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metalhead666
02-05-2012, 04:46 PM
I am DESPERATE for some clarified facts on the eel tail catfish!:-?:-?
some reputable sources say they get to a metre long others suggest fifty pound!:o:o
If this is the case my largest is a mere forty five centimetres!:-X:-X
just wondering about biggest catch, bait and what habitat!;);)
has anyone caught an eel tail over a metre in australia?:-[:-[
ANY information if extremely appreciated!;D;D
REGARDS!
Goodoo haven
02-05-2012, 05:09 PM
I don't know what area you are from but there are some big Catties that get caught in a large dam close by here. But I have never caught or heard of Catties that big been caught in Australia. I could be wrong though. I have caught them around the 60cm mark.

Regards,
Doug.
metalhead666
02-05-2012, 06:55 PM
Thanks doug!
I have personally caught the fork tailed species at sixty centimetres and they get big, up to twenty kilo's!
in the national book of fishing by frank prokop it lists the species to ninety centimetres...
Goodoo haven
02-05-2012, 07:44 PM
Yeah I know that the fork tail catfish gets to a big size, but I don't think the eel tail gets as big as the fork tail though...
lifestyle
02-05-2012, 07:57 PM
Biggest i have got was 65cm from sommerset dam.
Goodoo haven
02-05-2012, 08:00 PM
WOW thats a good size one. I bet it pulled hard...
metalhead666
02-05-2012, 08:20 PM
Thanks lifestyle!
biggest of mine from there was a mere twenty!
What bait were you using?
supa29
02-05-2012, 08:21 PM
mate i got one in sommerset around 70 centimetres and one in wivenhoe around the same so i cant see why they wouldnt get to the metre mark.

try local creeks too somewhere that doesnt get heavily fished.

supa
wamjam
06-05-2012, 07:43 AM
I used to get heaps out of Copeton dam in NSW when I was a kid fishing with bait, biggest would have been around 60cm, 7-8lb. In WA they have Silver Cobbler that are huge but they have the forktail.

Scott
lifestyle
06-05-2012, 08:20 AM
garden worms for bait is all i use
Bear001
08-05-2012, 07:55 AM
garden worms - split rock got one I thought was a seal coming up!!!!! about 65cmlong
rabbi
08-05-2012, 11:24 PM
I used to get heaps out of Copeton dam in NSW when I was a kid fishing with bait, biggest would have been around 60cm, 7-8lb. In WA they have Silver Cobbler that are huge but they have the forktail.

Scott
Me too scott, got heaps around the 4kg mark on garden worms but I had an uncle get one that went 13 pounds (it was a while back) down at Keera.
Cheers,steve