tench session auckland
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Printed Date: 26 Jan 2026 at 5:57am
Topic: tench session auckland
Posted By: taurangatroutmaster
Subject: tench session auckland
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2016 at 6:15pm
| Went for a fish in an Auckland lake today. Have always known there is tench in there but have only caught perch and Rudd in the past. Never tried overly hard though. Fished for 2 hours and got 8 Rudd and 15 tench, by far the most I've ever caught in 1 sitting. They were between half a lb and 3 lbs but some of the bigger fish were skinny and would proberly be a solid 5 lbs if they were fat. Proberly just spawned because all the smaller ones were fat as. No fancy feeder or anything here, just a size 20 mustad hook baited with bread on a 3m leader onto 10lb braid. Braid floats so fish feel no resistance when they pick up the bait, just watch the line tighten and go under. Also sight fished a few which was quite cool |
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Posted By: Muppet
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2016 at 8:13pm
Nice one 
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Posted By: deano360
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2019 at 7:41pm
| Nice one mate was that at Pupuke ? Thinking of avin a go ? Cheers dean |
Posted By: Fishb8
Date Posted: 02 Oct 2019 at 3:52pm
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Might give Hamilton Lake a bash as there are tench there. Tiny hook? ------------- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken |
Posted By: taurangatroutmaster
Date Posted: 02 Jan 2020 at 10:34am
| Just saw your messages. It wasn't pupuke, pm me if u want actual location. Not keen to post on public forum. And yeah tiny hook all the way |
Posted By: Philip4Frogs
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2025 at 8:23am
| Hello. I have had a similar experience but without the fish catching result. lol. I have fished there 3 different times this year so far. I won't know the lake for sure but i'm 90% confident we've got the same lake. Had never fished there before until now... Wow, 15 fish, that's brilliant. The big question is: what bait did you use? Please. |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2025 at 11:02am
The original poster isn't around these days but his post says he was using bread. ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Philip4Frogs wrote:Posted By: Philip4Frogs
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2025 at 11:44am
Yep. Stupid me...had another look and there it is 'just a size 20 mustad hook baited with bread on a 3m leader onto 10lb braid'. Thank you smudge. Tight lines. (with tench on them).
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Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2025 at 7:41pm
Good luck Froggy, let us know how you get on ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |