{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Float Tube Angler lands massive 169lb Wels Catfish

Now this is one hell of a fish-tale from Spain, not sure I would have believed it it he didn't have the the pictures. 

"Smyth, 32, a fisherman from Roslea, Ireland, was fishing the lower stretches of the famous Ebro River in Spain recently with guides Dee Mason and Johnny Kerr of Monster Tours following him in a boat. He explained his catch in detail via an email to GrindTV Outdoor on Tuesday.

Smyth was on a mission to catch a giant catfish from a float-tube. He was bouncing a dead Vietnamese swamp eel on the river bottom for bait when the fish hit like a "steam train."

"I didn't realize just how hard it would fight," he said. "Quite a few scary moments throughout, [particularly] when the float-tube was getting dragged under like a [fishing bobber] with only my head and shoulders above water level. I finally got the strength to use one arm and loosen the [drag on the reel] a tad as instructed."

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/excursions/post/float-tube-fishing-giant-catfish/



Nate

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