Whilst fishing a gin-clear midlands stillwater with his brother, Phil Rust spotted a decent fish over a clear spot, which he initially assumed to be a small carp. However, on closer inspection, he realised it was a colossal perch! Rushing back to the bank, he quickly set up a rig… Read more

Linear Fisheries Official head bailiff Ian Roper has certain kicked off his winter fishing in style as he banked this stunning 5lb 1oz from a southern stillwater. Using a Supplex Fluorocarbon leader, Ian presented a small rubber on a dropshot which obviously was too much for this perch to resist.Well… Read more

Perch anglers are set for another memorable winter on England’s reservoirs if recent catches are anything to go by, with a pile of huge fish reported over the past few weeks. The biggest of the lot though – by some distance – is this magnificent fish of 5lb 4oz, caught… Read more

Just eight weeks after having life-saving surgery, Chris Lowe kicked-off his autumn perch campaign and managed this superb 4lb 10oz stripey. The Shimano angler was fishing the River Thames and tempted the fish on lure tactics. He was targeting an area where there’s dense weed cover and was thrilled to… Read more

Lincolnshire angler Tom Peden recently caught what he describes as a ‘perch angler’s dream’ when he slipped the net under this immaculate fish of 4lb 8oz. It was caught on a misty morning from a shallow stretch of his local river, where he’d located a deep hole. Using a vintage… Read more

Last season Grafham Water was in blistering perch form, and it’s not taken long for its residents to start showing again after Alex Mason landed this fish of 4lb 13oz. He’d found a few perch shoals on the sonar, but the fish were proving hard to tempt. Changing to a… Read more