TIPS FOR CATFISH FISHING
Mostly when people go out to fish, they have in mind a specific variety of fish which they want to catch on their hook that day. Some specific fishermen might opt to go for the larger varieties of fish like the carp to the rare fishes like the large mouth bass. However, keeping in mind the rising popularity of the catfish nowadays we offer you Ebro catfish trips in Spain. We organize these tours because these fishes, besides their great taste, have a very unique look that sets them apart from other types of fishes, thereby making them very appealing to the fishermen. However, catching these fishes on our catfish excursions can be quite a tedious task unless one has a very set idea of where to look for these fishes as well as how to catch them. This is where our qualified professional guides can help you out. They can be successfully caught on our cat fishing holidays only via a better understanding of the various aspects of the catfishes. The first aspect to understand about these catfishes is their time frame with respect to their daily routine. The catfish are mostly night dwellers that stay normally on the bottom part of the lakes or the rivers during the day time. The majority of their feeding time is at night time. This is important, as even though you might catch the catfish occasionally during the day time of our guided catfish tours, its best to wait until night, as that is the best time for catching the catfishes. If you wish to do catfish fishing correctly on our trips, you should wait until dusk just sets in and should straight away go for the kill after lighting a small camp fire. This proves to be very beneficial as it is the prime eating time of the catfish as well as the best time for you to catch them as well. The catfish can be also very easily identified as they measure one is to three on an average. Moreover, occasionally, one might catch a relatively larger catfish during our cat fishing holidays, but the normal freshwater type of fishing pole is perfect for the catfishes. We also advise you to simultaneously use a couple of the sinkers on the catfish trips on the Ebro so as to cast as far as possible in order to get the bait to the very bottom of water body. Another very important feature of the catfishes is their unique two very large whiskers which impart them their ‘cat’ name. It should be noted moreover that these whiskers cannot be used by the catfish to sting you. Additionally, the large stomachs of the catfishes make for really great delicacies after our catfish excursions. The additional features about the catfishes that you need to know in order to successfully go about catfish fishing are their unique smelling sense which helps them to easily find the bait around themselves. Thus, we will also provide you with the night crawlers as bait to attract the catfish while catfish fishing. Moreover, the power bait may also be employed as it has a strong smell which would easily entice the catfish. A hook of size four should be used also in order to hook as well as keep the catfish on the fishing line. It should be also noted that after the fish bites the bait and you feel the standard tugs upon your fishing line, the catfish might get tired quick or put up a really long fight, consequently making it seem bigger than it actually is. A few handy tips as well as considerations to be kept in mind while out on our catfish fishing trip are:
• Mostly the catfish will swallow the whole of the fishing hook at the end of the line, thereby making it virtually impossible to get rid of it without killing the catfish. As such, we will provide you with a pair of nail clippers on our cat fishing holidays so that the fishing line may be clipped as near to mouth of the catfish as possible without harming it.
• Whenever you are out fishing in the night with our guides, you might catch loads of eels along with the catfishes. The eels send out some sort of sticky substances upon their attacker as a sort of self defense mechanism. As such, you are advised to carry an old t-shirt or a towel in order to help in removing them from the fishing line.
• It is also vital to understand that while the whiskers of the catfish cannot sting you, they have a sharp bone type of edge which sticks out of their fins which might impale the skin. As such, caution should be taken while handling catfishes on our catfish fishing trips in order to avoid unnecessary bleeding.
