Over the last few weeks Simon Ashton has enjoyed some superb, big perch action, landing a string of fish over the 4lb mark, topped by this 4lb 8oz UK personal best. He’d seen fish smashing fry in the margins and suspected perch were the culprits and started out by fishing… Read more

Big perch are known for being picky feeders, and whilst on a trip to a flat calm Grafham Water, Simon Davidson had to wait until clouds rolled over and the light faded before tempting this 4lb 15oz specimen. He was using lure tactics on the session with his dad, James…. Read more

Last season we were inundated with reports of huge perch from ‘midlands reservoirs’, and as the leaves start to turn, lure anglers have been dusting off their stillwater kit and heading back out in the hunt for big stripeys. The first reported this season fell to the rod of Gloucestershire… Read more

After battling it for a few minutes the fish lunged for a patch of weed.. Just like buses, a while after an almighty 5lb 11oz perch was landed from the River Thames, another brute has been reported of the same size, which is believd to be an entirely different specimen…. Read more

One of the biggest river perch ever caught in Britain has graced the bank, after 15-year-old George Lovell landed this almighty 5lb 11oz specimen. He was fishing the River Thames at Berkshire and tempted the beast on a three-inch Keitech Easy Shiner Lure, presented on a Texas rig. It’s just… Read more

Many anglers dream of landing a big perch, with some anglers lucky enough to break the magical 5lb mark but nothing could prepare Dave Robinson on a recent session.. .. as he banked a stunning 5lb 4oz warrior, backed up with another of 5lb 1oz! Dave told us “They say… Read more