Overfishing is the primary cause of the giant catfish’s decline, but damming of Mekong tributaries, destruction of spawning and breeding grounds, and siltation (a process by which water becomes ...

River catfish are known to inhabit Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia. Every year they leave the lake and enter the Mekong River as part of their annual spawning cycle. Breeding begins at the onset of the ...

Catfish are slow in 5-6 feet of water. Bass are in 5-6 feet of water and in 12 feet of water. Bass are in pre-spawn pattern. Bream are slow on red worms. Report by The Boulders at Lake Tyler.

Once they detect spawning cichlids on the bottom of the lake, shoals of catfish approach en masse, consuming the cichlid eggs whilst simultaneously laying their own. The female cichlid unwittingly ...