Striped Catfish from Laos

I took my daughter to a local pay pond where for only $2 you can catch and release as many fish as you want. It was a fun time for dad and a 3-year-old.

Now that’s cool!

Walleye head…

Blue cat body…and the forked tail of a channel!

WOO HOO! Fish ON!

C&B, are they commercially grown?

Awesome picture !!!!

Thats pretty neat! The pole she is Gripping for life pic is great. The weather looks alot nicer there.

Simply awesome!!!!

Very Cool! Sounds like a blast!

Thanks for sharing. I enjoy seeing and reading about the fish you (and your family) catch over there. Please keep it up.

Cool fish! The weather there sure looks crappy

That is an awesome looking fish. I have to believe that is one powerful kitty

I think I caught on of those in the Iowa River last week. Nice!!!

The most impressive thing to me is the experiences that little girl is having, and the different parts of the world she is being exposed to at such a great age. Wow. Lucky kid. Good job dad!

Tim

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C&B, are they commercially grown?

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They are edible but not a great food fish. However, they are fantastic sport. They fight hard, bite often, are a hardy fish to handle so several pay ponds have sprung up just for the sport of it. The locals have tournements at these ponds often and go here once a week like a bowling league. That is the commercial side of it. I went during the week to have the whole place to myself though.

Bungsamlan has become a more well known destination for a pay pond. It is located in Bangkok and is about 20 acres in size. I have been there several times and this park is full of really big fish. I’m talking 150 lb.+ Giant Mekong Cats, 200 lb.+ Arapaima, 100 lb.+ Siamese Carp and several other species. The cost here is more like $30 for the day but it is worth it once in a while. It is easy to catch 400-500 lbs. of fish here in a whole day.

I still like chasing fish in the wild better but these places are cool to have especially since the Giant Mekong Catfish and other species that exist there are becoming very rare in the wild.

Oh yea, and the weather is awesome here right now.
However, I will be sweating my buns off when it is awesome there.

Let’s see some pics of those big fish, even if they are catfish.

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Let’s see some pics of those big fish, even if they are catfish.

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Here is my PB Mekong Catfish and Chao Phaya and they get much bigger too. These were caught at Bungsamlan in Bangkok. The first one weighed 65 lbs.

Sweet! Thanks for the pictures! Keep em’ coming!!

Awesome looking fish!!!

I love the look of “weight” on your face in the first photo!

The second fish looks like what our guide in FL called a Sail Cat. But that was in salt water.