Persistence paid off on a trip to Grafham water for former Drennan Cup winner Jamie Cartwright, who tempted this 4lb 14oz perch on a crankbait. The Northamptonshire angler had landed fish of 3lb 15oz and 3lb 11oz on jigs early in the day but was keen to catch one on… Read more
Category: Perch
Adam Riches 4lb 14oz Perch
Having spent many hours perch fishing on his local Great Ouse, getting to grips with targeting the species on a huge midlands stillwater has been a challenge for Adam Riches, but his efforts paid off with this 4lb 14oz specimen. It’s his joint PB and is a fish that continues… Read more
Robert Onicala 4lb 10oz Perch
When the rivers are bursting their banks, few anglers would think to target perch, especially not on lures, but Robert Onicala proved the tactic’s versatility with this 4lb 10oz specimen. The 33-year-old Bedford angler was targeting spots new to him on the Great Ouse. He found some slack water and… Read more
Carl Salisbury 5lb 1oz Perch
“It wasn’t until the fish was right under my feed that this was confirmed – it was a perch, and a huge one at that..” Specimen fishing does require a considerable amount of hard work, and quite often time. This could be time spent fishing a venue, simply traveling back… Read more
Simon Ashton 5lb 4oz Perch
Simon Ashton has landed a perch that’ll ‘live with him until he dies’, after slipping the net under this 5lb 4oz specimen. He’s enjoyed a superb run of form with the species on a northern syndicate water, where he’d landed a PB of 4lb 8oz previously. Simon was happy enough… Read more
John Power 4lb 8oz Perch
One of the all-time great hauls of river perch has just been taken, after John Power landed fish of 4lb 8oz, 4lb 1oz, 4lb, eight three-pounders and 10 ‘twos’ in a wild morning’s fishing. The Yorkshire angler was fishing a river in his home county which he found fining down… Read more