Zander are definitely my favorite fish in the River Rhine here in Germany. I usually fish for them jigging 10-13cm soft lures or shallow running minnows at night but since the River Rhine is infested with Goby's, these are also great as dead bait on a bottom rig. You can also use larger Roach or Rudd but then the Zander usually first take them sideways and swim away with it for some distance. Then they stop to turn and swallow it. As soon as they start swimming again after the pause it's time to strike. They take the smaller baits in one gulp so with those you can basically strike immediately, which is why I also prefer those of around 10cm. Great video!

I think i speak for us all. Can we have more brother ginger on the channel please mate. I love going fishin with my brother. Nice seeing siblings fishing without fighting like some do haha good banter if anything.

One of the best tasting fresh water fish. Similar to Seabass. Used to catch them in the Netherlands in the big lakes. They are everywhere.

Ooooooo, I HATE these bloody "No this, No that, No t'other" blooming rules! Lake full of predators? NO LURES! Lake full of wild brown trout: FLY ONLY! Grrrrrrr!!! Give the lure fishermen a break, we are good folk, honest Guv'na! 🫡 Great sesh, Chris, keep 'em coming!

@silasestlander

4 ай бұрын

If you think about it, it makes sense. Just a years worth of lure fishing would mean the lake is completely littered with snagged lures and hooks. This fishery is just trying to preserve the quality, thus making is available to fishing for many years to come.

@aripenik

4 ай бұрын

@@silasestlander So you are saying that you can only get snagged with lures and the hooks are only on lures.. ccc..

@mikeharrison8246

4 ай бұрын

@@aripenik Agree here with you here....I'm always dragging up bungs, rigs, dead-baits etc when I'm lure-fishing. If anything, lure-fishing snags cause far less debris than dead-baiting does. There also seems to be a perception that throwing lures is dangerous - my local lake in a park has banned lure fishing because of the potential danger to passers-by.with back-casting.....but allows dead-baiting. You can't make it up!!!!

@svengalt9546

3 ай бұрын

@@silasestlanderI don't know how it is in the UK, but here in the states I cannot seem to reel in a snagged lure. It's always dozens of feet of line and a few oz of lead weights with a live/dead bait hook. It's probably because lure fishing snags usually mean that your knot breaks since its the weakest point, leaving no line in the water. Pretty much all the decent rigging options for dead and live bait have a weak point with many feet of line after them. Where I DO find artificial lures is in the trees and brush, many times perfectly withing reach. No idea why anyone would leave their gear within reach and just walk away, but its very common and it keeps my 'second hand' tackle box full. None of that comes close to the amount of bobbers and plastic worm cups littering every fishing spot, which really says it all about the average live worm user. Disrespectful urbanite trash who belong in a landfill just like all the plastic they leave.

@silasestlander

3 ай бұрын

@@svengalt9546 It seems i've been very lucky! Im from Denmark, not the UK. The rules here for coarse and match fishing are quite strict. I have hooked into and reeled in lots of rusted spinners and crankbaits over the past few years. Will agree though, i see tons, of litter - especially from the packaging tackle comes in. Absolutely abhorrent behavior

Super days fishing well done to Dom giving advice you owe him a pint 😊

Brilliant session. Amazing fish ... the Zander. Thank you!

G'day Chris, awesome Zander welldone on your PB. Looking forward to you goings back there. All the best form down under mate 👍🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Handy tip I uses from sea fishing at 700ft deep for Norwegian Cod. As its so deep, you don't want to pull up without a fish. So stuff cotton wool in through the mouth, then inject it with cod liver oil. Easier than putting oil on 1st. I had amazing results with dead baits in fresh water. Plus it got my my biggest pike at 29 lb 7oz, perch 4 lb 9oz and Zander 14 lb 2 oz. 😊 not all together lol 😆 😂 🤣

@Bokeronidas135

12 күн бұрын

Muy interesante, gracias por el consejo.

Fantastic video your brothers advice was bang on I fish for Zander most days and small Baits is the key it’s nice to see someone speaking out for the Zander as they have such a bad time classed as a Demon fish when they are such fun to catch thank you Chris

Love how you so local. Every time I watch your videos it’s takes me down memory lane! Now you wheir I used to fish again ❤. Love the videos

I never realised Zander were this beautiful! Great video, love the content.

Beautiful fish! Well done with your pb. I have never caught a Zander myself. Caught my own pb Pike on Friday morning 20lb 2oz. on a Smelt. Thanks for another great video. Tight lines! 👍

Wow three zander in one session great going. Well happy for you.. Cheers for sharing.

