wells catfish

[NorthernMonkey]

had this beast pull my line at 1am monday morning
was a good fight and took quite a while to land

not fished for cats before so was pleased with this one as my first

23lb 8oz

 

[greatfulxdead]

yeah not a wells catfish, but cool nonetheless.

 

[mkman]

what is the guy above talking about? Sure looks like a wels to me. It was catch and release right?

 

[NorthernMonkey]

yeah not a wells catfish, but cool nonetheless.

erm, sorry pal but that is a wells cat
... there the only cat stocked in that lake

and a small quote from the lakes website

Wells Catfish were introduced to Home Farm fisheries in the spring of 2004

and yeah it was catch and release

 

[mkman]

what is the largest wels they have in the lake do you know??? Is this in the UK?

Also how big is the wels? I have a baby wels, can't wait for it to hit that size and even bigger in the future

 

[NorthernMonkey]

what is the largest wels they have in the lake do you know??? Is this in the UK?

Also how big is the wels? I have a baby wels, can't wait for it to hit that size and even bigger in the future

the cats in that lake go to 60lb, and yes its in the uk

the one i caught was almost 4ft long and was 23lb 8oz

 

[mkman]

ok thank you very much! Mine is currently at 1 ft and weighs less than a pound, looks like he needs to pack on a lot more weight

 

[indiana.dutton]

Thats a wells.

 

[stotty]

yeah not a wells catfish, but cool nonetheless.

that is 110% a Wells caught enough of them to know

top job on the fish

 

[stotty]

what is the largest wels they have in the lake do you know??? Is this in the UK?

Also how big is the wels? I have a baby wels, can't wait for it to hit that size and even bigger in the future

not uk fish but 228lbs 6oz wells catfish