Having read reports of Grafham Water’s fantastic predator form, Bogdan Pascaru paid the venue a visit and was rewarded with this 5lb 11oz perch. He’d had a relatively uneventful 2022 but got things off to a flyer in the new year with the big predator that fell to dropshot tactics…. Read more

If you’re only going to catch one fish in a session you may as well make it a good one, and that’s exactly what Thomas Trethewey did with this 4lb 11oz perch.. He’d travelled from his home in Kent to a large East Anglian reservoir, where he hoped to land… Read more

The Ribble has been in great form this season, and as well as big barbel and shoals of silverfish, the venue also holds some cracking perch, with this 4lb 10oz perch being a prime example. It was landed by local angler Mark Kellett, who tempted the fish on lure tactics…. Read more

Dusk is well known for being probably the best time to target big perch and the proof was in the pudding for Mark Hewett as he banked this stunning 4lb 7oz specimen from the River Lea. He was fishing with his friend Oli, and the pair ventured out in Mark’s… Read more

One of the biggest perch this year has just been landed in the shape of this staggering 5lb 2oz fish. It was caught by Dan Eaves from a stillwater near his home on lure tactics and left him ‘frozen to the spot’ when he caught a glimpse of it. Dan… Read more

When you look into almost any angling textbook, you’ll read all about using ultra low resistance rigs for perch. But when fishing at range on a 160-acre stillwater, Leicester angler Lee McManus had to take a leaf out the carp angler’s book to tempt this 4lb 12oz stunner. After feeding… Read more