Specimen perch had always proved a little elusive for Surrey angler Duncan Hayward, but his efforts to track down a big example of the species paid off on a recent session when he landed this 4lb 9oz cracker using a float-fished roach livebait.
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He was fishing on the River Thames, targeting an area where a shaded treeline overlooks a steep marginal shelf, with big overhangs just off the edge of the flow.
After missing a take, he then hooked a fish that gave a solid, jagging resistance, and Duncan was elated to see the large perch finally surface.
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