Here’s a nice December perch caught by customer Rob O’Brien. The perch weighed approximately 3lbs a fish that most anglers can only dream about. Rob couldn’t weigh the fish properly as the batteries for his scales had run out. Still it looks the size, well done Rob.
Best fishes,
John
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We have a few new arrivals to look at this time. The New Waverunner Atom Bait Boat looks set stun, it is compact and robust with lots of unique features. One of Atom Bait Boats unique features is a magnetic hook release which alllows you to drop your hookbait independantly from your bait. This feature amongst other crafty little ruses enables you to place you hookbait off your main baited area to hopefully trick one of those bigger carp. Check out the main site for a full list of specifications.
On the bite alarm front the Prologic Senzora VTSW Remote Bite Alarm Set not only looks good with bags of features but apppears to be really good value, have a look for yourself. The new polyphonic alarms should also be in soon and I look forward to having a play with those.
If you’re looking for a rig tube to really pin your end tackle to the lakebed The New Rig Marole Free Fall Rig Tube may be what you’re after. It has a coiled stainless Steel wire inner covered with a supple plastic coating making it both very heavy and extremley abrasion resistant. A friend of mine (a very capable angler) has been using it extensivley recently with very good results.
For the pike anglers among you Dynamite Baits have launched a new range of pike deadbaits, we had some of their frozen perch deadbaits delivered. I’ve never seen perch deadbaits before, so these babies might give you an edge in your fishing. They might also give the perch anglers out their some food for thought.
Best fishes,
John
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Angela and I recently hired a cruiser on the Oxford stretch of the River Thames. It was really hard work as the cruiser was a bit big for two people but we had a wicked time just float fishing off the back of the boat both of us catching a fish a chuck. One of my ambitions was to catch a new personal best perch and boy did I get one, check out the photo below, it weighed 3lb 5oz and is the biggest perch I’ve ever seen. My new PB was caught long trotting 3 white maggots and feeding approx. 10 mixed maggots every trot down. The swim went quiet just before the take so I knew there must be a big predator about, as the roach, perch and dace we were catching were of a good size. The more usual bait for perch is red maggots on the hook and I did try them but catch rates went down until I switched back to whites, the river was very murky so that may have been the reason. The fight was amazing and I can’t wait to go back.
Best fishes,
John
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