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The great blue cat is one of 4 of most familiar catfish, to angle for and matures to over 120 lbs.. The current rival for the American record of one hundred tewnty four pounds is from the Mississippi River in Illinois 5 22 2005. There are 572,000,000 million pounds of catfish farmed in commercial ponds. The recent , 6 28 2005,
find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only known specimen of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating to the age of dinosaurs.
World's largest catfish, weighed 646 pounds,
caught in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 1,2005, and is named as the Mekong Giant Catfish, and is being studied as a critically endangered species.
The river catfish grow to 45 pounds averaging 14 years but are known to live to 20 years.
The wedged head, of the appaluchion and the yellow color represents the second heaviest freshwater catfish. The United States record is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Lake Palestine, Texas, in nineteen hundred ninety eight. Flathead catfish should survive 19 years and longer. Virtually all species of catfish from uncontaminated water is very good eating.
Catfish Lure in the dough balls, subsidise dead minnows for the favorite lure for catfish.
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rest of the story...here
People:
Me, Nathan and Rab
Duration:
8 pm - midnight
Tide:
high ide - 10:30
Weather:dd
Calm - full moon
Bait:
Squid and sandeel
Rigs:
Paternoster
Results:
Dogfish, Whiting, Pouting
Report:
Turned up around 8 and talked to a couple at the harbour for a bit, they siad there had been a few fish caught in the previous few nights. Would have been cramped o fish there so headed round the rocks. Was a huge swell so found a nice part to fish from but only had 1 decent bite, possibly a dogfish but it let go as I was bringing it in.
Headed round to the harbour which was now empty, Rab got fed up and headed home after catching nothing so gave us a chance to fish properly. Sandeels got a whiting almost every cast, very small though, and the squid got dogfish every cast with the occasionally chubby pouting.
Was the first time I had gone to portmuck at night and was pleasantly surprised. All,
Heading out again next Sunday and while I appreciate that people don't wanna give their Bass marks away, would appreciate
a rough enough indicator where might be good. I blanked on Ennereilly South beach last weekend so might not go that far next time. Anyones fished the Breaches, in Kilcoole?
Also which more important for Bass - getting the tide right or the fishing closer to dusk/darkness?
cheers again for any tips,advice,etc
Steve Heading to Silverstrand to try for a few flounder this evening, will be there from 7.30/8 if anyone fancies a cast...
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world record blue catfish