I went fishing the other day. The plan was to catch pike by spinning for them from my canoe. I knew there were a lot of smallish pike in the bit of river I was fishing so I used small lures. The result was quite predictable – I caught no pike but quite a few nice perch. Now it has to be said a nice perch is not particularly large. The Irish rod caught record is 2.75 kg (5lbs 8oz) but this was an exceptional fish. One a quarter of this weight is still a big perch and a ‘nice’ perch is probably only 200 to 300 grams…
Irish Examiner, 20/10/14. Read the full article ‘Why I’m hooked on Perch‘.
