Professional french angler Abdesselam Toumi skilfully playing and landing one of our Chao Phraya Catfish, a fierce-some predator also known as Thailand’s fresh water shark or dog eating catfish… Mr.Toumi and Jean Michel Chassalover landed approx fifty fish with eleven different species just over a two day period………
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Round two and day two which started off with bitter cold winds and plummeting temperatures, one would ask oneself are we really in Thailand or back in bl**dy blighty! Hence the lads got off to a bit of a slow start but it was not too long before the old faithful Amazon Redtail Catfish started to feed, in fact maybe the cold weather sent them into some sort of feeding frenzy as after 10 we stopped counting.. some of the other species oddly came in two’s, two Ripsaw catfish, 2 Tambique and then the Chao Phraya with a third lost at the net… some nice common carp making the french anglers feel at home…. aprox 40 – 50 assorted fish and 11 different specie’s over the two days is not too bad considering the arctic conditions… It was a fun weekend and I learnt a few new tricks too, a good thank you to professional anglers Mr Toumi, Jean Michel and Philip, sponsored by MILO…
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It was an extremely exciting day watching professional french anglers Mr Toumi and Mr Jean Michel putting their skills into action. After another surprise cold night it was it was good to see them get off to a fast start, in fact it was very fast paced throughout the day easily gracing the nets with over 25 fish and with10 different species counted! Consisting of Siamese Carp, Alligator Gar, Asian Redtail, Amazon Redtail, Ripsaw Catfish, Chao Praya Catfish, Tambique, Bla Kot, Bla Nin and nicely finishing off with a lovely Julien’s Golden Prize Carp….. Both anglers are presently touring Thailand with the envious task of fishing as many waters as possible and it made me feel quite privileged that they had booked our lake for the day.. Thank you lads it was a fantastic day and I am looking forward to round two!
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After a bit of a break it was good to see our resident angler Bob was back in action, a Julien’s Golden Prize Carp was the target fish for today which was nicely landed mid afternoon. Another double take with a sneeky Amazon Redtail Catfish taking the carp bait on one rod and a beauty of a Tepa on the other..our guide Burr was too the rescue yet again.. with quite a few other species in the net, what a cracking day !
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It was very nice to meet fellow Brit and expat Garrick today, it was his first visit to Northern Thailand and also his first time fishing over here. Having not fished for some time was a little concerned that some rust might have set in but after a little tuition he was good to go!…. the fishing started off a little slow but it was not too long before battle commenced with one of our powerful Amazon Redtails..nicely landed….then followed by a beast of an alligator gar but it was lost at the net as some idiot (me) had the wrong net! … finishing off midday we counted 7 fish in all, 3 Amazon Redtails, 2 nice carp and a couple of Bla Nin.. thank you again Garrick, safe travels back to Bangkok and we look forward to meeting you again on your next trip to Udon 
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More Rod bending action for Mark who was here on his first visit to Udon, our guide young Burr steps in to give a helping hand with a double take gracing the net with a nice Siamese carp and Amazon Redtail ‘ Thank you Mark and lovely wife Elke we look forward to seeing you again ….
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This past day there’s been a sudden change in the weather in North East Thailand and first thing this morning I thought it might be time to get the bobble hat and gloves out. It was first time fishing in Thailand for keen pike fishermen Haddie and Paul from Holland who today rented the lake out, despite the sudden drop in temperatures they still managed to have a cracking day.. Unfortunately no Alligator Gar which would of been nice.. hopefully next time lads and thank you again for your visit!
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Andy’s 2nd visit to our lake this week and he was certainly kept busy for most of the afternoon, easily netting over ten decent sized fish and with two new species to add to his list including the target fish for today ‘ the Alligator Gar ‘ and then a surprise Ripsaw Catfish.. actually I am not sure why they call them a catfish as they are more like a carp in the head and mouth with prehistoric razor sharp body armour at the back.. but all in all an excellent afternoons fishing!
I was just testing a couple of new rigs we have set up before this afternoons booking and oops’ accidentally caught a lovely 47lb Catla Catla Indian Carp!
