ZANDER FISHING

[Clayton]

ANYONE GOT ANY TIPS ON CATCHING ZANDER?

[Houseplant]

I've had a lot of success of late with small blue rubber shads bounced off the bottom. Nothing bigger than 6lb, but lots of fish, plus pike, perch and chub too.

[Clayton]

i had a 5lb zander on a legered oil injected sprat..... since then i want another zander...just keep finding the pike!

[Houseplant]

I'm no expert, but I don't think zander are very partial to sea baits, better off with coarse fish.

[Jan O]

Zander can be a bit tricky... In may and june during spawning they are quite easy to catch. Males are watching their ofspring until it leaves the spawningplaces, they are very aggresive and even attack big pike. I once saw a photo of a diver who got bit, came to close to the "nest". At this time they can be caught on almost everything. Jiggs, wobblers, live-deadbait and so on... Be careful though, sometimes it is better to let the fish reproduce an be let alone. Later in the summer i find jiggs most effective. Bounce the jigg in the bottom repeatedly. Trolling a wobbler in deep water can also be efficient. It really depends on where the food is, loads of small fish (im not sure of the english names on smallish fish). Afternoons, dawn and sometimes in real darkness are often productive...

 

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[The Real Wurzel]

Clayton, try small dead roach air injected so that they lightly sit off bottom. Try to minimise resistance ie, set your drop arm indicator as light as possible or use a very light long drop bobbin. I have found that double hooks are more efficient at hooking than trebles, but that is down to personal choice. I always hook my roach upside down, so that the tail points up. One hook in the lip and the other near the vent as zander have a tendency to attack from the rear. Sometimes i'll inject a little van de eynde predator plus into my baits for extra attraction. Hope that is of some use.

Wurzel

[Guest rabbit]

Yes...Don't shout you'll spook the fish

[mark barrett]

clayton, if you really want to catch zander mate then you really need to get a bit of movement into your bait, be that by jigs etc or better still livebaits, zander are designed and spend their life hunting moving, live quarry. they do take deads, but not as readily as pike as they are not scavengers by nature.

if you want a more detailed set of advice have a look at my fens section on my website

 

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hope that helps mate