A trip to a large reservoir resulted in a superb brace of perch for former Drennan Cup winner Darran Goulder, who landed fish of 4lb 13oz and 4lb 3oz, plus one of 4lb 2oz later in the day. His session started slowly, with no bites coming during the early part… Read more

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

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

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

“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 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