I got an invitation from a Lao friend to come to his farm. He knew of my interest in fishing and he allowed me access to his private pond. I needed some bait so we began looking for worms with no luck but we were able to get some freshwater shrimp. I cast some shrimp out on a bare hook and just let it sit on the bottom. It wasn’t long before my line started taking off. I set the hook and reeled in a very nice Walking Catfish. It looked and fought like a Channel Cat as I was bringing it in. I then hooked into another new lifelister for me; the Nile Tilapia. The Tilapia is an introduced species here from Africa and has been here long enough to be known as a regular catch. I ended the day with 2 new Lifelisters.
My friend’s pond.
Meet “Clarias gariepinus” the largest of the 5 different walking catfish species existing in Laos.
Nile Tilapia eat shrimp too.
Lao farmers working the rice fields. These walking catfish can find their ways into rice paddies as well as other fish too.
Good read. Keep em coming! 
