Fishing for the elusive Giant Snakehead in Thailand near the Burma border [Photo Gallery]

in #travel7 years ago

If you want to see another awesome fishing report I recently did, check out:
My River Monsters Adventure - A Fishing trip of a lifetime!

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Taking the ferry.
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They weren't sure where to put the tube holding my fishing rods, so they put it across the walkway. Luckily nobody tripped over it.
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My 5 star accommodation.
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Catching some tilapia for dinner.
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A Thai cigarette. They taste like grass from your yard.
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Cutting up banana palm to feed to the water buffalo.
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Arrived at our first location.
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Searching for good places to cast our lures.
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First fish in the boat and it's a nice one!
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Next fish was a bit smaller.
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Beautiful Thai countryside.
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The Thai guys on the shore were using live bait. This is what a snakehead will do when it misses your hook.
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We were also using live eels for bait.
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Next day a new location, but unfortunately no fish that day.
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Netting live bait.
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This baby snakehead bit my lure. Baby snakeheads are red and then get darker when they get bigger.
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Lunch.
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We took the boat in and started fishing from the shore. They were biting good from shore.
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I got a strong bite, set the hook, and landed this big guy! You can see the eel that he bit near my hand.
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And then a smaller one.
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Last picture at sunset.
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That's the end of my trip!