Big Winter Catfish

James Holgate and Geoff Parkinson, authors of the new book 'Big Catfish in Europe' head for the Ebro in the depths of winter to catch monster wels catfish

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Sports

Tags:

• catfish
• cat
• fish
• silure
• siluro
• silurus
• glanis
• Ebro
• Ebre
• Aragon
• fishing
• pellets
• meerval

[bassmaster785]

from where im standin it looks like the guy is trying to unbuckle the other guys pants and the the other one is uhhh no lol

[TheCatfishClayton]

@Christina081477 Not all catfish have stingers, including this species.

[TheCatfishClayton]

@WHITEJon93 The reason they do this is because of the weight of the bait and the fear of it coming off when they cast. I also do this with monster baits in the Ohio R. when I'm fishing for giant flathead catfish. Some baits I use are over a foot long. In addition it also allows you to place your bait more accurately.

[TheCatfishClayton]

@vulcan1429 Many species are found native all around the world. However, wels cats can only be found natively in Northern Europe, but they have been introduced to many water ways throughout Europe and Africa by scientists and anglers. A prime example of this would be the Ebro River in Spain, and the Po River in Italy where they grow to record sizes because of the warmer climate and the abundance of food.

[vulcan1429]

Has anybody ever written on how catfish got on both sides of the Atlantic above and below the equator?

[eaglefan582]

@WHITEJon93 ....sometimes the line is to heavy set and can't cast far thas why they are settin it out in open watr by boat

[WHITEJon93]

why would you take a boat out to drop bait off.... Ever heard of casting?

[dorkwad31]

if that were me in the water at 2:00 pulling that fish out of the water, i'd be thinking "holy balls"

[2bluegillinapond]

thats a little wells catfish they get much biger

[Christina081477]

how could you not get stung by the cats fins?