I know strictly not fly fishing but this is a picture of a perch caught by my son Cameron this morning on a little s plug. We were out in the beutifull morning sunshine in the hope of picking up a pike or two but this is all we had to show for our efforts! I have tried to post this on classic coarse fishing but I cannot get it to work so it has ended up on here. The perch was much bigger than I have ever caught which measured 17 inches from nose to tail.
Question is how big?

I spotted a few in this stretch in the summer that seemed a decent size so will be experimenting with weighted nymphs next time.

Mark

looks to be around 1 1/2 lb to me ,well done cameron ,they are a bonny fish ,and nice to see some common sense with the life jacket

you could also put it in fishing for other species ,classic coarse has been down for over a week now ..

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BB i was going to say around the same.

Well done Cameron i bet you were a happy lad.

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looks a good 1lb in weight, nice fish,
well done cameron


well spotted bruce, life jacket along the river or lake is as necessary as a fishing rod,


well done steve

Nice fish
i would go 1.5lb or thereabouts

i would say more necessary liam to be honest,even if you can swim, especially for the likes of me that swim like an LBC brick (cant swim)

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its easily over 1lb but i would say 1.5lbs it would be good to catch one that size on a fly rod

Says the fella that never wears one

Aye fish is a good 1.5 maybe 1.75 lbs

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You perch weight estimators may also be able to help me out. What's your best guess for the fish below? I caught loads of perch as a young lad, but never more than about 12oz, so this fish was something new to me......



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Peepingcaddis,

Perch always weigh heavier than they look. If it was 17" long it would go 2lb+, possibly 2lb 4oz, but as it doesn't look to have much of a middle age spread I'll settle for 2lb.

Matt, that one is well over 3lb - possibly 3-8. I'd have weighed it. My best perch came from Chew on a white booby and weighed 3-14. I gave it a serious nudge on the last day of the coarse season this year, but lost the fish after it became entangled in some line trailing from a nearby bush. I had a good look at it just beyond landing net range, so I'm confident in my assessment. Nearly, but not quite. However, I know where he lives and i'm planning a return vist in the not too distant future.