Whether it’s pinning down piranha, battling black marlin or shrimping on horseback, fishing offers holiday fun and native insight. to not mention dinner.
1. Salmon, Umba River, Kola Peninsula, Russia Aurora borealis, reindeer herds, snow: Russia’s Kola Peninsula may be a winter wonderland beyond compare. But come spring, this Arctic Eden morphs into a special quite paradise salmon heaven. Each May, fisherfolk flock to the Kola’s 123km-long Umba River to cast for a few of the best, fattest Atlantic salmon on earth. The Umba is believed to possess up to 5 salmon runs per annum, making for an almost endless flow of fish. But nothing comes easy here: the Umba is isolated, the wading tough going, and anglers need to share their space with the best fish fans of them all: bears. The Umba salmon season is May to the top of October, catch-and-release only. Head to murman.ru/guide/tourism/fishing-eng.shtml for information on fishing tours. Image by Alf Sollund, AKA / Getty Images Venture to Russia's Kola Peninsula for a taste of solitude (and salmon). Image by Alf Sollund, AKA / Getty Images
2. Giant black marlin, Cairns, Australia On Australia’s Great coral reef, anyone with a snorkeling mask can find Nemo. But it takes a troublesome cookie to land a legend. the enormous black marlin is one among the foremost coveted catches on the planet: weighing up to 750kg and ready to swim up to 130km per hour, it's the power to show hardened game fishers (and, after several hours in battle, their wrists) to jelly. The stunning 250km stretch between Cairns and Lizard Island is that the best place on earth to hook one: more giant black marlin are caught within these waters than in the remainder of the planet combined. Marlin season in Cairns runs from early September to late December. inspect the Cairns Bluewater Game Fishing Club website for information: cairnsbluewatergfc.com.au. Cairns, Australia: combat a fishing challenge during this tropical paradise. Image Paul Dymond / Lonely Planet Images / Getty Images Cairns, Australia: combat a fishing challenge during this tropical paradise. Image Paul Dymond / Lonely Planet Images / Getty Images
3. Catfish, southern USA Y’all hungry? Git noodlin’! Also referred to as cat-daddling, gurgling and hillbilly hand fishing, noodling is that the not-exactly refined art of shoving your hand into an underwater hole, waiting until you get bitten by a mudcat and wrestling the beating ‘mudcat’ to the surface. Noodling has its drawbacks (catfish have tons of teeth, and you never know what's lurking therein hole) but the game isn’t only for masochistic kicks: Native Americans were highly skilled and fishers, and in many southern states, the practice has become a much-valued tradition passed down over generations. Solo noodling may be a no-no; a web search will mention many expeditions for the wannabe cat-daddler. Noodling is legal in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma. South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin. Noodling season runs from May to August.
4. Taimen, Eg-Our basin, Mongolia Think ‘Mongolia’, and it’s yaks, nomads and exceptionally salty tea that probably spring to mind. But this remote central Asian outpost – [56]more famous for steppes than streams – is one among the last remaining havens for the world’s largest trout species, the taimen[46]. A fierce, cannibalistic monster (they’re known locally as ‘river wolves’), taimen can get older to 2m and smash the scales at 90kg; fishing for these whoppers isn't for the faint of heart or the feeble of the arm. The fish can live for up to 50 years, giving determined taimen trollers a lifetime to land the right beast. Catch-and-release of taimen is strictly enforced. Mongolia’s season is June to November. Looking for a tranquil spot to sling a hook[56]? Try fly-fishing in remote Mongolia. Image by Dave Hamman / E+ / Getty Images Looking for a tranquil spot to sling a hook? Try fly-fishing in remote Mongolia. Image by Dave Hamman / E+ / Getty Images
