Was fishing yesterday in the deep basin behind my boat.
It’s quite a wide expanse of water, with a couple of piers for boats, then leading down to the lock.
After throwing a bit of groundbait out, I sat down, turned on the radio and cracked open my beer.
After a couple of minutes, the old float started bobbing around.
Fishing on bread.
Pulled this out.
It’s a perch-pike or Zander.
Tiny little chunk.
It’s like a Goby.
Tiny….
You can see it here on my coaster.
Put him back and he swam off.
Maybe one day he will grow up big and strong.
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and they can grow very big, and very strong – but in a canal ??
It’s actually a ruff, no zapper as yet in the k & a
Yes as James says this is a Ruffe not a Zander, Zander have 2 dorsals and no spots.
This is a ruffe not a zander but really nice fish