Perch Tips.
Perch are fish eaters of the top order and after hatching and the weening on small aquatic insects fails to become enough they turn their attentions to small fry of any species of fish in their waters and indeed their own kind.
Indeed their fry is more likey to lose more numbers to bigger members of their own species then any other predatory fish.
Therefore find where the small perch are hiding and you will more than likely find its bigger more substantial brother not far behind just waiting to be caught.
Cannibals.
1
Perch love weed which in summer makes them easy to catch in the winter when the weed dies look for the deeper water and you will find the big perch
2
As perch are very cannabilistic then probably the best bait to use to catch a big perch is a little perch around four or five inches will suffice
Perchy Points.
Try the following areas to fish for those stripeys both big and small
The edge of weed beds
Bull rush areas
Beneath over hanging trees and bushes
Underneath bridges
In deep holes
Around loch gates and the like
Not far from the shore perch like to hug shorelines
Commercial carp fisheries where perch have been introduced and not often fished for as the perch can exceed 3lbs frequently.
3
To catch a big perch try fishing the last few weeks in marchwhen the temperatures start to rise at this time the perch become very active in their feeding and you are more likely to bag a big perch
4
Besides using thier own kind to catch perch they are also very likely to take big worm and also red maggots or a cocktail of both maggot and worm
5
Perch love over hanging trees and other features that protrude into the water. They are ambush experts and such features attract many big perch looking for the little perch to swim by