| #1  02-10-2007, 09:01 AM | ||||
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| A hard night pays off To say the least, it was a rough night and I was glad to be cowering in my Bivvy out of the cold driving rain - which was blowing straight onto my swim. Where I was fishing, had never produced any Zander for me before and I had blanked there about 12 times last year (including New Years Eve!) But its a location I really felt could produce a big fish for me and I was hoping for just one run. Kevin, came around for a coffee, before his long drive home, and we had a chat - about Zander fishing of course! As the night went on I planned to wake up early and change over to deadbait and maybe put a fresh mackerel tail out for a - Hopefully! - large Pike. Not much happened during the night, other than a nasty incident involving all my rods ending up on the floor in a big tangle (don't ask!), so the aim of changing one of my rods over for Pike never happened - Thankfully! So at 5;00am, I recast all three and set about the horrible task of packing up all my wet muddy gear. 10 minutes later the middle rod screamed off and my first thought was - early morning Pike. however, from the fight, I could tell this was a good fish and I kept my fingers crossed. As the fish came up in the water I was greeted by the lovely sight of the reflection from a large Zanders eyes. The fish went easily in the net and was quickly unhooked - into the safety Weigh sling and onto the Avon scales. After weighing and removing the Weigh Slings weight the fish went 15lb 10oz!! Well beating my previous best by a pound and a half, caught exactly 2 years ago. My poor attempts at self photography, managed to get me a half decent photograph and its only now that I'm starting to realise what a great fish this is and also how lucky I can sometimes be! Big thanks to Kevin, who over the past 6 months has taught me more about Zeds, the Fens, and refining my methods than I could have learned on my own in 10 Years. Without his advice, I don't think I would have caught this one, cheers Mate!  Last edited by baitmaster; 02-10-2007 at 09:31 AM.     |
| #2 02-10-2007, 09:13 AM | |||
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| Re: A hard night pays off what a cracking fish barrie thats a fish of a life time  i know from fishing with you its well deserved well done mate  tightlines kevin  |
| #3 02-10-2007, 09:20 AM | ||||
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| Re: A hard night pays off what a cracking fish there mate i bet you glad you stayed the night and a great read there aswell well done mate  |
| #4 02-10-2007, 11:19 AM | ||||
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| Re: A hard night pays off well done barry thats a great result  dave __________________ www.exmouthsaa.co.uk 24 beers in a case and 24 hours in a day, coincidence or just damn good planning Officially a bad influence since 2005 ;-) |
| #5 02-10-2007, 12:46 PM | ||||
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| Re: A hard night pays off super fish,well done mate |
| #6 02-10-2007, 02:39 PM | ||||
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| Re: A hard night pays off What a cracker of a zed, well done mate and also well done on beating you PB __________________ There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind." - Washington Irving |
| #7 02-10-2007, 03:56 PM | ||||
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| Zander 15lb What a cracking zander mate __________________ Richard Fishing Tackle | Sea Fishing |Carp Fishing| Spud Gun | Zander fishing | Fishing Reports | Hunting Reports |
| #8 02-10-2007, 05:26 PM | |||
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 Re: A hard night pays off What an amazing zander, well done mate!! And to read that you stuck it out in that area even after a dozen blanks, thats commitment - and it certainly paid off!! Did it come on a live or dead? |
| #10 02-13-2007, 01:19 PM | ||||
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| Re: A hard night pays off Sorry Barrie, only just seen this. What a fish mate. A 15lb Zed! As Kev says, a fish of a lifetime! Well done mate, you must be chuffed to bits.  __________________ Ollie: "Call me a cab." Stan: "You're a cab." Just another night on the beach with Ping. |
