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Arapaima
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Name: Arapaima (pirarucu). Species: Arapaima gigas. Thai name: Pla tjon Amazon.
Max length in excess: 5m. Max weight: 400kg. IGFA record: 154kg 339lb-8oz. Stocked to: 180kg (400lbs). Diet: Fish, pellet, frogs, animals and birds. |
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Alligator gar
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Name: Alligator gar. Species: Atractosteus spatula. Thai name: Pla jonakay.
Max length: 4m. Max weight: 150kg.
IGFA record: 126.55kg (279lb-0oz.). Stocked to: 20kg (42lbs). Diet: Fish, waterfowl, squid, frogs. |
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Amazon red tail catfish
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Name: Amazon red tail catfish (pirarara). Species: Phractocephalus hemiliopterus. Thai name: Pla Amazon dang.
Max length: 2m. Max weight: 100kg. IGFA record: 56kg 123lb-7oz. Stocked to: 33kg (70lbs). Diet: Fish, pellet, boilies, squid, shrimp, scavenger of almost any food item.
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Arawana
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Name: Arawana. Species: Osteoglossum bicirrhosum. Thai name: Pla tapat.
Max weight: 8kg. IGFA record: 6.5kg (14lbs 8oz.) Stocked to: 4kg (9lbs). Diet: Fish, shrimp, prawns, frogs and insects. |
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Asian red tailed catfish
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Name: Asian red tailed catfish. Species: Hemibagrus wyckiodes. Thai name: Pla kot dang.
Max length: 2m. Max weight: 80kg. IGFA record: Vacant. Stocked to: 40kg (85lbs). Diet: Fish, pellet, frogs, shrimp, squid, scavenger of almost any food item.
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Barramundi
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Name: Barramundi (snook, giant perch, white sea bass). Species: Lates calcarifer. Thai name: Pla kapong kao.
Max length: 1.2m. Max weight: 45kg (90lb). IGFA record: 37.85kg (83lbs). Stocked to: 19kg (40lbs). Diet: Fish, frogs, waterfowl, shrimp, crustaceans and squid.
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Big head carp
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Name: Big head carp. Species: Aristichthys nobilis. Thai name: Pla tjin.
Max length: 1.5m. Max weight: 45kg (100lb). IGFA record: 28.9kg (63lbs). Stocked to: 18kg (40lbs). Diet: Water plants, banana, vegetables, insects, shrimp, maize and boilies.
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Black pacu
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Name: Black pacu. Species: Piaractus brachypomus. Thai name: Pla jermet dam.
Max length in excess: 1.5m. Max weight: 40kg.
IGFA record: 24.9kg (55ib-0.)
Stocked to: 26kg (55lbs).
Diet: Fruit, nuts, insects, shrimp, maize, bread, fruit boilies and
pop-ups, pellet and occasionally fish.
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Black shark
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Name: Black shark (black labeo, black river carp). Species: Labeo chrysophekadion. Thai name: Pla ka.
Max length: 1m. Max weight: 12kg (25lb). IGFA record: Vacant. Stocked to: 5kg (11lbs). Diet: Water plants, banana, vegetables, insects, shrimp, maize and boilies.
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Chao Phraya catfish
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Name: Chao Phraya catfish. Species: Pangasius sanitwongsei. Thai name: Pla tepa.
Max length in excess: 3m. Max weight: 200kg.
IGFA record: 55kg (121lbs 4ozs.) caught here at Gillhams Fishing Resort. Stocked to: 50kg (110lbs). Diet: Fish, animals and birds.
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Chinese seerfish
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Name: Chinese seerfish. Other name: Yellowcheck carp. Species: Scomberomorus munroi (elopichthys bambusa). Thai name: Pla bambusa.
Max length: 3m. Max weight: 200kg. IGFA record: 131kg (288lb 12oz). Stocked to: 5kg (10lbs). Diet: fish, frogs, and waterfowl.
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Common carp
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Name: Common carp. Species: Cyprinus carpio. Thai name: Pla nai.
Max length: 1.5m. Max weight: 40kg (90lb). IGFA record: 34.35kg (75 lb11oz). Stocked to: 14kg (30lbs). Diet: Shrimp, maize, worms, and boilies. Sometimes fry feeders.
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Firewood catfish
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Name: Firewood catfish. Other names: bagre, achacubo. Species: Sorubimichthys planiceps. Thai name: Pla planicip.
