Topping fish provide location of giant zander

TARGETING a shoal of topping baitfish yielded this menacing 16lb 2oz zander for Martin Hague. 

The new PB fell to a small roach deadbait legered in the middle of the tidal River Trent, where he saw the silvers breaking the surface. 

Martin said:

“I thought it was a pike at first, but after three good runs and plenty of head-shakes it surfaced for the first time and I saw I’d struck gold.”

Martin Hague and his 16lb 2oz Trent zander

Martin Hague and his 16lb 2oz Trent zander