red eyed bait theif

[big nick]

ere goes boys your advice would be welcome:just started fishing a new water and im getting hammered by tench ,wot can i do about it? do i need to use larger boilies,do i need to change my hookside or rig?do i need to air dry my baits to get them rock hard?do i stop using pellet/particle just use boilies instead? please help cos these bait thieves ave got me at my wits end

[Deano]

Not always a bad thing tincas as the carp are often not far behind.It can be a pain though if you are picking them up every hour.Even massive baits wont deter them I was picking tench up last year on 28mm hookbaits... I havent tried tigers to solve the problem but that would be my line of attack I think either that or spend more time trying to locate the carp first.If you have plenty of bait just try and put so much in that theres enough to go around surely the carp will eventually move in unless they are just totally outnumber by the ravenous tench.I am sure that sooner or later the next 'tench bite' will turn out to be a carp so you might just have to put up with it.Do the carp look like they will have a floater, or can you maybe stalk them.Just a few ideas...

[incognito]

if its the marina your on about they will eat anything as well as the bream there are a few rigs you can use that will definately stop them to a degree.

[staffordjonny]

have a go with greedy pig rigs mate, works a treat!

[big nick]

can u refresh my memory of this rig mate

[stes]

aint it it like the snow man rig but with two bottom baits the same size?

[big nick]

I THINK IT IS MATEY,DON'T YOU USE TWO BOILIES AT LEAST 20MM FOR THIS RIG

[Deano]

Originally Posted by staffordjonny

have a go with greedy pig rigs mate, works a treat!

I have still had tench on a 20mm and 16mm bottom baits.combined size 36mm.... ..if they want it they still have it....!!!!!

yep im getting plagued with tincas too and im using 20mm in conjunciton with size 4's.......if they want it they'll have it im afraid

[scotty]

As most people have said mate if they want it the'yl have it . the approach i use myself is to bait with large baits and then bait another swim close by with smaller particle such as sweetcorn to keep them ocupied and keep it topped up regularly even if the carp come in for the corn they usually move on to the boilies.I think its all trial & error.

[stes]

i some times fish a lake full of tench and one night id had about 10 or so tench and wanted some kip so i move the bait to another spot and caught 6 carp NO TENCH and still got no sleep