The Ebro Delta was on form once again as Paul Chilvers took time out from a family holiday in Salou and bagged this impressive catfish of 131lbs. The fish took a mullet livebait fished close to marginal reed beds and put up a tremendous fight, at one stage shaking it’s head on the surface in a marlin style! Paul also managed a kitten of 35lbs earlier in the day.
What a result for Paul Manning, who has watched on all week as all of the other guys in the party have bagged big cats, whilst his own float has remained upright. Then, with just minutes remaining on the final day of the week, an inspired move by the guide resulted in this monster of the Delta at 168lbs. A fitting reward for Paul, who upto this moment looked like being one of our most unlucky visitors ever! The fish took a dying mullet drifted just off the bottom on a notorious hotspot and put up a lively fight, constantly making for the marginal reed beds.
What a week for Lee Doctor Hornsby, who in 5 day’s fishing has boated 3 Hundred plus catfish at 148, 135 and now 110lbs. The latest capture was on a small mullet fished in the margins well down into the Delta of the Ebro. The fish smashed into the bait just yards off the gunnels of the boat and put up an exhillarating fight with some lightning runs before being boated by an ecstatic Doc.
Late session delight for Ebro new comer John Lovegrove as he snared an amazing 161lb catfish from the Delta. John, who was drafted into the party at the last minute, could scarcely believe his luck when his float shot under and he battled it out with one of the lower Ebro’s true giants. Some cloud cover created improved fishing conditions today with other cats of 85lb and 71lb being boated by the Doc and Andrew Phillips further up river.
Following on from his 135 on the previous day, Lee Doctor-Hornsby has repeated the trick by taking this fabulous specimen of 148lbs, once again from the Amposta section of the Ebro. The fish was not put off by the bright conditions and accepted a live mullet shortly after 2pm. The fish is a new personal best for the delighted ‘Doc’. 
After some slow days recently with the big cats becoming lethargic in the intense heat of the early August summer it was a relief to get stuck into this whacker at 135lbs, a personal best for Lee Doctor-Hornsby. The fish was taken late in the session on a mullet livebait in the prolific ‘mozzie bay’ at Amposta.
A tremendous achievement for Russell Jones today with this magnificent personal best of 141lbs caught deep down into the delta of the river Ebro. This mighty catfish took a carp live bait presented under an over hanging tree in the margins. The fish was a fitting reward for Russell who has been unwell throughout the week’s holiday, forcing him to miss the previous day’s action. Another memorable battle ensued with the catfish very reluctant to give up it’s snaggy home in the margins.
The hat-trick of Hundreds was completed late in the day by (who else but?) Shaun Cannings with another superb Ebro Delta 
catfish of 123lb. This time the fish was located slightly out in the channel just off the marginal drop off. The fight was again spectacular stuff as the fish powered towards a hideous looking set of snags in the margin, with the angler having to lock thumbs down on the back of the spool to prevent a lossage.
The second fish of a memorable session was this incredible 166lber which was caught by ‘on fire’ Shaun Cannings. The fish was caught just hours after Martin Turner’s 181lber, from almost exactly the same mark, but this time mullet was the winning bait. The fish put up an extra-ordinary battle in the extremely warm water with the fight eclipsing that of the 181.
The first of 3 remarkable fish caught deep down into the Ebro Delta today was this massive 181lber caught by one of our regular customers, Martin Turner. The fish is the second largest known capture from the Lower Ebro system following on from the 184lb fish caught by www.ebro-catfishing.com in February this year. The monster cat accepted a live eel fished tight into a margin and put up a fight of extreme brutality, almost wrenching the rod out of the guides hands on the pass over to the customer. Check out the XXXL whiskers of this true giant of the Ebro Delta!
