As anglers, we sometimes set ourselves certain targets when it comes to our desired species. You might be after a double-figure tench this spring or have your sights on a 7lb chub this winter. All-rounder John Merritt was hoping to catch a 4lb perch this year, having missed out narrowly… Read more

Having just landed a reservoir stripy of 4lb 10oz, Paul Scowen returned to the venue and enjoyed three spectacular days of action, landing 10 fish over four pounds, topped by this 4lb 15oz specimen. On his first return trip, Paul headed to the area he’d had his fish from previously… Read more

Typically, perch are targeted by features, be it an overhanging tree or a bridge. But Steve Frost tempted this 4lb 8oz beast from an open water swim on the River Wharfe. He was targeting a stretch that had previous form for a small shoal of very large perch and cast… Read more

In a phenomenal run of form, Alan Stagg has landed a perch over the four-pound mark every week for the past six weeks. But this remarkable brace of fish, weighing 5lb 1oz and 4lb 13oz, tops the lot. They came on the second of a two-day trip after locating a… Read more

When Paul Topley’s partner Amber said she fancied a few days away, he managed to persuade her that a fishing trip was a good idea. The pair headed to Devon’s Clawford Lakes, where Paul planned to target the large resident perch. For his first few days, Paul adopted a roving… Read more

With his local rivers out of sorts due to the continuous flooding, Paul Scowen opted to head over to a reservoir, where perch were his target. After locating what he describes as ‘the motherload’ of big perch stacked up on the top edge of a depression, he set about catching… Read more