My friend Peter, an avid fisherman, wanted to head up to the
Hua Hin Fishing Lodge while in this part of the country to try his hand at inland fishing. I haven't been fishing since my days in Colorado so I was definitely interested in joining him to see what it was all about.
So Peter and I got into a tuk-tuk and headed out of town into the mountains 20 kilometers to the advertised fishing hole. Not only did this place offer two ponds stocked with fish but an outdoor restaurant (of course) and shelters to help keep us out of the sun.
My first thoughts were of fish similar to the size and type we get out of the lake at the cottage in Canada, not the size of fish that I witnessed out of these ponds! Here are a couple pictures of those around us, young and old, who were hauling in some pretty sizable specimens...
Admittedly, fishing in Thailand is a little different than heading to the mountains and fishing the streams or lakes back home. Here, employees hang around and do a lot of the 'work' for you, such as rolling and baiting your line with bread balls, netting the fish and even casting your line out on the lake! It truly was a lazy afternoon -- I didn't even have to get up from my chair if I didn't feel like it except to go for lunch =)
It was an idyllic way to relax for the afternoon. I wasn't patient enough to catch anything -- which didn't really matter because I enjoyed my time anyway -- but Peter was after an
Arapaima. Sure enough, the dude caught one and it came in at over 5 foot in length! Here's proof of his catch and a better image of the
Arapaima from the archives of the Internet...
