At times, to catch special fish, you have to brave the worst conditions, and that’s exactly what Justin Stoddart did to land this 17lb 14oz zander. The Nottinghamshire sat in heavy rain and strong winds by the powerful tidal Trent, but with river levels ideal, he fancied his chances of… Read more

Eddie Wilson was just packing up after a tough session on the Tidal Trent when his alarm screamed in to life, with this 15lb 3oz zander being the resulting fish. He’d been fishing a small roach head injected with predator liquid on a free running leger in a deep section… Read more

Most of the textbooks tell you to target the slacks for river zander, but Rob Smith had this 15lb 2oz fish from pacy water on the non-tidal Trent, targeting the same areas of a swim, you would more commonly approach for barbel. In fact, his whole approach was similar to… Read more

“Gradually, I gained line with each crank of the reel, when suddenly a massive zander’s head broke surface and started trying to shake the lure free!” A new chapter was written in the predator fishing history books on the last day of the river season when Andy Black banked two… Read more

“Predator fishing expert Neville Fickling is having a blistering end to the season” Predator fishing expert Neville Fickling is having a blistering end to the season, landing this 19lb 2oz zander just a week after managing an 18lb 14oz specimen. Fishing from the bank on his local river, he cast… Read more

“Levels were a little high, but with time running out for the season, he took his chance and fished from his boat, float-fishing a smelt” It’s safe to say that Neville Fickling is on a fine roll at the moment, after landing a 40lb 12oz pike, the Lincolnshire predator expert… Read more