Mark Champion has netted three tench weighing 10lb 14oz, 10lb 12oz and 10lb 8oz from a no-publicity syndicate water. It is believed to be the first time anyone has ever caught three double-figure tench in one session.
Gary Downes from Rugby fished sweetcorn at Tring and slipped his net under tench to 9lb 3oz – not to mention several bream to 13lb 2oz while he was at it!
Barry Wilkinson used a pole to capture another double weighing 10lb 2oz from the river Lea near Turnford. This could be the biggest tench ever caught on a pole.
Jamie Stanley from Poole, Dorset, fished a gravel pit and caught a massive male tench weighing 8lb 2oz on a fishmeal boilie.
