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olivier
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Here is certainly my biggest silurid 2001; -)
Captured not very legal manner. |
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claude.valette
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Thierry Christians, of Belgium, spent its vacations in side sea to 2 hours of Mequinenza.
Knowing the reputation of the corner, and wanting to tempt the experience "silurid" once, he/it had contacted me previously to fish an evening.
Thing made, and record of the camp 2001.
2,30m and 73kg.
The small anecdote, is that we had in the boat, to that moment, this fish and another of 2,15m. (for Michel Rodriguez!)
The boat became suddenly a true rink, with more of 130 kg. of fish, and us 3! Epic! . |
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claude.valette
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A super-complicity with Yuri, "lit" as much as me by the catfishing !
The fish: 2,26m. |
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claude.valette
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2 of the 4 fish of one "night of madness", with Yuri in August 2001.
2,20m. and 2,26m.
The 2 other: 2,03m. and 2,15m.
Thank you for Yuri for his precious help... |
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claude.valette
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The "biggest" and "largest" that I never saw.
2,19 meters but enormous. We had to be 2 to hoist the fish on board.
The stomach of this fish was diforme, bacause: after some hours, it regurgitated a carp of a good ten kg begun hardly has be digest! Don't tempt to use the quick of this size! |
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olivier
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Here is the photo of the vigorous silurid, that non happy to break us a cane, made Claude Valette take a small bath of midnight.
We still laugh on it!
Even though at the time I had rather a big fright because of the numerous branches showing on the surface. |
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loupenz
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My biggest in Mequinenza in April 2001.
It measured 1M72. |
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xavier
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This was the fishing day in company of Claude Valette, famous fishing guide in Mequinenza.
We did not gat back with empty hands.
Four catfish were caught (and slackened after the photo souvenir).
The two biggest were each 217cm and the two smaller ones measured 173cm and 150cm.
All the captures were hooked with eels.
Thank you for Claude for this splendid fishing party! |
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xavier
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Catfish taken by Lionel in Mequinenza in the beginning of April 2001.
For the statistics, it measured 222cm and the weight was estimated about 75Kg.
In the photograph, from left to right: Xavier, Claude Valette and Lionel. |
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yuri.grisendi.(gsi)
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Fish of 225 cm, caught in winter (08/12/2000), with the ledgering system and an eel for bait. |
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vincent
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My first silurid of the year 2000, captured under falling rain.
July 2000 - The Saone - Place called 'Grange du Diable' (Barn of the Devil) / 128cm |
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xavier
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The first "real" fish of our stay in Spain. |
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xavier
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A wels catfish of 50kg which had made, 4 years before, the knowledge of Jean-Claude T. |
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loupenz
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My present record. This fish presents a small attrophie to the tail that makes him loose a few "precious" centimeters. |
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loupenz
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A new record that I didn't think to be able to beat in the same season (but this record was beaten one week later). |
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loupenz
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My first fish of my summer vacations in Lyons. |
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xavier
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Our first 2 meters. |
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xavier
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Marked Wels Catfish (4/4):
This 163cm long catfish has blue markings (tattoo) under its fins.
It is a "pilot" catfish which had been marked by Jean-Claude T. few years before.
From left to right:
Lionel - Joel P. - Jean-Claude T. - Xavier
(following the photos n°15, n°16 and n°17) |
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xavier
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Marked Wels Catfish (3/4):
It mesures 163cm and possess blue markings (tattooed) under its flukes.
(following the photos n°15 and n°16) |
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xavier
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Marked Wels Catfish (2/4):
The silurid is seized firmly. (following the photo n°15) |
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xavier
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Marked Wels Catfish (1/4):
It's very well hooked ... |
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xavier
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Beginning of the season 1999 in the Saone in rise of the water level.
The stomac contained:
2 breams of 300g + catfish + "mole" + paper Bounty packing. |
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xavier
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Our record of the year 1999 (3/3):
Our biggest capture 2,10 meters (1 hours 30 minutes to hoist it in the boat).
(following the photos n°11 and n°12)
From left to right: Xavier, Lionel, Franck and Vincent. |
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xavier
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Our record of the year 1999 (2/3):
And here is one more photo... we used all the film of 24 exposures!
(following the photo n°11) |
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xavier
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Our record of the year 1999 (1/3):
Fished in a sector which was the theatre of first big captures in Lyons in the beginning of the Eighties. |
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loupenz
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My biggest hold of the year 1999 with photo.
I put a small quarter of hour to take it. |
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loupenz
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Silurid caught with a half of rotengle. |
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xavier
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The biggest of a set of 6 result of one morning of fishing on a sector of the Rhone that was at the time nearly virgin. |
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xavier
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This silurid, taken by Lionel, marked the beginning of big more regular captures. |
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xavier
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Two fishing boats, two pretty silurids touched, only one caught. |
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xavier
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A last photo for souvenir, and the silurid returned some seconds later in its own natural element.
(following the photos n°2 and n°3) |
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xavier
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My first big silurid caught in a evening storm.
(following the photo n°2) |
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xavier
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In the fire of the action... |
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