well mark what can i say envious or what 5 could have been 7 whats going on blimey ,what a cracking session ,and on worms good old fashion bait ,mind you that,s us fish don,t have fashion i think we are sometimes steered by marketing ,to bags of sweets in affect well you have done it again wonderful setting with the owl churring in the back ground ,good whether magic and a fantastic catch even a big male ,well mark enjoyed that video as i always do and on a cold dark miserable night in january i will go back through these and reflect on a summer gone and another ahead well done both you and your brother and a great mum and dad give them a hug now and then mark as one day that will mean so much well for now thanks and looking forwards to the tales from the bank,tight lines remember to give them a hug cheers,
Thank you Stephen, it was a very very good trip for the olive greens, I always thank my mum,dad and brother, family means a lot although we do bicker at times mate. Talking about family, I shaved my father for the first time the other day, due to him having the worst shaking I've seen and that hit me very hard emotionally.
Well done Mark, beautiful fish! That particular lake sure is a favourite for you (two), but quite understandable given how it has produced. Wish we had that quality of fish here - there are a few tench in SA but they are mostly by-catch and quite rare, especially at that size. As you know, we do have PLENTY of carp though!
Yes Frank I must admit I fished it a fair bit, it was nice to find a tench lake that fed at night too. You've certainly got plenty of carp in SA, it looks a nice place to fish too certainly different. As a side note my mother lived in Austrailia for a few years and says to this day that she misses it.
@@francolinobasco I bet she does! I have a confession to make in as much as I lived in Essex until I was 15 and cut my teeth on coarse fishing in the Chelmer and Blackwater rivers, one reason I guess that I love watching your videos so much! Having said that, forty something years later, I have never regretted coming to Australia and would never move back - indeed, when I did return a few years back it was a nice nostalgia trip but things were so different in so many ways to what I remembered. Just keep doing what you do so well Mark, love your channel!
It looks to me and it would appear their vents were wide open, ergo had already spawned days prior. it's normal to have a distended and open vent for some time after spawning and Usually with tench if they are heavily spawning you don't normally catch 1 or 2 let alone five like Marks had here. Wish I had a lake like this to fish it looks beautiful!
Never seen anything like his casting, he uses like a pulley style to increase the momentum to the right amount, wouldn't mind some lessons from him on some of my barbel rivers.
Mark Erdwin hello and hi . I’ve got a welsh lake to fish 1 acre what would you do to find the perch and tench also Rudd in the lake I can catch the Rudd but not the other to fish I mentioned above I use running rings on a legger set up but no luck the lake is not fished at all . What tips could you give me on locating the bigger fish meny thanks lee. It might be half acre lake thanks again lee
@@Archiebold247 Is there a low stock of tench in your lake or higher? Does your lake have any areas with a pronounced marginal shelf, that is an area in the margins where the lake bed slopes away and becomes deeper, usually it's the first shelf near the margins if it is a gravel pit. I would recommend targeting that feature as generally they love coming in close to the margins. Is there a lot of natural food on your lake? If so a worm approach (if you can get passed smaller fish) is hard to ignore. Does your lake have much weed or lily pad features? Is it the kind of lake that needs raking in spring and summer? bait wise if possible i would always start off on worms and maggot, however if you are being troubled by other species then I would suggest a 10mm boilie approach. I found Esterberry (now known as Esterfruit) to work very well, as do flouro pop up boilies of the same size in choc orange flavour and the usual pineapple variety. Breadflake should not be ignored either. the thing is there are so many variables, you have to be careful to not over bait with particles else they can become preoccupied and not pick up your hook bait. With my maggot approach I generally use some dead maggot in my groundbait so they cannot burrow into the silt or lake bed as this promotes the tench to dig about and generally ignore your hook bait.
Mark Erdwin hi mark all I know that it’s a wild natural lake it was dug out to mine copper in the welsh hills the owner says tench and perch and Rudd the Rudd is of super size easy 2lb their are Lilly’s and deep areas some trees over hang not many tho about 4 I feed the Rudd on bread and it boils with fish. Can I message you on face book and I can send pics of the lake thank for the reply mark .. my name is lee.
@@francolinobasco Cheers Mark, If you was getting a new rod today for this type of fishing (ie) Tench and Crucians but on small tight ponds , what would you be looking at. Great videos by the way, I’m working my way through them all.
Cheers Frozen it was one heck of a good trip to say the least. Regarding venue I am sorry but I can't say, I hope you can understand that as the other guys who fish the place would probably not be very happy if I did.
