giant snake head fishing (toman) in Laos

jpq1010 · Veteran Member

giant snake head fishing (toman) in Laos

Date: Dec 31, 2009

The only giant snake heads I know of are Older Lao-American men. You can't fish them because they like to do fishing themselves.

Date: Dec 31, 2009

You're wrong, they like fishing all youngs ladies.

jpq1010 · Veteran Member

well i wouldnt mind catching a few ladies along the way..... smile

but really ...someone must know something....

Date: Dec 31, 2009

Wow....a giant snake head fishing in laos? uh yawn

you mean an old head of snke right?

Date: Dec 31, 2009

Up the river near the China border. I heard they are a lot of them out there.

jpq1010 · Veteran Member

here is a picture of the me with a giant snakehead i caught outside of Chang Mai Thailand....not going to be in thailand this time , just Laos.

Date: Dec 31, 2009

In this case you got to help your self, but is not to hard to find one on the way, every beer store along the highway or at every Hotel ask at the door man they can find many for you rang between 10-50 USD not more!! good luck!!

jpq1010 · Veteran Member

Anonymous wrote:

In this case you got to help your self, but is not to hard to find one on the way, every beer store along the highway or at every Hotel ask at the door man they can find many for you rang between 10-50 USD not more!! good luck!!

im sorry...i didnt understand you....(your english is way better than my Laos... smile

....) i want to catch them...not buy them.........

-- Edited by jpq1010 on Thursday 31st of December 2009 06:28:58 PM

Date: Dec 31, 2009

Anonymous wrote:

The only giant snake heads I know of are Older Lao-American men. You can't fish them because they like to do fishing themselves.

Yeah, I got big one right here between my legs, your sister probably jaw drops when she see it. bleh

Date: Jan 1, 2010

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

The only giant snake heads I know of are Older Lao-American men. You can't fish them because they like to do fishing themselves.

Yeah, I got big one right here between my legs, your sister probably jaw drops when she see it.

Small man syndrome.

Date: Jan 1, 2010

Anyway the man is asking a valid question. Does anyone know?

Date: Jan 1, 2010

yea come to my pond in my back yard i have couple u can fish all day

Date: Jan 1, 2010

Ha Ha Ha ! very fun. I think the guy who posted this topic ,he's like fishing real pakhor but not pakor between two legs. He did'nt understand these comments up here.

Date: Jan 1, 2010

Anonymous wrote:

In this case you got to help your self, but is not to hard to find one on the way, every beer store along the highway or at every Hotel ask at the door man they can find many for you rang between 10-50 USD not more!! good luck!!

Fool! He's not asking for prostitutes which is illegal in Laos anyway.

laolamleuak · Senior Member

jpq1010 wrote:

hi every my name is jason.... just wanted to see if anyone knows where i can find some good fishing for giant snake heads (toman) in Laos. i will be there February 5th for a total of 6 weeks.
i was in Thailand and Laos last year and i had some success in Thailand outside of chang mai . but in Laos i caught nothing! i fished serveral places in Laos including the nam ngum res. and any river or puddle i was near...
this year i will be only in Laos (no Thailand)..for a total of 6 weeks . just looking for any suggestions..and if anyone wants to join me ...or show me their favorite spot..i would greatly appreciate it...i even have an extra rod and reel if you need to use it!

thanks for your help

Jason

Please try to find some fish info from this page in Laos http://www.mekonginfo.org/mrc_en/contact.nsf/0/818158CE61EE6BF1872569B5002C2D43/$FILE/publications.html or when you will be in Vientiane contact the office on that page may be could help you.
Mostly we could find fish family channidae around the country and at NamGum res. also but as I mention try to contact the concerned office in Vte for more detail.

