My trip to Mongolia was to fly-fish the salmon-like Taimen. Fly-fishing failed me terribly for two days and I resorted to using lures. When lures seemed to worsen the situation by not getting me a catch in the third day, I decided to use a lenok (a dead fish)....
Among the best delicacies of seafood is the squid that I have enjoyed throughout my entire life though I am not as old as it would sound. Hunting animals in the forest and grilling them on an open fire does not give me much adrenaline. Fishing for squid in...
We flew over the Umba rivers into the Kitza sandbank where we made camp that evening. The following morning, we pitched the camp at 8am. Between then and 12 noon, I had caught 15 fish. On casting the first fly bait into the river, it was immediately caught by...
All along the shores of Belgium, the sight of shrimp fishermen on draught horseback was commonplace but the tradition is quickly fading. Today, you will only note a handful fishermen on horseback in Oostduinkerke where the tradition is still at large. This is where I landed next to not...
I was lying on the deck squinting through my sunglasses feeling a bit restless and dare I say it bored when I decided it was time to tackle another one of my little fishing trips. The problem was in my ultimate wisdom over a beer with my other 40...
Last weekend I took my son and daughter fishing at the lake near our house. Loaded up the rods, chairs and snacks and drove twenty minutes out of suburbia to fresh air and some quiet family time. Only when we got there, I realized we didn’t bring any bait....
The Amazon River basin is popular for the human ripping piranhas as portrayed in Hollywood Movies. The high diversity of fish in the area is amazing with some experts estimating the area to hold around 5000 species of fish. The fact that natives swim in the river made me...