Ricky-N.p.p 0 Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 I'm planning a holiday for september and would preffer to go somewhere with good fishing, florida qould be the obvious choice but not the best time of year for there. anyone here been anywhere really good ? any pics ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 25,991 Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Freshwater fishing Ricky your going to be hard pushed to beat Thailand,I can reccommend a few places where your easily going to get a 70+ Lb fish,maybe 100+ Lb'er if your lucks in,excellent shopping for your wife,great weather,loads for the kids to see and do,cheap as chips place to stay really once your outside bangkok Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ricky-N.p.p 0 Posted July 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Freshwater fishing Ricky your going to be hard pushed to beat Thailand,I can reccommend a few places where your easily going to get a 70+ Lb fish,maybe 100+ Lb'er if your lucks in,excellent shopping for your wife,great weather,loads for the kids to see and do,cheap as chips place to stay really once your outside bangkok thats interesting mackem, hadnt thought of THAILAND i was thinking more salt water locations but i'm into most types of fishing, would there be places that orgabise trips and tackle ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 25,991 Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 There ARE guides etc,but people like Jean-francoise Helias will charge you 100 quid+ for a days fishing whereas you can turn up at a venue for yourself,hire rod,reel,bait etc and fish for 15-20 quid(the prices have rocketed up,I used to pay £5,but theres a lot of IGFA records on the water)A british guy JOE TAYLOR a few years back got a 400+Lb fish on the lake,took 7 hours to land if I remember correctly,theres good sea-fishing in the south for Giant trevally,shark etc,but I prefer coarse so I stayed on the lakes http://www.megafishingthailand.com/content...category/17/41/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ricky-N.p.p 0 Posted July 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Mauritius,but I doubt you'll get the Marlin's or yellow finned tuna at that time of year there but there should be sailfish,spearfish,dorado,wahoo other tuna and shark species had a try for the marlin in dom rep last year, just a dorado to the boat though ! http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc165/r...pp/P5120022.jpg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ricky-N.p.p 0 Posted July 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 There ARE guides etc,but people like Jean-francoise Helias will charge you 100 quid+ for a days fishing whereas you can turn up at a venue for yourself,hire rod,reel,bait etc and fish for 15-20 quid(the prices have rocketed up,I used to pay £5,but theres a lot of IGFA records on the water)A british guy JOE TAYLOR a few years back got a 400+Lb fish on the lake,took 7 hours to land if I remember correctly,theres good sea-fishing in the south for Giant trevally,shark etc,but I prefer coarse so I stayed on the lakes http://www.megafishingthailand.com/content...category/17/41/ thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikey 2 Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 I'm planning a holiday for september and would preffer to go somewhere with good fishing, florida qould be the obvious choice but not the best time of year for there. anyone here been anywhere really good ? any pics ?? been to madeira and the canaries fishing that time of year some big fish in both places and not to far to travel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 25,991 Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Here you are ricky,look at the pic at the top of the page,I think thats the one Joe Taylor got,the world record carp was also caught on the same lake by a woman............... http://www.megafishingthailand.com/content/view/85/54/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest markbrick1 Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 thailands ok for the fresh water,but cant beat new zealand and australia,but nz is nu1,mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 25,991 Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 You could always do some EXTREME angling,set up your tackle and fish for the carp in the lake surrounding the Golden Temple inAmritsar,I know they will take bait as I fed them from my hands,you should get some good runs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
craftycarper 0 Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 (edited) theres spain for the carp and monster cats in the river whats it called is it the ebro?, cuba supposed to be good but like florida i think the weather is the wrong time, oz and mix it with a hol of a lifetime, great place to go...france for carp if you want to stay in a bivvie by a lake for the duration saying that a lot of brits i believe are now taking on waters there offering the works....canada not to sure about, wheres that place wilson went a few years ago for the giant sturgeon, crikey they were as big as the boat...parts of africa'a coastline i believe has some great shore fishing....or try the states for a bit of back of the woods noodling..... Edited July 5, 2008 by craftycarper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisJones 7,975 Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 I'd recommend Florida. It will have cooled down a little in September. You've got superb bass fishing in the Everglades and some great sea fishing all around the Atlantic coast, Florida keys and the Gulf of Mexico. Put it this way. You pack the Mrs and kids off to Disney, while you f**k off for some fishing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
craftycarper 0 Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 takee a look at these... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rnFm5MH9j-c&...feature=related http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tfJlJPHw3iU&...feature=related Quote Link to post Share on other sites
craftycarper 0 Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 i wouldn't recomend this to you though http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_9fDPGotFFE&...feature=related Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skol 0 Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 I can highly recommend the River Ebro in Spain. for some of the best fishing in Europe Big Catfish, Carp, Zander etc. Cheap flights with easy jet or Ryanair into Reus or Barcelona. Lots of cheap B&B around Tortosa or rent a caravan by the river. Good local restaurants and cheap booze I had my first catfish there, an 87lb Zoo creature. They go up to 200lb. Google 'Catfish Ebro' for lots of Brits offering boat fishing and 'all included' trips. Planning a trip myself soon... cant wait. Skol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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