Fishing pay ponds in Vietnam

Bloody magic Whipit You need a beer after that 34 degree heatLooks like a mullet

Snake head from a different pond in Ho Chi Minh

Ah the Mekong Catfish that we know as Basa from Coles & Woolies. didn`t know they got that large! Cheers Richard.

Awesome mate....as you say...another species..location ticked off.
Are they farmed in the pond?

Nico they are definitely farmed in all areas of Vietnam. Not it the fishing pond it's self. People will farm them in ponds and bring them to the fishing pond to sell to the owner. Usually the size when sold to the fishing park is a couple of kilos. They net them up and put into those big blue plastic 44 gallon drums..load the drums on a truck and bring them to the fishing park. Drums are full of water...transported to the park then emptied and slide all the fish in. The park owner pays the farmer per kilo. Fishermen come to the park and pay per hour to fish. If you catch one and want to take home you pay a per kilo rate to park owner. And the cycle goes around. That one I caught has been in there a while. Probably confused you with all that.

Don't know why it turns most of the photos sideways. They are all up the right way before I put them on here..

Your living the dream mate, interesting info re the ponds, good to see and learn the cycle, thanks for sharing your trip.
let me know when your home we will plan a day or two on the river.

Will do Nicho..hope all is well. Thanks mate.

Big fish there Whipit, on Youtube those ponds look like a lot of fun

John... not to sure you could use it in NSW. Think there is a limit of 2 single hooks and 3 in ganged hooks.
Martin. .it's even better that you can sit there and drink beer and order all sorts of food. Great fun with a few people sitting around eating and drinking waiting for your rod to go off. Vietnamese are very similar to us..love a BBQ, beer and fishing.

Had to give it one more go before I left.


Some of them have a nice blue colour through the top. If you ever coming this way definitely bring something to fish with.

Have spoken to a few that have fished the pay ponds in some of the Asian countries , and your posts confirm that if you can -  do it

Hi Ducks..sorry for the late reply. I destroyed another phone in the water and haven't looked here for a bit. I'm sure plenty of us have lost a few to the water. Think that's about 4 for me now. Most of the better ponds are out of the central area... out along the rivers to use the water to flush the ponds and keep some sort of decent water in them..if you could call it decent. Will try find you the address to a few and post back up tonight. Any idea which part of HCM your brother is staytng?
Cheers Brad