Palm Tree Lagoon - Latest Customer Catches September 2018

 

 
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Angling legend Des Taylor was finally persuaded to come and give fishing in Thailand a go by Steve Greenway after he had shown him a photo of the 'Friendly Mekong'. He came with three main targets on his wish list namely Arapaima, Mekong catfish and Siamese carp with them all to break the 100lb ,mark. Not only did he manage to catch all three on his list he actually caught the very fish that Steve Greenway had caught and showed him the photo of. However he didn't stop there going on to catch a huge variety of other splendid catches for a total of 29 different species. These included an awesome Chinese black carp, parapatinga, Juliens golden price carp, Chinese bighead carp, black shark minnow, striped catfish, a rare Cjhinese highfin catfish, mollycot, catfish shark, big-Y catfish, alligator gar, wallago attu, pacu, African walking catfish, bearded labeo, rohu, leopard catfish, as well as both Thai and Amazon redtail and more...
 
Palm Tree regular Andy Harman returned and as usual was soon into some monster fish the pick of which was a new pb Mekong catfish weighing in at 410lb. He also landed a number of other great catches that included Chinese silver carp, African walking catfish, tambaqui, Juliens golden price carp, alligator gar, Siamese carp and more...
 
South African angler Pierre Redelinghuys had a great first visit to Palm Tree and caught a huge variety of species topped off by an awesome pacu. He also caught Juliens golden price carp, Mekong catfish, Siamese carp, rohu, striped catfish, black ear catfish, wallago attu, as well as both Amazon and Asian redtail.
 
Steve Greenway was back for another session and as usual caught a number of stunning fish that included vundu catfish a new species for him,tambaqui, alligator gar, Juliens golden price carp, Mekong catfish, rohu, striped catfish, Siamese carp, crystal eyed catfish as well as both Amazon and Asian redtail.
 
John King returned and was soon into a number of cracking fish that included catching the 'Friendly Mekong' twice. He also caught a wide variety of other species that included tambaqui, Juliens golden price carp, rohu, striped catfish, Siamese carp, African walking catfish, black shark minnow, big-Y catfish, chao phraya catfish, as well as both Amazon and Asian redtail.
 
Kenneth Lloyd and his fishing buddy caught a number of great catches topped off by an outstanding Chinese black carp. They also caught the 'Friendly Mekong' as well as a stunning albino chao phraya, bearded labeo, striped catfish and Asian redtail.
 
Spanish anglers Marta and her partner had a good day catching some good sized Siamese carp and joining the Palm Tree Lagoon BIG Catfish Club with a monstrous Mekong catfish weighing in at 410lb.
 
The guides were at it again during the month catching a range of stunning fish that included a huge pacu, Siamese carp, tambaqui, Juliens golden price carp, alligator gar, suckermouth catfish, a rare Kali rohu and much more,,,
 
Annual visitor Eric Roberts was another angler who was all smiles with his catches of Chinese bighead carp, Siamese carp, Mekong catfish,rohu, striped catfish, and Amazon redtail.
 
Chris McGregor was all smiles with his catches of a stunning Chinese silver carp, Melkong catfish and a number of Amazon redtail.
 
Tim also had a dabble himself this month successfully catching a number a splendid fish topped off by a very rarely caught Kali rohu. He also landed Mekong catfish, catla carp, black shark minnow, African walking catfish, Siamese carp, Asian redtail, crystal eyed catfish and more...
 
Newcomer Billy Jeal and his girlfirend Beth enjoyed their first session at Palm Tree landing a number of nice catches that included Tambaqui, Big-Y catfish, Mekong catfish, Siamese carp, Amazon redtail, and striped catfish.
 
German angling father and son team Harald and Dani Klein were back for their annual visit catching a number of impressive fish topped off by Dani's Juliens golden price carp. They also successfully landed the 'Friendly Mekong' as well as alligator gar, rohu, black shark minnow, and big-Y catfish.
 
Jordi Van Nobelen made his first visit to Palm Tree catching some nice fish that included the 'Friendly Mekong' as well as Siamese carp, Amazon redatail, and rohu.
 
Regular Tom Raven was back catching a seldom caught soldier river barb as well as alligator gar, mrigal and Asian redtail.
 
Rob Verburg returned to Palm Tree during the month catching striped catfish, and Asian redtail.
 
A passing angler whose name I didn't catch seemed happy with this Amazon redtail.