Who loves fishing ?
- Thread starter Ramjet159
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GthaEnigma
Canna-Arborist
She knows how to handle a rod!
Psychobilly
🧀Muenster
Thailand has Goonch and Wallago!!!
Ramjet159
pHeno pHisher
I’m so disappointed billy . I left the door open for you on that one .
A chick with a big rod : Thailand !!
I had money on you ?♂️
Must be still early over there
Psychobilly
🧀Muenster
I was up around 4, but yeah bro Thailand, I think Catfish and food mainly lol
Ramjet159
pHeno pHisher
Perfect . Sounds like the place to keep to yourself .
I see people go straight past prime fishing spots all the time and think they’re a dud because they are too close to suburbia . Quite often it’s the opposite. I can go 5 minutes from our local boat ramp and find a feed .
Ramjet159
pHeno pHisher
You mean Catfish for food !
Yep 0400 am that’s early . Especially in winter
Hugh Jass
Canna-Mycologist
Something about Benny Boys, maybe? Never been to Thailand, but the Navy stories were plentiful.
Most def! I try not to make a big commotion when I land a fish. The city river is full of smallies here, and they love the low heads. I slow roll Vic Coomers and have a ball.
Ramjet159
pHeno pHisher
Hehehe
Dozen beers, don’t ask questions , half the price , what happens in Thailand stays in Thailand .
Ramjet159
pHeno pHisher
Yep I know the routine . Quite often I’ll haul the fish over the blind side of the boat or if shore based keep it low and subdued .
I’m relatively lucky in that we have a massive natural sheltered harbour with only 17000 population .
There’s usually plenty of room for all and given that half are bankers and real estate skippers the knowledge base limits the impact they have .
I’ve virtually fished the bay from a young kid so know pretty much 80% of it
Psychobilly
🧀Muenster
In Thailand there's two or 3 species that get big enough to eat us. There's a lake there with imported Fish too! I'd love to fish there
Ramjet159
pHeno pHisher
I’m hearing you . I think they may also have those massive fresh water stingrays as well . Those things are remarkableIn Thailand there's two or 3 species that get big enough to eat us. There's a lake there with imported Fish too! I'd love to fish there
Psychobilly
🧀Muenster
Yeah, the Whiptail you guys have is huge but they have the Mekong Giant. Catfish there have the current accurate weight freshwater fish; 646 pound Catfish.
Ramjet159
pHeno pHisher
Holy crap . Small kids wouldn’t be safe around an aquatic front end loader
Ramjet159
pHeno pHisher
I haven’t told a fishing story for awhile so here is one I remember quite humorously from the 80s ( yeah I’m an old bastard )
We ( a crew of 8) we’re tuna fishing out near the edge of the continental shelf maybe 120 miles off the coast one summer and the weather had given us continuous days of hell . I think we hadn’t fished for near on a week and the crew were getting a bit jilted . If you’ve been to sea for an extended period you’ll understand jilted . You kind of are a bit Offish if that makes sense
Anyway we got bored and some genius thought it was a good idea to pull out the clippers and throw a few buzz cuts around .
We had this one crew member , a big solid lad carrying a heap of weight ( our Canadian crew member labelled him Lard Ass ) anyway he had this curly red hair and a real larrikin looking head on him . I swear after about a couple weeks of head growth he looked like Ronald McDonald’s illegitimate son .
The boys went to town on his head and somehow made his melon look even more hilarious .
Eventually we returned to shore and his mum was like MATE ! !
You are not walking around with that flicked up haircut in this family so he did what was probably his only option and shaved his head .
A few days later we all arrive at the wharf to put to sea and out he jumps from the car with this cheesy smurk on his face wearing this T shirt his Dad made up for him that says “ Don’t fuck with the Baldies “ : yep think Gator boys for your parents .
We finally arrive at the fishing grounds 3 days later and yep it’s not long and we find a school of Tuna ready to smash our hooks .
The adrenalin starts pumping as we set up our gear and prepare for battle stations
Lard ass takes off into the cabin just as we start to bring fish onboard and blood and scales and shit is flying everywhere .
He steps back out onto the deck for the very first time in his “ Don’t Fuck with the Baldies “ T shirt , starts making his way down the deck , gets about 10 feet and wham !! A tuna of maybe 40lbs is lobbed straight into his head knocking him out cold ( we didn’t bother to apply the count , he was done )
I’ll add a pic I took to show how tuna can get airborne across a boats deck when being hauled aboard in our method
We dragged him up the deck and he eventually came around . He’s like “ what the fuck just happened ? “
“ Your T shirt failed you brother , that’s what happened “
We ( a crew of 8) we’re tuna fishing out near the edge of the continental shelf maybe 120 miles off the coast one summer and the weather had given us continuous days of hell . I think we hadn’t fished for near on a week and the crew were getting a bit jilted . If you’ve been to sea for an extended period you’ll understand jilted . You kind of are a bit Offish if that makes sense
Anyway we got bored and some genius thought it was a good idea to pull out the clippers and throw a few buzz cuts around .
We had this one crew member , a big solid lad carrying a heap of weight ( our Canadian crew member labelled him Lard Ass ) anyway he had this curly red hair and a real larrikin looking head on him . I swear after about a couple weeks of head growth he looked like Ronald McDonald’s illegitimate son .
The boys went to town on his head and somehow made his melon look even more hilarious .
Eventually we returned to shore and his mum was like MATE ! !
You are not walking around with that flicked up haircut in this family so he did what was probably his only option and shaved his head .
A few days later we all arrive at the wharf to put to sea and out he jumps from the car with this cheesy smurk on his face wearing this T shirt his Dad made up for him that says “ Don’t fuck with the Baldies “ : yep think Gator boys for your parents .
We finally arrive at the fishing grounds 3 days later and yep it’s not long and we find a school of Tuna ready to smash our hooks .
The adrenalin starts pumping as we set up our gear and prepare for battle stations
Lard ass takes off into the cabin just as we start to bring fish onboard and blood and scales and shit is flying everywhere .
He steps back out onto the deck for the very first time in his “ Don’t Fuck with the Baldies “ T shirt , starts making his way down the deck , gets about 10 feet and wham !! A tuna of maybe 40lbs is lobbed straight into his head knocking him out cold ( we didn’t bother to apply the count , he was done )
I’ll add a pic I took to show how tuna can get airborne across a boats deck when being hauled aboard in our method
We dragged him up the deck and he eventually came around . He’s like “ what the fuck just happened ? “
“ Your T shirt failed you brother , that’s what happened “
Psychobilly
🧀Muenster
In the Amazon they don't let their kids in the water in some areas because Red Tail Catfish, Jau, and Piraiba all will nail a kid. Some people fear Piranhas but those are just bait for Catfish. I've had them as pets before but they didn't ever bite me. However I've been bitten by quite a few Catfish.
In related news I'm VERY happy to say that I've found a TRUE WELS CATFISH IN AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!
This guy has had it since 2016 so before they were federally illegal:
Silurius Glanis!!!! The Wels Catfish!
In this video he's moving it to a 25,000 gallon pond. No surprise he ends up bleeding. A true River Monster and so cute!
