Severn Silurus

Barbelist · Post by **Barbelist** » Wed Jul 15 2015 15:22

BAA reporting a 90lb+ Catfish off the Lower Severn to a a Barbel angler....seen a sneak preview of the pictures - freaking mahoosive !!!

Paul

sparky415 · Post by **sparky415** » Thu Jul 16 2015 07:22

Probably been tipped in the river by someone, and my guess is that it has a french accent.

Brassneck · Post by **Brassneck** » Thu Jul 16 2015 08:20

What a capture that is. On a barbel rod and a size 10 hook. Pictures in the press next week apparently.

davelumb · Post by **davelumb** » Thu Jul 16 2015 08:29

sparky415 wrote:
Probably been tipped in the river by someone, and my guess is that it has a french accent.

More likely it grew thumbed a lift from the Leighton Buzzard area when it was tiny.

Clarkey1972 · Post by **Clarkey1972** » Thu Jul 16 2015 09:03

Pics on the CCG facebook page.

Doesnt look 90+ but certainly over 70.

Neville Fickling · Post by **Neville Fickling** » Thu Jul 16 2015 11:06

Poor old Des Taylor he'll be worried about getting eaten............

Barbelist · Post by **Barbelist** » Thu Jul 16 2015 11:13

As a matter of interest....anyone know what is the biggest fish reported from a UK water??

Paul_the_piker · Post by **Paul_the_piker** » Thu Jul 16 2015 11:19

Think Mick Brown had a 115lb cat recently that was headlined as the biggest caught in the UK?

Not from a river though obviously, pretty sure this fish from the Severn would be the biggest fish caught from a UK river beating Miss Ballantine's 64lb salmon from the Tay.

Paul_the_piker · Post by **Paul_the_piker** » Thu Jul 16 2015 11:25

Haha I stand corrected - http://www.carmarthenjournal.co.uk/Tale ... story.html

Mark Phillips · Post by **Mark Phillips** » Thu Jul 16 2015 12:43

Paul_the_piker wrote:
Think Mick Brown had a 115lb cat recently that was headlined as the biggest caught in the UK?

Not from a river though obviously, pretty sure this fish from the Severn would be the biggest fish caught from a UK river beating Miss Ballantine's 64lb salmon from the Tay.

Nah, there's a few venues in the UK now that have 100lb + fish. Chap I know had one of 130 something last season. That fish of course had found its way through the channel tunnel... beats me how people are getting away with it

Wouldn't surprise me at all to see some really big cats coming out of the Trent and Thames at some point in the future. Someone should put some in Chew and see how they get on

Neville Fickling · Post by **Neville Fickling** » Fri Jul 17 2015 14:44

Mark Phillips wrote:
Paul_the_piker wrote:
Think Mick Brown had a 115lb cat recently that was headlined as the biggest caught in the UK?

Not from a river though obviously, pretty sure this fish from the Severn would be the biggest fish caught from a UK river beating Miss Ballantine's 64lb salmon from the Tay.
Nah, there's a few venues in the UK now that have 100lb + fish. Chap I know had one of 130 something last season. That fish of course had found its way through the channel tunnel... beats me how people are getting away with it

Wouldn't surprise me at all to see some really big cats coming out of the Trent and Thames at some point in the future. Someone should put some in Chew and see how they get on

NO

Ash m · Post by **Ash m** » Sat Jul 18 2015 21:03

Trent's done a few young ones this year so their breeding

Polyball · Post by **Polyball** » Mon Jul 20 2015 10:59

Biggest documented 144lb, brought in from France no doubt, fishery was only open 6months.

And if what I have heard is true, they aren't coming through the tunnel. Far more complex

Marty · Post by **Marty** » Tue Jul 21 2015 02:55

saw the pics today, no doubt its a big cat but didn't look anywhere near 94lb to me. (but pictures can be deceptive so it could be true)

fair play to the captor, if it was indeed caught from the severn then its the catch of a lifetime.

i wonder how big the two cats i caught on a norfolk river in 1992 are now

Fentiger01 · Post by **Fentiger01** » Sun Jul 26 2015 16:43

Personally I'd be flapping a bit on the Severn if at the end of a fight, I found a beast like that to chin out on my own with a couple of trebles kicking about in the darkness of the early hours. I'd rather catch Zander or Pike off the river tbh, unbelievable what is swimming about in our rivers though....

