I'd very much like to catch a Wells in that range. The guys that built one of my DR's (LARM) are in Spain, on the Erbo River. They've offered for me to just show up and go.

I may do that.

I grew up catching Catfish in Arizona and have pursued the largest species around the world.

In Brazil, we've caught the three largest species on a regular basis. The Redtail, The Jau and the biggest, the Piraiba.

I've chased big Vundu in many of Africa's rivers as well. I want to do a trip to India some time to pursue the Goonch Catfish. Problem there is that many of their waters are closed due to religious observances.

A group of anglers that I fish with regularly and I have even suggested that there be a "Big 5" of the worlds Catfishes.

Goonch,Jau, Redtail, Piraiba and the Wells as described in your link. They all get well over 100# and some like the Piraiba approach 400#.

Thanks for posting that link. His story is amusing.

This is an interesting story:
https://www.tennessean.com/sto...pounder/70411112007/

Guy ends up catching the same fish, twice, at different times breaking his own state record.

The farm help killed a 208 lb catfish in the irrigation ditch out of elephant butte dam in New Mexico, some years ago.made the El Paso times headlines, the water went down and trapped the old boy..

I made my first fishing trips to Elephant Butte and Caballo when I was kid living in Las Cruces. The last time I saw Elephant Butte, I was staying at Ted Turner's place in T or C. It was a sad sight. Looked more like a big mud puddle. Couldn't believe it could get so low and still exist. It was 80% below normal at that time.