Pikeperch.Matt Hayes& Zander

[Peter Sharpe]

I always thought they looked much more like a bass.

[Warren Gaunt]

BASS?

 

no no no

 

I personally think they look much like a Walleye!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[zappagod]

Yes Warren the walleye is the USA version of the zander BUT THE MATSTER is a pro angler and he should know better ALL THE BEST ZAPP

[GORD]

From Lancashire,whats the nearest water that holds Zander?

[HOPPY4]

Warren Gaunt & Others,

I had the priveledge of being introduced to "Pikeperch" by a young man by the name of A. Von Boven in 1987. This word to me was totally new and as a southerner, I had never seen this fish before. We caught 4 of them in various sizes to 8lbs. I was telling everyone that I spoke to that this was a breed of fish in Belgium and in Europe specifficly. Little did I know at the time that this was also a fish that was well known in the USA. The name does make a difference and in Western Europe you will find a different fish than in Eastern Europe. In the USA there are Walleye and Saugereye. The family may be the same, but fish are different.

[Peter Sharpe]

Strangely, a double figure walleye was caught from the Delph in the 70s. Nobody seems to know how on earth it got there. I remember Neville Fickling including a photo of it in a Coarse Fisherman article at the time.

[andrew.thomas38]

Are you sure it was a Walleye, not a cross between a pike and a perch?

[Peter Sharpe]

With cataracts.

[zappagod]

I reckon Andrew Thomas 38 is an alias of Matt Hayes ALL THE BEST ZAPP

[StuMac]

I think what he meant was that their physical appearence was half way between a pike and a perch hence the Durch name snoekbaars (pike Perch). Which is fair enough - I don't think Matt Hayes really thinks they're hybrids!