Catching zander on live bait is a very fascinating and attractive topic among fishermen. It is always interesting for both a novice and a professional with experience to discuss the details of this type of “silent” hunt, although not everyone wants to share secrets.
Pikeperch has very tender meat and few bones, so it is considered a special fish. This predator lives mainly in deep channels, where there is a slow course and a heterogeneous bottom topography.
Fishing for pike perch on live bait is carried out on a small fish with a length of not more than ten centimeters. It is desirable that she has a narrow body. Most suitable for this purpose are bleak, roach, or gudgeon, which they attach to the hook very carefully and very close to the head.
Many experienced anglers know that it is best to catch zander on live bait with a fishing rod. One of the advantages of this tackle is the ability to fish in hard to reach places. However, it is completely unsuitable for fast flow, since the fishing line coming from the float scares away predatory fish.
Nevertheless, if fishing for zander on bait fish is supposed to be in calm water, then such a fishing rod with an average size float is exactly what you need.
In this case, the rod should not be shorter than three and a half meters. This will allow the fisherman to avoid long casts. The reel needs to be taken inertialess, and the fishing line is quite soft with a diameter of up to 0.3 millimeters. As for the weight, the optimal is considered single or triple, located half a meter from the hook.
Fishing for zander on live bait is possible both from the shore and from a boat. In this case, the latter option involves a more mobile and comfortable fishing. When the predator bites, you need to immediately perform a cut, which can be strong and sharp if the hook has protection.
Tackle perch on live bait is very diverse. In the lakes, mugs are very popular. To begin with, a pond is studied to find the sites of fish sites. To this end, the circles are allowed into the first swims with a large interval. Having found zander on the flips, measure the depth, and then let the tackle more often. In this case, it is necessary to ensure that the circles float along the border of shallow and deep water. It is very important to regulate the depth of vacation of the live bait so that it, being as close to the bottom as possible, does not touch it.
In deep water, in pits or in river pools, zander fishing for live bait is carried out in a plumb line with a short, no longer than one meter, fishing rod with a reel. A sinker is best used with a fusiform shape. The leash should have a length of no more than eighty centimeters. In the case of using two hooks, the lower one should have a larger size, and the distance between them should be proportional to the length of the live bait.
In rivers with a course or with an extended even relief of the bottom, pike perch fishing in summer is best carried out for fishing and with long float vacation.
If the bottom is steep or littered with large pitfalls, then the most appropriate way to fish is on the way bottom.
Catching zander on live bait is very similar to pike bite. The fish, seizing the prey, squeezing it tightly, sets sail a few meters. Turning over a roach or a gudgeon, it begins to eagerly swallow the bait. At this time, it is better not to rush with the hook, but to give the zander a good swallow of live bait.
But if the predator is sluggish enough, then it needs to be hooked after the first pull, and this should be done vigorously, since the fish tightly compresses its jaws after biting.