On one of his last trips fishing the River Lea, lure fanatic Darrell Carter finished in style when he managed this personal best perch, weighing 4lb 10oz. He told us “After 15 years on the Lea I’m moving back to Shropshire and thought it’d be nice to go out on… Read more

Last knocking success for Philip Stokes!! After spending several months recovering from surgery, Philip Stokes was eager to get back out there in search of a few specimen perch and it’s safe to say he returned with a bang when he banked this impressive 4lb 13oz beauty on a recent… Read more

“Perch are a species that I have had a love affair with for probably the past 8 years now and I’ve targeted them religiously for the last 6 winters..” Alfie Russel is no stranger to big fish but nothing could have quite prepared him for this 5lb 3oz specimen on… Read more

Knowledge certainly proved the key for Matt Atkins when he banked this superb 5lb 2oz perch! He told us “Knowing that the big perch in my local stillwater feed mainly during a short window in the morning, I got down to the fishery for the crack of dawn to try… Read more

James Champkin got his year off to a flying start with this beautiful 4lb 7oz pb specimen perch. He told us “I caught the fish on a small roach livebait fished on a sunken paternoster. After a quiet few hours with no action whatsoever, at around 3pm and just when… Read more

A free running ledger rig with a section of lobworm.. fished over chopped worm, caster and a little bit of groundbait at range were the winning tactics for Lee Mcmanus when he landed this new personal best 4lb 11oz perch. Lee obviously got his tactics spot on as he back… Read more