Once in a lifetime catch!!!

Two weeks ago i decided to add a rod and reel to my collection to allow me to broaden my fishing from just ledgering , i therefore decided to go for the jrc defender with the shimano 6000st reel , this would allow me to live bait for pike and also use it for carp fishing due to the bait runner function on the reel.

i therefore went down to one of my spots near weybridge and decided to use it as i could not catch anything except perch on my ledgering rod i decided to try a small perch as a live bait on a treble trace and 5 minuits later i was amazed that i was having huge bites!!! i therefore struck and i was on , i was getting so excited that i would have caught my first pike... how i was amazed :) look at the photo below

so i had just managed to catch a 4 pound perch, at the time i was over the moon but my was i in for a shock after spreading the word about it and showing fellow anglers of the catch i found out that a perch at this size is a once in a life time catch!! what a way to christen a rod eyy ?

i will keep you update on fishing in this spot and you never know what could be the next thing out of here you just don't know