peter crabtree
AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
I like to keep it simple. A float and worm approach in the traditional manner.
I think of perch as soon as Autumn arrives but others differ...
Isaak Walton wrote in his book of 1653 " a bold biting fish, yet he will not bite all seasons of the year; he is very abstemious in winter, yet will bite then in the midst of day, if it be warm: and note, that all fish bite best about the midst of a warm day in winter, and he has been observed by some not usually to bite till the mulberry tree buds, that is to say, till extreme frosts be past the spring, for when the mulberry-tree blossoms many gardeners observe their forward fruit to be past the danger of frosts, and some have made the like observation of the pearch's (sic) biting...
What do you think is the best method and what time of year?
I think of perch as soon as Autumn arrives but others differ...
Isaak Walton wrote in his book of 1653 " a bold biting fish, yet he will not bite all seasons of the year; he is very abstemious in winter, yet will bite then in the midst of day, if it be warm: and note, that all fish bite best about the midst of a warm day in winter, and he has been observed by some not usually to bite till the mulberry tree buds, that is to say, till extreme frosts be past the spring, for when the mulberry-tree blossoms many gardeners observe their forward fruit to be past the danger of frosts, and some have made the like observation of the pearch's (sic) biting...
What do you think is the best method and what time of year?