60 lbs Catfish Caught | Walleye Mandula Lure

November 2016. Russia. Don River. Very good location for walleye jig fishing. Mandula lure used here. I come here already 10 years at this time of year. Here are a few good deep holes and drop of depths. One of a minus is a fishing nets. But I know how they put them. Therefore minuses is turning into pluses. Walleye is a clever fish and  gets caught to fishing net is rare. The river flow inflates fishing net as a sail and walleye likes to stand in a sailing bag in an ambush. If you could figure out how and where the net is stretched and where is a sailing bag you never stay without a catch.

Another advantage is to do a jig between fishing nets in the direction from the shore to a depth. On this day, I caught a dozen good walleyes and giffed the one small catfish (12 pounds aprox) by treble Mandula hook.

Father and son was fishing with me on another boat in the day . They used a Mandula lure too. Towards the evening they stood above the deepest pit and began tapping its edge. Son caught a good catfish.

They weighed anchor and catfish began to drive them on the river. Spinning for pike-perch got bend in an arc and should had been break down. Father giffed catfish by 2nd Mandula. So they travelled for 40 minutes until the catfish is not caught in a fishing net. The only thing that helped raise it and drag into the boat.