Catfish Trips

Unfortunately due to over commercial fishing on the Saône as a result of increased gill netting rights,2002, issued by the authorities, the catfish population has been reduced dramatically on the river.

All of our guided and non guided trips for the cats are no longer available.

Gill netting is a very effective way of reducing a fish population.

Since the increase in netting on the river, we noticed considerable decline in our catch rates in all of the sections we fished in.

The cats would have certainly re-populated these sections within the first year, but mainly with smaller fish, which would have been less likely to fall victim to a gill net.

The problem is a 100 pound catfish probably takes about 20 years to grow to such a size in the Saône! So we have got a fair wait until we can enjoy such amazing angling again on this river, that's providing the netting stops?

A classic example of how to ignorantly destroy such a natural gift to the river.