It’s fiesta time over in Catalunya at present and here are a few images from the Bull run in Al’s home village of Camarles!
Al took time out from matadorial duties to guide Ian Stanley to a first ever cat of 58lb from lower Amposta, the day almost ended with the fish we were after but sadly a hard running Ebro giant slipped the hooks right at the finale. City fan Ian was still ‘made-up’ with his first ever siluro!
Nathan Willet smashed through the 100lb barrier at the third attempt today with another Deltebre fish of 117lb caught on a carp live bait, completing an excellent first ever visit to the lower Ebro for the guys. A late evening session proved to be successful.
Mullet are always first choice in terms of bait but sadly are difficult to catch at the weekend, and fortunately small carp make an excellent second choice. A 3 fish haul was taken today with all fish falling to small commons, including another monster of 140lb to Lloyd Griffith, which gave a spectacular surface take close to a snaggy tree deep down into the Delta section. Nathan Willet was moving in the right direction today with a hard scrapping brace of 61 and 70lb off Big Island.
Lloyd Griffith didn’t waste much time on his first ever trip to the Ebro to get straight into one of it’s larger residents, with this lunker of 141lb, caught from the upper end of Amposta. The fish accepted mullet in a deep section and put up a dogged battle. Fishing buddy Nathan Willet also experienced his debut Ebro catfish today, alas 99lb smaller than Lloyd’s!
A violent thunderstorm livened up the fishing today. Nothing was happening early in the session until the storm moved across, with fork lightning and a torrential downpour. After seeking refuge in the bar for half an hour, we got back onto the water to find the fish more in the feeding mood, and a double catch of 92 and 102lb was made early evening.
The fish is the 100th 100lber caught by Al and Mart this season, we are on target for a record number of ‘trebles’ this year!
Scotsman Jim Martin travelled up from southern Spain where he is spending the summer months and began his 3 day session in style today with a 3 fish haul including this heavy weight of 131lb caught at the end of the session. Other fish included a 77 and 35 and mullet was responsible for all catches, with a mix of static and drift fishing proving successful.
Gary Musto and Mick Seymour couldn’t resist another crack at the river before they returned back home to England and the extra date proved to be a success with Gary bagging this monster of 139lb, with Mick also catching a kitten towards the end of the session. Mullet, once again, proved to be the successful bait today.
We now have a break in the diary until week commencing 19th July, when latest catch reports will resume…….
Another successful day on the river and Gary Musto was delighted with his brace at 80 and 105lb. After trying drift tactics early in the session with no reward, we opted to sit in a known area for a while, and this paid dividends when the first fish struck a mull at around 16.00. After moving down into the Delta for the evening we finally snared the second - Gary’s first taste of the ‘ton up’ and a Personal best to boot.
It seemed to be one of those days when nothing was destined to go right with dropped fish and cats chasing baits to the surface and missing them! Finally it all came together in the late evening when this behemoth of 144lb fell to the rod of Mick Seymour. The fish gave an amazing battle in the warm water and was taken once again on a large mullet live bait fished on a shelf close to the islands of Deltebre.
