5am,
up-washed-dressed, on the bike and go.
Fishin here
I come. It’s been over 6 months since I wet a line .I NEED a fix.
Arrived at
Dream lake at 5:45. Conditions were not good,cloud,overcast and smirry rain.
Never mind here
now, happy just to be at the water.
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| A lovely red tail catfish! |
Said good
morning to Riener and walked round to bungalow 1 where I had left my gear
yesterday,while I was prebaiting the 3 swims with sardines, chicken hearts, pla nin,(tilapia),
tabtim,for the predators and lam,
bread crumb, sweet corn, peas, coconut and diced carrots for the Giant Siamese carp.
I grabbed
the rods and cast the first dead bait rod baited with sardine 30 yards under a
huge overhanging tree, (very fishy looking spot) sat the rod in the buzzer and
started to get the other rod ready,BEEEP ,spun round to see the buzzer flashing
and line pealing of the reel,struck into the fish ,5 mins later a beautiful redtail catfish was in the net, a quick photo and slipped back,20lb+,great stuff, what a start.
Recast the
2 dead bait rods 1 with sardine the other with chicken heart, and the carp rod
baited with bread,veg mix and poly ball on the hook.
Not really
expecting to much more action due to the worsening weather conditions I sat
back and admired the photos of Mr. happy redtail.
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| Rods set for the red tail catfish |
Less than
an hour later. BEEEEEEP the other dead bait buzzer baited with chicken was
flashing like a cheep karaoke bar with line screaming of the baitrunner,lifted
the rod and struck into it,OHH this felt
bigger,all I could do was hold on,taking line she ran over 50 yards before
veering right and heading towards the undercut banking,putting as much pressure
on as I dared just managing to stop her. After 10 minuets and 3 more powerful
runs she gave in,Riener slipped the net under the beautifully marked red tail and gently lifted
her into the weigh sling the Avons spun round stopping at 26.7lbs “Lovely”,A
quick picture, back into the landingnet and into the water,10 minuets later she
had recovered,swam away no worse for her adventure.
My fishing
buddy Simon who loves fishing in Chiang Mai, showed up around 2pm we spent the rest of the day catching
pasawai,freelining bread on the surface, always exciting watching fish take
bait.
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| Sunset at Dreamlake in Chiang Mai |
7pm time
for a celebratory beer.
The moral
of this story is don’t pay to much attention to conditions use them as a guide,”If
you don’t go you’ll never know”.
Thanks again
to Riener for another wonderful stay at Dreamlake this is my favorite place for fishing in Thailand.
