On a recent trip to the Tidal Trent with his dad, 15-year-old Izaak Beck was hoping for his first-ever zander, and it’s safe to say he smashed his target with this 17lb 8oz specimen. After waking up at 3:30am, the pair were on the river by 7am, and it wasn’t… Read more

Lee McManus has continued his fantastic run of form this season with this 16lb 6oz zander, caught from the River Trent. It was the Leicester angler’s first session after the species this season, and he targeted a depression in the riverbed, close to the near bank. Using a free-running rig,… Read more

George Mason has spent many years fishing Grafham Water, but his target of a 15lb zander had always eluded him, well that was until recently, when he landed this 17lb 10oz specimen. The fish gave a subtle bite in 50ft of water on George’s vertical jig approach, and he hit… Read more

The River Rother on the borders of Sheffield and Rotherham is a little known amongst anglers, but that could soon change, after it produced this huge 15lb 5oz barbel. The fish was landed by Rotherham angler, John Drabble, who lives just a minute’s drive from the waterway. The Rother flows… Read more

Having been a lifelong pike angler, Gary Clarke was recently hit with a drive to fish for zander and had a great result last week, landing this 16lb 10oz fish. He fished the River Trent, where he presented a small, three-inch roach deadbait on a paternoster rig and received a… Read more

This winter, England International lure angler Adam Seeley set his sights on a huge zander, with his aim being a fish over 15lb. It’s safe to say he’s smashed that target out the water, having banked this fish of 16lb 10oz. Fishing the River Trent at night, he arrived at… Read more