guide de peche tarn

Spaces catfish : variety of catfish

• Albino catfish Remains very rare or too small population for the moment in our rivers of France, but it is possible to find into the Rhône.
• Catfish is a fish can affect a size of 3 in 4m for 200kg in 300kg in Europe central. In France the biggest captured specimen measured 2m60 for 120kg. He reproduces from June untill July when the temperature of the water is 20°.

The catfish introduced summer more than 30 years ago to reduce the population of poissson of cat to France.

One friends and I fished for catfish for the first time in 1999 in Tarn. The catfish of size 2m02 for approximately 55kg, in the day with one rod carp 3lbs1/2 and a line resistance of 10kg. The fight in duration more than 20 minutes intense.