I was in Bangkok yesterday fishing at my favorite pond and was able to add 2 new lifelisters and almost had a 3rd. Instead of the normal bread-baits for different catfish and carp species I thought I would try for the carnivores that dwell here. So I armed myself with 2 dozen Goldfish and went fishing. My target was the Black-ear Catfish and anything else that would eat a 3-4 inch Goldfish.
I caught 2 Marbled Gobies about the same size. I was told that the Marble Goby is the largest species in the Goby family. These fish relate to the bottom more and took the baits set near the bottom.
The other Carnivore that was caught was an introduced species from the Amazon: the Arapaima. I have been wanting to catch one of these for a long time now. This one happens to be a small one for the species but I was not complaining. Arapaima can exceed 300 lbs. easily.
The missed species was a Barramundi that I had lost Dock-side by the line getting cut. These things are very fast fighters in the water; very Bass-like.
Overall, it was a very productive and I learned several things about rigging and fighting these different species.
It’s not illegal to use Goldfish for bait here. What else am I going to use? They don’t sell sucker minnow here.
The Marbled Goby has cool markings on it.
Arapaima (aka Pirarachu) has a red color under its scales especially towards the tail.
