RESPECT!Kingfisher wrote:Bob Brookes wrote:Jeez, that is the perch of my dreams.
I want one!
I recon they've been feeding it what Guffer Watkins eats Bob.
Picture of the record perch
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Re: Picture of the record perch
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Blimey, I bet that one can eat a few crayfish. Makes me wonder what is lurking in lakes where folk are not interested in catching them.
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Re: Picture of the record perch
He also equalled the chub record at 9lb 5oz.- huge!Tengisgol wrote:Neill is a monster fish magnet!
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The perch record was supposed broken by the owner of a fishery near me but the only witness was his wife so he couldn't claim it!
http://www.fisheries.co.uk/brickhill/
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Hmmm.....with a podgy belly like that it must be a stillwater perch, probably from a commercial fishery. It's an impressive specimen but I prefer my perch to look like perch; same reason I don't see the attraction of those obese carp that don't look like fish. Still, a record is a record.
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Fantastic perch- but they can grow bigger - there is a photo lurking some where on the web of an 8lb+ perch caught somewhere else in Europe, so there may yet be bigger perch lurking in our waters.........
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Found the photo - 8lb 4oz perch caught in the Netherlands:
http://www.fishing-worldrecords.com/sci ... tilis/show
http://www.fishing-worldrecords.com/sci ... tilis/show
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Re: Picture of the record perch
Right I am having a Perch trip in the next couple of weeks.
I'm sure I'll manage a 4 (ouncer that is!!)
I'm sure I'll manage a 4 (ouncer that is!!)