Goonch ( Bagarius yarrelli )- Man Eating Catfish Thailand- BKKGUY

 Bagarius yarrelli, also known as the giant devil catfish or goonch, is a very large species of catfish in the genus Bagarius found in rivers in South Asia.
It is possibly also found in Southeast Asia, but this may involve a separate species.The Kali River goonch attacks were a series of fatal attacks on humans claimed to be perpetrated
by man-eating goonch catfish in three villages on the banks of the Kali River in Nepal and India, between 1998 and 2007.

I have the opportunity to fish this ferocious man eating catfish in Thailand.
While most goonch fishing were caught in India and Nepal by live/ dead fish.
As a avid lure fisherman myself, I tried to catch this magnificent fish by mean of artificial lure.

 

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Bloody hell

Wed, 2020-03-11 15:51

What a catch (all of them) I thought all the monsters on the earth had been discovered, how wrong was I.
Well done that will surely be a catch to remember.

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 Yes... all catches in span

Wed, 2020-03-11 17:42

 

Yes... all catches in span of 3 different trips within 3mths 

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that is one hell of a fish.

Wed, 2020-03-11 16:12

that is one hell of a fish. looks prehistoric

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 That's one ugly fish. Them

Wed, 2020-03-11 16:52

 That's one ugly fish. Them teeth look like they could do a bit of damage

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  Man eating

Wed, 2020-03-11 17:44

 

 

Man eating catfish.....those teeths are sharp.

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 Great pics there fellas,

Wed, 2020-03-11 16:52

 Great pics there fellas, what are the other species?

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  Thailand  red and blue

Wed, 2020-03-11 17:44

 

 

Thailand  red and blue mahseer of the river.

 

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  Thailand  red and blue

Wed, 2020-03-11 17:45

 

 

Thailand  red and blue mahseer of the river.

 

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  Thanks for reading my catch

Wed, 2020-03-11 17:43

 

 

Thanks for reading my catch report...

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 Gooch is found in Malaysia

Thu, 2020-03-12 12:13

 Gooch is found in Malaysia and Indonesia too, could be a sub species though. Been caught on lures over there.

 Jeremy Wade did a coverage on the so called "man-eating" gooch but found the fish were accustomed to human flesh due to water burial conducted by the villages.

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  Same goonch species as in

Fri, 2020-03-13 17:07

 

 

Same goonch species as in Nepal and India.

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Nice fish

Thu, 2020-03-12 14:11

Wow there's a few good ones there. I'd love to see one of those golden mahseer in the flesh. They look amazing!

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  Thanks for reading my catch

Fri, 2020-03-13 17:06

 

 

Thanks for reading my catch report...:)

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If they had

Thu, 2020-03-12 16:04

If they had a hook down their throat they could keep it as far as I'm concerned there is no way I'd try and get it out.

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  You right..... Crazy to put

Fri, 2020-03-13 17:08

 

 

You right..... Crazy to put ones hands  inside..

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