NEW CARP SPECIES LAKE IN THAILAND

A new carp species lake in Thailand is opening June 1st.

The lake is located in Ratchaburi near the Monsters Predator Lake. The new carp lake will hold approximately 15 different species including Giant Mekong Catfish to 180kgs, Giant Siamese Carp to 60kgs,

Jullien's Golden Prized Carp to 20kg,

plus numerous other monsters. For more information contact top guide, Francois Helias, at fishasia@ksc.th.com. I have fished the Monsters Predator Lake and caught giant Redtail Catfish till your arms got too tired to land more. You can combine the Monster Predator Lake with the new Carp Species Lake for a fishing trip of a lifetime!

La Zona discounted price/ golden dorado

During the low season months of June to August, Untamed Angling has a few spots remaining at a highly discounted price of $2150 for 5 nights, 4 days of fishing within the zone called "La Zona". This price also includes the flight from Buenos Aires to Concordia where memebers of Untamed Angling will greet you and transport you to La Zona Lodge. La Zona is a section on the Uruuguay River where the largest golden dorado on earth swim.

40lbs golden dorado and greater are constantly landed by clients of Untamed Angling whose tremendous guides will put you on top of the monster dorado. Book now to get into some good fising at very discounted rates while they remain. For further information, contact Steve Yatomi at www.adventuretravelalliance.com

MALAYSIA JUNGLE GIANT SNAKEHEAD

Francois Helias of www.anglingthailand.com is organizing another exclusive snakehead fishing trip into the Malaysian jungle.

This coming October will be the 10th consecutive year Francois has guided friends for the biggest and fiercest giant snakheads in the world which get up to a monsterous 44lbs

. There is limited access into these Malaysian fisheries. Capt Helias knows the best time and best places to get you into the best fishing. Access is very limited with spots filling quickly. Contact Francois at www.anglingthailand.com or email him at fishasia@ksc.th.com

POTENTIAL FLY ROD RECORD GOLDEN DORADO LANDED

On May 3rd while fishing La Zona with Untamed Angling, Mike Sadar landed a potential golden dorado weighing in at a monsterous 50lbs on a fly.

Numerous other monsters were laned during Mike's stay including a 44, 44, plus numerous in the 30 pound range. The current low water conditions at La Zona is currently perfect for landing monster dorado on the fly. For more information contact STeve Yatomi at www.adventuretravelalliance.com

CABELAS BARGIN CAVE

Make sure to check out the bargin cave at www.cabelas.com.

Cabelas is one of the world's foremost outfitters specializing in fishing and hunting. Currently they have the Rapala Mag 30 in gold/green mackerel and yellowfin tuna for a reduced price of $13.15 for a normal $18.79.

Cabelas offers you the option to pickup the items at the nearest Cabelas store so there is no shipping charge added. The Rapala Mag 30s are fantastic lures for the monster golden dorado of La Zona. These lures are capable of running at speeds up to 13 knots. The Mag 30 model dives to 30 ft and is 6 1/4 inches long with a weight of 2 1/2 ounces. When using these lures at La Zona, make sure to change the split rings to the super strong Wolverine triple coiled rings

, and replace the hooks with Owner ST-66 or Owner ST-76 trebles.

SHIMANO TRANX PG

On my recent trip to La Zona, the Shimano TranX PG was put to a great test battling monster golden dorado.

The TranX PG is a very powerful reel with a large spool capacity. I found it very easy to make long casts with 150lbs PowerPro line. The drag system was able to stop monster golden dorado which are one of the toughest freshwater fish on this planet. The large reel handle allows for very smooth retrieves. In my opinion the PG has advantages of the high speed model, plus the PG can also be retrieved very rapidly. If you looking for a top of the line large capacity bait casting reel with the power to stop a truck, look no further than the Shimano TranX PG!!

SHALLOW WATER TATICS FOR GOLDEN DORADO

On my recent trip to La Zona for monster golden dorado we were faced with extremely tough low water conditions. The Uruguay was the lowest I have experienced in 6 trips. Normally top lures are cd 18 rapalas, mag 30 rapalas, and giant shad raps. However these lures were ineffective due to the low water conditions. Also the monster dorado were not very aggressive due to recent colder weather making topwater poppers and choppers useless. Therefore, I decided to go with large Doctor Spoons and the new large weedless Papa Doc.

These spoons weigh 2 ounces and come in various colorations. The top colors for me were firetiger and gold. The hooks on the Big Doctor Spooon was replaced by large Owner single hooks which can withstand the powerful jaws of steel which are found on golden dorado. The new Papa Doc spoon already comes with an adequate attached single hook. The key of the group was casting directly behind submerged rocks in about 2-3ft of water where the water was flowing. Rapid retrieves were necessary to prompt the golden dorado into striking. Dorado exhibit a arm jerking strike, so set the hook numerous times on these brutes. This tatic really paid off for the group with monster dorado of 55,52, 50, 49, 46,44,43,42,41,and 2x40 pounds being landed in 4 days of fishing. Untamed Angling has by far the best experienced guides in La Zona and definately will instruct you to land the golden dorado of your dream! So as on any fishing trip, try to get water conditions prior to your trip and make sure you have lures which cover all sections of water from very deep to very shallow.