“I used two rods – one with legered king prawn” Paul Bailey recently went on a short, early morning session on a local canal where he managed this lovely 4lb 12oz perch. He told us “I was in two minds whether or not to give it a miss and return… Read more

“On just his second cast the line tightened, and all hell broke loose” You’d probably struggle to find a finer example of a perch than this 4lb 11oz beast landed by Berkshire lure fishing fanatic, Adam Jones. Staying in a hotel whilst heading north on a work trip, Adam decided… Read more

“First ‘five’ from running water” Big perch expert, Matt Atkins, has landed the largest reported stripy of the season, in the shape of this 5lb 1oz warrior. Matt, who has now landed four perch over 5lb and one six-pounder, was targeting the mighty River Thames, fishing from a boat he… Read more

“It was a true sergeant”  On a trip to a new stillwater venue in his home county, Essex, Angler Liam Stephens connected with this immense 4lb 14oz perch on a copper spinner. Soon after arriving he had a few small perch on the spinner and decided to stick with it,… Read more

“Reaching a deeper area, his lure was firmly hit by what he knew to be a decent perch” Although the thought of a few extra hours in bed is appealing to most of us, Shane Close was up at 5:45am to head off in search of a few perch recently… Read more

Ash Costa is no stranger to big perch and he certainly got off to a flying start on a new water when he banked this 4lb 9oz beauty. He told us “One thing I really wanted to do in my perch fishing this season was to get right off the… Read more