I think you're looking for a groupby + transform:
df['Sum'] = df.groupby(
["FisherID", "DateFishing", "Total_Catch"]
)["Weight"].transform('sum')
Then, find Diff by subtracting the Weight col from Total_Catch.
df['Diff'] = (df['Total_Catch'] - df['Weight'])
df
FisherID DateFishing Total_Catch Weight Sum Diff
0 1 24-Oct-11 0.90 0.200 0.834 0.700
1 1 24-Oct-11 0.90 0.264 0.834 0.636
2 1 24-Oct-11 0.90 0.370 0.834 0.530
3 2 25-Oct-11 0.70 0.144 0.144 0.556
4 2 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.084 0.534 8.116
5 2 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.450 0.534 7.750
6 3 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.610 7.610 7.590
7 3 27-Oct-11 8.20 7.000 7.610 1.200
8 3 29-Oct-11 0.64 0.184 0.184 0.456
Alternatively, if you're trying to subtract the grouped Weight from Total_Catch, use:
df['Diff'] = df["Total_Catch"] -df.groupby(["FisherID", \
"DateFishing", "Total_Catch"])["Weight"].transform('sum')
df
FisherID DateFishing Total_Catch Weight Diff
0 1 24-Oct-11 0.90 0.200 0.066
1 1 24-Oct-11 0.90 0.264 0.066
2 1 24-Oct-11 0.90 0.370 0.066
3 2 25-Oct-11 0.70 0.144 0.556
4 2 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.084 7.666
5 2 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.450 7.666
6 3 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.610 0.590
7 3 27-Oct-11 8.20 7.000 0.590
8 3 29-Oct-11 0.64 0.184 0.456
Querying rows
This section builds upon the result of the second option. Note that all of these options apply a boolean mask to a dataframe. If all you want is the mask, don't apply it to the dataframe. Simply apply the condition and print:
df.Diff > 0.1
0 False
1 False
2 False
3 True
4 True
5 True
6 True
7 True
8 True
Name: Diff, dtype: bool
If you want to extract all valid rows, there are a few options.
df.query
df.query('Diff > 0.1')
FisherID DateFishing Total_Catch Weight Diff
3 2 25-Oct-11 0.70 0.144 0.556
4 2 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.084 7.666
5 2 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.450 7.666
6 3 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.610 0.590
7 3 27-Oct-11 8.20 7.000 0.590
8 3 29-Oct-11 0.64 0.184 0.456
boolean indexing
df[df.Diff > 0.1]
FisherID DateFishing Total_Catch Weight Diff
3 2 25-Oct-11 0.70 0.144 0.556
4 2 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.084 7.666
5 2 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.450 7.666
6 3 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.610 0.590
7 3 27-Oct-11 8.20 7.000 0.590
8 3 29-Oct-11 0.64 0.184 0.456
df.eval
df[df.eval('Diff > 0.1')]
FisherID DateFishing Total_Catch Weight Diff
3 2 25-Oct-11 0.70 0.144 0.556
4 2 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.084 7.666
5 2 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.450 7.666
6 3 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.610 0.590
7 3 27-Oct-11 8.20 7.000 0.590
8 3 29-Oct-11 0.64 0.184 0.456
df.where and dropna
df.where(df.Diff > 0.1).dropna(how='all')
FisherID DateFishing Total_Catch Weight Diff
3 2.0 25-Oct-11 0.70 0.144 0.556
4 2.0 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.084 7.666
5 2.0 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.450 7.666
6 3.0 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.610 0.590
7 3.0 27-Oct-11 8.20 7.000 0.590
8 3.0 29-Oct-11 0.64 0.184 0.456
np.where and df.iloc:
df.iloc[np.where(df.Diff > 0.1)[0]]
FisherID DateFishing Total_Catch Weight Diff
3 2 25-Oct-11 0.70 0.144 0.556
4 2 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.084 7.666
5 2 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.450 7.666
6 3 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.610 0.590
7 3 27-Oct-11 8.20 7.000 0.590
8 3 29-Oct-11 0.64 0.184 0.456
Note that these results have the index of the original df. If you want to reset the index, use reset_index:
df[df.Diff > 0.1].reset_index(drop=True)
FisherID DateFishing Total_Catch Weight Diff
0 2 25-Oct-11 0.70 0.144 0.556
1 2 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.084 7.666
2 2 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.450 7.666
3 3 27-Oct-11 8.20 0.610 0.590
4 3 27-Oct-11 8.20 7.000 0.590
5 3 29-Oct-11 0.64 0.184 0.456