Fishing day 5, pb zander

[JaniFIN]

Day 5 PB Zander.

 

Fishing day 5 was longest. Severeal hours trolling and new thing to me, troling with softplastic.

Saija´s uncle live in Sweden and he came to visit hi´s summer cabin. He had catch allready several zander from lake near hi´s cabin, biggest 4,5kg. We had plan go trolling there, but ramp was so steep and soft, that not any chance use that on my car. So we change plan and drive other place.  2 Lakes what is middle of river.

First trolling lures, nothing, i havent see even fishfinder any fishes. Usually this lake have nice size zanders and really big redfinn perchs. Allso pikes was quiet, usually it is probleem cach too much pikes.  So, we keep lunch break. I had ”meat pie” (meat inside, covered rye dought and baked in owen long time) and butter.  So we did eat and start fishing with softplastic. I catch redfinn and Saija´s uncle had bigger fish on, brake ”sang” nicely, but then fish escape. And then 20min, not even bite.

So we try trolling with new style to me: Short line, small softplastic, middle weight softplastic head, and really slow speed, 1-2km/h. I just testing my new Ultra Lite rod and fishing with that. Maby 20meter trolling and my brake keep noice. I was sure, that hook it on bottom, but no, fish on. Cant now how big fish becouse rod was so light and lot of  bend. But then i saw, good size zander. ”Net, where is net?”, ok, we find net, but not shaft.?? OK, shaft is in cad but we can handle this. We get fish on net and i was sure, that fish is my pb, over 2kg. But no over 2kg, just 1900g but still my pb zander ( EDIT 60CM). I was quite happy and we think that now we find fish spot, becouse fishfinder show several fishes. So we trolling many times over sam spot, nothing not even bites. So we move place and trolling with softplastic..nothing in next 1 hour. So we change gears for trolling. Trolling after trolling, nothing but i did like new views, i was first time here. Still we try catsc big redfinns and change small lure and trolling shallow water. No, nothing after hour. So we did think that better goin home. And that net shaft, we find it when we came back to boat ramp, it was in boat, under paddle.

 

Ps. I was yeastarday 5 hour fishing on ”home waters” catch only 1 perch, where fishs is?

Edited July 20, 2020 by JaniFIN

[mrsswordfisherman]

@JaniFIN best pic with fish and your fishraider hat 

Love that raider spirit all the way over in Finland

[Rebel]

Great report and Super photos.

Cheers

[Yowie]

Nice fish. Are Zander good eating?