Aggressive Wels am Brombachsee: police shoot dangerous fish!

Aggressive Wels am Brombachsee: police shoot dangerous fish!

Brombachsee, Deutschland - On Friday, June 20, 2025, the Brombachsee was the scene of a rare and dramatic incident. An aggressive catfish, over two meters long and around 90 kilograms, injured five bathers. Supposedly the fish bite several times within two hours and caused meat wounds that were provided by helpers from the Bavarian Red Cross on site. This happened at an unfavorable time when a music festival took place on the lake, which also fueled the situation. In order to prevent further mischief, the water guard informed the police at around 5 p.m., who then intervened with a service weapon and killed the predatory fish. Two anglers then rose the catfish from the water before the bathing area was released again. Such attacks are extremely rare, but they can occur during brood care when the animals defend their nest (mdr] (https://www.mdr.de/wissen/naturkissenschaften-technik/wels-raubfisch-atsche-bayern-fische-deutschland-deuropa-100.html).

The incident caused excitement in the region and drew attention to the "Zum Golden Lamm" inn, which served the kissed Wels on Sunday, June 29, 2025. The chef André Forkel prepared the meat in two variants: turned with lemon juice in the flour and as a Waller schnitzel, accompanied by fresh summer vegetables and herbal potatoes. According to reports from Bayreuther Tagblatt, the Waller, who weighed between 35 and 40 kilograms, was enough for around 100 to 7 minutes become.

catfish in Europe

Welse, also known as European catfish, are the largest freshwater fish in Europe and can reach impressive lengths of up to three meters and weights of over 150 kilograms. These older Wels copies are usually over 30 years old and are characterized by their quick growth, which protects them from predators. In pleasant conditions with warm water and plenty of food sources, you can multiply and spread particularly well, which makes you useful of climate change. This explains MDR.

The occurrence of aggression at Welsen is more the exception than the rule. Gastronomic information and reports from ZDF show that catfish usually feed on fish, but large copies can also hunt other animals such as birds. Prejudices about catfish that attack small pets remain uncontrolled, even though there are stories about a catfish that suffocated on a red -cheeked turtle.