It is every angler dream to land a Monster Giant Snakehead aka Toman in the wild.

The funny thing about the Giant snakehead (toman) of Thailand is that you may hookup  the fish but you may not be successfully land  the fish.
 
A great peace of mind and patience is the key.

Of course, fast and accuracy  casting  also equally important when fishing for toman in the wild.

Just work on what the advises been given to you, you will be ok.

That's the big challenge of fishing Big Game fishes like the Giant  Snakehead fishing in the wild.

The thing about toman is that their head are all bony and hard.  Those normal treble hooks or single hook 1/O hook  at times difficult to pierce  through  their hard  bony mouth. Unlike big mouth bass N barramundi where their mouth are soft . It is much easy to set the hook  in these fishes than toman.

A stiff rod of  10-20Ibs  rod   will  do the job.  Once  the toman is hooked, set the hook twices. With a stiff backbone, you can easily pierce the hook  through the toman mouth. 

 Beside a  strong backbone rod, you also need a good quality braided line.

I've  used a few other PE braided  brands in the past and I finally  settle for Variva line of Japan.Strong and  lasting.

Varivas jigging line PE4 BRID x 8.

You will never goes wrong with it.

Though it a little more expensive than your usual braided line .

But when you think of losing your favorite lure  to the fish and lose the big  fella , it worth to change to  a better  quality premium brand.

The worst nightmare for any angler is to find your big fish gonna away because your main line snapped during the fights.

The weather  also play a big part when come to wild fishing.

In the most usual day, the morning session will be calm , follows by strong winds in the afternoon.

If we're lucky, we'll have a full day  of no winds and very calm water.

That's will be the best day for fishing.

On my 6 days fishing adventure with  one of my french angler , we  supposed to  fish at 4 differents fishing locations. Due to the bad weather and reported strong winds, we were been forced to settle for  the last  2  remaining fishable  spots.

Despite the bad weather and strong winds, we  still managed to perform  N land a few MAMA toman.
 
My  french angler (Vincent)was been pulled into the water when the MAMA toman took his crank bait lure.This is the first time, I ever witnessed an angler been pulled into the water by a Giant Snakehead.

We missed a few biggies  and chased a few MAMA toman.

If  it is not because of the bad weather we could have landed more.

Well...... that wild fishing.

It is like a game as what my  french angler Vincent told me.

I went back to the 'same spot ' 2  DAYS later with another angler  from Netherland, guess what ???

We landed  2 monster toman, one  7KG and the other 10KG  dream toman.

Fishing in the wild, you need patience and open mindset.

"It not the fish that you are after, it is the challenge within yourself.

Once you have conquered your thinking, you will get your fish eventually.

Which I always do, that's why I got the fish most of the time.... "By BKKGUY

Enjoys the highlights of the photos N exciting video clip..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch5cafdFCiM