5. Piranha, Amazon Basin, Brazil It can happen to anyone: a couple of enjoyable hours watching piranha B-movies, then bam! Aquaphobia! Since swimming is now off, why not spend your spare time fishing for the demons that turned you into a neurotic mess? Head to Manaus, capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonia, and join one among the various tours that provide piranha fishing (and in some cases, eating). A hunk of meat lands them by the dozen but their razor teeth can traverse steel hooks also as fingers. Exercise caution: during this fishing story, the sole one that gets away should be you. July to October is that the season within the Amazon, and dangerous time for piranha fishing because the fish are hungry and aggressive. Tours are often organized through the Ariau Amazon Towers hotel in Manaus (ariautowers.com). Careful, they bite back: admiring a pleasant set of chompers on an Amazonian piranha. Image by David Parsons / E+ / Getty Images Careful, they bite back: admiring a pleasant set of chompers on an Amazonian piranha. Image by David Parsons / E+ / Getty Images
6. Shrimp, Oostduinkerke, Belgium If you discover rubbernecking an irresistible pastime, head to Oostduinkerke, on Belgium’s southwest coast, where prawn fishermen – paardenvissers in Flemish – use not shrimpers but sturdy stallions to reap the North Sea’s fruits de mer. For the last 500 years, the fishermen have galloped into the ocean on horseback, their steeds dragging nets and a wooden carriage (to scare the shrimp to the surface) through cold, crashing waves during a tradition recently recognized by Unesco as being of ‘intangible cultural heritage’. This four-legged fishing is best left to the experts, but lucky visitors can score a ride within the shrimp-scaring rig. Oostduinkerke’s horse-shrimping seasons are February–May, and September–November. Contact Oostduinkerke’s visitor center at visitor.koksijde.be for more information. A shrimp fisherman and his plow horse in Oostduinkerke, Belgium. Image by Emilie Chaix / Getty Images A shrimp fisherman and his plow horse in Oostduinkerke, Belgium. Image by Emilie Chaix / Getty Images
7. Goliath tigerfish, Congo Basin For an adrenaline rush that basically will send you reeling, head to the Congo to seek out the goliath tigerfish, a terrifyingly toothy brute with a temper even as sharp. Africa’s equivalent of the piranha, this aggressive predator features a history of attacking humans and has been known to maul birds on the wing. Growing up to 1.5m and weighing in at 70kg-plus, the Mbenga (as it’s known locally) is not an easy catch: dangerous day-long battles have made it one among the world’s greatest sports fishing challenges. If you would like to battle the Mbenga, you want to join an organized excursion for your safety. the simplest time to catch one is during the Congo’s season, June to October.
8. Ice fishing, Brainerd, USA Do you wish to dig holes in the ice and stare into them for an extended time? Then the central-Minnesota town of Brainerd is your dream destination. The annual Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza is that the largest of its kind within the world, attracting quite 12,000 hopefuls keen on the cold… and on hooking themselves a cool US$150,000 worth of prizes. Organizers pre-drill 20,000 holes into the thankfully very well-frozen Gull Lake, from which (d)anglers pull up walleye, perch, and bass. Head to icefishing.org for full details on the Ice Fishing Extravaganza held each January.
9. Squid, Halong Bay, Vietnam The word ‘squid’ mightn’t raise the warm-and-fuzzies immediately, but after an evening on Halong Bay, which will change. Dozens of junks ply the bay’s jade-green waters on moonless evenings, fishing for the slippery little cephalopods that enter the region’s best-known specialty: squid sausages. With only a bamboo rod, a catch net and a lamp to draw in the squid to the surface, anyone can hook themselves a powerful 30-plus squid in only a few hours. The stillness of the bay dotted by the dreamy reflection of the lamps makes for a contemplative, romantic evening. Squid season in Halong begins in April and runs through until January: the most important squid is caught between October and November.
10. salmon trout, Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego is Spanish for ‘Land of Fire’, and on top of things fly-fishers couldn’t agree more: when it involves trout, this place is hot. The archipelago boasts the world’s best sea-run salmon trout angling: the minimum average weight of the region’s salmon trout is 4kg (one in 50 catches are said to be 11kg or above), and therefore the Rio Grande teems with an estimated 70,000 of the prized fish. Being at the top of the world, Tierra del Fuego is often hard to urge to, but Rio Grande’s mammoth trout statue will allow you to know you’ve arrived.
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