Perch Fishing - The Secret Lake
Ok I did manage a day and a bit of fishing on the lake mentioned before to see what i could catch. I went armed with an arsenal of red maggots hoping for a perch, but basically to get a rough idea of stock within the lake.
I must have gone through around 40 roach on good friday, amongst the odd gudgeon, bleak and dace… and then taaa daaa a perch took a single red maggot! Ok he was only about 4 inches but atleast now i know that there is atleast one Perch in there! The problem is how the hell do i find them in 15 plus acres of water… i suppose follow the bait fish and try the overhangs and undercuts! ….I cannot wait. It may be a long slog but fingers crossed there could be a gem in there somewhere.
I had a walk round on Sunday also, to get ideas of where to fish and did fortunately see a few perch chasing the smaller fish. Albeit they only looked around .5 to 1lb but the signs are there for me to focus my available time on the place! Please oh please let this lake hold some magical untouched perch!
This is the sort of lake that books are written about, away from the crowds little known about and only the very odd fisherman frequents it’s banks…!
Hmmm.
