Typically, perch are targeted by features, be it an overhanging tree or a bridge. But Steve Frost tempted this 4lb 8oz beast from an open water swim on the River Wharfe. He was targeting a stretch that had previous form for a small shoal of very large perch and cast… Read more

In a phenomenal run of form, Alan Stagg has landed a perch over the four-pound mark every week for the past six weeks. But this remarkable brace of fish, weighing 5lb 1oz and 4lb 13oz, tops the lot. They came on the second of a two-day trip after locating a… Read more

When Paul Topley’s partner Amber said she fancied a few days away, he managed to persuade her that a fishing trip was a good idea. The pair headed to Devon’s Clawford Lakes, where Paul planned to target the large resident perch. For his first few days, Paul adopted a roving… Read more

With his local rivers out of sorts due to the continuous flooding, Paul Scowen opted to head over to a reservoir, where perch were his target. After locating what he describes as ‘the motherload’ of big perch stacked up on the top edge of a depression, he set about catching… Read more

Whilst the Norfolk Broads are famed for big pike, they’re not the only large predators in the region, as 23-year-old Peter Savory proved with this 4lb 8oz specimen. It was caught on a short session on a tidal stretch of the River Bure before the season ended, where he used… Read more

A trip down memory lane certainly paid off for Darren Roberts as he visited an hold haunting ground and was rewarded with this lovely 4lb 10oz perch. He told us “A few years back I caught a 2lb perch from a stretch of the Yorkshire Ouse whilst pike fishing. I… Read more