Prawn For Quality At Passies

EVERY winter I hear reports of not only really big specimen perch coming from Passies Main Lake, but lots of back-up fish, too, around 2-3 lb.

- Duncan Charman

It’s been a venue on my ‘bucket-list’ for many winters, and when I heard that three anglers had recently shared a fantastic catch of more than a dozen specimen 'stripys' to 3 lb 9 oz, and then I heard about a monster 4 lb 12 oz fish, I had to get my tackle out and head south.

Picking up my good friend, Hampshire-based Ross Booker, en-route we arrived in good time, and quickly headed halfway up the Causeway Bank, an area that fishery manager Rob had recommended.

The reason why I say ‘quickly’ is because every time I seem to book a day’s perch fishing, the so-called perfect perch conditions of cloud cover and low atmospheric pressure seem to elude me, leaving me with the 'worst' conditions – blue skies and high pressure. I feared the same today, as there was also a chilly northerly wind!

A perch gold mine