Just a quick one, but I've literally just found out that Neill Stephen has caught Britain's first authenticated 6lb+ perch and set a new British record weight of 6lb 2oz. I don't know the guy, and I've never fished the venue, but this is a landmark fish and from how the article reads, Neill applied real specialist tactics to land this fish, so kudos. Well done that man.
The full Angling Times exclusive article is here: http://www.gofishing.co.uk/Angling-Times/Section/News--Catches/Catch-Reports/March-2011/6lb-2oz-monster-perch-smashes-current-British-record/
18/10/2024 - Trotanostering, mugged on the Soar again!
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Had about half a pint of maggots to use up courtesy of one of my wife's
experiments with her Year 13 class. It had started out as a full pint, so
she was a...