I was delighted to break the triple barrier for myself last weekend. Not all of my new Lifelisters are super impressive but they were fun learning and catching something new for a change. I sought out new water in Thailand this weekend and found 3 new gold mines. One of them so impressed me that I’m planning a trip there this coming saturday. The other two were cool too. One of which I had a Giant Snakehead explode so hard on my prop bait that I’m still shaking from the eruption. My drag was too loose and I lost him in the weeds. 
He would have definitely been my personal best. That’s ok, because I know where he lives now. I’ll make my acquaintance known again. 
This little guy is a Slender Rasbora. They are aggressive little fish and this is about the biggest size they attain.
This is a Swamp Barb. They get a little bigger than this one but my first by hook and line.
This is a Nandid Tiger Perch. This fish is probably the closest one to our Sunfish species back home. A half pounder is a good one.
A Thai Fisherman had a mixed bag of Eye-Spot Barb, Marbled Goby, Rasbora ,Glass Perch, Swamp Barb, Loaches & Shrimp. These were taken by net.
What excites me even more than catching 3 new Lifelisters is finding this hidden away, little know, unmapped waterway. On all of my maps I have been unable to find this lake. I stumbled across it when this Thai man decided to help me catch fish. He told me that he has never seen a foreigner back in his village before. That is probably why I got all of the stares I did when coming through town. This very small village is about 2 miles from this lake. I can’t wait to put 21st century fishing technology to work here. I have a boat now with my Minnekota I brought from the States. I can hardly contain myself. I just might be the first foreigner to ever fish this lake. 
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