Palm Tree Lagoon - Latest Customer Catches September 2019

 

 
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The smile says it all as Tim Coakley finally nails 'The Warrior' and gets into the Palm Tree Lagoon BIG Carp Club in the process. He also landed a number of other absolute stunners that included leopard catfish, black shark minnow, Juliens golden price carp, rohu, the 'Friendly Mekong' for the 4th time (you need to give Mr Punch some tips on how to land it 555), wallago attu, bearded labeo as well as both Asian and Amazon redtail and more...
 
Gary Sweetman returned and was another angler who caught the fish in a feeding mood in a glorious session highlighted by joining the Palm tree Lagoon BIG Carp club after winning a long battle with 'The Warrior' and breaking the lake tarpon record. Well he didn't stop there going on to catch the 'Friendly Mekong' for another t-shirt, as well as tambaqui, more big Siamese carp, mad barb, chao phraya catfish, leopard catfish, as well as both Amazon and Asian redtail and more...
 
Another Thailand Fishing Friends customer Torsten Burkhardt had a truly awesome session topped off by a right belter of a Chinese black carp. Other stunning catches included Siamese carp to 120lb, catla carp, a rare Chinese highfin catfish, and an albino chao phraya catfish. He also caught the 'Friendly Mekong', rohu, striped catfish, catfish shark, black ear catfish, motoro stingray, alligator gar, leopard catfish as well as both Amazon and Asian redtail.
 
It was another action packed session for Palm Tree regular Klaus Fix the highlight of which was a truly stunning mad barb. He also landed a number of other great catches that included numerous Juliens golden price carp, tambaqui, Mekong catfish, black shark minnow, Siamese carp, striped catfish, pacu, suckermouth catfish, big-Y catfish, rohu, and Amazon redtail.
 
Annual visitor Tim Bowden had another good session catching a wide variety of species that included the likes of Siamese carp, alligator gar, the infamous 'Friendly Mekong', striped catfish, rohu, chao phraya catfish, pacu, crystal eyed catfish, as well as numerous Amazon and Asian redtail.
 
Lee Rimmer had a good first visit topped off by a stonker of a Chinese silver carp that smashed the lake record. He also caught a good sized chao phraya catfish as well as Siamese carp and Asian redtail.
 
You can't keep Nick Peat and Om away for long as they made a flying visit for a two day session and added another Palm Tree BIG Carp Club t-shirt to his collection after landing the 'Warrior'. He also caught striped catfish, Mekong catfish, and more...
 
Palm Tree regular Brett Simmons returned a caught a number of nice catches that included a superb Chinese silver carp as well as Juliens golden price carp,, alligator gar, tambaqui, Siamese carp, rohu, pacu, chao phraya catfish, as well as both Amazon and Asian redtail.
 
Chris Turner and Jon Atkinson went down to IT Monster Lake with Namwan and had a great day catching a number of chao phraya catfish and Amazon redtail.
 
The guides put the quiet days to good use keeping their hand in and catching a plethora of great catches that included mad barb, albino gourami, motoro stingray, Siamese carp, chao phraya catfish, alligator gar, pacu, crystal eyed catfish, leopard catfish, Amazon redtail and more...
 
Chris McGregor and his mate had a good session topped off by an awesome Mekong catfish that qualified Chris for the Palm Tree Lagoon 300lb Catfish Club. They also caught an impressive chao phraya catfish as well as wallago attu, alligator gar, Siamese carp, as well as both Asian and Amazon redtail.
 
The ever smiling Dave Creighton returned and was soon into a variety of species topped off by a pb Siamese carp and a superb tambaqui. he also caught striped catfish, rohu, and crystal eyed catfish.
 
Lee's friend Adriano Vandentemple had an enjoyable first visit landing a splendid albino striped catfish as well as a 100lb+ Siamese carp, alligator gar, black shark minnow, and Mekong catfish.
 
Thomas Densch came down for the day with Cat and Peter of Thailand Fishing Friends, and caught Mekong catfish, black shark minnow and Asian redtail.
 
Another happy angler George Shaw seemed more than pleased with his catches of wallago attu, Mekong catfish, striped catfish, as well as both Amazon and Asian redtail.
 
Eric Scholfield returned for his annual visit landing some stunning Juliens golden price carp as well as the friendly Mrkong, Amazon redtail and more...
 
Sebastien Viega returned during the month successfully catching Salween rita catfish, mollycot, bearded labeo and striped catfish.
 
Chris Turner and Jon Atkinson also visited Palm Tree for the first time during the month and were all smiles with their catches of Siamese carp, and Asian redtailed catfish.
 
First time visitor Gerado Callejon Martinez was pleased with his catches of striped catfish, Siamese carp and Amazon redtail.
 
John King had a quiet session by his standards but still managed to catch some good Mekong catfish and Amazon redtail.
 
Lee Dunkerley was back and spent most of the time helping a mate catch fish, but he still landed some Siamese carp and big-Y catfish.