zander question

[Guest mucker]

i have a question on zander is it true that there not a pike/perch hybrid?

i havent fished for years but grew up being told.. and believing that thats excactly what they were and told on many occaisions that they not be put back if caught as there a pest.

somebody told me today that its been proven there not a hybrid... any light on it? cheers

[moocher 0]

Zander are a species in their own right mate.

 

Zander are here to stay now and there is no need to kill them on capture, just return as you would any coarse fish.

 

I understand they are nice eating but have never tried one.

 

It is usually dickheads that knock pike on the head that feel Zander deserve the same treatment.

 

To be honest, most folk I know of that knock Pike / Zander on the head do so because they are scared to handle them and only feel safe removing hooks from a dead pike / Zander.

 

Killing predatory fish for no reason is frowned upon in a big way by serious anglers, there is no problem removing a small one for the pot if you really are going to eat it, but throwing them up the bank for no reason is the work of a tosser in my opinion. It is an opinion shared by most serious anglers.

 

Enjoy your zander fishing mate, take a small one for the pot if you want, put the rest back for future sport.

 

Regards

 

Moocher

[Guest mucker]

thanks for the replys fellas,i,ll be taking it up again this year but instead of having a crack at everything im sticking to the pike and if i manage the odd zander..all good, i have no intentions of knocking anything on the head

[jasper65 6]

There has been some cracking specimen fish taken near me in the Middle level fen drain, to be Honest I still think the British record is still held on this river? there is a few lads I know had some nice size fish in the drain on dead bate with a couple named on this site...

 

http://www.pikezander.co.uk/photos.htm

[Tallyho 181]

i was always lead to believe that zander was a pike x if that makes sence, and that any small ones, not sure on what size, are to be killed and any thing thats fairly big is to be left alone, not sure how true it is

[Vermin Dropper 2]

Zander are a species in their own right mate.

 

Zander are here to stay now and there is no need to kill them on capture, just return as you would any coarse fish.

 

I understand they are nice eating but have never tried one.

 

It is usually dickheads that knock pike on the head that feel Zander deserve the same treatment.

 

To be honest, most folk I know of that knock Pike / Zander on the head do so because they are scared to handle them and only feel safe removing hooks from a dead pike / Zander.

 

Killing predatory fish for no reason is frowned upon in a big way by serious anglers, there is no problem removing a small one for the pot if you really are going to eat it, but throwing them up the bank for no reason is the work of a tosser in my opinion. It is an opinion shared by most serious anglers.

 

Enjoy your zander fishing mate, take a small one for the pot if you want, put the rest back for future sport.

 

Regards

 

Moocher

 

Here Here Moocher,

my sentiments exactly, :thumbs-up:

[elma-fudd 0]

good eating in zander,latin name for pike perch (stizstedion lucioperca)not sure what the latin name for the zander is.

[Guest Fishaben]

I agree totally with moocher

Ben

[Guest Scuba1]

good eating in zander,latin name for pike perch (stizstedion lucioperca)not sure what the latin name for the zander is.

 

The Zander is a seperate species to pike or perch ( by the way the pikeperch is a the same fich ) The confusion comes from the lati names Where the perch is called Perca perca an the pike Esox lucio and in the zander the lucioperca is the bit where a lot of people get confused.

 

Hope that helps.

 

ATB

 

 

Michael