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Member Name Stephen Buss	BOC Screen Name CatBusster	BOC Join Date December 2005
Date Catfish Was Caught August 30, 2006	Country Caught In Spain	Body of Water Fished River Segre
Catfish Species Caught Wels Catfish	Catfish Weight 194 Lbs.	Rod Used 9' Greys Popper rod, 5lb through action
Reel Used Alutechnos Albacore 20	Line Test & Type IGFA 80lb Black Dacron	Hook Used Size 10 CatBusster Continental
Bait Used Calamari	Approx. Time Caught Early PM	Air Temperature 64^o
Weather Conditions Clear Skies, Warm Sunny Days, cool evenings	Bite Activity Rating 10 - Great - Catfish really biting!	Boat or Bank Fishing Bank

Fish Tale of the Catch:
Exerpt from 2006 fishing summary I most enjoyed fishing the final days of August with Joe Taylor & ScouseMaster Karl. A 6 hour session on the 30th produced some 18 catfish with 14 breaking the 100lb barrier. To have had a string of 150's, a trio of 170's a 184 & a 194lber within hours was an achievement all involved will reflect on for a very long time. The trio of Karl's 170's was followed by Joes 184, another hard fighting lump that fell foul to the pebble rig, an impressive fish with plenty of room for growth, at the best of recent times this fish had the frame to accommodate 200lbs easily. With my name on the next take our right hand rod bent flat & a ripping take left all with an air of anticipation. On prizing the rod from the rest, the fish hit the surface with an explosion of water & steadily started to rip powerfully up river. I stood firm, 17 stone of pure English Oak, rooted to the banks of a Spanish river, the only bow being my branches. A heavy fish that hugged the bottom whilst romping off up stream at pace, I managed to turn the fish twice mid river before it dived for the margins literally under the rod tip & waiting hand. The scales tipped 194lb, a beast of a fish with a large wide head. With two fish on stringers & twelve bells upon us the rods were retrieved & a sound night's sleep ensued. When it duly came to photographs the following sunrise, the video recorder was set on play & the cameras waited. Joe's fish was first out of the water & onto the bank; it lay calm on the wet mat & was carefully freed from its stringer. The fish, whose head was facing the bank then writhed round in a single slap & wriggled ferociously, back into the river within a blink of an eye. We all stood in amazement, shrugged & hummed but the sudden realisation of "your turn next" hit home. I decided to take the stringer out in the water & have just water shots with my new prize, the fish soon hit the surface & I wrestled a position to free its retainer. On doing so I managed to get a grip on both pecks with the fishes chin on my chest. With a single flick of its tail, the fish in its entirety then slipped through my grasping fingers & back to where it knows best. Once the dull feeling from inside had risen both Joe & myself chuckled, August had been a very kind month.

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Member Name	BOC Screen Name	BOC Join Date
Date Catfish Was Caught	State Caught In	Body of Water Fished
Catfish Species Caught	Catfish Weight	Rod Used
Reel Used	Line Test & Type	Hook Used
Bait Used	Approx. Time Caught	Air Temperature
Weather Conditions	Bite Activity Rating	Boat or Bank Fishing

Fish Tale of the Catch:

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Date Catfish Was Caught	State Caught In	Body of Water Fished
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Bait Used	Approx. Time Caught	Air Temperature
Weather Conditions	Bite Activity Rating	Boat or Bank Fishing

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