Searching For The UK's RECORD ZANDER

This winter Dani and I discovered that a UK record canal Zander had just been caught in October so it was time to target this invasive fish and see if we could catch a big Zander ourselves!
Follow our journey behind the scenes:
Instagram: / wakeandbaitfishing
Facebook: / wakeandbaitfishing
TikTok: / wakeandbaitfishing

[@AlexP-hl4wn]

Really enjoy your films - much more relatable experiences than some of the other channels I also like watching. Having a good day with good people is more important than the fish you catch, is what I always tell myself when my wife outfishes me, every time…!

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Thanks mate! Hahah I tell myself that all the time 😂

[@NobleKorhedron]

​What do you think about the EA removing them, ​@@WakeandBaitFishing? I'm told they do it a lot, especially in/on the various stretches that aren't club waters...

[@mattlenton7376]

I've been fishing exclusively for zander for over 40yrs...90%of all my zander came in pitch darkness.....just a thought.

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

We did stay a little later after dark but had nothing :(

[@mattlenton7376]

@WakeandBaitFishing perseverance my friend. Darkness is.....the key.

[@trevorwilson2966]

how much of your fishing was in sunlight?just a thought.

[@mattlenton7376]

@@trevorwilson2966 not much.i will be honest.although I have caught daytime....it was always far more productive after dark.

[@andyprest]

Good edit that guys enjoyed it 👍👍 all the best

[@williamyoung6167]

Fantastic as always I hope you guys had a great Christmas and have to sort some fishing trips out on the canals on the boats. Love you both your incredible at what you do.xx

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Oh yeah that would be pretty sick, hope you had a great Christmas man! Xxx

[@tylereastman8163]

Would like to see a nice Carp campaign this spring/summer Cal would be really interesting! Great vid too 👍🏻

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

We are actually just finding out the right location for exactly that :)

[@aquaticcolledgefishing]

Great video, cracking Zander. Merry chrismas 🎄❤️

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Merry Christmas ❤️ thanks for your continued support!!

[@LG_Fishing]

I had started fishing this canal last year, despite living right next to it. I've had some fantastic pike out of it, the quality of fishing there really surprised me. Planning on hitting it soon for my first ever Zander.

[@LG_Fishing]

The length of the fishing on this canal is about 16 miles without a single lock - the walk can be a killer

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Oooo good luck on the Zander front!!

[@lukejordan6637]

Good watch, wasn’t expecting to see a picture of myself in your video 🤣

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

No way that was you! That’s a really nice Zander mate 👌🏼

[@lukejordan6637]

@@WakeandBaitFishing ye had a couple more since that one as well mate

[@2BruvsFishing]

Great stuff!!! Let me know if you ever come to Belgium! I'll take you to my fishing spots 👍

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Thinking of doing some Belgium canal fishing next year!!

[@2BruvsFishing]

@WakeandBaitFishing big zeds and big perch here in Belgium. Loved the vid 👍Merry Xmas 🙏👍👍

[@castawayuk]

This video is great it's my doorstep. There are some certain hotspots for the big zander. When you showed the picture of lukes zander in the shop I just seen my trout picture above it which made me chuckle 😂.

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Oh mad hahaha! Yeah once we nailed the tactics it was such a fun days fishing

[@bwcservice197]

Thats a good spot on that canal for the z's! Im still after a bigger one myself from there!

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Good luck!!

[@piscatorialquagswagging]

One of my favourite species 👌 enjoyed that

[@wilkesy24]

so weird watching a video and actually knowing all the places! Big up Gloucestershire! Great vid!

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Haha glad you enjoyed it 😁Definitely will be back at some point!

[@jaaron2834]

Wake & Bait…? I think the tail on the fish suggests it goes more like,…. Wake & Bake & Bait…..in that order…….. lol🤣🤣🤣

[@rbruce8770]

Nice video. Not many women have the level of grace seen in the video.. she's a keeper bro!!

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

She definitely is! Always outfishes me…

[@lizvankessel4713]

Nice vid! You 2 should visit the Netherlands! If you like to catch big perch or zander. 70's zander all day here, for perch, 40's is the standard. Sometimes a 50+.

