Ebro Catfishing

It’s action all the way just at the moment and today was another excellent result for Lee, Gary and Roger with a further 6 cats to their tally. It was Roger who stole the show today with a wonderful brace of cats at 131lb and 119lb, while Lee took 2 biggies at 96 and 83 with a brace of 50’s for Gary.

The first of Roger’s beasts accepted a 4lb carp in the big cat alley section, with the 119 taking a large zombie mullet in a deep drift close to Deltebre.

It’s been a fantastic week’s fishing for the group who have managed a total of 28 fish in their 5 days, with 7 of these eclipsing the 100lb barrier and a further 3 in the 90’s.

Another excellent session on the river today for Gary Greenhill with the cats continuing to feed voraciously. This 5 cat haul included another big hundred of 139lb, making it 3 ton-ups in as many days for the ecstatic angler. The big fish accepted a ‘zombie’ mullet fished close to the river bed in a deep section close to the Delta. Other fish included a 98, 65 and 2 small kittens.

The big catfish of the lower Ebro are in a post spawning feeding mode at present and Roger Booker boated his first ever ton-up today with this impressive fish of 127lb from the upstream section of Amposta. Mullet was once again the successful bait. The session yielded another two small kittens with all sizes of cats prepared to take on even the biggest live baits at present.

Day 2 for Gary Greenhill and another huge catfish topping the 140lb mark at 143. The fish was taken on mullet live bait fished close to a drop off from a shallow weedy plateau and put up a memorable battle. Gary also boated a cat of 73lb on another successful session for the London based rod.

The catfish are feeding well at present and today was no exception with a 4 fish haul for father and son Roger and Lee Booker. The fish were all taken from upstream Amposta today, with the 2 biggest a 93 for Lee, and a 73 for Roger.

What a result late in the session for one of our regular visitors, Lee Booker. Having braved some violent northerly winds for much of the day, Lee was delighted when his float shot under in the margins and battle commenced with this stunning fish of 146lb. The fish put up an amazing battle with fast runs in the mid-channel, repeatedly changing directions and running the boat, leading to some nervous moments before being finally subdued.

The fish improves Lee’s personal best by 7lbs and was part of a 3 fish haul on the day.

A dramatic start to the session today for Gary Greenhill when this monster of 145lb nailed a mullet livebait on the ‘kitten alley’ drift with in 15 minutes of commencing. The fish ploughed straight through a weedbed and into the reeds, but after some anxious moments of gardening in the undergrowth the fish was dragged out and boated, albeit that a proper fight was not really had. Gary added two further kittens on a day of high winds from the north.

A change of flight schedules meant a short evening session today for the Morley boys. Despite time on the water being limited, the guys still managed to boat 4 cats, with the largest falling to youngster Scott with this hard fighting 99lber taken from ‘mozzie bay’.

Despite the fishing being quite tough over the last few days, with the cats seeming reluctant to feed, Steve Scott has managed a relatively successful trip. Yesterday saw him add a 72lber to the other mid sized cats he caught on tuesday, whilst the clear highlight of his holiday came in the shape of this magnificent beast of 154lbs caught off the edge of a shallow weedy plateau. The fish beats Steve’s previous biggest, a Tortosa caught beauty of 143lbs.

Father and son combo Colin and Paul Wood double teamed this 124lber from the ‘Big cat alley’ drift today. Colin, who received a violent take off the fish whilst eating a sandwich, passed the rod on to Paul who tamed this beast of the ebro.

The fish was the highlight of the trip for the guys who also landed cats of 91 and 88 on May 17.