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Zander Details - Percidea Stizostedion Zander is no relation of the pike at all, but is the biggest European member of the perch family. To make things difficult, zander are very cautious feeders, if they feel any resistance, they will let go and therefore are prone to dropping baits with hooks in them. Zander will not take sea-fish deadbaits. And usually can only be caught on fish that naturally resides in the water you are fishing. Zander have relatively small mouths and, as a result, it is best to fish baits no larger than about four inches. Zander also tend to prefer fresh deadbaits not frozen ones or healthy livebaits, so to get the best out of your Zander fishing forget frozen baits. For tackle basically its scaled down pike tackle, As Zander have sharp teeth and as you are always likely to encounter Pike while Zander fishing. You must always use a wire trace. Remember that Zander have a smaller mouth than pike so you need to scale down the trebles to 8 to 12’s. Also when fishing with floats, use the smallest you can get away with and for bottom fishing the lightest leads, as Zander will drop anything if they feel the slightest resistance. Feeding Habit Zander do not swallow fish only head first and therefore do not turn their pray like Pike. For this reason Zander tend to prefer smaller baits. They chase and grasp their prey by the tail or any part of the body they can get hold of, then swallow the fish tail or head first. Any fish they cannot swallow is ejected and then probably picked up dead from the bottom. Zander will also readily take dead fish. Zander shows a preference for places with a sandy or stony bottom and sufficient hiding-places, where it spends the day. They are also great lovers of murky water were their excellent night vision gives them great hunting advantages. Although Zander prefer moving fresh water they will tolerate brackish waters and artificial reservoirs. Zander
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