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

I know we really would love to go!

[@BlackCountryPiker]

A real nice watch that was 👍 I stupidly entered Zandermania there one year. I hadn’t really got a clue, brought some lures that fitted the bill but blanked. Some nice fish came out near the marina area. Not as easy as I’d hoped 😂

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Thank you! Yeah we didn’t really have a clue either until joe came to the rescue 😂 🎣

[@BlackCountryPiker]

@@WakeandBaitFishing 😂😂 it’s how we learn isn’t it 👍

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Exactly that mate!

[@stevenhowes3346]

Might be a Manx cat or a bobtail or just a cat that got its tail caught in a door.....😂 Love your videos, need to get you guys up to the lake district.

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Oh no! Bless it, yeah Lake District looks mega

[@oliverblair5664]

brilliant video

[@danielnystrom6117]

i missed a zander a few years ago in a yorkshire canal, absolute monster it was. followed the lure all the way up to my feet. but now where i live i dont think its any zander so i go for pike as usuall 😊

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Oh nooooo that’s sad :( hopefully you have another chance at somepoint 😌

[@danielnystrom6117]

@@WakeandBaitFishing will give it a shot one day. went out on canal yesterday, first time in scottland had a 7 - 8 lb pike after 10 minutes. probably out again today in the rain 😂

[@BeekaysBikesandTheAbbeyLanders]

This is why Danny always beats you at catching Zander @4:59 You are not even holding a fishing Rod. While you are doing this, cast the line out at the same time. With those movements no Zander is gonna resist lol If you follow this instructions and you catch the biggest Zander please come back and pin this comment so others can learn and do the same. We can call it the Zander Dance lol If you fish the Bedworth canal between sutton stop. I know for a fact there is a 12lb 3oz Zander in there and its probably even bigger now 17 months later. That was a nice Zander towards end of video. Enjoyed this one guys.

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Hahahaha I'm not so sure about that! But we will pin the comment if it does work in the future 🤣

[@saulking1305]

wish there was zander in nothern ireland great video as always

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Thanks dude!!

[@ahstephenson4069]

made me laugh out loud! cool content, subbed and liked

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Haha thank you!

[@ahstephenson4069]

Reminds me on how badly I need to catch my first canal pike

[@stephencarey3589]

Nice video bud, fished same place 2 days ago had 2 pike on the deads but no zeds 😢😂👍

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Ahhh least you caught though!

[@silasestlander]

really cool video! Merry Christmas

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Thanks Merry Christmas to you to!

[@TopstekTV]

This was great!😂

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

😌

[@baldvale5418]

Hi Calum, can you please tell me what Rod Reel and Braid that you were using as i really like the whole set up.

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Which one as we used two different rod and reel combos :)

[@baldvale5418]

@@WakeandBaitFishing from what I could see it was a Westin rod not sure about the reel maybe a Snapper

[@robbradley7735]

Love your videos

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

❤️

[@darkiee69]

Zander is most active in the dark, so try at night. From dusk 'til midnight. And Manx cats are born without a tail.

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

We tried into the night but unfortunately had nothing that time round :(

[@bayhalo]

I recommend using 6cm pink lure for zander

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

We tried a pink one for a while :)

[@esff-101]

been fishing this same canal for years, only ever caught one zander

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

😐 maybe you’ll have a red letter session soon down there for them!

[@Angler1104.]

I Love your Videos

[@BrizoH]

Hi mate can you tell me the name of that fox fleece you have ? Looks toasty 😂😂

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Oh it really is! Although haven’t got a clue about them name sorry got it a while back :)

[@bluemonstrosity259]

I want to see you two in France or Spain catching the American largemouth bass

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

That would be really cool!

[@luap89]

Class 👍

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Thanks :) Sorry for such a late reply!

[@josephscott4997]

I love zander😌

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

They’re such cool species!

