Change of species rewarded with huge zander - Scott Taylor

“AFTER years of pike fishing I decided it was time to target zander, so I joined the Newark and District Piscatorial Federation and planned a day session on the Trent.
“I arrived at the river for 6am and settled into a peg that had a nice flow with a perfect 4ft-5ft-deep hole in the middle for me to place a small roach deadbait. All was quiet until 10.30am, when I had a series of bleeps and taps on the rod, which were nothing like the pike bites I’m used to!
“So I picked it up, set the hook and I was in – my rod bent over and this big zander held bottom before It thrashed its head, trying to shake the trebles. Following a five-minute scrap I got the fish out of the flow and on to the surface. It was clearly a huge zed but I managed to net her first time.
“I’m going to find it hard to beat this 14lb 2oz beauty!”