That said, I did Spain a couple of times 10, 12 years ago and those Catfish were amazing!

Barbelist · Post by **Barbelist** » Sun Jul 26 2015 17:17

Had it confirmed earlier today that a small number of very small Silurus Glanis catfish were also taken by the Elver catchers on the tidal Severn this time round too....breeding population?

Paul

Kev Berry · Post by **Kev Berry** » Sun Jul 26 2015 19:16

Ash m wrote:
Trent's done a few young ones this year so their breeding

Ive heard there has been a regular injection of kittens for a number of years by someone who visits France on a regular basis

murkey · Post by **murkey** » Wed Dec 02 2015 01:24

Kev Berry wrote:
Ash m wrote:
Trent's done a few young ones this year so their breeding
Ive heard there has been a regular injection of kittens for a number of years by someone who visits France on a regular basis

Some people are tossers, I mean who has the right to introduce a new species because THEY feel it would be good to catch cats in the future

, no matter how tempting it might be to see our big rivers have big cats swimming about the current populations already are already hammered with cormorants, otters, mink, eastern Europeans..

Kev Berry · Post by **Kev Berry** » Wed Dec 02 2015 13:25

murkey wrote:
Kev Berry wrote:
Ash m wrote:
Trent's done a few young ones this year so their breeding
Ive heard there has been a regular injection of kittens for a number of years by someone who visits France on a regular basis

Some people are tossers, I mean who has the right to introduce a new species because THEY feel it would be good to catch cats in the future , no matter how tempting it might be to see our big rivers have big cats swimming about the current populations already are already hammered with cormorants, otters, mink, eastern Europeans..

I wonder if big cats eat baby otters, mink, and cormorants---they eat pigeons, that's on you tube, and they not that big that's doing the eating.

the trent is heaving with fish at the moment, but you right, they shouldn't be stocked without permission

Clarkey1972 · Post by **Clarkey1972** » Fri Dec 04 2015 13:20

Kev Berry wrote:
Ash m wrote:
Trent's done a few young ones this year so their breeding
Ive heard there has been a regular injection of kittens for a number of years by someone who visits France on a regular basis

I know this to be true too Kev

Rob_Iasgair · Post by **Rob_Iasgair** » Wed Dec 09 2015 09:06

Just read that a chap called Steve Feltham, an "expert" on the Loch Ness Monster, believes it is a misidentified Wels Catfish

As for fish being moved around, that is certainly how the Barbel in the Clyde have Blackcountry accents.

We did have a Wels caught by a fly angler in a local loch. Almost certainly tipped in when if outgrew a tank or pond as there were also sightings of what people said was a Sturgeon, but I am sure it will have been a Sterlet.

Was it not a fishery in Essex called Oak Lodge or something that claimed the biggest Wels?

dropped_run · Post by **dropped_run** » Wed Dec 09 2015 15:09

Rob_Iasgair wrote:
Just read that a chap called Steve Feltham, an "expert" on the Loch Ness Monster, believes it is a misidentified Wels Catfish

As for fish being moved around, that is certainly how the Barbel in the Clyde have Blackcountry accents.

We did have a Wels caught by a fly angler in a local loch. Almost certainly tipped in when if outgrew a tank or pond as there were also sightings of what people said was a Sturgeon, but I am sure it will have been a Sterlet.

Was it not a fishery in Essex called Oak Lodge or something that claimed the biggest Wels?

Oak lodge did the first ton (or maybe a high 90) in this country that im aware of- i remember it getting onto the tv news at the time. No one questioned where it came from mind you.

Ive always thought Nessie is a monster anguilla anguilla meself.

Polyball · Post by **Polyball** » Thu Dec 10 2015 14:48

144lb after been out at 130 this year I believe

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