Commercial fisheries are without a doubt one of the best places to target large perch nowadays due to an abundance of food in the form of small silverfish. When targeting perch on commercial fisheries I often find that the margins are the best area to fish for perch. In this instance,… Read more
Chris Tredwell became the envy of anglers across the nation when just a few casts with a lure on the River Severn a produced a huge 4lb 3oz perch and a 6lb 7oz chub. He made an early finish from work count when the 33-year-old drove to his favourite stretch… Read more
Lobworms have accounted for the capture of a huge brace of perch with a combined weight of 8lb 7oz. The fish-of-a-life-time was caught by Matt Wood when he fished a session at a lake in the Cotswolds. His biggest perch topped the scales at 4lb 6oz with the other at… Read more
Lobworms have to be one of the best baits for targeting perch, but being such a big bait they can mask the hook and result in lost fish so the way you hook them is very important. Choice of hook pattern always plays a huge part in any form of fishing… Read more
A lure bough from e-bay was the key to the capture of this huge 5lb perch. Michael Eagles was retrieving the 5-inch red and black soft plastic lure, that he purchased from the popular online auction site, through his swim on a gravel pit in the south of the UK… Read more
A short river lure fishing session has produced an incredible catch of huge perch topped by this 4lb 6oz specimen. Stewart Harris banked 10 perch in total with eight of them over the 3lb mark and the smallest topping the scales at 2lb 14oz. The biggest fish equals his personal… Read more
