 Fish Thailand 7 Day Christmas Special - DAY 1
Tim & John from England have fished with The Fish Thailand Team at Bungsamran Lake in Bangkok so many times now that they are considered part of the furniture! They have caught countless giant Mekong catfish over 90lb were back for their longest session to date - a 7 day fishing session at Bungsamran.
5 hours after carefully choosing the swim, baiting up and laying down the 'trap' - John landed an immaculate small Siamese carp of 33lb - one of the best looking examples of this species yet. Already this is a great start to the first day of many and although it was apparent that the carp were moving in and out of our prepared swim - nobody expected what took place next. 
At 17:10p.m the left hand rod bunckled over as line was stripped from the reel - resulting in a heart stopping 30 minute battle between Tim & a giant Siamese carp. Just before the light faded completely the fish was in the net which we knew had to be over 40kg - our estimate was right as the scales showed 43kg (95lb). This broke the Fish Thailand previous record giant Siamese carp of 39kg. The next 10 minutes were spent carefully getting into position in the water for the photo shoot, spirits were high and quickly the rods were re-set in hope of............
 A second run, this time John's turn to hit the fish which to everyone's delight was another enormous Siamese carp. This time the playing did not go so smoothly as the fish cunningly snaked through a maze of submerged hazards, causing Alley to enter the water once again to free the fish from the snag. Again Alley worked his magic and the fish was still on, after an intense and heart pounding 40 minutes the carp was netted and people were taking guesses at around 50kg - the scales however showed 49kg (108lb). The record was again broken - Tim had held the top spot for a full 30 minutes! To catch 2 carp weighing a total of 203lb is unheard of - let alone in 1 evening! Fish Thailand 7 Day Christmas Special - DAY 4, 5 & 6
It was Boxing Day afternoon when Tim hooked into one of 2006's biggest giant Mekong catfish from Bungsamran......................
 1 hour 30 minutes battle that was estimated to strip a total of over 1km of line during the gruelling fight as Tim worked hard to bring the fish in - only to be destroyed mentally time and time again as the fish continually U-turned taking back 150 meters of line on each run! This epic fight between Tim & Fish eventually came to end as the giant Mekong catfish was netted (well it's head at least!). Registering at 198lb - an exhausted Tim struggled to raise the fish for pictures! Fish Thailand 7 Day Christmas Special - FINAL DAY 7
 'I never want to go through that again' Tim said regarding his battle with the 198lb Mekong catfish. 'Lets fish for something different - and alot SMALLER' were the requests to the Fish Thailand Team on the last day. With a complete change of rigs, baits and tackle - we set out to catch the giant gourami and bighead carp - although many 'nuisance' fish were caught trying - eventually our target quarry were caught - and what beautiful fish they are too.
Suresh - Sinapore - 104lb giant Mekong catfish, Sara (left) - Singapore - 93lb giant Mekong catfish, Dinho - Singapore - 86lb giant Siamese carp - Bungsamran - December
Dan - England - 100lb giant Mekong catfish - Bungsamran- December
Eddie Mounce - Silver carp - Pla Leng Heu - Hypophthalmichthys molitrix - Bungsamran
Jesmond Ho - Singapore - 17lb fly caught barramundi, Paul - Singapore - 17lb fly caught barramundi - Boon Mar Ponds.
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