";s:4:"text";s:5657:" Like all predators, perch have large eyes and extremely good eyesight that they use as their primary weapon.Perch hate bright light. The next time you cast into your local commercial lake just remember that the hookbait may land within a few feet of a British Record Fish.Yes, you did read that correctly. My Perch Rigs Posted in Coarse Fishing Articles By Roger Standen On June 19, 1999. “The bottom float stop enables me to position the bait at a certain level,” explained Mick.If livebaiting is not your thing, Mick also catches lots of big perch using a leger rig (see previous page) baited with worms.His rig consists of a 1oz leger that is stopped from falling onto the hooklink with a bead.The hooklink is made with 4lb Drennan Double Strength line and a size 8 Drennan Specimen hook.“A 20 inch hooklink is a good length. I’ve tried carp indicators, but even the lightest ones are too heavy, perch drop the bait.”As we move from autumn to winter in the next few weeks, worms and livebaits both work well.“I always use a halved worm, hooked at the broken end, as fish will home in on the scent.“Don’t put more than two worms on the hook. It gives the perch enough ‘rope’ to hang itself, but not enough to result in a deeply hooked fish,” Mick said.When legering, Mick prefers to use lobworms on the hook: “I fish two halves, hooking them at the broken end, where the juices are escaping.“The hookbait is then tipped off with red maggot to provide a splash of colour and movement,” he added.“To reduce resistance I use a bottle top bite indicator. We are currently enjoying Britain’s golden age of perch fishing.To ensure you cash-in on this accessible source of specimen fish we’ve sought the help of perch expert Mick Cutler.Mick (49), has pursued big perch since 1985 and has a personal best of 5lb 1oz along with lots of 3lb and 4lb fish. They are freshwater fish that are carnivorous, and commonly found in lakes, ponds, rivers and streams. “It’s better to set up the float stick float style – rubbers top and bottom – rather than bottom only like a waggler, as it cuts down on the resistance felt by a taking fish. Should you cast out too far, the shot will not be on the bottom and the float will disappear, telling you that you need to fish a little closer. Many of these specimens have been caught at public access lakes that anyone could fish.Giant perch are NOT the preserve of exclusive, expensive syndicates. Perch is a common name for several types of fish species: yellow perch (perca flavescens), European perch (perca fluviatilis) and balkharsh perch (perca schrenkii). The float rig (below) comprises of a 4AAA Drennan Loafer, attached with float rubbers at the top and bottom. Perch are very obliging fish that can be caught in many different ways, but one of the finest has to be on float-fished worm or prawn. Having plenty of shot down the line also helps to keep the rig in place and stop it from being moved around. A roach of around two or three inches is ideal.“One bait that can be brilliant is a small perch,” said Mick. Perch don’t mind a big bait, but worms can wriggle round and mask the hook,” Mick revealed.Livebait wise, any small bait will do. I get to the lake at noon then fish until dark.“I’m not saying you won’t catch perch during the night, but in my experience the sport is so slow that it hardly seems worth it,” he continued.Once at his chosen swim Mick uses a two rig attack - one based on the use of worms the other using a livebait.The first thing Mick does is break out a waggler rod: “As it is illegal to transport live fish from one water to another I spend the first hour float fishing for small livebaits,” he said.“This serves two purposes. Taking us to a typical two acre club water, the Maidstone angler agreed to reveal his perch secrets.These gems have evolved over years of trial and error and he’s kept them hush-hush, until now...The British perch record has changed three times in the past 20 years, on each occasion it has been caught at a small, day ticket or club fishery.In 1985, John Shayler became the first angler to break the 5lb barrier when he landed a 5lb 9oz fish from Furnace Pond, in Kent.In April 2002, 11-year-old Dean Rawlings set a new record when he landed a giant of 5lb 9oz 8dr while fishing for carp at a tiny Oxfordshire commercial pool.As IYCF recounted in this October’s issue (see ‘Moments and Heroes’ page 136), this capture was made even more special as Dean was actually winding in his maggot-baited waggler rig when the giant took it!Finally, in February this year, Les Brown from Washington, Sussex, landed a 5lb 15oz fish while legering maggots at a local two acre day ticket fishery.As the past three record breakers have all come from small waters, this question seems moot. Mick uses two rigs when perch fishing – a float and a leger rig. “Like pike, perch are highly cannibalistic. These larger baits help to deter small fish from picking up your bait giving you a good chance of latching on to a larger than average specimen. Perch do not like a moving bait, so it is much better to nail it to the lakebed by fishing slightly overdepth with a small shot to anchor the float in position. This provides the perch with an abundance of food – either small roach or carp fry.“The majority of commercial carp waters don’t contain any pike, so the perch are at the top of the food chain.“In essence, these fish are the only predators, so they are basically living their lives like Roman Emperors! This creates a paternoster that allows the livebait to swim naturally. ";s:7:"keyword";s:18:"Perch fishing Rigs";s:5:"links";s:2937:"Madeleine Vionnet Death,
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