I known some staff there, last of 2 years I went there and got helping from them for my research

-- Edited by laolamleuak on Friday 1st of January 2010 06:06:31 AM

Date: Jan 1, 2010

Hey man i don't see giant snake head fishing (to man) in Laos ,maybe in your country.

jpq1010 · Veteran Member

laolamleuak wrote:

jpq1010 wrote:

hi every my name is jason.... just wanted to see if anyone knows where i can find some good fishing for giant snake heads (toman) in Laos. i will be there February 5th for a total of 6 weeks.
i was in Thailand and Laos last year and i had some success in Thailand outside of chang mai . but in Laos i caught nothing! i fished serveral places in Laos including the nam ngum res. and any river or puddle i was near...
this year i will be only in Laos (no Thailand)..for a total of 6 weeks . just looking for any suggestions..and if anyone wants to join me ...or show me their favorite spot..i would greatly appreciate it...i even have an extra rod and reel if you need to use it!

thanks for your help

Jason

Please try to find some fish info from this page in Laos http://www.mekonginfo.org/mrc_en/contact.nsf/0/818158CE61EE6BF1872569B5002C2D43/$FILE/publications.html or when you will be in Vientiane contact the office on that page may be could help you.
Mostly we could find fish family channidae around the country and at NamGum res. also but as I mention try to contact the concerned office in Vte for more detail.

I known some staff there, last of 2 years I went there and got helping from them for my research

-- Edited by laolamleuak on Friday 1st of January 2010 06:06:31 AM

laolamleuak...

Thanks for your help...I was just looking for a little info...well i got alot ,,, it might all have to do with fishing for giant snakeheads, but at least its interesting... smile

i just thought maybe someone would know something...maybe not .. i understand most Laos people fish for food and not for sport... in fact there are no guides in laos who do fishing trips for sport like in Thailand... i would love to start something up with some locals and their local knowledge... but im not Laos im Falang... smile

so i cant start a business..

laolamleuak · Senior Member

jpq1010 wrote:

laolamleuak...

Thanks for your help...I was just looking for a little info...well i got alot ,,, it might all have to do with fishing for giant snakeheads, but at least its interesting... i just thought maybe someone would know something...maybe not .. i understand most Laos people fish for food and not for sport... in fact there are no guides in laos who do fishing trips for sport like in Thailand... i would love to start something up with some locals and their local knowledge... but im not Laos im Falang... so i cant start a business..

Oh. I see what you mentioned. I will try to ask more info from local peolple then will back to you again. Midle time of this January I will be in Vientiane but not sure the time that you mentioned above you will be in Laos on 5th, do I still there or not bcz I had planning to be in Vte for 2 or 3 weeks only but as mention I will be back to you again with update info soon as soon possible.

Date: Jan 2, 2010

I see, you are talking about this fish

I think the best way to get this information, is to go to the local market and ask the local where they got those fishes from.

Date: Jan 2, 2010

Very hard to fine GIANT SNAKE HEAD, But they have a lot SNAKE TAIL, 18 + Or under, Cost about 250,000 Kips per game, I cashing every day, Oh maaaaaaaan !!!!!!

Date: Jan 2, 2010

We have lot of nice chick from 15 to 25 fresh and clean but for sale just for rent you can rent from couple hour to a week very yummy then giant fish try our babe chick you can find every restaurant all over in laos but you have to ask otherwise you don`t see them ok my friend

Date: Jan 2, 2010

jpq1010 wrote:

hi every my name is jason.... just wanted to see if anyone knows where i can find some good fishing for giant snake heads (toman) in Laos. i will be there February 5th for a total of 6 weeks.
i was in Thailand and Laos last year and i had some success in Thailand outside of chang mai . but in Laos i caught nothing! i fished serveral places in Laos including the nam ngum res. and any river or puddle i was near...
this year i will be only in Laos (no Thailand)..for a total of 6 weeks . just looking for any suggestions..and if anyone wants to join me ...or show me their favorite spot..i would greatly appreciate it...i even have an extra rod and reel if you need to use it!

thanks for your help

Jason

my suggestion don't go to laos and catch our fish, leave fish for local people because fish is only our food that is easy to find... but you just take it as sport.. damn

jpq1010 · Veteran Member

Anonymous wrote:

jpq1010 wrote:

hi every my name is jason.... just wanted to see if anyone knows where i can find some good fishing for giant snake heads (toman) in Laos. i will be there February 5th for a total of 6 weeks.
i was in Thailand and Laos last year and i had some success in Thailand outside of chang mai . but in Laos i caught nothing! i fished serveral places in Laos including the nam ngum res. and any river or puddle i was near...
this year i will be only in Laos (no Thailand)..for a total of 6 weeks . just looking for any suggestions..and if anyone wants to join me ...or show me their favorite spot..i would greatly appreciate it...i even have an extra rod and reel if you need to use it!