[@Ethanjames090]

If I’m right are you at sharpness and Gloucester canal

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

You would be correct :)

[@Ethanjames090]

@@WakeandBaitFishing never knew the biggest zander was caught there very shocked you need to come down to Stroud for fishing on the canal or in the river

[@mattgoodchild8215]

Fantastic video thank you The plight of the zander such a fun sporting fish to catch and indeed the only anglers you c on canals nowadays is lure anglers like myself and seems every one wants to catch one With their original stocking in Woburn abbey in the late 1800’s with further stocking by British water boards in the late 60’s on fens they have fantastically spread They are a fantastic fish to catch with fish into double figures graciously taking my lures around the midlands canals Unfortunately the crt fronted mr John Ellis pay MEM fisheries fronted by Ralf Thomas who is Johns nephew by the way are destroying our canals frying them with electro fishing causing harm to all species of fish and upsetting the bio diversity of our canals Electro fishing is not working and indeed causing a small zander explosion It is corrupt and they no they will never win The zander cull has to stop Both John and Ralf no me well as an avid campaigner to fight for the zander Easily my fave species of fish I thought it important to say this as it’s a subject that can’t be forgotten Thanks

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

That was a very informative, thank you for your thought out comment! We aren’t as clued up on how bad or not so bad the electro fishing is however, we love zander and most other species so it is sad to see them effected :( glad you enjoyed the video 😌

[@harleyhill8240]

When is merch coming out

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Trying our best to figure it out!

[@danielmartin9352]

Would it be an episode of wake and bait if a rod never got broken 😂

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

You’re not wrong 😅

[@blackline66]

An idea what Joe's Jacket is please? 😊

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Honestly don’t have a clue!

[@1990themule]

That’s my local canal and I’ve never caught zander from there 😐😂

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Best get out there and give it a go ;)

[@15.7lbscarp]

I saw you Coming down the canal LMAO i was pike fishing by the pilot ( i think it was u anyway) Edit after watching the full vid IT WAS U ASWELL OMG

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Oh damn haha hopefully you managed to catch that day as well!

[@15.7lbscarp]

@@WakeandBaitFishing nope we blanked😂

[@bazrat69]

Wait your in chelt! No way 😂. Small world

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Just for the day, we don’t live there :)

[@redlinereader]

One of my cats has no tail due to amputation, unfortunately

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

😢

[@tonyrichmond4015]

Danny has a very slight accent? Where is she from in Europe? Please advise.

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Definitely not European 😄 I’m South African born and raised 💪🏽

[@ferny-popgun7]

Love the videos👍

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

😌😌

[@youknowmyname9915]

I thought it was illegal to release zander, as it is invasive.

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

It is, we accidentally released it 😅

[@AlexHeath93]

Dani i need that pokemon friends code, please 😂

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Send the deets! I’m stuck on a “send a gift to 50 friends” challenge and I ain’t gonna get that done with my 3 friends that go on it once a quarter😂

[@jamesweber4938]

The Zander looks just like a North American Pickerel/Walleye.

[@calummcclure302]

Manx cat ?

[@dugwolfe]

Manx Cat

[@WestNorfolkFisherman]

Got my biggest this year. 🎉

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Ayyy well in mate!

[@russellkirkbride3373]

Awesome video guys but I have a serious question please...The canal you was fishing where about was it ... looks like Cornwall to me near bodmin but would love location of it plus it would be a 6 hour drive for me so I'm being serious guys as it looks beautiful stretch.... Kind regards Russell ❤ Sorry also forgot my manners......a BIG MERRY CHRISTMAS GUYS

[@garyyoung4529]

My cat had its rail removed after being hit by a car

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

🙁 oh no that’s sad, hopefully he’s okay

[@kevinhowarth1772]

My girlfriend is just the same. Aren't we lucky

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

We are indeed!

[@ZazzyZA]

Is she south african? Update: Yes she is sorry. So am I and I also moved to UK

[@sigspearthumb9574]

You don’t have to worry about Dani catching ! She already caught (you)😂

[@WakeandBaitFishing]

Ayyyy love it 😂💪🏼

[@sigspearthumb9574]

@@WakeandBaitFishing welcome mate !😉

[@garygranato9164]

what an amateur not having the drag set !!

[@iainwatson5257]

Maybe the reason you don’t catch as many is that you spend more time having fun (titting about) than actually fishing!

[@jeffbaker5038]

Man, so.much whining. Just fish man. Just fish.