Hi, new member from Belgium

[*thomas*]

Hi all

My name is Thomas, 30 years old and have been fishing for as long as I can remember. Mostly freshwater (wels catfish, carp, pike, barbel), but I've always been intrigued by big game fishing from the beach. With internet making it so easy to see what others are catching around the globe, I started to have a go at land bases shark and stingray fishing the past 5 years. It always involves long journeys (Canary Islands, Florida), so it's not something I do every day.

I mostly enjoy spinning gear, but have some Penn Senators (114H2, 115L and a 116). I would like to upgrade the first two and I hope to gather a lot of useful info on here.

First picture was my Florida trip last year (fished 9 days, caught a very large common stingray and a 9ft tiger on spinning gear - fishing was harsh, very harsh). Second picture is a 7ft + wels catfish. I'm the guy on the far left.

Thanks

Thomas

[alantani]

welcome!!!!!

[Benni3]

Welcome from Salem Virginia 

[Shark Hunter]

Welcome Thomas!

[Tiddlerbasher]

Hi Thomas - welcome from the UK - Chris

[Swami805]

Welcome. That is one big catfish!

[swill88]

Welcome... lot's of fun!

Steve

[David Hall]

Welcome!  That's the biggest cat I've ever seen.

[happyhooker]

Glad you're with us; welcome, from Minnesota USA.

Frank

[Alto Mare]

Welcome Thomas, enjoy your stay.

Sal

[Midway Tommy]

Welcome, Thomas! Enjoy your time here.

[Cor]

en vanuit Kaapstad, welkom!

[*thomas*]

I'm going to like this place, warmest welcome I've ever had on a forum, cool!

Welcome!  That's the biggest cat I've ever seen.

They grow even bigger, over 8ft and well over 200lbs, caught on 30lbs mono.

Catfish = always catch and release FYI

[Keta]

Hi.

[foakes]

Welcome aboard, Thomas!

Best,

Fred