The eagle eyed amongst you will have spotted we’ve created a new section – Specialist – to cover species other than our beloved carp. Thought this video from the Angling Lines site deserved an airing here too!
Browsing Posts tagged Catfish
I was fishing down my local runs water and got talking to one of the lads their when he informed me he had never come across a catfish and didn’t really know anything about them or how to fish for them. This got me thinking about how many people were in the same situation and the information I could share.
The Catfish has a long body, like an eel, with no scales on it with a large head and mouth. The inside of the mouth has rows of tiny little teeth like Velcro on the top and bottom of its mouth. It has barbules, two long ones on the upper jaw and either two or four shorter ones on the lower jaw, for detecting its prey.
It has a small almost pointless looking dorsal fin whilst the anal fin stretches backwards until it almost reaches the tail. The colouration of the Wels can vary from fish to fish but normally they have dark eyes with a dark green black body with creamy yellow sides creating a mottled effect. Albino looking catfish are sometimes found but are very rare; these have red eyes and a yellow/creamy colouration to its body. continue reading…
