Wels catfish

Rare albino wels catfish (Silurus glanis) Photographer: Martin Rejžek

Hot wels catfish action in Italy and France. probably two of the biggest catfish wels were recently caught in Italy on Po river and in Fr...

This post was originally posted on John's previous blog site on on April 27th, 2017.A new federal regulation, championed by the Mississippi Catfish Farmers Association, could hinder efforts here in the Chesapeake region to reduce the population of the invasive Blue Catfish. Introduced into the Bay some 40 years ago, the Blue Catfish – with no known predators – has surged in population. In some rivers and tributaries of the Bay they constitute 70% of the fish biomass. The catfish devour…

Fishing for catfish... Well catching catfish ;)

A professional angler from Germany reeled in a rare bright-yellow wels catfish—like a giant, writhing banana with gills—while ...

Descriptions of the wels catfish may sound like fish tales, but this creature is the real deal. This fish grows to monstrous sizes and gorges itself by using a huge mouth that can engulf large prey that other predators would have to chew to pieces. Whisker-like barbels surround the wels catfish's mouth which help it feel in the dark. The fish lies in wait at the bottom of lakes and rivers until it senses a victim it can pursue and swallow hole. Fish Tale: The wels catfish is one of the…

Wels catfish, one of of the World's largest freshwater predators.