[quote author=gary the guide  link=1149796015/0#11 date=1162848001]ok road kill it is then if i see a man sweeping up or bagging dead things from the side of the road i know who to look for  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D i truly hope you do catch mate ten out of ten for trying. i have had cats to 124lbs on dead baits fish mainly and i have caught catfish well over 100lbs with seaguls and coots moorhens and ducks all sticking  out of there throats so go for it. [/quote]


LOL, yes, just look out for "Flat Cat Fishing Enterprises" up and down the river . . . . logo of a moggie with a smoking tyre track through it    ;)

Really the idea came from discussions about how flavourless chicken is compared to pigeon/game/smelly roadkill, then a guide from Tivenys mentioned how a spot seemed to go Cat mad for a while when there was a dead dog stuck nearby . . . .


2 questions :

1] do you think deadbaits catch as well as live, might they have an advantage with bigger [?lazier] catfish ? Am I right remembering that is the case with Pike ["Dont tell him your name Pike"....] in the UK ?

2] by "seaguls and coots moorhens and ducks all sticking  out of there throats" you mean they were regurgitating recent meals due to being caught rather than you interrupted a fish in a mad killing spree ?


BTW, Spotted in the local paper L'Ebre a couple of months ago an article about the Ebre/Ebro and fishing, [mainly] East European immigrants removing fish to eat, it is a culture thing, and North European Cat fishermen, mainly English, fishing at night, running unlicenced boats and fishing from nature reserves - down on the delta and Vinalop island got a mention. There was no [in my understanding] mention of a crackdown, merely that they are aware of things and are looking at the situation. No mention was made of the fact that the Catfishing clearly brings money to the area, yet returning a Cat to the water is illegal - you are meant to kill them.