Great video and touches a chord with me. We have 2 Carp day ticket complexes locally (Wood Land and Lizard) that have a great head of silvers but hardly anyone fishes for them (Except for matches on Wood Lane). As you say, they have got fat on the feed for the Carp. If I am getting a lot of fast knocks I can't hit on 6mm pellet then I often put out a float rod with a smaller hook using either maggot, caster or Tares on the inside shelf and feed hemp with 6mm krill pellet over the top. Had some great sport on both with the Roach and Rudd, the former going up to over a pound (Although I have lost a couple bigger to hook pulls). Had one particularly memorable session on a crisp, bright day in November at Wood Lane - Bites on caster and tares were so rapid I couldn't hit them and the Perch were swarming on the maggot. I noticed an elderberry bush to one side of my swim overhanging the lake so in desperation chucked one on the hook - Cue an absolute frenzy from the Roach and over thirty pristine fish in the afternoon up to a pound and a quarter. Absolutely brilliant fun
@@FromTheWatersEdgeTV I've always thought the Norfolk broads and Norfolk area were ideal bream and tench venues - for any American viewers , the Norfolk broads are not dames or chicks .
Good fish handling - nice to see , go back and target the tench - and you should catch the roach . Went fishing a deep lake for roach using single maggot , size 16 b/less on maggot feeder . Caught a jack pike - that's fishing LOL .
Love the vids. Tench are my fav species here in Ireland. Would you believe that tench you caught was 4ozs off the Irish record which is officially 8.2lb There have been 9s and a couple of spawn bound doubles but they just don't grow to sizes here they do in gravel pits. Really strange. A 6lber here is a specimen and a 7lber is a rare enough fish. We makeup for it though with wild lakes most of which just don't get fished
Thanks for the kind comments Ben and for taking the time to post them, glad you enjoyed the video! That is strange isn't it, I wouldn't know why either - unless they just see less bait. (As in high protein pellets and that!)
@@FromTheWatersEdgeTV I think the richness of gravel pits have something to do with it which we have nearly zero of. Back in the 60s 70s and early 80s up anglers came over here to catch 6lb tench before they rocketed in size in the UK. Strange all the same. It's the same here with perch. 2lb is a very good perch here. 3lbers pretty rare
Hi guys nice video , just wondering why you tried pellets and boilies for catching roach, bread is a killer for roach if not the killer for roach . the other thing i would say is that Tench is the forgoten fish in my opinion roach are everywhere generally. Keep it up guys good videos otherswise .
Hi Robert, the lake is full of small Roach which we were concerned would take over if we used smaller baits (bread, maggots, casters etc) so we opted for the slightly larger baits, which all the big Roach eat. (It's a carp water, so they've grown big eating all the carp anglers baits.) Glad you enjoyed the video though. :-)
It obviously gives you an advantage if you know Roach are in there, but it could still be worth a trip - you never know, you could be the angler who discovers them! :-)
Yes mate. It's a carp water so the Roach have got big eating the carp anglers baits - like we explained in the video. If you use lots and lots of smaller particles (maggots and casters etc) you get hammered by the little ones (6-8inches). How come?
So basically you were fishing for carp at distance, spodding with a carp mix, the only difference is smaller hooks and maggots. I fish a local big carp water and get some cracking roach, up to nearly 2lbs and crucians about the same weight fishing in the margins. I don't see why the obsession with fishing at range??? Close in with a float, feeding with pellets and a bit of sweet corn on the hook will get them all the time.
No, we were fishing for Roach, with Avon rods and small baitrunner reels and lighter line. We don't have an obsession with fishing at range either, we fish where we think the fish will be! :-) The margins in this particular swim were very shallow and the nice clean gravel bar we found was simply too good to ignore!
Cheers Phil, glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for taking the time to drop us a comment. Haha, no worries - hopefully we'll be back next time and we won't fail! ;-)
Wouldnt worry too much about the species, the Bream and Tench would be great to catch all day.
Great vid.
Thanks for the kind comments Johnathan and for taking the time to post them. Glad you enjoyed the video. :-)
Great video and touches a chord with me. We have 2 Carp day ticket complexes locally (Wood Land and Lizard) that have a great head of silvers but hardly anyone fishes for them (Except for matches on Wood Lane). As you say, they have got fat on the feed for the Carp. If I am getting a lot of fast knocks I can't hit on 6mm pellet then I often put out a float rod with a smaller hook using either maggot, caster or Tares on the inside shelf and feed hemp with 6mm krill pellet over the top. Had some great sport on both with the Roach and Rudd, the former going up to over a pound (Although I have lost a couple bigger to hook pulls). Had one particularly memorable session on a crisp, bright day in November at Wood Lane - Bites on caster and tares were so rapid I couldn't hit them and the Perch were swarming on the maggot. I noticed an elderberry bush to one side of my swim overhanging the lake so in desperation chucked one on the hook - Cue an absolute frenzy from the Roach and over thirty pristine fish in the afternoon up to a pound and a quarter. Absolutely brilliant fun
One of the great things about carp fisheries is they are full of other species of fish, nice video I really enjoyed that 👍
Cheers Martin, glad you enjoyed it. :-)
Very enjoyable video, I’m quite envious. Those tench were perfect. Well done!
Thanks for the kind comments Tim and for taking the time to post them. :-)
MERRY CHRISTMAS GUYS AND KEEP UP THE GOOD VIDS.
Thanks Robert, hope you had a good one! Happy new year to you too.
Lovely video, loved your bright manner. Loved the barbless hooks and your lovely handling of the fish. Well done. Great day.
Cheers Ian, glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for taking the time to drop us a comment too.
Music was fantastic and love tench probably my favourite course fish
Thanks mate, we love Tench too! :-)
It's always a great video with you fishing.
