If you happen to be a small fish then the perch’s beauty will be the last thing on your mind. You’ll be more concerned with its cavernous mouth, an orifice that is comparatively huge to the size of the owner. You’ll also be aware of the sheer speed at which it can attack, but more of that lat...

Big perch are nomadic in summer, as eager to swim in the fastest current as haunt the deepest eddy as they seek out shoals of prey fish. In winter they will invariably be found in quieter water and this means swim choice is much easier. If you can find an area of steady water below a bend with feat...