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The Catfish Tour

All Catfish tackle is supplied including all terminal tackle for catching these huge Catfish and you will have an experienced Catfishing guide with a boat for his use during your entire stay with us. Your food and drinks can be delivered to the river bank by you guide whilst you are fishing or if you prefer, you can cook food in you apartment or cook on the bank where permitted on gas burners or go to one of the local bars or restaurants. Cooler boxes are provided to keep your drinks cold and Thermos flasks are available on request. We also provide all fishing licence's and day tickets.

Bait is available from us – genuine Halibut pellets, live bait Eels and small Carp when available and permitted. The price of your bait requirements will vary depending on the type of fishing producing the best results at the time of your arrival, the amount of time you spend fishing and the amount of fish caught. An estimated price of the bait can be given on request and we ask that you pay an agreed price at the start of the week for the bait that you intend to use then to settle if full at the end of your weeks fishing when your guide calculates the amount of bait actually used. You can ask your guide at any time throughout the week about the amount of bait that you have used so you are aware of the cost.

The fishing we provide on the river Ebro system is amazing, there is no where else in the World you would be able to catch the size and amount of Catfish that you can in Spain. We have a record second to none for catching huge Catfish for our clients. This is because of the years of experience and knowledge gained by our guides and the effort they will put in to catch you fish. We cater for both experienced anglers and novices so you can get involved as much or as little as you choose. We provide a very personal guiding service for anglers with group sizes normally from 3-6, maximizing the hours of fishing available for you. Larger groups are catered for and two guides will be allocated whenever possible for your best results.

Fishing is allowed in Spain for Catfish from 06.00am to midnight, with two rods per person. You have the choice of fishing up to a maximum of 18 hours per day or you can fish sufficient hours for yourselves, something no other fishing company can beat. Your guide can also have two extra rods for Carp or Zander on his fishing license for your group to share while you are waiting for the Catfish to bite but the terminal tackle for this type of fishing is not supplied by us but can be purchased locally or brought with you.

There are no other guiding services on the river Ebro system that can truthfully claim the quality and quantity of Catfish that we catch for our clients at CatMaster tours.

The section of the river where we concentrate our fishing tours is where the original introduction of the Catfish took place back in 1974, and therefore where the catfish in the river Ebro system are at their greatest size. The size of Catfish you can expect to catch on our tours would be in the 50-220lb range with the majority of anglers catching Catfish over the magical 100lb mark. Normally you can expect one in three Catfish you catch to be over 100lb in weight. There are also a number of albinos and mandarin Catfish (half albino) present in the river, these fish are very beautiful and would be a fish of a lifetime if you’re lucky enough to catch one.

We at CatMaster Tours have held the unofficial Spanish record for Catfish for a number of years for both normal and albino Catfish. If you beat one of our records you will be entitled to a free trip back with us.

Printable Catfish Tackle Supplied Form

Printable Catfish Booking Form

Price
March & April : £475*
May to September : £575*
October & November : £475*
Price for non anglers : £300*
*Price per person per week

CATFISHING METHODS

We fish a variety of methods to catch Catfish in Spain and the guides will use the most productive methods to suit the conditions you will be fishing in to achieve the best results for you.

These methods include the very productive Pellet fishing which CatMaster Tours pioneered, the Buoy system, boat fishing (either drifting live baits or clonking) and lure fishing. There are no extra charges for boat fishing, unlike some other companies.

The two main methods we use are pellet fishing and the Buoy system. Both of these methods are fished from the bank with the rods fished vertical to keep the line out of the water as much as possible and your guide, using his boat will position your baits for your best results. Live baits are normally fished near the surface whilst dead baits and pellets are fished on the river bed. Boat fishing is available but for the majority of the time in our experience we have found it a lot more productive to bank fish keeping the area you are fishing undisturbed. Your fishing Guide will select the most productive fishing method at the time, we don’t just vary our methods to try something different as some companies do; We fish to catch you fish. We pride ourselves in providing the very best Catfishing available for you, this is why we have customers coming back year after year to fish with us as they become great friends with our CatMaster team. Three quarters of our bookings come from recommendations and repeat customers every year.

Arm-Aching Action

Pellet Fishing is most productive method for catfishing at the moment

Fishing in the hot Spanish sun

2 rods per person are allowed