PUSHING THE LIMIT ON SMALL WATERS

"Fossing addiction" l'abbiamo definita scherzosamente tra amici... "inglesizzando" il caro vecchio fosso vicino a casa.
Sempre saputo ci fossero i siluri, ma non in questi numeri e taglie, e mano mano che sposto l'asticella verso l'alto resto sorpreso da come pesci di tale mole possano vivere in un ambiente limitato pur convivendo con diverse altre specie.
Da quanto ho osservato il territorio di tali esemplari comprende un lungo tratto di fiume, talvolta anche un paio di km, o almeno questa è la sensazione; si muovono e cambiano posizione a seconda dei momenti, capita di vederli pinneggiare tranquilli e completamente inattivi in 70 cm di acqua limpida, nemmeno fossero trote. E sotto il loro dominio i baffoni di taglia inferiore, parecchio inferiore, sono tollerati ma si collocano in posizioni particolari...
Quanto all'alimentazione, se il piccino si abbuffa di gamberi e pesciame, il grosso per quanto ho visto vomitare, adora il pesce di taglia e gli uccelli acquatici come le gallinelle.... chissà che bollate!! E devo notare che sono quasi spariti i ratti... tutte osservazioni empiriche e superficiali ovviamente.
Quindi, prossima missione, topwater!

E forse sarà il caso di valutare una canna più potente della mia cara Glazer 60H.... o no? Col mostro se l'è cavata...

GUIDING FOR CATFISHES ON LURES WITH A FRIEND FROM GERMANY

This post will be in English only, as I think it will be of more interest to foreing people visiting Italy than the common italian angler.

I've been searching for alternative playgrounds and perfecting unusual approach to wels catfishes for several years, more intensely in the last two, and kept posting the progresses on several media and socials just to share the experience.
At a point my pictures moved some good interest by foreing friends and I received more than a request by fishermen from several european country to guide them fishing with me.

Last request was from friend Hristyian who already followed me in the past to several tropical destinations; a quick plan and he bought the flight ticket from Dusseldorf to Verona, my home town ( or Romeo and Juliet one, but that's another history :D ) for a long weekend.

Apart than the obvious and easily predictable joys of local cousine and sightseeing, alone enough to justify the travel, fishing went pretty well, with two very good days targeting the whiskered critters in relatively small and shallow waters.

It's a very emotional kind of fishing, as the strike is often very vicious with cats breaking and slapping the surface of the water with their big tails; fising is usually done in small river tributaries, with water depth from 50 cm to two meters, and a big beast can do plenty of confusion when roaming that shallows in attemp to escape.

Well, too many words, better let the pictures talk...

 

 

All fishing is done with relatively light tackle, I use and supply Yamaga Blanks Glazer rods in the 1 oz 1/4 and 1 oz 1/2 models, in both baitcasting and spinning setup, a real blast when a big one is hooked.
No giants of 100 kgs here as the waters are small and what makes everything exciting is the "hunting" approach... for the truly big ones I've other waters to fish in ...

So, if anybody is interested in a similar experience I can offer my guiding help and advices, just email me at alleslures@yahoo.it