Zander fishing sharpness canal first trip

[Fishing Forum Admin]

Zander fishing sharpness canal first trip

Well a few weeks ago I scouted the sharpness canal in search of zander marks for the winter. Finally I managed to get a few hours off today so with my kit loaded I was off in search of zander.

First problems were that its bank holiday weekend and I know the boat traffic was going to be heavy of which it was for the first few hours. But what the hell , when you need to get out fishing nothing will stop you.

After a bit of a walk I arrived at my peg and the signs were good , with small fish rising and the water had colour in it



The rigs
Bubble float running paternoster
Float paired with a fox trolling float to keep the bait away from the weed

All fished on size 8 trebles frozen roach, which was all I could get at short notice

So out went the rigs and trying to remember all the great tips Kev has given me over the past few weeks I sat there like a little kid waiting for a run…..



The sun was still up but as soon as it started to fade I chopped up some roach and ground baited the float area and within 10 minutes my float gave a dip and the a glide off the left. I feed a little line and lent into a fish

Could it be a Zander my heart pounded

Not knowing what it was but knowing it was only small I soon had it to the surface and ….


A nice little zander was netted



So all the tips had paid off and my scouting had paided off as I had found my first Zander of the year.



Being a happy chappy the bait was soon back out but that was it for my short season and no more runs occurred.

But hay killed a few hours and got a little one …… Just need to find mummy and daddy next time

Cheers Kev for the tips

[Rob M]

Well done Rich! Great report and tactics, you must be well chuffed!

Rob

[pingu]

good read and nice to see there rich
well done

[mithrandir]

sounds like you enjoyed your day, and a good read too.

any chance you could do a photo of the rig you used, because as a novice a running paternoster and trolling float still sound like black magic to me!!

cheers

Mike

[fishypaul]

well done rich, good report.

lovely zander, MUST BE A FORUM RECORD !!!!!

[baitmaster]

absolutly fantatastic richard well done
i,m glad my tips and advice worked for you and i hope its not long before you are handling a big one
they awsome aren,t they ?
once again well done and a great read

tightlines
kevin

[Greenheart]

Well done Richard. It's always a good feeling when it all go's to plan & you catch a target species. Good pics too.

[Fishing Forum Admin]

CHeers guys just need to find fresh bait next time which will make a difference as Im sure mummy and daddy will go to 13/14lb on this stretch

[Charter Skipper]

Nice one Richard,great little session by the look of it,wish we had some decent freshwater fishing like that around these parts....

[Norfolkboy]

Bloody well done mate