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Tidal rivers cats
Posted: Tue Mar 05 2024 11:03
by Daygo51
Hi all, would be interested in peoples thoughts on this?
I regularly fish a southern river, and over the last 10 years more and more cats have shown up on the tidal stretch, from kittens to 70+.
Weird thing is the non tidal doesn’t seem to have ever produced a single cat (I may be wrong, but have never seen a pic, or heard of a capture).
The non tidal and tidal can connect through flooding, and the carp have moved at times between the sections.
Just wondered if anyone knew the reason the cats would prosper in the tidal but not the non tidal?
Re: Tidal rivers cats
Posted: Tue Mar 05 2024 15:29
by Ratty46
Daygo51 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05 2024 11:03 -
Hi all, would be interested in peoples thoughts on this?
I regularly fish a southern river, and over the last 10 years more and more cats have shown up on the tidal stretch, from kittens to 70+.
Weird thing is the non tidal doesn’t seem to have ever produced a single cat (I may be wrong, but have never seen a pic, or heard of a capture).
The non tidal and tidal can connect through flooding, and the carp have moved at times between the sections.
Just wondered if anyone knew the reason the cats would prosper in the tidal but not the non tidal?
food i would have thought, if its where i think it is, Mullet.
Re: Tidal rivers cats
Posted: Tue Mar 05 2024 16:00
by fenland piker
Cats are well documented in a number of tidal rivers to my knowledge the tidal Thames has produced very large ones, as has the Trent and the Tidal Ouse seems to turn up plenty of juveniles in eel nets. the original fish are likely to have escaped from venues upstream during flooding. I would expect the conditions in the lower rivers suit them as there is plenty of food and they thrive in murky water.
Re: Tidal rivers cats
Posted: Tue Mar 05 2024 18:15
by Daygo51
Ratty46 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05 2024 15:29 -
Daygo51 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05 2024 11:03 -
Hi all, would be interested in peoples thoughts on this?
I regularly fish a southern river, and over the last 10 years more and more cats have shown up on the tidal stretch, from kittens to 70+.
Weird thing is the non tidal doesn’t seem to have ever produced a single cat (I may be wrong, but have never seen a pic, or heard of a capture).
The non tidal and tidal can connect through flooding, and the carp have moved at times between the sections.
Just wondered if anyone knew the reason the cats would prosper in the tidal but not the non tidal?
food i would have thought, if its where i think it is, Mullet.
Yeah I think you’re right (it may well be where you think it is?)
Re: Tidal rivers cats
Posted: Mon Mar 18 2024 10:21
by The_Saint
Deffo bigger cats on the non tidal of the thames than the tidal section