Zander – Best Bait & Lures

Looking for the best bait for Zander in Call of the Wild: The Angler? Below you find every bait and lure that Zander bites on, grouped by rig, plus the right hook size, habitats and traits for each reserve where it lives: Trollsporet Nature Reserve, Aguas Claras Municipio.

Zander in Trollsporet Nature Reserve

Hook size: B#5, B#4, S#3, S#2, G#1, G#1/0, D#2/0

Habitats: Lake Shore, Shallow Lake, Deep Lake, Upriver, Middle River

Traits: Aggressive, Night Owl

Baits and lures that catch Zander in Trollsporet Nature Reserve

Lures (spinning / baitcasting)

• Spoon (retrieve: Constant)
• Crankbait (retrieve: Constant, Twitching)
• Swimbait (retrieve: Stop and Go, Constant, Twitching)

Soft plastics on a jighead

• Tube (retrieve: Jigging, Twitching)
• Grub (retrieve: Jigging, Constant, Twitching)
• Shad (retrieve: Constant, Stop and Go, Twitching, Jigging)
• Worm (retrieve: Jigging)

Natural bait (float or feeder)

• Minnow (hook 10-4/0)
• Redworm (hook 6-2)
• Hotdog (hook 10-1; throwable)
• Leeches (hook 7-2/0)
• Liver (hook 5-4/0)

Groundbait / other

• Walters - White

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Other fish in Trollsporet Nature Reserve: Alpine Bullhead, Arctic Char, Asp, Atlantic Salmon, Bream, Brown Trout, Bullhead Catfish, Burbot, Chub, Common Dace, European Bullhead, European Perch, Grayling, Ide, Northern Pike, Roach, Ruffe

Zander in Aguas Claras Municipio

Hook size: B#5, B#4, S#3, S#2, G#1, G#1/0, D#2/0

Habitats: Shallow Lake, Deep Lake

Traits: Aggressive, Jumper, Night Owl

Baits and lures that catch Zander in Aguas Claras Municipio

Lures (spinning / baitcasting)

• Spoon (retrieve: Constant)
• Crankbait (retrieve: Constant, Twitching)
• Swimbait (retrieve: Stop and Go, Constant, Twitching)

Soft plastics on a jighead

• Tube (retrieve: Jigging, Twitching)
• Grub (retrieve: Jigging, Constant, Twitching)
• Shad (retrieve: Constant, Stop and Go, Twitching, Jigging)
• Worm (retrieve: Jigging)

Natural bait (float or feeder)

• Minnow (hook 10-4/0)
• Redworm (hook 6-2)
• Hotdog (hook 10-1; throwable)
• Leeches (hook 7-2/0)
• Liver (hook 5-4/0)

Feeder / bottom bait

• Wafters - White

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Other fish in Aguas Claras Municipio: Andalusian Barbel, Brown Trout, Comizo Barbel, Common Carp, Crucian Carp, European Eel, Largemouth Bass, Mirror Carp, Northern Pike, Pumpkinseed, Roach, Rudd, Tench, Thicklip Mullet, Thinlip Mullet, Wels Catfish