Hi again they were great the Zander lovely fish well done Chris

Amazing fish. Proper jealous - as they are on my bucket list! Congratulations. 🐳👍 And trap your spool when you strike - you make me nervous when the drag sounds on the strike! 😂😂 Thanks for the video. All the best. And tight lines.

Great Chris,some lovely zander you caught. Hopefully we see you doing more zander fishing .👍

Nice session, 75 is a good sized fish. Please more of Zander fishing. And you mentioned the river Trent, a video from there wold be awesome.

They were the biggest and the best looking zander i've ever sceen. Nice one Chris!!! 😎🎣🐟

Awesome vid and great catches as usual Chris. Well done pal

I like the bobbin you used that you see before you land the third one 😁 great vid mate

Great vid! My favourite part was as the bag as a rod rest and broken stick as a bobbin 😂 my kind of fishing!

Well done mate, glad that the day turned into a success.

Nice one mate! Zander are my fav specie to catch (and perch of course) Keep up the good work!

Finally i have been asking and waiting for the day you catch zander💪💪 way to go man

Great video pal always good to watch !!

Great video, i love Zander myself, they are such awesome looking fish, well done on your new PB, its worth trying on lures for them as they absolutely smash the lure when they hit it

Great video. I caught my first Zander spinning & jigging on the GU canal last year.

Well done Chris on catching two pbs, i did that earlier last year with Tench 7lb then later in the day i had one at 7lb 6oz, luckily on video as well, Thank you,

Nicely done. Still to catch my first Zander despite having a session on the famous and now sadly closed Bury Hill Lakes in Dorking. The owner of my local tackle shop has had success with them including some doubles,he reckons that the worse the weather the bigger the fish as their eyesight gives them an advantage in poor light conditions.

@larsvegas1505

4 ай бұрын

I catch a lot of big ones in really clear water when its miday an the sun is out.. but only on spots where there is no pressure.. on other water u need to go out past sunset.. . it can differ a lot.

@bigfishinlittlebritain9808

4 ай бұрын

The lake in this video is bury hill

@cliffdixon6422

4 ай бұрын

@@bigfishinlittlebritain9808 We were told it was closing last year as the owner was retiring and selling it off - The 3 smaller lakes staying open on syndicate. Has this changed?

@bigfishinlittlebritain9808

4 ай бұрын

Not sure, but pretty sure this is burry hill right ?, not many lakes in the U.K. that you can Zander fish that have a single hook only rule

Form what I've learned they take head first almost all the time... great video as always... keep fishing and tight lines...

Nice 👍 one of my favourite species. Lots in the canals and rivers in the midlands

Amazing video! Here in Finland is still lot of ice every where and the open water season starts in 3 moths. I cant wait!

Great Chris well done mate 👍👍

Great session mate well done 👏

The ginger river monster strikes again 🎣👍😉 Keep up the good work Very Nice videos chears from 🇩🇰🎣👍

Never lose that excited feeling when it all comes together, great viewing!

Smashing video Chris, i would have liked it more if was lure fishing 🎣😂

Nice vid (again!). Some tips; give the fish more time, the take is more subtle than a pike. Bony mouth, so tighten the brake, and a 9-10ft fast action rod with a good backbone. Smaller baitfish; 10cm gudgeon or bleak and one treble hook (when allowed) size 4-8. 3-4 pound fish are very good for fish&chips 🤤 Keep up the good work, your vids are really great!

@Paud4n

4 ай бұрын

Also delicious on the bbq

Great stuff

Bravo majstore.

Nice one😁 Trying to catch them on lure is different level of fishing

Packing up leaving the rods of course till last. Dom giving u good advice...fine tuning on the zander fishing...

It’s nice to see you trying some different species and venues it adds some variety to your channel.

Amazed that zander have been stocked into a lake when you think the CRT are always trying to eradicate them through electro fishing. Proves as well you don't need to fish for them at dusk or dawn!

@Onthebank.

4 ай бұрын

Have they been stocked or a result in flooding maybe. Are be surprised if people are stocking them

@Deekm69

4 ай бұрын

Yes its a place that takes them rather than killing them. I didn't know they were intoduced into canals back in the day. We've nothing like that in Fife just boring trout fisheries here​@@Onthebank.

