L U R E
As his rod arcs over, Ant Glascoe Junior
draws the unseen predator to the boat.
Bucking and banging on the braid the
fish hits the surface in a storm of spray
and attitude before its struggle is ended,
engulfed in the folds of the waiting net.
Quickly unhooked Ant returns his prize
to the water, plunging the fish head first
to descend back to the deep – the zander
account is opened.
The depths of England’s Rutland
reservoir are home to large shoals of
the species. Lean, hungry, competitive,
targeted right they can be caught in
The lack of tension met with
a deft lift before all hell broke
loose 60 feet below.
large numbers, and Ant’s tactics are
already getting results. Location is key.
As Europe’s largest man-made body of
water you can waste lots of lure time
on areas devoid of fish. Armed with a
Lowrance HDS7 Ant narrows his gaze
deep into the reservoir. Specifically
he’s looking for three things in stages;
structure, bait fish, zander. The first
delivers the shelter for the prey, the
second the food for the predator, the last
the target for his lures.
Still early in the morning with the
bright autumn sunlight not yet piercing
the clear water the first port of call
are the shallows. The prey fish are up
and feeding, hanging just off the lip of