When targeting large, pressured perch on big reservoirs, many anglers report that making the most of short feeding windows is critical to success. On a recent trip to one such water, Ryan Hayden certainly did that when he landed this fish of 5lb 1oz alongside others of 4lb 3oz and… Read more

With only a short winter predator season on a large Midlands water where he purchased a ticket this winter, Dave Mower knew that he’d have to put his heart and soul into the fishing to catch a decent fish. Over his first 12 sessions, the largest fish he had landed… Read more

This winter has been a special one on the perch front for Finn Lewis who, after landing a stack of large fish, went one further when he slipped the net under a PB-equalling fish of 5lb 2oz. Fishing at Grafham Water, Finn headed out in a biting north easterly wind… Read more

Bright sunshine and low temperatures are far from ideal conditions for specimen fishing, but Adam Perna recently showed that, no matter the weather, there’s always a chance of a result with this perch of 4lb 15oz. Fishing a large Midlands reservoir on a dazzling yet perishing day, Adam used dropshot… Read more

Although reservoirs have produced the largest perch in the UK this season, for Adam Jones, the pursuit of a large river fish is the ultimate goal. On a recent session to the Thames, he caught just such a fish when he slipped the net under this specimen of 4lb 8oz…. Read more

On a recent trip to the lower Thames, Sam Taylor and his friend Adam targeted perch with lures. They had caught little of size, but when they found a large shoal of small ‘wasps’, they decided to slowly work the lures around them in the hope that there may be… Read more