Palm Tree Lagoon - Latest Customer Catches April 2015

 

 
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What a trip it was for Simon Reading culminating in a 160lb Siamese Carp which he hooked minutes after loosing a seven hour battle with a huge mekong catfish; just goes to show how your luck can change. He also caught a string of other impressive catches that included, three other 100lb+ Siamese, mekong catfish, tambaqui, chao phraya catfish, firewood catfish, rohu, clown featherback, juliens golden price carp, crystal eyed catfish, giraffe catfish, mollycot, black ear catfish as well as numerous Amazon and Thai redtailed catfish.
 
Stuart Mack become the fastest ever member of the Palm Tree 150lb Carp club hooking and landing a 158lb one in the first 50 minutes of fishing. He then followed this up catching a variety of other awesome fish that included mekong catfish, giant gourami, mrigal, wallago attu, mollycot, as well as both Amazon and Thai redtailed catfish.
 
Tap of Bangkok Fishing Guide Service was off to a great start to the month  catching his customer a 302lb Mekong Catfish and earning him a Palm Tree Lagoon  300lb Catfish Club t-shirt in the process. they also caught wallago attu, ripsaw catfish and mrigal carp.
 
Benny was into the big Juliens golden price carp this month, firstly catching one on the Mae Klong river and releasing it into Palm Tree, and then she caught was probably the biggest caught to date out of Palm Tree, more than awesome...
 
Tap of Bangkok Fishing Guide Service was back for his second trip of the month and managed to get his second Palm Tree Lagoon club t-shirt for the month this time with a 150lb+ Siamese Carp. In addition to this awesome catch his customers also caught wallago attu, Amazon and Thai redtailed catfish, mekong catfish and striped catfish.
 
Andrew John Wakefield and Tim were out on the Mae Klong chasing the powerful giant freshwater stingray.Despite a slow start that included several stolen and bitten off baits, once they moved down stream towards the estuary as the tide receded the big girls finally came on the feed.
 
Didier and Bang were back at Palm Tree for another session during the month catching some impressive fish like wallago leeri, Chinese bighead carp, a rarely caught vundu, a rare Salween catfish, an Atlantic tarpon and a good sized stingray. In addition they caught a myriad of other stunning fish that included giraffe catfish, Juliens golden price carp, rohu, chao phraya catfish, wallago attu, crystal eyed catfish, Siamese carp, mekong catfish, pacu, spotted featherback, Amazon and Thai redtailed catfish and more...
 
Andrew John Wakefield and Tim went up to Khao Laem Dam chasing after wallago attu and giant snakehead. Although they only managed one wallago attu the did manage to catch some stunning giant snakehead to over 6kg as well as some awesome yellow catfish and jungle perch.
 
David Gordon was back for another session during the month.with his brother in law. Between them they caught a number of great catches such as wallago attu, giant gourami, a number of tambaqui, stingray, big-Y catfish, spotted and clown featherback, Juliens golden price carp, Siamese carp, Amazon and Thai redtailed catfish and more...
 
Jamie Aspinall landed some awesome fish that included a stunning pacu, Juliens golden price carp, chao phraya catfish, and a number of Amazon and Thai redtailed catfish.
 
Ben Cable made two trips to Palm Tree during the month with his family catching some great fish such as Siamese carp, a rare albino Chao Phraya catfish, a rare Salween rita catfish, mollycot, black shark minnow, chao phraya catfish, rohu, mekong catfish, wallago attu, spotted featherback, Amazon and Thai redtailed catfish and more...
 
Andrew John Wakefield was back at Palm Tree Lagoon after a years absence and didn't waste any time his first fish well beating his pb Atlantic tarpon. He then went onto catch some good sized Siamese carp as well as both Amazon and Thai redtailed catfish and more...
 
Young Dutch angler Brendan Ten Hove thoroughly enjoyed his stay as Palm Tree Lagoon catching a myriad of stunning species such as firewood catfish, mekong catfish, tambaqui, rohu, chao phraya catfish, pacu, mrigal crystal eyed catfish, mollycot, wallago attu, Siamese carp, Amazon and Thai redtailed catfish.
 
Although he didn't manage to land any giants Nick Peat who came to Palm Tree through Fish East Asia caught a large number and an extensive variety of species during his stay. These included the likes of African walking catfish, rarely caught small scale mud carp, rohu, mekong catfish, black ear catfish, wallago attu, alligator gar, clown and spotted featherback, chao phraya catfish, black shark minnow, Siamese carp, giant gourami, Amazon and Thai Redtailed catfish and more...
 
Adam Griffin really wanted to catch a Siamese carp and in the end it was the Urban Baits Nutcracker popups to the rescue in the last hour of fishing. The popups also accounted for an awesome Chinese black carp. In addition he also caught pacu, giant featherback, albino striped catfish, mrigal carp,rohu, catfish shark, Amazon and Thai redtailed catfish.
 
Marc De Prins and his son had a nice variety of species during there stay. These included a lot of tambaqui, ripsaw catfish, a stunning giraffe catfish, alligator gar, soldier river barb, mrigal, catfish shark, pacu, chao phraya catfish, Amazon and Thai redtailed catfish and more...
 
Liam Mason and Wayne Murray visited for a session with Liam catching all the best fish which included a stunning giraffe catfish as well as mekong catfish, a big Thai redtailed catfish and Amazon redtailed catfish. They also caught some small Siamese carp and striped catfish.
 
Tim was back at Palm Tree and had a new species for him an albino pacu as well as an awesome catla carp.
 
Andrew John Wakefield and Tim went onto the river Kwai Noi goonch fishing. Fishing was tough but they did manage to catch some small ones.
 
Michael Bell from Ireland made his first visit to Palm tree during the month and caught some nice mekong catfish and Siamese carp as well as some striped catfish.
 
Kurt Nielsen also made his first trip to Palm Tree during the month catching some mekong catfish, chao phraya catfish and rohu.