A chance to get out the Classic handmade Hyper Viper floating buzz bait fishing lure on some local snakehead and barb species. A hand finished topwater lure carved with intricate detail in the shape of a pit vipers head a truly stunning lure with stunning performance to boot. Continue reading
Fishing local waters around Prachuap Kiri Khan for Giant Snakehead. Started the day with topwater lure fishing. Was looking like a great day with 2 catches early on. Both were released safely. Weather became more unfriendly and ended in huge cloudburst. To be expected in the rainy season in Thailand. Afternoon was quiet and only a couple of strikes on frog lures, the rain storm did Continue reading
One of the most pristine fishing lakes in Thailand is the Cheow Lan reservoir. The lake is huge and the scenery is truly spectacular. The location is out of the way and to get to the best spots its important to use local guides unless your time is unlimited and you can explore at your own leisure. Continue reading
Thailand is famous now for its carp fishing and more and more European techniques are being used to target species such as the Giant Siamese carp and the Rohu among others. A great venue is the relaxed and friendly Dreamlake Fishing resort in Chiang mai where there is a great mix of local knowledge and imported tactics. Fishing is 24 hours and with the help of the very experienced guides and owners chances of bagging a PB are very good. Continue reading
The fish you see in these pictures are called Snakehead, a species found in the mountain lakes and jungle rivers of South East Asia ,the Indian sub continent and recently due to escapes and illegal stocking the southern states of the U.S.A , it is an ambush predator living in and around weed beds and other submerged obstacles which is similar in its habits to our own pike. Its diet consists mainly of various smaller fish species, frogs and water fowl. They are usually caught on locally made surface lures but will on occasions take shallow diving lures and live baits if the presentation is right. Continue reading
