Catch Report
176lb (80Kg) Mekong Giant Catfish

Thailand's leading team of guides Fish Thailand provide a 176lb (80kg) Mekong giant catfish for Sweedish client Patrik Jansson. The beast caught fishing in Thailand,  at Bungsamran Lake is yet another addition to Fish Thailand's long list of giant fish; this year alone having guided clients into Mekong catfish of over 200lb and also the world's biggest carp caught by a female angler at 132lb. On this occasion 30th March - Patrik had landed about 30 smaller catfish during the day averaging 45lb each before the only run of the day on the second 'specimen rod' produced this fish at 5p.m. Patrik was already exhausted from fighting 'mid-forties' all day long but through a mixture of adrenaline and determination he found the strength to play this monster catfish over a 40 minute period. During the fight Fish Thailand pro-guides assisted Patrik to turn the fish as the 200yrds of braid was almost stripped completely from the reel. Later into the fight as Patrik had the fish fighting in the deep margins 4 of Fish Thailand's guides were working together in and out of the water to land the beast. The fish after being successfully netted was waded through to the shallower water for the photo-shoot. With 80kg (176lb) of fish - it took Patirk and 2 Fish Thailand guides to lift the fish for pictures.