever experience. 

Kane Hammond and his 11lb

Kane Hammond and his 11lb

“Having caught two smaller fish, at first light on the second morning I banked a 9lb 14oz tench followed by a monster of 11lb 2oz. At 3pm I had another take which brought another double at 10lb 4oz . I was in shock. It had taken four springs on the pit to catch my first double, then I’d caught three in two weeks, including two 11-pounders!”

He followed it up with this 10lb 4oz tench

He followed it up with this 10lb 4oz tench