A specimen perch catch is a rarity at this time of year but Trevor Gunning has made it look easy with the capture of this 4lb 10oz monster. Trevor targeted a gravel pit at Cotswold Water Park with light lure tactics to fool his new personal best for the species…. Read more
A 4lb perch is considered to be the fish of a lifetime, so you can imagine how specimen hunter Paul Faint felt when he landed a brace of fish over the magical mark. The duo weighed 4lb 1oz and 4lb 7oz respectively and were banked from a Lee Valley Gravel… Read more
As the water temperatures begin to rise, fish will become more active and as a result, the perch may have moved away from their winter haunts and become more active in search of prey fish. Lure fishing can be a great technique at this time of year and allows you… Read more
Manchester’s Andy Cheetham had the best day’s fishing of his life when a trip to a midlands river saw him beat his personal best twice with the two incredible perch. “I’m still in disbelief as to catch a five ‘pounder’ is a dream, but to have two in a session… Read more
Tony Hopley legered a lobworm hookbait over his carpet of molehill soil that he collected from the riverbank, formed the basis of a trap that proved irresistible to the biggest river perch of 2018 weighing 5lb 1oz. The Perchfishers member from Chesterfield in Derbyshire introduced four balls of the soil… Read more
At this time of the year when rivers and especially stillwaters lose all of their colour, the use of fluorocarbon hooklinks can make a huge difference. For my perch fishing, I like to use a hooklink constructed of 4.4lb Supplex Fluorocarbon with a size 8 B983 hook. As Supplex Fluorocarbon is made… Read more