Max length: 1.5m. Max weight: 50kg (110lb). IGFA record: 16kg (35lbs 4oz.) Stocked to: 5kg (10lbs). Diet: Shrimp, worm, molluscs, fish and squid.
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Giant featherback
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Name: Giant featherback (black featherback). Species: Chitala lopis. Thai name: Pla satu.
Max length: 1.5m. Max weight: 25kg. IGFA record: 9.8kg (13lb 6oz). Stocked to: 15kg (32lbs). Diet: Small fish, shrimp, prawn, frogs, worms, crustaceans, and insects.
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Giant freshwater stingray
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Name: Giant freshwater stingray. Species: Himantura chaophraya. Thai name: Pla kabeng nam djut.
Max length: 3m. Max wing span. 2.5m. Max weight: 600kg. IGFA record: Vacant. Stocked to: 80kg (170lbs). Diet: Giant water snail, fish, shrimp, prawns, crustaceans, squid.
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Giant gourami
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Name: Giant gourami (let). Species: Osphronemus goramy. Thai name: Pla let.
Max length: 1m. Max weight: 14kg (30lb). IGFA record: 5.6kg (12lbs). Stocked to: 12kg (25lbs). Diet: Fruit, water plants, nuts, fruit, vegetables, insects, shrimp, maize and bread.
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Giant snakehead
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Name: Giant snakehead (shadow tomen). Species: Channa micropeltes. Thai name: Pla shado.
Max length: 1m. Max weight: 30kg (65lb). IGFA record: 10kg (22lbs). Stocked to: 8kg (17lbs). Diet: Fish, mice and frogs.
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Hoven’s carp
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Name: Hoven’s carp. Common names: Mad barb, mad carp, river carp. Species: Leptobarbus Hoevenii (cyprinidae). Thai name: Pla ba.
Max length: 1m. Max weight: 10kg (21lb). IGFA record: 6kg (13lbs.3oz). Stocked to: 3kg (6lbs). Diet: Seeds and nuts, shrimp, worm, molluscs, insects, boilies, maize and bread.
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Java barb
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Name: Java barb (silver barb). Species: Barbonymus gonionotus. Thai name: Pla tapien kao.
Max length: 60cm. Max weight: 6kg (12lb). IGFA record: 2.31kg (5lbs 1oz.) Stocked to: 2kg (4lbs). Diet: Insects, shrimp, bread, maize, aquatic plants.
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Julian's golden carp
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Name: Julian's golden carp Species: Probarbus Jullieni. Thai name: Pla yissok.
Max length: 2m. Max weight: 70kg. IGFA record: Vacant. Stocked to: 22kg (45lbs). Diet: Aquatic plants, Insects, shellfish, prawns, maize, pellet,
boilies, sticky rice.
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Mekong catfish
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Name: Mekong catfish. Species: Pangasianodon gigas. Thai name: Pla buk.
Max length in excess: 3m. Max weight: 300kg. IGFA record: 117.933kg (260lbs), caught here at Gillhams Fishing Resort. Stocked to: 136kg (300 lbs). Diet: Plankton, plants, shrimp, sticky rice, boilies, pellet, cereal, maize and fish.
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Mrigal carp
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Name: Mrigal carp(Asian grass carp, silver carp, small scale mud carp). Species: Cirrhinus cirrhosus. Thai name: Pla nuan tjan.
Max length: 1.2m. Max weight: 20kg (43lb).
IGFA record: 8kgs (17lb-10oz.)
Caught here at Gillhams on the 3rd January 2012. Stocked to: 10kg (20lbs).
Diet: Water plants, banana, vegetables, insects, shrimp, worm,
pellet, boilie, maize and bread. |
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Nile perch
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Name: Nile perch. Other names: Giant perch, Victoria perch, African snook. Species: Lates niloticus. Thai name: Pla khapong perch Nile.
Max length: 2.5m. Max weight: 250kg. IGFA record: 104.32kg (230lb). Stocked up to: 7kg (15lbs). Diet: fish, frogs, crustaceans and waterfowl. |
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Piraiba, or Lau lau
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Name: Piraiba, or Lau lau. Other names: Bagre blanco, blanco pobre. Species: Brachyplatystoma filamentosum. Thai name: Pla pireeba.
Max length: 3.6m. Max weight: 250kg.