Well done on a great multi species day.🎣😎🐟
Thanks for the kind comments mate, glad you enjoyed the video! :-)
Would have loved to have caught that tench. Cracking fish! One of my favourites next to perch!
Thanks mate, we love Tench too! :-)
Well Done guys, some real Coarse Fishing appears to have broken out!👏👏
Haha, cheers mate!
Great video guys! I recently read that in the 1800's they tried to introduce tench here in the States. Very cool fish.
They are one of our favourite Bill!
Great film again guys,what lake were you fishing ?
Thanks mate, we were at Coston in Norfolk.
@@FromTheWatersEdgeTV I've always thought the Norfolk broads and Norfolk area were ideal bream and tench venues - for any American viewers , the Norfolk broads are not dames or chicks .
Great video. Hope to see em in the future.
Cheers Ray, should be lots more to come this autumn/winter!
Good fish handling - nice to see , go back and target the tench - and you should catch the roach . Went fishing a deep lake for roach using single maggot , size 16 b/less on maggot feeder . Caught a jack pike - that's fishing LOL .
Haha, you never know what you're going to catch... I think thats one of the reasons why we all love it! :-)
Love the vids. Tench are my fav species here in Ireland. Would you believe that tench you caught was 4ozs off the Irish record which is officially 8.2lb
There have been 9s and a couple of spawn bound doubles but they just don't grow to sizes here they do in gravel pits. Really strange. A 6lber here is a specimen and a 7lber is a rare enough fish. We makeup for it though with wild lakes most of which just don't get fished
Thanks for the kind comments Ben and for taking the time to post them, glad you enjoyed the video! That is strange isn't it, I wouldn't know why either - unless they just see less bait. (As in high protein pellets and that!)
@@FromTheWatersEdgeTV I think the richness of gravel pits have something to do with it which we have nearly zero of.
Back in the 60s 70s and early 80s up anglers came over here to catch 6lb tench before they rocketed in size in the UK. Strange all the same. It's the same here with perch. 2lb is a very good perch here. 3lbers pretty rare
Enjoyed the video, I fish around the Norwich area but can't think where this is? Would you mind sharing, would like to give it a go myself?
Love tench great species great effort great video 🎣👍
Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it. :-)
great video guys love tench
Thanks mate! :-)
@@FromTheWatersEdgeTV have a great new year
The second i seen the spod mix going in i genuinely thought that would ba an ace mix for tench bream :} enjoyed the vid
Thanks Ivor, glad you enjoyed the video! :-)
They look nice reels, I'm sure I used to have a pair of those 🤷♂️🤦♂️
Hahaha! I'll be sure to mention this to Widget mate. :-D
love the tench
Us too mate! :-)
Hi guys nice video , just wondering why you tried pellets and boilies for catching roach, bread is a killer for roach if not the killer for roach . the other thing i would say is that Tench is the forgoten fish in my opinion roach are everywhere generally. Keep it up guys good videos otherswise .
Hi Robert, the lake is full of small Roach which we were concerned would take over if we used smaller baits (bread, maggots, casters etc) so we opted for the slightly larger baits, which all the big Roach eat. (It's a carp water, so they've grown big eating all the carp anglers baits.) Glad you enjoyed the video though. :-)
Great net of fish
Thanks Stephanie, it was a good session!
would you recommend fishing known roach waters or just chancing any carp water ?
It obviously gives you an advantage if you know Roach are in there, but it could still be worth a trip - you never know, you could be the angler who discovers them! :-)
With that spod mix you target roach ????
Yes mate. It's a carp water so the Roach have got big eating the carp anglers baits - like we explained in the video. If you use lots and lots of smaller particles (maggots and casters etc) you get hammered by the little ones (6-8inches). How come?
That's not how I would approach roach, I would float closer in on an 18 with maggots however that's a cracking session.
Thanks mate, we would too - however the lake is fairly shallow close in and the specimen Roach seem to get caught at distance on the gravel!
When U catch a tench this size and U think its a bream lol. Dear me , do they feed them with prosac or something? lol
I think they must do! :-D
Wao nice
Thanks mate
It's a shame I see a lot of carp waters netting their lakes to remove the silvers
It's good to have a nice balance and a mixture of species isn't it!
Id rather catch bream and tench all day than carp!
Haha! Steve's more partial to big Carp, but I love Tench and Bream!
@@FromTheWatersEdgeTV anyone can catch carp mate tench and bream take a bit of skill 🤣
So basically you were fishing for carp at distance, spodding with a carp mix, the only difference is smaller hooks and maggots. I fish a local big carp water and get some cracking roach, up to nearly 2lbs and crucians about the same weight fishing in the margins. I don't see why the obsession with fishing at range??? Close in with a float, feeding with pellets and a bit of sweet corn on the hook will get them all the time.
No, we were fishing for Roach, with Avon rods and small baitrunner reels and lighter line. We don't have an obsession with fishing at range either, we fish where we think the fish will be! :-) The margins in this particular swim were very shallow and the nice clean gravel bar we found was simply too good to ignore!
sooner catch that lot than a carp
It was certainly a thoroughly enjoyable day. :-)
Lovely video - in the nicest way I’m glad your plans failed as that’s what happens to the rest of us as well. Those tench more than made up for it.
Cheers Phil, glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for taking the time to drop us a comment. Haha, no worries - hopefully we'll be back next time and we won't fail! ;-)
I think tench are such ugly fish lol
Haha never caught one then have you
@@martind6838 unfortunatly not 😂
Beautiful fish lovely green colour with vivid red eyes and they feel like a bar of soap
Haha! Whaaaaaat, there one of our favourite fish Jacob! :-D
Also love a tench shame a lot of carp lakes seem to be removing them even though they have been in there years and make a balanced fishery