Thailand
REDTAIL CATFISH (35lbs)
I was staying at a fishing camp in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Here you rent a bungalow on the lake and attached is a fishing porch equipped with an arsenal of killer bait rods and gear. I caught three around this size and a few other native carp species. In this lake are 300 lb Mekong Catfish and 400 lb Arapaima. This was the best I could do in 18 hours of straight fishing in the heat.
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45lb Snake Mackerel
Wisna our deckhand for the 2014 summer season caught this 45lb Escolar/white tuna. We were fishing at night in 1000' of water with 36 ounce jigs. We battled big fish off the north coast of Bali all afternoon and into the night. This fish has no relation to a Tuna but gets its name from its buttery flesh. Fun Fact: because of this fishes inability to digest a certain enzyme, any more than 6oz of its flesh can cause a person to practically live on the toilet. This fish Actually has 4 names: White tuna, Snake Mackerel, Escolar and Poop fish.
Lombok
Our new deckhand Wisna is from Lombok, Indonesia, we were 2 miles outside his village fishing for various reef fish. later we cooked the fish over dried coconut husks. The water is extremely good visibility and a strong current between Bali and Lombok carries nutrients into the area creating great reef structures and fish habitat. The schools of fish were in such massive concentrations that I could only wonder of what Hawaii was like 100 years ago.
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