Anybody Catching???

Thought id start a new topic, as the lure section dose not have a ( Anybody Catching Section )

Went for an hour (literally) with lefty, and what a successful hour it was, on his first cast, he had a perch follow of about 3lb followed by a number of smaller ones about half a pound to a pound.
his second cast caught him one about 5oz perch followed by another one about a pound.......AND THEN
this little beauti


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Can't see it all Gavin

So redone it for you
Adie

had this one last week on the river on a spring dawg only 13lb but good fun on the single handed rod it took it at my waist as i was wading really made me jump ha

"Only 13lb" ??? You say that as if it's a tiddler

I have to say, that hour I had spare this afternoon was fab. As Gav says, that first cast totally took me by surprise. It was the largest perch I have personally had the pleasure to set eyes upon, and even greater was that it was interested in my lure. Despite jigging the shad in the water at all depths close in (which is when I saw it) and trying further out, it never showed again.

Needless to say, when I have more time, I'll be back at that same spot again.

Lefty wrote:"Only 13lb" ??? You say that as if it's a tiddler

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not really a tiddler but it was compared to the 22lb beast my mate had as soon as i put it back on a spinner bait

Well, in that case then.........................

Nice one lads........

Brilliant catches guys, thinking of trying a session on the canal with lures and spinners this up coming weekend, get ready for the the big perch to bite lol

cracking fish deadbait

Hi guys bin for a walk today on one off the local ponds, sin plenty of pike activity, even sin a small fry get taken, shame they banned spinning there tho, but he has his reasons.. wonder if other waters are as active today!!!. is any one fishing today?

iam going to the said water mate where you been,let you know later on in week wheen ive been

HI nick when are you going mate if its in the week i might join you if thats ok with you
PM me with details

cheers lads been back out today and blanked hardcore will be out after a big perch through the week so fingers crossed

Gav and I went to the same spot as the other day and caught 7 perch on spinners. I only had one of them

Here's a picture of the biggest one.

well done lads

Went to our usual spot to try my hand at dropshotting using a fake worm. It's the first time I've tried it and I was impressed. Gavin and I caught a total of 15 perch, this being my largest of the session:



You can make out the worm on the floor in front of me. I was using my normal spinning rod which is an Abu Garcia Diamond Crest (12-32gr) with a Shimano Alivio 2500 reel, 10lb Powerpro braid, 6lb mono, size 6 hook and a 1/4oz bomb. A very balanced setup with great sensitivity.

At one point there was a pike of about mid double that went for one of the perch I was reeling in and Gavin shouted me over to where he was trying because 2 perch, that he says were easily 3lbers, were chasing his bright yellow rubber shad.

Dropshotting - definitely a method I will be using again

Well me and lefty did it. After spending a couple of days searching for these monster perch we final got one....

This evening the water was erupting with perch darting across the surface chasing small fry which was brilliant (Nature at its best) once watching the water for a while we finally targeted an are which caught us perch of the top perch mid water and perch on the bottom.
Our tactics changed every other cast and still had consistent catches.

Just thought we would share our success.........BUT wish i had took my scales with

Anyone have any ideas just how big this could be.......????????

great fish mate, looks 3lb or more to me

nice! looks over 3 to me. drop shotting?
quite a good method i am a convert in the right swims

The bite was so gentle, yet the fight was so hard. Awesome action we will keep the log of our journey updated for you guys.
more yet to come as there are even bigger ones there to

cracking perch gav looks over 3 get some scales lol