Kennet & Avon Canal - Thatcham

0700 - 1100

Cool, calm and murky/foggy - very autumnal!. 5->10ºC

3 Perch; 2lb 1oz and a couple of tiddlers, 1 chublet and 6 roach.

Better conditions for prospecting for perch - though 2 hours with lobs produced a couple of missed bites and 2 small perch who weren't much bigger than the lobs used to catch them! Switched to maggot as I could see silvers snaffling my freebies just under the surface - so of course 2nd cast I had the 2lb perch!

First decent perch from the canal this autumn - looks like it's escaped from a rather ambitious pike...