Zander - Release Or Remove ?

[Blackbriar 8,569]

I'm having a bash at pike fishing for the first time,before the weather warms up. I've got the gear and an experienced mate to help me with handling, but we keep having the same heated discussion.

 

He says Zander should be returned alive,like other coarse fish, and I say that they should be removed, as non-native/invasive species (in the same way that its illegal to release trapped grey squirrels or mink).

 

I've tried to research,but have only found conflicting answers,so who is right ?

 

Cheers in advance

[bobcullen79 1,495]

Difficult one One mans pleasure is another mans poison.

If the water is over run with them, it would probably benefit lowering the numbers, especially if you can use them for food for the dogs or ferrets, but probably not good form if the water is know as a local zander hotspot

[walshie 2,804]

You won't catch anything anyway, so it's irrelevant.

[Blackbriar 8,569]

You won't catch anything anyway, so it's irrelevant.

 

Thanks for the kind words,er......mate !

[bobcullen79 1,495]

That was possibly aimed at me BB. He has a tendency to go on like he`s john wilson I still put his 2nd place down to the fact he was fishing next to a decent match angler and just copied him .

[walshie 2,804]

That was possibly aimed at me BB. He has a tendency to go on like he`s john wilson I still put his 2nd place down to the fact he was fishing next to a decent match angler and just copied him .

 

No mate it was aimed fairly and squarely at Blackbriar.

 

Now you know I'm not one to mention that I came second in the comp, but it definitely wasn't because i was copying Arch. He had a pole and 2oz line and I had a rod with 5lb line. So put that in your pipe and smoke it.

 

John Wilson. lol. "Oops!"

[Zilverhaze 1,627]

good to eat your self zander in all the restaraunts around here had it yesterday lovley it was

[jocky 198]

like said very good to eat, big white flakes of meat .

[Zilverhaze 1,627]

bit like cod pretty expensive to i whuldent be frowing them to the dogs or ferrits lol

[northern lad 2,292]

Thought all this pish died in the eighties Get em put back unless you want a small one for the pot...there was borderline hysteria when they first appeared "They'll eat every fish in sight,waters denuded of fish stock "etc etc theyre here to stay,enjoy them and release them,good luck with the piking

[Flipper_Al 1,012]

Carp arnt a native species.....put them back

[Blackbriar 8,569]

Carp arnt a native species.....put them back

I always put carp back ! (The 4 or 5 that I've caught anyway). Surely the list of 'non-releasables' is documented somewhere ??

[hollands hope 1,024]

Theire good tucker,caught plenty of them in the past. Some nice specimens aswell, although never the size of these record fish. http://bigfishesoftheworld.blogspot.nl/2012/10/zander-sander-lucioperca.html

[Flipper_Al 1,012]

Theres a list on the DEFRA site

[tatsblisters 10,313]

Chuck them back but if you catch any roma slovaks i would find it quite acceptable to beat them to death then throw them in lol.