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Finally done it :).

tomhaggett

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I've finally bettered my perch pb. After a few close shaves recently, and a lot of effort over the past 2 winters I popped out for a couple of hours tonight and managed 6 perch - 3.03, 2.14, 2.07, 1.8 and a couple of small ones. I also lost a decent pike.

 

Both the 2 bigger fish where caught from the first area I tried. I had the 1.8 first so persevered and had the 3.03 shortly afterwards before moving15 yards down the bank and casting to the same area, hoping the different angle of retrieve might make a difference and had the 2.14 next cast. I even saw that one hit the lure in the gin clear water.

It got seriously cold, seriously quickly after that, the rod rings where freezing solid every time I moved swims. The only way I could carry on fishing was to dip the rod in the canal to thaw them :o . Stupidly I carried on, my fingers hurt so much by that point that I could hardly hold the rod, but in the last swim I tried I had the 2.07 and lost the pike which made sticking it out worthwhile.

 

Unfortunately I had no-one to take the pics this time.. but I'd thought of that and bought my big 30" spoon so I could rest the fish in there and wait for a passer by should I need to. Sure enough a hippy looking chap walked by so I politely asked him to do a pic and his response was rather unexpected and abrupt, "NO, I don't believe in fishing". Luckily enough a dog walker did the honours a couple of minutes later.. though despite my advice I still ended up a spec on the horizon. I've edited them a bit, but the old phrase "you can't polish a turd" sure rings true here.

The 2.14 I held in one hand while trying to get a shot with my phone in the other. And the 2.07 I gave up and got a floor shot.

 

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3.03

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2.14

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Chuffed :D. Now to go back for the bigger one I missed earlier in the week.

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Chris Plumb

Well done Tom. So much for conventional wisdom eh? I had a 3 yesterday as well!!! Water temp on the river yesterday evening was 43ºF and I bet the canal was even lower. Should have been pretty hopeless for perch so that is some haul.

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tomhaggett

I can't work the bloody things out Chris. They seem to come on when the conditions should be at their worst.

 

I went for half an hour Weds eve when the conditions looked ok and between 4 of us, one lad had one take.. though it was a 3. They went back the following day when it was bloody freezing, exactly the same area, same tactics and all caught a load. That's what tempted me into going yesterday. I wouldn't have expected to catch perch on anything, let alone lures!!

 

It looks like you had one hell of a session again.. do you ever struggle? ;).

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