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

From vast wild lakes to tiny man-made fisheries, big perch pop-up in every kind of water imaginable, as Gary Spillard proved with this 5lb 5oz beast from a holiday resort! Gary was fishing at Devon’s Clawford Lakes Resort and Spa on Lodge Lake when he landed the massive fish. He… Read more

Over the last few weeks Simon Ashton has enjoyed some superb, big perch action, landing a string of fish over the 4lb mark, topped by this 4lb 8oz UK personal best. He’d seen fish smashing fry in the margins and suspected perch were the culprits and started out by fishing… Read more

Big perch are known for being picky feeders, and whilst on a trip to a flat calm Grafham Water, Simon Davidson had to wait until clouds rolled over and the light faded before tempting this 4lb 15oz specimen. He was using lure tactics on the session with his dad, James…. Read more

Last season we were inundated with reports of huge perch from ‘midlands reservoirs’, and as the leaves start to turn, lure anglers have been dusting off their stillwater kit and heading back out in the hunt for big stripeys. The first reported this season fell to the rod of Gloucestershire… Read more

After battling it for a few minutes the fish lunged for a patch of weed.. Just like buses, a while after an almighty 5lb 11oz perch was landed from the River Thames, another brute has been reported of the same size, which is believd to be an entirely different specimen…. Read more