I will be fishing for roach, rudd and perch tomorrow. I have never fished for these before. Does anyone have any beginner tips for baits, rigs etc.

Thanks

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Perch - big wriggling worms!!!

As light a line and as small a hook as you can handle,feed maggots little and often.Make sure your float is set to the right depth by plumbing first.Start off fishing just on the bottom.Good luck!

If you can, buy mixed maggots, and if you're not catching on one colour, change to another. The water is still pretty cold so only give a small number of maggots as loosefeed (no more than 6). I have had a few perch over 1lb by supergluing 4 or 5 red maggots head to tail, they wriggle more than a worm and last longer too. I nearly always fish on the drop, with all the shot next to the float (waggler). With roach, do not strike when you see the float twitch, the fish is just mouthing the bait. Wait until the float goes under and then strike. If at any time you find your maggot has been sucked empty, there are fish in your swim. Last bit of quick advice is to keep two or three swims going, near overhanging trees/bushes or other prominent features.

Tight lines

You should have no problem reeling them in they don't put up a fight. Red maggot works well for catching them all i've had more success on Red maggots with these fish than any other.

Yeagh,I like red too Nathan.Tell you what are good as well this time of year,those flouro pinkies especially two of the orange ones on a size 20 hook.

If the budget will allow..
Mixed colour maggies and small worm. Always take a bit of bread as well.

On a small hook, going down to 22 or 24 if there was no sign of life on larger hooks. Hence the small worm.

Use a light float, well shotted down, to give the fish very little warning.

This time of year I would prefer river to still water. Start off by sending through a few worm on a hook to test the water. Perch have a strange ability to sense worm nearby. If there is no interest then a few maggies to do the same.
Then start to put more bait into the swim.

Best wishes