perch

[Fishermancon123]

hi guys please cani have some tips on catchin 1pound plus perchand roach plz .

[ninjacarp]

maggots , worm , pinkies and decent presentation on your hook what rig you use is up to you a nice light float rig 2BB should be about right (its what i caught my pb 1lb 7oz perch on,not to great but oh well) would be best so when they taste your bait they wont feel the weight of the rig and spit it out.

[bakerperch93]

Worms

[Bungz]

Anything thats big and moving like a big bunch of maggots or worms.

The great thing about perch is they have huge mouths for a reason :)

[fishypaul]

a small livebait will sort out the bigger ones mate

[Fishermancon123]

Ok cheers guys

[Green Sheds]

It's all about finding the fish and placing your bait in the correct area of the water. Ask around and find out what parts of the river are good for sizeable roach and perch. As for bait, maggots are always up for the task, But it depends on what river you are fishing on as to what bait to use. I would suggest live bait for big perch. As for the roach, i would throw a good amount of loose maggots into your swim which will attract the small fish, when the larger fish come in for a look you should have casted a hook full of maggots awaiting their arrival.

[martin56]

Hi - Perch like like plenty of cover so look for likely features like over hanging trees, weed, and anything which is stuck up out of the water like old stumps.
Other likely spots are things like boat houses & slack water (they don't seem to like fastmoving water so much - being an ambush feeding fish).
Maggots - especially red, worms, & i've found a dead or live minnow to be effective which you can catch with a kids net.
Spinning can get good results - try an ABU DROPPEN which is a lure with a blade which rotates around a weighted body. The DROPPEN & all the mentioned baits will all catch perch of ANY size - The "GREAT UNCERTAINTY" is all part of the angling experience.

Good Luck.

Martin.

[chazyboi]

this seems mad but on our canal we fish with a pole for em but no float and just suspend a gudgeon or small roach into the weeds far bank had some crackers like that and as the guys say worms all day long

[BoldBear]

I’ve had good Perch from dappled shade below overhanging trees, against old wooden pilings along the edge, along and close to reedbeds and the bottom of near bank shelves.

Although most of mine have been caught on maggots and worms most of my biggest Perch have been caught on mouth-hooked minnow or tiny gudgeon livebaits or on very small mepps spinners retrieved slowly along the edges and along reed beds close to reeds.

If you take some pollaroids you can sometimes see them moving below the surface hunting for food and I remember one time in a clear moat when I witnessed a shoal of Perch rounding up a shoal of fry into a corner before rushing in and grabbing hold of a meal; the fry were jumping everywhere, some fry even jumped onto the bank in their bid to get away.
So if you see some fry jumping then a small livebait or a small spinner will stand a good chance of being taken; but keep as low as you can lest they see you and get spooked.