Tenching in Sandhurst Lake

[PaulG]

Looking at having a go for Tench in the new season, and keep hearing reports that Sandhurst has a good number. Until now most of my tench fishing has been close-in margin float stuff, and having looked at Sandhurst I'm fairly sure that I'll need to change methods. Can anyone give me any pointers as to recommended tactics, and are there any noted Tench swims ?

Thanks for any help,
Paul

[Lofte]

when I fished it for carp a couple of seasons back many of the tench fisherman would come down and make their own swims! and fish the feeder about 30 yards out! if you like to fish to underwater features and varying depths i found that it was nearenough the same depth all over and could not find and bars gullys etc! mind you their is a lot of weed!

good luck mate

lofte /images/forum/icons/smile.gif

[Smarts]

The lake appears to be like a basin with underwater features few and far between. The lake responds to raking swims as it gets very weedy and there is no need to fish very far out at all. As mentioned, about 20-30 yards seems about right for the tench. Try feeder methods as opposed to float at this distance and look for signs of bubbling for swim location as the tench give themselves away a lot. The best swims *used* to be the car park and along the right hand side bank from it. I have not visited it for a good while ,so this is all subject to change!! 100lb bags of tench and bream are well possible.
If you can visit the water just before dusk when there used to be loads of fish activity to pin point potential areas.
Be lucky!

[b]Smarts

[PaulG]

Thanks very much to Smarts and Lofte for your replies to my query.

From this small number of replies, I take it that either, not many people on this forum fish Sandhurst for Tench, or that a lot do, but they ain't giving away any secrets ;-)

Regards,
PaulG

[Smarts]

It's always been a *quiet* lake for as long as I've known it, or was whenever I went round, the same as the Nursery behind it. It has now become very popular, but with the carp boys. In fact, a few polite enquiries to them and they may be able to tell you where they've been 'bothered' with tench.

[b]Smarts