Is Mongolia a good place to be a fish? Apparently not if there is a gold mine nearby. While the locals have an affinity for four legged land dwelling protein sources on which to sup, their religious beliefs which are largely Buddhist, hold the the fish and his water in high esteem. Not the place to be monkeying around with the water spirits and I’m all in for that. Slaughter a goat but save the fish- Amen.
Zeb Hogan, one of the hosts on National Geographic Channels “Hooked” series is out chasing a new cast of large endangered fish. One of the summer series “Monster fish of Mongolia” features the extra large, super sized Hucho Taimen. Taimen are known to reach lengths as long as 6 ft. and will dine at that size on well, just about anything it wants. It’s feeding habits sound more like a Pike than a trout.
While short on serious fish porn and splashy hookups the show is a good overview on the Taimen and if you watch close you will see the ol’ Moldy Chum logo plastered on the side of one of outfitters Sweetwater Anglers renovated Russian military overland “Rambo” rig.
The show airs Monday, July 13, at 10PM ET/PT.
I would also like to offer Zeb some casting lessons, maybe on return trip to Mongolia next fall. How ’bout it Zeb? And I thought I was bad.
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It is on my top ten list of fishing destinations. Ahhh, someday I’ll get to Mongolia (how often do you hear that?)
Correction. The Russian Army Rig belongs to Andy Parkinson and Fish Mongolia / the jet boats belong to Sweetwater.
Fascinating show but sad to think taimen is so endangered. Don’t you have wrong “their” in first sentence above discription above?