WERE CAN I GET A GOOD DAYS PERCH FISHING IN THE GLASGOW AREA AS I REMEMBER THEIR BEING LOTS OF PERCH IN MOST RIVERS AND WAS TELLING MY SON THE OTHER DAY AND HE WOULD LIKE TO TRY IT AS I SAID YOU ALWAYS CAUGHT FISH BUT I FEAR I MAY BE FINDING THE PERCH HARD TO COME BY THESE DAYS AM I RIGHT ..

If you fancy a trip down the M8 the Murdieston Dams in Greenock have both Pike and Perch. Both are council owned and no permits are required to fish them.

Greenock&District AC have a reservoir that holds both Pike and Perch and permits can be bought from Petersons Fishing Shop in Greenock for a fiver a day.

The G&D water is still classified as a trout water and as such fishing on the reservoir is fly only.

thanks mate was hopeing for closer to home as i have no car you see but im sure i could get their quite easy was thinking of barrhead dams the used to have good perch fishing but wonder if thats the case now and if anyone had any glasgow river stretch to recommend for perch it dosent look to promising does it

The canal is the place to go for Pike - try and get as far away from the city as possible...if you and the boy have bikes then all the better - you can cycle somewhere right along the canal tow path.

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When I was a boy we used to fish for perch in Hogganfield loch dont know if there is any perch nowadays . Another place that was full of perch was Castle Semple in Lochwinnoch which is only 15 mins down the road . The reservoir I fish has loadsa the damn things but it is a fly only reservoir being honest I hate the damn things ive seen myself catching 20+ on a summers night .

I Am Not Exactly Keen On Perch Myself Although I Think It Will Be Good For My Boys One Of Whom Im Trying To Get Into Fly Fishing He Is Only Nine And Loves It I Got Him A 7 N Half Ft Rod 4/5 Weight He Loves It And To Tell U The Truth I Quite Like It Myself I Really Cant Wait Till He Gets A Nice Wee Kelvin Trout On It By Himself As Im Sure He Has The Bug Allready And Is Also Intrested In Fly Tying So I Look Forward To Seeing If He Can Find The Same Peace In Fishing That I Do And If Not Now Im Sure He Will Come Back To It Later In Life Just Like His Dad My Other Boys Only 5 And Likes Fishing Too But Hates The Cold Poor Soul.

Try 'the Moss' in Kilmacolm...care has to be taken as its mainly floating weed mats but that said, they do hold my clumsy 19st.

If you look at an OS map there is a small outflow with a sluice at one end, near the footpath. You can park a single car where the path meets that track. Then walk tot he outflow down, cross the sluice and fish all the way along that bank.

Tends to be very weedy so spinning is tough going. Fly can be great and the average size is pretty good ....don't think I have had anything less than 6 inches over the years.

I used to fish it as a kid and never once saw another angler. As it's all swampy lochans it has a great amount of wildlfe.

I have seen some perch in the canal at Maryhill, along with enough roach to keep you busy.

Agree with the other posters, the canal is the place to go, flies with a touch of red in should get those stripeys interested.

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If you are wanting perch the turning circle below dulater on the forth/clyde canal is the place to go plenty of room for the back cast too d,ont be surprised if you hook an escapee bow from bantone dam, it ,s used to top up the canal from time to time....Also my stretch of canal behind banknock is also fav for the stripey critters along with jack pike. have cycled to kirky fae banknock in less than 40 mins