“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
“It fought deep and hard, but then a huge perch surfaced 10 metres out..” A trip to a Cotswold Water Park gravel pit produced the goods for predator ace Trevor Gunning, after banking this 4lb 10oz perch which was backed up with another specimen weighing in at4lb 5oz. Due to… Read more
This winter had been tricky for most anglers wanting to fish the rivers. High water levels and coloured water meant fishing was difficult all round, especially for lure anglers like Mick Trillow. Thankfully towards the back end of the season, levels dropped, and he enjoyed some phenomenal sport, with this… Read more
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
