Fishing during the hours of darkness, Johathan has noticed that the zander have recently moved into a certain area of the river.

After a few sessions in which he received a few taps on the lure, he began to have positive takes as the fish fed with increasing confidence. Using a 14cm UV shad retrieved ‘low and slow’ along the riverbed, Jonathan has landed numerous double-figure fish over the space of a week, capped by the seventeen-pounder. Amazingly, when he hooked that fish, he thought he’d connected with a perch, as it hardly put up a fight at all. So, when his friend netted it and told Jonathan that he’d caught a massive zander, he was blown away. The fish measured 88cm and was, a few days later, followed by another of 16lb 2oz.

Well done Jonathan!