Catfish fishing on the river Ebro
Hacienda Angling offers guided boat or bank fishing
holidays with a chance for the fish of a life time.

THE WELLS CATFISH
The Wells catfish is the ultimate freshwater predator capable of
growing to sizes in excess of 200lb. A prime scavenger that eats
almost anything from small carp to ducklings, catfish feed with
ferocious power from the bottom to the surface and like all
predators inhabit weed beds, slacks, snags and deep holes.

Being practically blind, they hunt using a combination of their
long whiskers for smell and lateral line for vibration, catching
prey in there huge gripping mouths and soft velcro like teeth.

Their muscular tail injects the speed and extreme power used
for hunting and makes the Wells catfish the ultimate fighting
machine for specimen anglers around the world.

CATFISH FISHING SESSIONS
At Hacienda Angling we appreciate that this is your holiday.
Therefore, we will arrange with you the evening prior to fishing
what session you would like to fish.

Our day rates are based on 8 hrs fishing, so we fish sessions
from dawn until lunch, lunch till dusk or during the day for those
who can brave the scorching summer heat.

Generally, dawn and dusk are the hottest catfish feeding
spells and we will advise you upon arrival what times have
been most productive.

FISHING TECHNIQUES
The Hacienda Angling experience will introduce you to this
mighty fish and all the techniques and tackle used for capturing it.

We will share with you various boat fishing techniques such as
trolling live baits (eels or carp) and static paternoster style float
fishing. We also drift fish using a ‘Clonk’ or fish buoy style from
the bank.

Our guides may take you to the hot spots above and below the
dam at Riba Roja as well as up stream to the shallower waters
of Mequinenza and Caspe. We will use our extensive local
knowledge to determine which of the river Ebro’s sweeping
bends, deep holes and gullies will give you the greatest chance
of a gripping catfish experience.

Our boats are equipped with powerful 75hp Mercury outboard
engines, with a full range of quality specimen tackle, live baits
and life jackets on board.

CATCH RATE
The Riba Roja stretch of the river Ebro has a very large stock
of wild catfish with the average fish weighing in the region of
60lb-70lb and although renowned for its numerous larger 150lb
plus residents, a catfish in excess of 100lb is still classed as a
very good fish.

Regarding the action, predators can be unpredictable, but a
catfish fishing session should result in an average of 1-5 takes
per boat, with a good fishing session producing up to 10 takes,
and exceptional fishing sessions have been known to
produce 20 takes per boat.

At present Hacienda-Angling hold the record catfish for
the Riba Roja stretch weighing in at a huge 150lb!!!


OUR HOLIDAYS ARE TAILOR MADE TO SUIT YOU,
SO WHY NOT CONTACT US TODAY TO DISCUSE
PACKAGE COSTS AND AVAILABILITY...

...WE LOOK FORWARD TO FISHING WITH YOU, TIGHT LINES!!!

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