@SteeeveO

4 ай бұрын

@@Onthebank. I thought that, but if they had swam in during the floods, into a carp fishery, I would have thought the owners would have a catch & kill policy - however zander & pike in that lake so maybe they are enlightened!

@mandarinigames8288

4 ай бұрын

You catch them better at dawn and dusk

@kurtgreen1040

4 ай бұрын

I live in Michigan USA and now some rivers are full of fish that look just like that called walleye there is some new videos out from the Saginaw river if you can find them

If you're wrist hooking the baits, trim the tail fins off and it will help prevent them from fouling the point of the hook and use fine gauge hooks, Kamasans size 4s are great. Zeds have very boney mouths and a fine gauge hook will penetrate easier. Great vid. I love your content 👍

Great big zander welldone Chris! I sometimes catch zander while piking, my PB is 78cm.

Been waiting for this Chris👌

Good lad! I cut a roach that size into 3 baits and hair rig them on a very long hair. Seems to work for me. Their mouths are quite narrow which might help to explain why you had a good day on the smaller baits. Good luck next trip!

Well done GFM, you are just the best fisherman on KZread, good advice from your Brother, lucky for you, that you have him to give good advice, now how about some big catfish ?? seen a lovely lady fisherwoman catch a 50 pounder on KZread, how about you and your brother, go get some big old cats ???? both of you keep up the great work, you both make it look so easy :)

Great sesion 😊

Beautiful fish…stay on…stay on

Zanders are my favourite fish. 👍🏼

This was great!

I am an ex pike fisherman, no pike where I live now. Plenty of Zander though 🙂 It takes some time to adapt the pike fishing to zander. Finesse is the key! Smaller baits, lighter traces or even no trace, just heavy mono. It always feels tougher catching zander compared to the free biting pike! Great session!

Well done mate, wish there was a Zander lake near me.

9:05 not only did we see you land a cracking fish, but we saw a bit of crack as well 😳😂

@RFT24

4 ай бұрын

Hopefully a belt company will sponsor Chris for us 😂

Great vid

Love to see you on Trent targeting zander

I always think they look like a sea fish.

Amazing! I wouldnt mind if you did more videos targeting those fish

Great video

Great video well done on the pbs. Tried a lot of different hooks myself to try and reduce lost fish/missed runs and I’d recommend using a circle hooks like you’ve used in your pike videos and you will get a lot more fish on the bank.

@bigfishinlittlebritain9808

4 ай бұрын

Just use trebles when allowed, almsot never miss or loose Zander on size 10 trebles

The problem with fishing for Zander is their small mouths. Maybe try a smaller hook like a 4 or 6 Chris? That last fish was a beauty though. Chunky but long indeed. Great colours too. Another cracking video mate. Tight lines. 🎣🙂

A pleasure as always

3:28 we’ve all been there…just have to take a moment after you’ve lost one! 😢 I’ve never caught a zander myself, they really are nice looking fish though

Great stuff as usual and I'm glad to see the old fisherman's still in you using a stick for a bite indicator. Who else still does this?

Wow awesome

My biggest zander so far, 9lb, was caught on the tiniest baits. A fileted 12cm perch on a really small circle hook! Filets are better, takes them down easier and you set the hook better.

Nice Zander you had there. I do a lot of Zander fishing with dead baits over here in the Netherlands. My go to set-up is a 10ft float rod paired with a 2000 baitrunner with 22/00 nylon, a 4-6 gram sliding float, a size 1-1/0 hook and a 35/00 trace, and if there is pike around I use a 10kg wire trace. A 8-10 cm baitfish is big enough. I mostly use a dead roach, but smelt or sprat can also be a great bait. Don’t wait to long with setting the hook for zander can be really greedy and will swallow the hook. 10 second is long enough. I hope you break your pb Zander next time.

@walterrob5567

4 ай бұрын

My setup is the other way around. 22/00 trace, 35/00. 3gr. Float.

Zander is also the tastiest freshwater fish, almost as good as cod. I fish their cousin walleye in Canada, favourite fish. They love lures in 2-5” size, jigs, rapalas, spoons, spinners.

Caught some 8 and 10lb on the river Ouse using spratts and lures. You need treble hooks to get a good hold really. Well done on a single hook.

I love the fact how invasive and damaging to our rivers and canals in the the uk how people say but we have to go to lakes that have stoked them lol. Iv fishing the canals for years and never had lol

Taste delicious, like haddock. No annoying pin bones too.

They taste amazing 😅😅

Wow amazing session.Great size zander.What make is the baitrunner your using.

