In Pursuit of the Wels Catfish

With Spring finally here its time to start targeting different species, and catfish is one of them, We try our luck on a venue known to hold a few nice fish in....
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[@user-uv6nr3oc5n]

Wow. I'm crying.what a beast, what a magical bit of timing, what a man. Love you buddy, all the best. YOU 'KIN DID IT🤙🏼👍🏼🤭😋😍😅

[@FishingTheLure]

Good quality video! 😃 Love it!

[@obsessionwithangling]

Thanks mate

[@nathantyson5265]

Something a bit different lee! Nice one mate.

[@obsessionwithangling]

Thanks pal

[@keitechswingimpact1018]

Hey man
You don't have to travel to the Ebro in Spain or the Po in Italy to fish for big catfish (catfish).
If you ever feel like traveling to southern Germany, I would like to invite you. Here on the Rhine (on the German side [where I live] and on the French side) you can target huge catfish of almost 100 kg or catfish over 2 meters long.
It's only 15 minutes by car from here to France and there are also big catfish in the canals there, but carp fishing on the countless canals is very popular there and of course the fish population is just as good. Wild scaly carp in the canal in the current of 10 kg give much more gas than carp in lakes or ponds.
About 1.5 hours from here you can fish for wild brown and rainbow trout in the French mountains in beautiful surroundings and crystal-clear water.
As I said, you are very welcome. The best time is summer and especially night fishing for carp and catfish. And sometimes when carp fishing in the Rhine you can catch huge catfish that fight extremely hard in the current or directly from the boat targeting catfish vertically or with artificial lures. Catfish can also be caught by belly boat in small canals in France, where the banks are completely overgrown, even on sight with surface lures or in places where they like to stand, such as fallen trees lying in the water. Catfish are really omnivorous and also active hunters.
In Spain, I have seen catfish grabbing and eating pigeons that were drinking on sandbanks on the shore.
As I said, you are always welcome (preferably in high season).
Greetings and keep up the good work with your videos!

[@rusty4229]

Well done, super content and dedication, river monster absolutely deserved.

[@obsessionwithangling]

Thanks mate

[@kinsley2528]

Really good video Lee , 4 us lesser mortals who don’t have your knowledge & good to see a different video on catfish of course only in small town England, who gives a shit about France ! Your best video in ages .

[@obsessionwithangling]

Cheers pal

[@fishingwithcallum]

Depending on where you live hawkhurst fish farm's main lake is probably one of the best catfish waters around for if you want to give it another go.

[@alanarmer8069]

Great video 🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣

[@obsessionwithangling]

Thanks Alan

[@r333wall]

Great to see you back out lee. Best of luck next session.. I will be waiting .cheers..

[@obsessionwithangling]

Thanks buddy

[@leemanton4994]

I appreciate all fish, I purposefully fished for two years to get one! Had multiple pb carp not by design.
I then caught a cat and all I can do I catch them exclusively, I haven't seen a carp since, lol

[@LynEdwards-tk2fs]

good video lee great info look forward to the next one mate

[@obsessionwithangling]

Thanks mate

[@bradleycrossland8451]

Congrats on the thirty plus pike mate. Just watched your wels vid good quality contet. My go to early season catfish bait is 4/5 lobworms popped up a foot to 18" with a 15-20mm cork ball, not totally catfish selectived but a winner early season. Cheers brad

[@obsessionwithangling]

Thanks mate

[@simonmarsh5007]

Well done mate keep them coming always great watching 👍

[@rovingrods]

That was amazing. So interesting and informative 👌

[@mattgoodchild8215]

Top notch 👍🏼 I’d love to see you catch a cat

[@obsessionwithangling]

Fingers crossed mate

[@neilwilkinson5415]

Great video. Thanks.

[@obsessionwithangling]

Thanks Neil

[@jozsefronai9875]

Excellent I love catfish great swop from pike !!! Good luck Lee I hope you get a big one !! I usually wait till the weather warms up first before I target them on floats with snap lights at nite great fun !!! Ever thought of catfishing the river Po in Italy?? It has the best catfish in the world better than Ebro ???

[@spencerdickinson897]

Where is the lake

[@GoneFishing24]

If you want to get intouch I can give you some advice on places I'm guessing your local ish to me ... Office lakes isn't the one for a few bites yeah beautiful cats but alow going

[@MrMikeyc10]

Local to me. Fished it a number of time. Good runs water fir cats.

[@rafazbiciak2538]

Great video mate! 👏

[@obsessionwithangling]

Thanks mate

[@trevcornwall8160]

The yellow Catfish is a Mandarin Catfish! Where are you fishing? Or is it no publicity?

[@cameronsmith8292]

Great video. Give St Albans lake a go they’ve got 2 lake with huge cats 100+

[@Robertosborn420]

You need to go to Jimmys lakes in Essex if you want cats