Time for Perch

[scott cordingley]

Its that time again, old stripes going to get some attention again. Everyone is different with how they catch them, I prefer to float fish in the margins with worms on 5Ib straight through to a size 8, fishing on canals and lakes. What are your tactics? and lets see some pics of colourful looking perch, here's mine at 3Ib 1oz.

[Steve Walker]

Did you know that apparently it isn't time for perch in the big Cumbrian lakes (or soon won't be)?

 

I owe myself a session on the Thames, and will fish lobs or bleak close in to a feature, feeding lots of red maggot.

[scott cordingley]

Hi Steve, hope all is well, the Thames is somewhere I would love to catch a perch from but cannot find somewhere to fish as I live in ashford kent, do you know of any clubs, free, or day ticket stretches with a good head of them in?

[Steve Walker]

My local club has a few sections, and I've located a few perchy spots, but I'm in Wiltshire so it's all up the top end. I reckon the chances of big fish are probably better on the lower river, which is good for you because that's your nearest bit!

[Anderoo]

It certainly is Perch Season* again

 

I had a very perchy year last season, firstly having some good results at the Thames with paternosted livebaits in the autumn (after many frustrating years!) and then with legered prawns at a commercial throughout the winter. It was my most successful season for perch by quite a long stretch and really good fun. I'm not sure where the rest of this season will take me, if the river is good for roach I suspect I'll get drawn into that and end up ignoring the perch, if not I may well end up after the stripeys.

 

Hopefully we'll start to see some pics on here soon of big bristling perch

 

*exceptions may apply

[scott cordingley]

River roach or perch?, that's a hard one to choose.

Cheers Steve, iv heard reading angling have some good stretches for perch, may give them a look at.

[Steve Walker]

The river does look awesome for perch down that way. Without local knowledge it might take a lot of searching to find them, though. That's part of the fun, I guess!

[scott cordingley]

that's true, never fished the Thames so will be a new thing for me.

[Steve Walker]

Anderoo has caught many more big Thames perch than I have, and can probably offer better general advice, but my best spots are deep, slow-ish, hard-bottomed and with plenty of cover.