When he woke up to a hard frost and bright sunshine, Marek Nieweglowski didn’t fancy his chances with the perch population of the Grand Union Canal.
Undeterred, he ventured out to an area he’d fished the day before and landed a decent stripey, and was this time rewarded with a superb fish of 4lb 7oz. It was caught on a 7.5cm craw pattern, which he cast close to a moored barge.
Knowing that lots of anglers on this stretch use livebaits, Marek reckoned that tempting a big perch using an artificial bait would be tricky.
“On my second cast I lost a lure on a snag, which wasn’t the ideal start,” he told us.
“But I retackled, and a short while later I was about to lift the lure from the water when I felt a strong tug on the line."
"A few minutes later, this giant perch lay in my net. It’s just an ounce off my PB!”
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