IGFA record: 155kg (341lb.11oz.)
Stocked to: 6kg (12lbs).
Diet: fish, pellet, frogs, waterfowl, monkeys, scavenger almost any
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Ripsaw catfish
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Name: Ripsaw catfish. Common names: Niger, black talking catfish, plated catfish. Species: Oxydoras niger. Thai name: Pla niger doradidae.
Max length: 1.2m. Max weight: 40kg (90lb). IGFA record: 21.5kg (47lb 6oz) Stocked to: 9kg (19lbs). Diet: Shrimp, worm, molluscs, insects, maize pellet and bread.
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Rohu
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Name: Rohu (yissok tet, rahoo carp). Species: Labeo rohita. Thai name: Pla yissok tet.
Max length: 1m. Max weight: 40kg. IGFA record: 13.55kg (29lb 13oz.)
Stocked to: 13kg (28lbs).
Diet: Shrimp, plankton, plants, fruit, maize, boilies, pellet, sticky rice and cereal-based baits.
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Siamese carp
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Name: Siamese carp (giant barb, cahoor). Species: Catlocarpio siamensis. Thai name: Pla cahoor.
Max length in excess: 3m. Max weight: 300kg. IGFA record: 53kg. Stocked to: 70kg (150lbs). Diet: Shrimp, plankton, plants, fruit, maize, and cereal-based baits.
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Spotted featherback
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Name: Spotted featherback. Species: Chitala ornata. Thai name: Pla klaey.
Max length: 1m. Max weight: 12kg. IGFA record: 6kg. Stocked to: 7kg (15lbs). Diet: Small fish, shrimp, worms, crustaceans and insects.
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Spotted sorubim
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Name: Spotted sorubim. Species: Pseudoplatystoma coruscans. Thai name: Pla sira dang.
Max length: 1.5m. Max weight: 70kg. IGFA record: 53.5kg. Stocked to: 25kg (50lbs). Diet: Fish, squid, frogs, earthworms, crustaceans, shrimp.
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Striped snakehead
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Name: Striped snakehead (chevron snakehead). Species: Channa striata. Thai name: Pla tjon.
Max length: 1m. Max weight: 5kg (10lb). IGFA record: 3kg (6lbs). Stocked to: 2.5kg (5lbs). Diet: Fish, shrimp, insects, prawns and frogs.
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Tambaqui
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Name: Tambaqui. Species: Colossoma macropomum. Thai name: Pla jermet.
Max length: 1.2m. Max weight: 40kg. IGFA record: 32.4kg (71lb 7oz.)
Stocked to: 18kg (40lbs).
Diet: Fruit, water plants, nuts, insects, shrimp, maize, bread, pellet and boilies.
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Tarpon
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Name: Tarpon. Species: Megalops atlanticus. Thai name: Pla tarpon Atlantic.
Max length: 2.8m. Max weight: 180kg. IGFA record: 130kg (286lb 9oz). Stocked up to: 6kg (12lbs). Diet: fish, shrimp, crabs, frogs and insects. |
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Tiger catfish
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Name: Tiger catfish. Species: Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum. Thai name: Pla sira.
Max length: 1.5m. Max weight: 60kg. IGFA record: 13.5kg. Stocked to: 20kg (42lbs). Diet: Fish, squid, frogs, earthworms, crustaceans, shrimp.
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Wallago attu
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Name: Wallago attu. Species: Wallago attu. Thai name: Pla krao.
Max length: 2.5m. Max weight: 50kg. IGFA record: 18.6kg. Stocked to: 25kg (55lbs). Diet: Fish, squid, animals, frogs, birds, shrimp, crustaceans, and molluscs.
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Wallago leeri
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Name: Wallago leeri. Species: Wallago leeri. Thai name: Pla ituk.
Max length: 3m. Max weight: 100kg. IGFA record: Vacant. Stocked to: 25kg (55lbs). Diet: Fish, squid, animals, frogs, birds, shrimp, crustaceans, molluscs... and humans!
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Zungaro zungaro, or jau catfish
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Name: Zungaro zungaro or jau catfish. Species: Pimelodidae siluriformes. Thai name: Pla jauhoo.
Max length: 1.5m. Max weight: 100kg. IGFA record: 49.44kg 109lb. Stocked up to: 6kg (12lbs). Diet: fish, squid, shrimp, frogs, scavenger almost any food item. |
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