Mama Toman !!! I Love Mama !!! By BKKGUY
I always have the liking of mama toman, their beautiful stripes and distinguishing color pattern. The joys of having your topwater lure in actions when the mama whack the lure. It really exciting & your heart can stop beat for a second. haha !!!
"Nothing beat fishing mama toman in the wild" ;)
Pound by pound it is still the BEST & STRONGEST freshwater fish in asia.
So when I heard of news of mama toman with baby fry in a dist location DAM off bkk, I loadup my fishing gears, lures box and off I go for yet another wild fishing adventure trip.. ;)
The distant drive 400KM (4HRS) from bkk city.
Fishing toman fry in Thailand is not as easy as some pPls think. You need alots of patience, endurance and it mind fishing game with you vs the mama toman.
As more & more local thai anglers practise catch & release in Thailand. You will not be surprised to see a mama toman been hooked up before. Once those mama toman hooked up once, it will be very wary of lure and will not strike so easy..
If that is the case, you need to keep pestering & pressure the toman fry. For those young & impatience anglers, after a few castings may give up chasing the fry.
For angler like myself, who love the great challenge & love the mind fishing game with the mama toman. As long as the mama toman starte to chase the lure away from its fry, I know I'll have the chance. It is only matter of time, it will bite my lure.
But still, you have only 1 chance if the mama strike. If the mama toman bite your lure and you failed to give a good strike. It will not bite again for the next 3hrs or so... Having a proper set of medium-heavy tackle and hooks are important for a 'home run' on the mama toman.
My recommended tackle for toman :
Rod : 10-20Ibs
Line: Braided Power Pro PE 3 or 4
Hooks: Change all split rings and strong 4X hooks.
Lures: Bring all kind of topwater lures and deep diver lures.
See all actions in this short video clip of mine..
Explosive actions !!! ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSsEboXsma8
Some of the highlights photos of the day...
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sweet fish, is it true they
sweet fish, is it true they attack people?
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As long we don't provoke it,
As long we don't provoke it, it won't attack us.. :)
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Here come my catch
Here come my catch report......
Set off from bkk city at 7.00PM, decided to make the journey early and stay over at the floating house for 1 night. To get some rest from the long drive just before the fishing. ;)
It was rainings then.... nothing can stop me from reaching my destination... haha !!!
Need fuel for the journey.... topup my tank.
The long and weary drive.... I need to drive up many hills before I reach the pier... Very adventure ... haha!!!
Drive up to the floating platoon bunker and make the transfer to the other side of the dam. A 10 min platoon ride.. ;)
Finally reach my resting place..... :)
To be continue tonight.... need to run some fishing errands.
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Continue......My setup
Continue......
My setup tackles for the day.
The strongest and the fastest BC reels currently in the market.
Daiwa Ryoga & Daiwa Zillion limited 7.3
Enjoys the beautiful scenery of wild fishing in Thailand.
The excitment !!! The fresh air !!!The beautiful and peaceful scenery !!! There is nothing to discribe how I felt that day..
Myself and the nature.... ;)
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I'm a fan of toman and an
I'm a fan of toman and an avid angler of toman !!!
There is no short cut to master the skills of catching this highly Prized Fish of Asia . You need to 'get down' and ' fish from ground level' yourself before you finally get it right.
1 DAY trip doesn't mean you know it all.
A good angler will have to fish in all different kind of terrains and different kind of fishing dams/ spots. Over here in Thailand, the toman in different dams/ reserviors, take different lures & behave differently. That's why I'm so keen to fish all over Thailand for this highly Prized Fish of Asia.
Human instinct & good judgement make a good toman angler. ;)
I'm trying out this ribbit rubber frog lure for a change.
My first mama toman of the day..... ;)
8Ibs (4KG)
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Photos session with this
Photos session with this beautiful mama. ;)
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Catch & safely release back
Catch & safely release back to its children... ;)
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After released the first mama
After released the first mama toman, immediately we found another toman fry near the vincity.
We followed the 2nd fry for almost 2hrs +++, I suspected this mama has been landed and released back before. It took me 3 kind of lures and 2hrs of pressuring and pestering before I finally landed his 10Ibs (5KG) mama toman.
I love the mind fishing game with the mama toman. :)
Enjoys the chasing scene... ;)
I hooked on one of the fry toman.
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Finally..... after 2HRS of
Finally..... after 2HRS of chasing and pestering..
The mama toman finally whacked my risto rap lure, that;s after I've changed 3 lures in the process.
Enjoys all the actions... ;)
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More explosive actions...
More explosive actions... ;)
Self netting on the boat need lots of practise....
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I remember chasing the mother
I remember chasing the mother Aruan/Toman when I was young. The fry are orange and when you spot the fry the mother is always around and very aggressive and would hit almost any lure.
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Isn't she beautiful !!!!
Isn't she beautiful !!!! ;)
Nice size mama toman- 10Ibs(5KG )
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Safely release back to its
Safely release back to its children... ;)
Strong fights !!! Hope to fights with her outspring next time.. ;)
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2 mama toman in 1 DAY, I'm
2 mama toman in 1 DAY, I'm already happy with my catch.
Time to enjoy some of the surrounding scenery..;)
Simple lunch... MAMA MEE ;)
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Allow me to end my catch
Allow me to end my catch report with this beautiful sunset views.
It time to return back to bkk.
Will be back for more actions for sure... ;)
Thanks for reading my catch report guys... ;)
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Excellent report
Bkkguy, keep them coming. cheers Pete
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Sure do piston,Thanks for
Sure do piston,
Thanks for reading my catch report... ;)
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