Night Fishing for Catfish
On normal days at the local hole in the Mabacan River you can sit for hours and not hook a single catfish. Recently I was tempted by a friend’s comment that the eels feed at night and so a friend and I tried out night fishing the hole. The action was twice what it was during the day and we hooked two cats, a turtle, and a paitan in an hour. Then just this evening I braved the rain and fished again. I hooked one of the biggest native hito I have caught (around 12″, lol) in the first 30 mins I fished. So far no eels, but at least I have learned that instead of sitting in the hot sun all day waiting I can fish at night and half much more fun. Hope this helps. I hooked all the fish on texas rigged nightcrawlers. They seem to be the preferred food for the fishes in our river. Sorry for no picture. I had my hands full with my light, my rod, and my umbrella 🙂
Posted on October 12, 2011, in Catfish (Hito). Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.




Are those fish Walking Cats (C. Batcrachus)or Broadhead (C. Macrocephalus)? I’ve only caught African Sharptooths here in the PI.
Rt you got my email right? For anyone else browsing this article I think these are C. Macrocephalus, though I a not sure.