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The TENNANT CANAL runs from Aberdulais to Port Tennant, approximately 8 miles in length. It is for the most part shallow and weedy with depths from 0.5m to 2m, and widths varying from 2m to 15m. As it is river fed, the canal has a constant flow for 95% of the time; enough to trot a stick float along on. There is a wide variety of fish species in the canal, ranging from pike to Rudd with even a few chub. The pike, bream, tench, and carp all grow to specimen size though due to the shallow water, can prove a challenge to catch. Some years there is a heavy weed growth in summer that requires the dragging of swims, and this always attracts the tench and bream. The canal is heaviest fished in the summer, while both the pike and bream often feed in the winter months. Access to the canal is fairly easy with car access off roads at a number of points, though it is often the case that that the best or at least most popular swims may mean a walk of several hundred meters. As a conservation measure, the club has decided to limit pike fishing to four months during the winter, from 1st November to 31st March. This is to prevent stressing out pike during times of low oxygen levels. A stocking program by the club has recently (march, 2004) seen over 5000 roach added to the canal.