Perch fishing
We had plenty of the rain over the weekend and Andy (you should have been here yesterday) Cowley and I decided to try for some perch on a commercial. We arrived to find one other angler there and he headed off to fish for perch.
Andy and I decided to face the wind and fish next to each other. The bait was to be prawns fished on a light ledger and spraying maggots over the baited area. There were a few other perch fishers turning up during the day. The wind not being too cold was acceptable.
I was the first to get a bite and started playing a carp with that the other rod tore off so Andy was playing the carp while I landed a tench of about 2lbs. The carp was about 8lbs.
Then disaster I hooked a good perch of perhaps 3lbs and played it to the net then the hook came out. I was not too pleased.
A bit later on I had a fast bite and landed a nice small perch of 1lbs 14oz so no blanking for me. I had another carp a little later this one was 13lbs and a nice common. Now I don’t like landing these big brown monsters.
Brown monster
As the afternoon wore on Andy had a nice perch of 2lbs 3oz so was pleased to be off he mark.
The fishing was not brilliant however Andy and I seemed to be catching more than others. So we must be doing something right.
I then had a good perch of 2lbs 4oz. I was pleased with this fish as a 2lb perch is a good size.
2lbs 4oz
I was getting plenty of twitches which I suspect were liners from the carp.
I had one more run which resulted in a lovely perch of 2lbs 12oz so was very happy about this.
2lbs 12oz
It was getting towards dark now and Andy had a really jerky take which resulted in a lovely looking perch of 3lbs 5oz. It was fat but not full of spawn. He was really happy with the result as was I.
Andy’s 3lbs 5oz perch
That was it for the day. A great result and top rods on the lake.
I did return a couple of days later with the temps of 13c the carp and tench were feeding on my prawns. I did manage one small perch of 12oz. Reminder to ones self don’t fish in mild weather conditions.
