pushbutton Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANOPY SAM Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Wow! What kinda catfish are those? They don't look like anything North American. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordie Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I hope that doesnt spread the bird flu and then it would be called the fish flu. My wife has the fish flu because she is sick of me fishing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowblazah Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Wow! What kinda catfish are those? They don't look like anything North American. Looks like wels catfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbigreelz Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 There is a french article about them, so iam going to assume small wells(small being relative in wells)... http://passeurdesciences.blog.lemonde.fr...sser-le-pigeon/ Looking at their pidgeon meals though they gotta be at least 36-40". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainbutter Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 My guess is they are Wels (one "l") Catfish, which are common throughout many places in Europe, but there are plenty of species of silurian catfish and I'm no expert on identifying them. They all tend to have that eel-shaped tail. Wels don't typically grow to be 100kg+ monsters throughout most of their range, but the illegally stocked wels kitties in the Rio Ebro that became giants made the species famous. The Rio Ebro has had its ecology COMPLETELY changed by humans in the past 200 years, devastating the native species but making a great habitat for wels cats, the common carp, and other non-natives. I love that video I know people use bird-lures for big esox on occasion, but I think that big aggressive channels and maybe even flatheads would sometimes take the opportunity to eat a bird if presented with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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