questions about wels catfish

[Dick Dastardly]

Andrew Burgess:

Here Bruv, What are Barbell D

Hmmmm pesky younger brothers!Might not be able to spell em but least I can catch em bro!

[gaza]

i have a question for budgie and catman 195 have you ever met me or do you know me you see i am a little lost as to if we have met i only judge people that i know not somebody in another country seems a little strange i feel a little anomosety between you against me but hay whatever.

well chaps you have been busy little bees havent you i see you have a play around with each other to answers what you already or probaly knew but i would have been glad to answer you without somebody doing some blatant advertising i cant stand that it irritates me to.i think i should come and have a beer with you budgie sometime you see we have never met i would love to meet you you have been around for a long time and i have said in the past i have a lot of respect for you even as we have never met glad to see this debate has brought to light what people can be like most or all of the time SO has anybody got any more questions. fire away oh by the way i am so sorry gents but as you well know i am so busy but i promise to get back to you as sooon as i can. but to answer kois questions yes they can swim backwards but not as fast as they can forward due to the upper body strenght of these fish most of the thrust as to say comes from the upper section but if they get a hold of a snag they will grip on with might.oh lads here is one for you how do you tell the diffrence between males and females when they are not in spawn i do know the answer. i recently passed information onto dr bruno broughton about catfish and he was very supprised as to how much i actualy do know. so lets keep this topic for the actual fish not which river just how to catch them sorry if you thought i knew every-where in the world lads i dont.

bye...

anglers sit and fish******danglers sit and wish

[Dick Dastardly]

Cheers Newt.Have discussed this while fishing with Hoppy.Another of our guides,Ryan,lives in Germany as well (he is ex US forces to)He has had good fish up to treble figures from his local river.Just interested in what others have to say.Despite the Germans love of catfish they dont do a great deal of fishing for them in their own country! despite there being some good fish there.

[Andrew Burgess]

Oh you means "barbel" I might not caught one in the River Ebro but caught one on the River Severn on your Tackle!!

[gaza]

andrew barbell are totally different to catfish with respect can you please add your comments to another post along with relevant questions about barbel many thanks gary sheridan.

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budgie with respect i am still waiting for your answers on the above question about how to tell the diffrence between male and female cats not in spawn i will post the asnwer here when you reply cheers for now or even pm me when you fell like it

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as this post will only ""help"" not (hinder) the diffrences in the fishing circles for the younger generation and the future of anglers to young to even get to most of the fishing available in the world today.

[gaza]

dwillow@ntlwolrd.com is that your e-mail address john i have a few e-mails from that address am i right in saying you are the same chap that contacted me for work as a fishing guide on the river ebro for those elusive catfish.oh my

[Dick Dastardly]

Gary you seem to think that myself and Catman have a problem with you. :confused: You have done this before and I thought all had been made clear.As I dont know Catman I can not speak for him but I certainly have no problem with you and nothing he has posted here leads me to think he does either.I feel that advertising as the pair of you did is a bit naughty :mad: but you have both redeemed your self by at least contributing to the site with your experiences .I too made the mistake of thinking AN would be a free source of advertising.I realised that it was a bit rude to expect it without contributing.

As for the questions I posed I have my views on the answers but they are still grey areas so as I am interested in catfish I would also be interested in others views as well.As it is still quite a specialist area I thought I would take advantage of your kind offer.

This isnt some "Battle of the Guides" quiz show,just (hopefully) some like minded people sharing their experiences.Remember that as well as the few who contribute by actually posting there will be many others who just look in hoping to learn somthing.There is no need for any one up man ship or points scoring.On a proffesional level there is no need to try and compete for clients either,as I am sure both you and Catman are in the same position as myself.We are very lucky that the demand for our services is far in excess off what we can supply.Be much nicer if we could all get along and share info and clients.In fact only recently I sugested you and your services to a couple of people who tried to book with me.Lets forget the attitude and discuss what myself,hopefully Catman and most certainly what the other members on here want to read.CATFISH FISHING!Hope to hear your views on my questions and hear how you sex cats soon.

[catman195]

Gary

I can also assure you I have no problem with yourself or Budgie as you have pointed out we have never met so it would be impossible for me to form any views on you either as a person or a fisherman

 

I would be very interested to hear your findings on sexing Catfish out of the spawning season

If you have managed to sex them beyond doubt good luck to you

 

I have met lots of well respected Catfish anglers and none of them have been able to tell the difference and I have read in more than one article that without killing them and opening them up there is no way to tell

 

[ 25. November 2003, 06:41 PM: Message edited by: catman195 ]

[chesters1]

catfish tips ,get bait (any will do) stick on curved pointy thing chuck in pond using long thin stiff thing (any type will do),wait for string connecting pointy thing to stiff thing to go tight ,pull in catfish

and catfish are like barbel :confused:

and who cares how you would sex them :confused: this only is a thing the catfish need to know for mixed double boily stealing or for naughty stuff in the light of a full moon

 

[ 25. November 2003, 10:42 PM: Message edited by: chesters1 ]

[John S]

Chesters, you mention long thin stiff things again and you will be severely edited