You're a lucky boy to have access to such wonderful tench fishing and a quality angler to make the most of it, great work.
Cheers mate yes lucky indeed, I do agree with you.
What a session Mark , the sort dreams are made of. Waiting with baited breath for your wormery teach in
Cheers Ian it was nice to get really amongst them on this trip and have more than a few.
Seem this a few times now. Some beautiful tench. Very jealous!!
Mark, That certainly a very special swim you have found at that venue, another great video and a great selection of Tench.
Cheers John, sometimes you stumble across such things and said swim had been very kind to me.
Nice one Mark, I'd almost forgotten how lovely tench are. Well done
Thank you Clive
Great session and a pleasure to watch 👍
Cheers Rusty!
Nice session there Mark some lovely fish
Thanks Larry! :D
The sound of bliss Mark, it's such a scenic backdrop, I do lobe a lake that is tree lined. Well done 😊👍
So very peaceful Andrew and you're right the trees lining the water make for an added ambiance.
Hello Mark, thanks for you uploading. I have enjoyed it very much. End what a great session.. Well done
You're very welcone Jan, thank you for viewing the video.
Excellent video Mark.. Thoroughly enjoyed watching. Best wishes
You're very welcome Crowblack cheers.
well mark what can i say envious or what 5 could have been 7 whats going on blimey ,what a cracking session ,and on worms good old fashion bait ,mind you that,s us fish don,t have fashion i think we are sometimes steered by marketing ,to bags of sweets in affect well you have done it again wonderful setting with the owl churring in the back ground ,good whether magic and a fantastic catch even a big male ,well mark enjoyed that video as i always do and on a cold dark miserable night in january i will go back through these and reflect on a summer gone and another ahead well done both you and your brother and a great mum and dad give them a hug now and then mark as one day that will mean so much well for now thanks and looking forwards to the tales from the bank,tight lines remember to give them a hug cheers,
Thank you Stephen, it was a very very good trip for the olive greens, I always thank my mum,dad and brother, family means a lot although we do bicker at times mate. Talking about family, I shaved my father for the first time the other day, due to him having the worst shaking I've seen and that hit me very hard emotionally.
@@francolinobasco GOOD MAN your a credit and that means a lot in to days world tight lines ,
the tinca whisperer strikes again a reel red letter session top angling
Haha not so sure about whisperer, jammy bugger perhaps. Cheers Graham it was a good trip.
Nice video Mark enjoyed very much beautiful Tench and absolutely stunning condition keep up the good work mate look forward to your next instalment
Cheers Brian, I have 3 more tench videos yet to upload. I am a little behind on my editing schedule but catching up.
Can’t beat the tench awsome fish great fight and when u catch them that big must be even better well in buddy 👍🎣
So very true Louis they scrap like demons too, cheers mate.
great catch Mark!
Cheers mate, was good to have more than a few too.
Another cracking Vlog Mark great watch keep it up.
Thank you Dave, just editing some more.
wow, you certainly have been hitting the doctor fish this year. Enjoyable to see these great catches.
Thanks Tim, yes I did become quite preoccupied with them to be fair.
Well done Mark, beautiful fish! That particular lake sure is a favourite for you (two), but quite understandable given how it has produced. Wish we had that quality of fish here - there are a few tench in SA but they are mostly by-catch and quite rare, especially at that size. As you know, we do have PLENTY of carp though!
Yes Frank I must admit I fished it a fair bit, it was nice to find a tench lake that fed at night too. You've certainly got plenty of carp in SA, it looks a nice place to fish too certainly different. As a side note my mother lived in Austrailia for a few years and says to this day that she misses it.
@@francolinobasco I bet she does! I have a confession to make in as much as I lived in Essex until I was 15 and cut my teeth on coarse fishing in the Chelmer and Blackwater rivers, one reason I guess that I love watching your videos so much! Having said that, forty something years later, I have never regretted coming to Australia and would never move back - indeed, when I did return a few years back it was a nice nostalgia trip but things were so different in so many ways to what I remembered. Just keep doing what you do so well Mark, love your channel!
Thanks mark love the video 🙏🎣👍
Cheers George :-)
great fishing session
Thank you Giles :)
great fish...
Thank you Hayden it felt nice to be able to get them on my preferred bait too.
Great vlog as always, Mark. 👍
Thank you mate :)
I could be wrong Mark, but it appears that the tench were spawning that night.
It looks to me and it would appear their vents were wide open, ergo had already spawned days prior. it's normal to have a distended and open vent for some time after spawning and Usually with tench if they are heavily spawning you don't normally catch 1 or 2 let alone five like Marks had here. Wish I had a lake like this to fish it looks beautiful!
