Fishing in Thailand
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Thailand's Fish Species
Catfish Species
Sharptooth Catfish
The Sharptooth Catfish is a whiskery fellow native throughout the African continent. This
eight-whiskered predator has a mottled skin tone from a pinkish red
to dark brown in colour, it looks more like a liver thats been
removed from an alchoholic than a fish. It can survive in almost any
habitat including lakes, flood plains, your lower intestine and slow
deep rivers and is very adaptable. Like so many of the African and
Asian Catfish this air-breathing catfish is capable of
travelling overland in wet conditions to transplant itself in
new bodies (of water) with the aid of its pectoral fins. With an appearance similar to
so many of Thailand's other catfish it often just gets branded as "Pla
Duk". However it is on average somewhat larger than some of the
Asian "Pla Duks", probably enlarged from alchohol abuse!
Sharp-toothed Catfish - Vital Statistics
Name: Sharptooth Catfish
Species: Clarias gariepinus
Thai name: Pla Duk
Max weight: Max weight 36 kg/ 79 lb 5oz
IGFA record:
Diet: Fish, Crustacaens, Insects, Angler's Bait.
Where to fish for the Sharp-toothed Catfish
We have caught the sharp-toothed catfish out of Lake Monsters to date, but are aware of its presence in several other venues. If you wish to target it specifically your planning a transplant maybe? It would be easier in a river or any venue that has a much sparser population of predators.