When i have been deadbaiting, i often find runs come within the 1st 15kins of a cast

Brilliant days fishing mate, I still need to catch a Zander!!! I was wondering do you think circle hooks might help with a more positive hook up??? 🎣👍

Spent most of covid catching zander on the Oxford canal. They have very bony mouths so sometimes tricky to get the hook to get a firm hold

Been piking for 45 yrs never had one ,,,and ive tried 😢will get one its on me bucket list 😊

You actually do not need a wire trace at all, thicker fluoro or even mono is best cause zander can be very aware of the wire because of their eyesight, they have big teeth but they are not sharp. Used to fish form them on a 0.18 mono. For better hookup ratio try using double hook ant set the hook hard-- very bony mouth ;D also if they are coming of try giving them more time to eat the bait.

@tonnyberben1770

4 ай бұрын

The pond has pike to thats probably why he uses trace fluoro is pike proof from 1mm and up .8 .9 wil work but can make you lose one if you have bad luck

Zander is very good to catch with makerel on the bottem. Free running lead, no float needed, only a pikeswing is enough

Good to see you out on a lake , nice fish the zander , Everyone is fishing your little river now

So who is that legendary "brother" thou is speaking of? Edit: love the new hights in editing thou has shown. The drone to pov was very nice! Carry on lol

Never thought you would have much success as zander are usually a nocturnal species.

Good video the channel needed something different and it was really good. Hopefully you'll get chance to do more. Single and a treble is my preference for full roach of a decent size. The gap must be kept short Single for smaller baits.

My Zander catch many years ago was seven and a half pounds on a midlands river. I won’t disclose where I caught it because some anglers throw them in the hedge to get rid of them. They are not a native species they were bred and introduced into our waters illegally by unscrupulous people!! They decimated fish stocks in all waters they were introduced into!

@bigfishinlittlebritain9808

4 ай бұрын

They are not native, but neither are carp! And the ‘decimate all the fish’ thing is all bollocks and has 0 evidence for it, Zander all on every water body in Europe and do no harm with the exact same ecosystems and species present that we have

I caught one quite big Zander in my entire life. I caught it in crystal clear water and I used a giant worm. Zanders are quite delicate to catch and they have extremely good eye sight. And they are very careful. In the South of Switzerland there are giant Zanders. I have seen some over a meter long and extremely fat. By the way in this Swiss lake someone caught a world record one a few years back. Many people go fishing for them at dawn, late evening or even at night. Theos guys often use very small bait. But iI swear the one I caught and kept was the best fish I have ever eaten. Even beating the taste of greylings and brown trout. And that does really mean a lot.

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@rovingrods

4 ай бұрын

Same here buddy. But trumped you at 7secs😉

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They are good to eat..Very popular in Canada !

Massive ginger beard! "Men Only" beard fertilizer I assume?

You should give the severn a go around Tewkesbury for the zander. Had me a pb of 16ib 8 and a fair few doubles. Gudgeon is a great bait👍

Great video, just wanted to tell you, that fishing for Zander is not about the fish, we fish for it beacuse we love to be frustrated and adore blanking. Regards from Croatia, love your videos

Great Vid Chris, where is this lake ?

Nice Zander like if we had them in Ireland be good to catch con from Ireland 🇮🇪 😊

@tonnyberben1770

4 ай бұрын

You have trout and salmon thats a huge plus im from belgium so trout here is really small compared to your ferox 😅 We have asp tho and big wels im guessing ireland doesnt have those but i would rather have trout than asp (my goal this year is catch an asp on the river (caught small ones before but not like 60cm biggest was maybe 40 ) went to lough derg once ireland is really beautifull And calm You have 1/3 of belgiums population and the country is twice the size 😅

Surprised you didn't use circle hooks.

One of a tastiest freshwater fish🙂

In these parts (Gulf of Finland), zander is caught during the summer months in topwater, at night, with lures that are indeed on the smaller side. Basically, when selecting lures think perch rather than pike. Never managed to catch one during the day in 40 years.

already seen, you need to give the zander more time to swallow the fish and then tighten it... because it is not like a pike or a catfish,and to try wider bow hooks🤗🤗🤗

@tonnyberben1770

4 ай бұрын

You cant let it swallow and do catch and release

Zanders have a much more bony jaw than a pike for exampel. So that in my opinion why you lost a few. Set the hook hard and you will lose not as much as you did in this video. Awesome video 👍👍