Monster perch results in lost phone

DESPITE dropping his phone overboard Charlie Coppolo fished through the despair to boat this immaculate 4lb 8oz perch.

The lure-fanatic’s session on an Essex reservoir was certainly a tale of two halves, as he explained:

“The day started fantastically with my first bite producing a new PB of 4lb 10oz!

“I was buzzing but whilst sitting back staring at the photos on my phone I somehow managed to juggle it in to the air and over the side of the boat.

“With no back up or anything, I could do nothing but just watch the only photo I have of my PB just slowly sink to the depths.”

Undeterred the 32-year-old fished on and whilst drop-shotting a purple dropshot Molix SV Crawfish he managed to land the 4lb 8oz specimen alongside another fine stripey of 3lb 8oz.