thanks for your help

Jason

my suggestion don't go to laos and catch our fish, leave fish for local people because fish is only our food that is easy to find... but you just take it as sport.. damn

i understand what you are saying....but i don't think you understand me....i do fish for sport..but i also fish for food too...if a Laos person went fishing with me ...and we caught fish i would gladly give my fish to him for food if they wanted it,or even better yet, we could go and cook the fish and have a meal together,that would be something i would like very much....Also fishing for sport or "catch and release fishing " is something that could bring alot of tourist dollars to Laos.

jpq1010 · Veteran Member

-- Edited by jpq1010 on Saturday 2nd of January 2010 04:31:33 PM

jpq1010 · Veteran Member

that is a great idea....just have to get across the language barrier...my Laos Language skills are no good at all..lol!!! this time i will have a phrase book to help me out..i am also trying to practice my Loas smile

i dont Know the name of the fish in your picture? But not the species i have in mind.... this is what im looking for.... (not me in the picture ...lol!!!)

jpq1010 · Veteran Member

-- Edited by jpq1010 on Saturday 2nd of January 2010 04:38:12 PM

jpq1010 · Veteran Member

Anonymous wrote:

Very hard to fine GIANT SNAKE HEAD, But they have a lot SNAKE TAIL, 18 + Or under, Cost about 250,000 Kips per game, I cashing every day, Oh maaaaaaaan !!!!!!

im not looking for ladies...lol!!! How did we get from fishing ...to prostitutes????? Although it is funny....

jpq1010 · Veteran Member

night restaurant wrote:

We have lot of nice chick from 15 to 25 fresh and clean but for sale just for rent you can rent from couple hour to a week very yummy then giant fish try our babe chick you can find every restaurant all over in laos but you have to ask otherwise you don`t see them ok my friend

im not looking for ladies...lol!!! How did we get from fishing ...to prostitutes????? Although it is funny....

Date: Jan 2, 2010

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Ha Ha Ha ! very fun. I think the guy who posted this topic ,he's like fishing real pakhor................. The bigger i know is pado. in the flooding months you can see more. you should go in june to august.

jpq1010 · Veteran Member

Anonymous wrote:

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Ha Ha Ha ! very fun. I think the guy who posted this topic ,he's like fishing real pakhor.................

The bigger i know is pado. in the flooding months you can see more. you should go in june to august.

what does pakhor mean?.... be honest.....

Date: Jan 3, 2010

jpq1010 wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Ha Ha Ha ! very fun. I think the guy who posted this topic ,he's like fishing real pakhor.................

The bigger i know is pado. in the flooding months you can see more. you should go in june to august.

what does pakhor mean?.... be honest.....

pa-khor is mudfish, shape like snakehead. Metaphorically speaking, ah.... You know what i mean.

Date: Jan 3, 2010

jpq1010 wrote:

here is a picture of the me with a giant snakehead i caught outside of Chang Mai Thailand....not going to be in thailand this time , just Laos.

Wow! That is really really big "Pa Khoe"!!! (Pa Khoe mean Snake Fish in Laos Language)

Date: Jan 3, 2010

You rigth ,the last pic is " Pa do ".It's same family as Pa khor but bigger, it's very good for meal ( lap sote ) hum hum...

jpq1010 · Veteran Member

anyone know the names of this bodies of water? Is it possible to go fishing there? i don't see any boats on the water or on the shore......

thanks

jay

-- Edited by jpq1010 on Wednesday 20th of January 2010 11:04:36 PM

Date: Jun 27, 2010

DUDE SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!! disbelief

Date: Jun 27, 2010

what is your problem? you say seriously? what do you mean?

Date: Jun 28, 2010

Anonymous wrote:

jpq1010 wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Ha Ha Ha ! very fun. I think the guy who posted this topic ,he's like fishing real pakhor.................

The bigger i know is pado. in the flooding months you can see more. you should go in june to august.

what does pakhor mean?.... be honest.....

pa-khor is mudfish, shape like snakehead. Metaphorically speaking, ah.... You know what i mean.

So i think you the only one that knew what is snake head fish ?? you must crazy fishing guy ha... Snakehead fish= Pakhor or big Pado.....