ricecakes wrote:Not sure of this is your thing but here in Hanoi I have been having a riot lure fishing for snake heads in the ponds and creeks outside the city . I bought some rods and reels ( via amazon ) including my first ever bait-caster and some topwater frog lures and 2" and 3" tailed shad plastics. I was a mad lure fisherman back home . Had a bass boat etc. Cannot fuckin believe I never did this in Cambodia in the 10 years i was there as snakeheads would be everywhere in Cambodia as well. I will be fishing around Kep when i am there at Xmas. Yesterday I came across a 5 ha tilapia pond farm and was having great fun reeling in plate sized fish until some old viet lady came out and gave me a right bollocking. Could not understand a word she was saying but i knew i was not supposed to be fishing there.
Search youtube for Snakehead / Toman / Topwater / frog / asia Heaps of great videos.
I'd love to catch a large snakehead, any large fish from Cambodia, i don't care about the species, it'd be great to catch something i've never caught before, which is why i want to try it out when i get to Phnom Penh. Sadly though i'm only there for 4 days so i can't go on the large fishing trips really far away. I'd need somewhere i could go around Phnom Penh really. All my hotels and flight are paid for already.