Hey Guys,
Because you asked for it, I will share my experience. My catch wasn’t too impressive but my experience sure was. Some are starting to call me the modern day Ernest Hemingway now. So here goes:
I just got back from a 2 day trip to a remote province. I was able to get a little fishing in along with a new lifelister even though it was small. I just did not get the time in fishing that I would have liked but the place was so scenic I thought you all might enjoy. I think if I could have spent more time out fishing I could have caught something more impressive for you all.
I gotta start with bamboo bridge. I was wondering if this bamboo bridge would hold my SUV and it did.
A trip up a remote river called Nam Hinboun. The water was really cold too.
A cool little catfish I caught. Hey, it’s a new lifelister: Hemibagrus Nemurus. This species gets up to 5 lbs.
One pitch of the cast net and we got all of these. I was using them for bait while the rest of them ended up in a soup for dinner.
We also had Striped Snakehead and Walking Catfish for dinner. The next day our target was the Striped Snakehead.
On day 2 we went out for the Splendid Snakehead. The means of getting to the fishing pond was kind of unique.
The view from this little pothole was cool. No snakehead on this trip but again I was hindered by little time. Mostly because of the culture I am in. It is a “we” culture and so it would be very unusual and rude for me to just venture off on my own when these people were hosting me.
We never got any but this is the water they were in. They were chasing minnows around in the thickest of cover and you could see them jumping among the Mangrove-looking habitat.
This was the family that hosted me.
To get this lifelister I had to endure many difficulties.
First, I had to eat “Padak” which is fermented fish and yes it’s guts and all. The next time you see a garbage at a fish cleaning house, remember me because I ate that. You know the garbage with flies all over it because it is reeking so bad. Well just let it sit out a couple of days for it to ferment or just pour vinager over it and eat it right away. It’s all the same. 
Secondly, I had to sit through a wierd religious ceremony that is diabolically opposed to my own beliefs.
Not to mention: No electricity, no running water, Old ladies wondering if I’m single , everybody staring at me because I look so different, and difficulties with language.
But hey it’s a new lifelister!!!! 
