Perch

[Paul Hiom]

Steve,

Thats a stunner matey well done and appreciate you putting it up. Hope you didnt mind me asking to see it.

Thames? You can dodge that question if you like, i did.

atb


Paul

 

[Steve Sorrell]

Steve,

Thats a stunner matey well done and appreciate you putting it up. Hope you didnt mind me asking to see it.

Thames? You can dodge that question if you like, i did.

atb


Paul

No worries Paul.
Cotswold water park . K & A really Just gotta find some stillwaters to target for the next few weeks.
atb

Steve

 

[John Hinkley]

Reading through this thread has got me itching for the winter so I can have a proper crack at the perch. Found a couple of local waters with some nice perch in, so I won't have to travel like last winter

Hoping to beat my best from last winter of 2lb 1oz

 

[Graham Elliott]

Had a good day roaching today with quite a few over 1lb and 6 carpus as well as a nice 3.5 perch...on meat.

Graham

 

[Steve Sorrell]

Had a good day roaching today with quite a few over 1lb and 6 carpus as well as a nice 3.5 perch...on meat.

Photo when photobucket working.

Graham

Shame i had to work Graham Thanks for the invite though, hopefully next time....

 

[Graham Elliott]

Bit hot for barbel so local lake. (forgot scales so estimates but pretty accurate)

30 plus roach to 1lb. 8oz and 4 carp including one over 20. Great fun on stepped up match rod.

Also 3 nice perch including this nice one. Anyone like to venture a weight for it to help me out?

 

[Will Barnard]

3lb 10oz Graham.

 

[Graham Elliott]

Thanks Will.

My thought was 3.8. Lawman( another perch expert) said...a bit over 3.

It was VERY fat so I'm taking an unofficial 3.8. a pb by 3oz

Graham

 

[Will Barnard]

Good on ya!
Incidentally, family Barnard spent a last minute week at a place called Cofton holiday something or other in Dawlish.

If anyone has designs on going there (maybe some from here as it has fishing in a loose form on site)

Take your perch gear.
It was the only stuff I packed in earnest as these sorts of places often have good perch and/or eels. I nicked an afternoon to myself and had a dozen stripes between 2 and just over 3lb. Was good fun and it confused the hell out of the casuals fishing 3lb tc rods and wagglers.

 

[Paul Thomas]

Graham,

For what it's worth....a good 3 IMO


Paul

 

[Graham Elliott]

Cheers Paul. I was just interested in making sure I wasn't widly out. All unofficial. I will have to catch a bigger one and weigh it.

Graham

 

[Simon Lush]

Nice fish, 3 plus, it needs its fin up though

 

[Pete Thomas]

Dunno, never seen a perch that big in the flesh so wouldn't hazard a guess.

More importantly though it's a cracking fish no matter what number you put on it, well done Graham!

 

[Paul Hiom]

Defo a 3 plusser, cracking fish Graham.

 

[Graham Hunt]

Belting perch Graham. How did the Trent roaching go?

 

[Chris Guy]

Grand fish there, a good 2lb 15oz I reckon.

 

[Graham Elliott]

You reckon wrong Chris.

Graham. Not too good. very hot. A few small ones, but problem was very very soft pellets kept falling off the hook.

Did get a big bream (yuk)and also hooked something that slowly made its way from the margins and did me. I reckoned a foul hooked pike.

Pal caught 3 over 1lb on pellet feeder though....as you do it seems......

Hemp / caster next time. At least you know they are there.

Graham

 

[Steven Ballard]

Had these beautiful looking stripeys on a trip down to the hampshire avon last weekend, beat my pb twice with a 2.12 then a 3.02, had several other 2's and lost a fish which looked to be at least 4lb! Gutted wasnt the word!

 

[Steve Frost]

Superb fishing

Steve.

 

[Will Barnard]

Good lad Steven, Lovely looking river fish.