Cheers crypto, some had already spawned, hence the open vents on some of the ones caught during this video.
Bravo you are a good team . Respect from Paris and thanks you for thé soins of thé nature
Sound with birds, frogs and insects and sorry for my english
Merci Geraldo!
@@geraldhino2009 don't apologise it was very kind of you and the sound of nature is very special.
Mark. your the best at under arm casting
after 20 years I still.struggle
Never seen anything like his casting, he uses like a pulley style to increase the momentum to the right amount, wouldn't mind some lessons from him on some of my barbel rivers.
@@barbelwhisperer303 agreed. he's a superb angler that id happily spend a mornin on the river with
Why thank you Alistair, that's probably due to the amount of small river fishing, where underarm casting is a necessity in tight swims.
@@barbelwhisperer303 Thank you Whisperer, but I have days where that underarm cast goes awry and finds a few too many barmbles too.
@@francolinobasco Maybe a little demonstration in a future episode? I'd certainly enjoy a closer look at your technique
Hi, little night but only beautiful pictures for the next one ...see you soon!
Thank you Eric, yes very short nights, glad you enjoyed the video my friend.
Lovely Tench but I think you should think about changing your Gilly Mark lol 😊
Thanks Rob and haha, yes I think he needs to be put on biscuit and tea rationing, joking aside if I did do that he'd probably murder me :D
Haha keep up the great work that you do Mark 😊
good stuff
Thank you David.
what a session and perfect tench ...i need your advice mark
Thank you Cheshire! What advice was you after?
Mark Erdwin hello and hi . I’ve got a welsh lake to fish 1 acre what would you do to find the perch and tench also Rudd in the lake I can catch the Rudd but not the other to fish I mentioned above I use running rings on a legger set up but no luck the lake is not fished at all . What tips could you give me on locating the bigger fish meny thanks lee. It might be half acre lake thanks again lee
@@Archiebold247 Is there a low stock of tench in your lake or higher? Does your lake have any areas with a pronounced marginal shelf, that is an area in the margins where the lake bed slopes away and becomes deeper, usually it's the first shelf near the margins if it is a gravel pit. I would recommend targeting that feature as generally they love coming in close to the margins. Is there a lot of natural food on your lake? If so a worm approach (if you can get passed smaller fish) is hard to ignore. Does your lake have much weed or lily pad features? Is it the kind of lake that needs raking in spring and summer? bait wise if possible i would always start off on worms and maggot, however if you are being troubled by other species then I would suggest a 10mm boilie approach. I found Esterberry (now known as Esterfruit) to work very well, as do flouro pop up boilies of the same size in choc orange flavour and the usual pineapple variety. Breadflake should not be ignored either. the thing is there are so many variables, you have to be careful to not over bait with particles else they can become preoccupied and not pick up your hook bait. With my maggot approach I generally use some dead maggot in my groundbait so they cannot burrow into the silt or lake bed as this promotes the tench to dig about and generally ignore your hook bait.
Mark Erdwin hi mark all I know that it’s a wild natural lake it was dug out to mine copper in the welsh hills the owner says tench and perch and Rudd the Rudd is of super size easy 2lb their are Lilly’s and deep areas some trees over hang not many tho about 4 I feed the Rudd on bread and it boils with fish. Can I message you on face book and I can send pics of the lake thank for the reply mark .. my name is lee.
Hi Mark,
Could you tell me what rods you use please.
Cheers Wayne.
Hello Wayne, just the one rod in that is actually classified as a spinning rod, it is a Shimano STC (shimano travel concept) AX Telescopic.
@@francolinobasco Cheers Mark,
If you was getting a new rod today for this type of fishing (ie) Tench and Crucians but on small tight ponds , what would you be looking at.
Great videos by the way, I’m working my way through them all.
Lovely tench Mark and as has already been said your underarm casting is really good.
Why thank you Whisperer!
Some cracking fish in that session Mark, well done, could I ask which water your fishing on here?
U want his pin to his credit card too? Lol
@@ashleybowes5506 Didnt realise it was a big secret tbh
This guys got some neck eh Mark?!
@@barbelwhisperer303 Got some neck? I just asked a question, thats all!
Cheers Frozen it was one heck of a good trip to say the least. Regarding venue I am sorry but I can't say, I hope you can understand that as the other guys who fish the place would probably not be very happy if I did.
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Thanks Barrie :-)
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Thank you!