UK FISHING FOR EUROPEAN RED FIN PERCH ( Perca fluviatilis )

[DanDanUK]

Hi Guy's

So tofday after i finished work i decided i'd spend a few hour's fishing for Red Fin Perch on my local canal i was there for about 2 hours and caught 6 perch i took PIC'S !!! the smallest perch i caught was about 3" and the largest i caught was about 10"... Take a look !!!

THE VIEW !!! Beautiful isn't it !!! http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=22568&size=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=22568&size=1)

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=22572&size=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=22572&size=1)
Same fish on my seat tackle box
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=22567&size=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=22567&size=1)

Getting bigger now!
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=22570&size=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=22570&size=1)
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=22569&size=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=22569&size=1)

This one was the biggest i caught!!! about 9 to 10"
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=22571&size=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=22571&size=1)
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=22573&size=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=22573&size=1)
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=22574&size=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=22574&size=1)

Hope you enjoy these pic's,

Extra INFO !!!

I caught these fish on a 3lb main line and a 2lb hook link and a size 18 hook using a 3AAA waggler float and the bait i used was Red Maggot.

[redtailfool]

Dan thats a great spot to fish and a beautiful catch !
Are you going to keep those badboys in your tank? I would love to keep one. :D

[DanDanUK]

Dan thats a great spot to fish and a beautiful catch !
Are you going to keep those badboys in your tank? I would love to keep one. :D

I'd love to keep one mate maybe if i get another tank set up in the future maybe i'd keep one or two, i don't think they'd do too well in my tank now they prefer cold water.

Glad you enjoyed the pic's !

[HarleyK]

Nice catch :thumbsup:


HarleyK

[DangerousDan]

Cool looking fish. Got catch Danny boy.
Shame they aint tropical could stick um in ya tank.

Dan

[dacox]

Nice catches. They almost look like mini pbass with their coloring (not really the right body shape though). Looks like a cool fishing spot also.

[Stone Like Fish]

Enjoyed the pics, are they also the fish that are considered pests in australia?

[DiXoN]

nice catch dan.
i maybe away fishing myself if a few months time after the house is done.
dixon

[davo]

looks just like my local canal dan. we gotta do a mfk fishing trip. i cant wait to go fishing for perch. its been to long, i can hardly remember what to do.

[DiXoN]

thats a good idea davo i need some freshwater fishing people to show me how to go on as i am a salty fisher usually

[davo]

dan said he wouldnt mind taking me at some point lol. funny thing is, i got a load of gear in the garage, just havent used it for years. do it in the next few months tho, otherwise im back to swansea. dan, you catch any eels? our canal has quite a few of the b*stards (well 5 years ago anyway)

[ewurm]

They look a lot like the Yellow Perch i catch here in MN.

[Steve_89]

Is that as big as they get?

[dannyboy]

I might copy your technique and see how i go down here With Redfin. I like fishing for them, only ever caught the runts though, but hoping for a big one...

[stotty]

Nice looking canal! I take it they were caught on a pole? I love fishing for them in the winter but using lures my son had some corkers on the pole. What canal were you fishing?

[Honda12]

Those are very cool looking, you should really set up a tank for them.

[ultimatejay]

You should set up a native tank with them and a couple Silurus Glanis cats. LOL

[Oddball]

Dan thats a great spot to fish and a beautiful catch !
Are you going to keep those badboys in your tank? I would love to keep one. :D

You can!! They're called yellow perch here in the US (Perca flavescens). I'm originally from the northeast (Clifton, NJ, Selden, NY, and Montauk, NY) and have caught these perch in just about any body of FW in both states.

[DanDanUK]

Is that as big as they get?

No the biggest they grow to is about 15" and weigh about 3lb

[DanDanUK]

looks just like my local canal dan. we gotta do a mfk fishing trip. i cant wait to go fishing for perch. its been to long, i can hardly remember what to do.

I think it would be a great Idea to Organise a UK MFK fishing trip!!!

Leave it with me and the staffs and let's see what we can come up with ;)

Not everybody has transport so i think that would be a main concern, also not many people acctually fish but that dosen't really matter as i'm sure we could get a good croud together.

[DanDanUK]

Enjoyed the pics, are they also the fish that are considered pests in australia?

Not sure mate, I saw Rex Hunt catching a few of these bad boy's and he didn't seem to mind them so much ....

[davo]

i wouldnt be suprised if they were pests in aus. i'd like to set up a tank with a couple of little ones, watch how they grow. well if anyone wants a lift who lives between a and b, i drive.

[stotty]

No the biggest they grow to is about 15" and weigh about 3lb



Perch claimed at 5lb 10oz. The river i fish for them has a good head of 3 lb ones in it . The pic is of a Monster 5lb 2oz perch not me just one i found to show what a stunning fish they are. I am up for a fishing trip sort it Dan. Where in the uk are you?

[DanDanUK]

Perch claimed at 5lb 10oz. The river i fish for them has a good head of 3 lb ones in it . The pic is of a Monster 5lb 2oz perch not me just one i found to show what a stunning fish they are. I am up for a fishing trip sort it Dan. Where in the uk are you?

Wow :WHOA: really i wasn't aware they grew that big i was just going on an averge size i'd herd they grew to but if you say they grow that big and judging by your pic "they do" then i'm a beliver !!!

The UK fishing trip is in the works i've put it up for discussion in the staff lounge and we'll sort something out where it's easy enought for all UK members to get to as of yet there's no date for trip or anything yet we still on the drawing board with the idea. we'll keep you all posted!

[davo]

make sure it aint too far from glos, cause i know theres a few northeners on here

[stotty]

Wow :WHOA: really i wasn't aware they grew that big i was just going on an averge size i'd herd they grew to but if you say they grow that big and judging by your pic "they do" then i'm a beliver !!!

The UK fishing trip is in the works i've put it up for discussion in the staff lounge and we'll sort something out where it's easy enought for all UK members to get to as of yet there's no date for trip or anything yet we still on the drawing board with the idea. we'll keep you all posted!


I do admit a 5 lb fish is exceptional
but there are load of 3-4 being caught all the time now.Have a look at this.



http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thefishingzone.org/html_site/gallery/perch/4lb_6oz_small.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thefishingzone.org/html_site/gallery_menu_html.html&h=101&w=140&sz=4&hl=en&start=37&tbnid=Hycy0EvS5JuBnM:&tbnh=63&tbnw=88&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dperch%2B4lb%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20% 26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN


British fish are getting bigger every year just look at some of these figures.

Barbel 21lb
Carp Mirror 64lb
Pike 46lb
Roach 4lb 10oz
Tench 15lb These are the record for each fish in the UK
Global warming has a lot to answers for . I have been fish since I was my sons age and have watched fish sizes go up and up last year I had a 8 lb Tench as a kid I would have made all the papers with that fish to catch one over 7 lb was amassing and to have a 20lb + Barble well what next. Its not just here it going mad the world record for a Carp now is a massive 83lb 8oz. This is from Rainbow Lakes in France. That’s a king carp not Siamese Giant carp you want to see big do a search for them.

[Opiate]

very nice catch