Grafham Reservoir held the Lure Predator Competition recently, with over 100 anglers competing, it wasn’t going to be easy! Thom Hunt had an unbelievable day on the Saturday, catching a brace of 4lb+ perch including this 4lb 6oz (48cm) specimen. He added “it’s hard enough in a competition anyway yet… Read more

“My float shot under and I struck into a heavy weight..“ This season, Paul Bailey had decided to concentrate his fishing time on perch fishing and has managed to get out every weekday morning since lockdown was lifted and has managed a fair few specimens! Paul told us “By targeting… Read more

“The fish immediately shook his head and stayed deep..” Matt Roberts spent a lot of time over the winter period targeting specimen perch from southern reservoirs with flies, although his trips were mostly unsuccessful with more than his fair share of blanks. Matt told us “with a hard winters fishing… Read more

“It fought like a tench too and kited about 20 yards before surfacing” “Here are the pics of my new perch PB alongside another four-pounder that was 1cm bigger than the 4lb 6oz at 50.5cm, but it looked spawned out! Both fish were caught from a northern 40-acre syndicate lake…. Read more

“I can’t believe my PB perch only lasted just 2 weeks”.. ..”as today using a lure, I managed to catch a beast at 4lb 7oz – measuring at 49cm in length. The fish came out of Witham and a similar area to where I caught the 4lb 4oz perch a… Read more

“I couldn’t believe it – I saw its giant white belly and knew it was a special perch”   “To get my fishing fix I’ve been nipping down to the Great Ouse before work and despite only fishing for an hour on each occasion, I’ve enjoyed the best perch sport… Read more