Jonathan Avery, from Winscombe, UK Caught and landed a giant Wels Catfish from the Ebro river in Spain.
Here is the link to the story:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-15122405
This fish are truly river monsters...they have been known to attack humans.
Here is the link to the story:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-15122405
This fish are truly river monsters...they have been known to attack humans.
Believe it or not it was caught on a kernel of sweet corn 
Skoda,
Check out this river monsters video where you can see the rod that he is using to catch the fish.
http://youtu.be/BaWM7hjJxak
who has a line set up for 200 lbs as a standard on freshwater A=Jeremy Wade
Check out this river monsters video where you can see the rod that he is using to catch the fish.
http://youtu.be/BaWM7hjJxak
who has a line set up for 200 lbs as a standard on freshwater A=Jeremy Wade
Maybe they where targeting smaller fish but anyone fishing the Ebro will probably be using heavy tackle.
I found this in-fisherman article on catfish pro rigs:
http://www.in-fisherman.com/2011/08/09/expert-rigs/
maybe some of the other readers who are interested in fishing for cats might find these rigs useful.
I found this in-fisherman article on catfish pro rigs:
http://www.in-fisherman.com/2011/08/09/expert-rigs/
maybe some of the other readers who are interested in fishing for cats might find these rigs useful.
A nice selection of rigs, but...
Around here, we don't have huge catfish like that, ones that eat 6" peices of cutbait.
A simple running (carolina for you bass guys) rig will suffice on 99.9% of our waters. 3/0 Circle hook tipped with: Hot dogs, Night crawlers, 3inch cut sunfish. Just anchor it to the bottom and have fun.
I have pulled out numerous white and bullhead cats. whites up to about 8lbs and tons of 1-2lb bulls.
Around here, we don't have huge catfish like that, ones that eat 6" peices of cutbait.
A simple running (carolina for you bass guys) rig will suffice on 99.9% of our waters. 3/0 Circle hook tipped with: Hot dogs, Night crawlers, 3inch cut sunfish. Just anchor it to the bottom and have fun.
I have pulled out numerous white and bullhead cats. whites up to about 8lbs and tons of 1-2lb bulls.