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Perch Catch Diary

Who writes this, how a piece gets made, and what it is for.

A small desk of maps, prints and open notebooks
Why we started

Track Perch and Pike on Local Waters

We kept writing the same notes to each other after every walk and eventually stopped pretending that was not a journal. The first issue went to eleven people.

A writer reading proofs by a window
How a piece gets made

Ice Fishing Community Tips

Every piece starts on the ground and is checked by someone who has been there. A claim that cannot survive a second walk does not stay in.

How we work

First Ice Pike Stories

01

Jigging for Perch

Nothing gets described unless one of us stood in front of it.

02

Where Pike Bite Now

The failed mornings stay in. They are usually the useful part.

03

Ice Season Catch Reports

Mistakes get fixed on the page, with a note on what changed.

Season Reports Across Local Waters

One long read and one short field note, sent the morning they go out.

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