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Bonefish Blues

Banging donk
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52 Festive Road
A big perch is the biggest big fish, without question. I remember catching some really good ones as a kid before a virus wiped almost all of them out. It's great to see them back in such good numbers and size.
 

esoxlucius

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A big perch is the biggest big fish, without question. I remember catching some really good ones as a kid before a virus wiped almost all of them out. It's great to see them back in such good numbers and size.

Wow, how old are you? The big "perch disease" was wayyy back, 60's and 70's wasn't it, or there abouts?

Really big perch were very rare when I was a kid but the British record at the time was a 4lb 12oz fish caught decades earlier, and I often wondered as a kid why super big perch such as that one weren't caught anymore.

Then I heard all about that disease that almost wiped them out.

Nowadays though we seem to be blessed with huge perch up and down the country. The current British record is over 6lb and the world record European perch is over 10lb!!

I don't have a lifetime bucket list as such but I've gotta say I'd really love to catch a true monster stripy before I leave this world.
 
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