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Amazing info. Thank you so much for putting this out. 👍

I've got a bit of a fish story involving the Zambezi. I am lucky enough to have parents well-off enough to take me on an African safari vacation. One day, I got a chance to go concierge fishing - the guide does everything except reel the fish in (which, of course, is the fun part of fishing). We went out onto the Zambezi one afternoon and I started to fish with my dad . About a half-hour in, I get a bite. With some coaching, I reel in a ~6 pound tigerfish. But we let it go, as we had actually had one for dinner the night before. I remember it being very mild, kind of like trout or tilapia as far as taste. Another hour passes, when suddenly the rod - which is a pretty cheap-looking thing - bends almost 180 degrees as a whopper is hooked onto my line. A few minutes of fighting and reeling in later, I pull up a ~12 pound catfish, possibly a vundu - which can get up to ten times heavier than that, as you probably know as a fisherman who enjoys reeling in exotic fish. It was late in the day, but we decided that it would make for good eating. Sadly, I didn't get a chance to taste it as it was our last night at that lodge. But I swear that if the fish had been much bigger, it would have snapped the rod in half just from its sheer strength and bulk. But here's the kicker - I learned afterward that while I was fighting one river monster, the guide had been trying to get us away from another, far larger one: We had inadvertently gotten too close to a male hippopotamus, and said hippo had been looking to make us pay for our ignorance. If not for the guide seeing it, we could have met a grisly fate at the jaws of a true king of the Zambezi river...

No mony no funny..😂😂😂...this trip is not for a mortal people....for 90% it's for another life with more luck, beautiful places

It seems that you are more a fisherman then a true angler who takes fishing as a sport. Pity such a majestic fish was not released back into the river.

Anybody know what size spinning reels and braid? 10k, 14k, 18k? 80lb 100lb braid?

That last fish!! Wow, fantastic. Very well done. Cheers from North London, UK.

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super video!!

Incredible, we are so lucky to witness stuff like this eh

Like you say only on blue planet 😊 Colin catching the sardines was classic hardest fishing he has ever done 😊😊

Amazing filming you must of been buzzing

Amazing footage of a once in a lifetime experience, Stu 🐳

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Beautiful video, I enjoyed every moment, simply amazing champion.

Beautiful video, I enjoyed every moment, champion.

What a beautiful video, I enjoyed every moment, champions.

Are you still alive?

Great video folks! Just wanted to mention, like you, when fishing fast water for these gorgeous fish, we used Husky Rapala lures. Because of the huge lip on them though, they tend to dig deeper into the water while retrieving, which can have them banging into a lot of rocks and easily snagging up. What we started to do, was shave the plastic lip on the Rapalas down, to about half normal length. This was actually easier to do than I first thought because it was so hot our first day, the plastic lips were very easy to carve. This increased our hook-ups dramatically, as the lures could be more easily controlled within the mid-water zone instead of digging trenches, heh heh. We also found the Raps with silver sides, white belly and black back, the most desired of our collections. I even caught a stunning 8 lb Black Piranha on the same lure, in the same crazy water! Cheers folks and thanks again! :)

Old Chinese proverb: With silicone line and delicate hook, I wander among the ripples and find… Me: A snook 🙂

Nicely done. Love hearing that drag SIZZLE!

i don’t know about the “set it free” part. i respect my catch and consume it.🎉

One day fo sure

Nice video Stu!

Maarten de Poeper.

Many thanks

Quote:” Fantastic f…. Reverse boating” jajajajja - you have to sweat for these zambos

Great video / nice shots of Panama’s nature - Nice rods what gear did you used?

What would the price be per person for a fishing tour like this?

103.7LB. GT CAUGHT FROM SHORE WITH 30LB. TEST MONOFILAMENT LINE THROWING A BLACK REEF RIPPER LURE. BIG ISLAND PLUGGING BRAD PEREZ STYLE CZcams.

103.7 LB. GT CAUGHT USING 30LB. TEST MONOFILAMENT LINE THROWING A 4OZ. BLACK REEF RIPPER LURE. BIG ISLAND PLUGGING BRAD PEREZ STYLE CZcams

my sri lanka 😍😍😍😍

43:48 that feelin ❤

Terbaik Mas

Hi guys dolphins are absent in koh phi phi big boats tooks the tuna and they live the place

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Fantastic video, just what I needed to get me super exited about my trip to Panama. I just wanted to ask what that stickbait was you caught the massive mullet snapper on? More importantly was it floating or sinking? Cheers, Antonio

I remember you and I crawling on our hands and knees on the way to a spot down the River Went! Not quite the same as this!

Great job bro❤

Looks like a sucker nothing fancy

Andamans.... Very bad boats and skippers...... Never more..... Bad food.... 😊

You said the words I’ve been trying to find all this time: It makes me feel like a kid again, with no worries, no responsibilities, and the world is new and exciting. Thank you for this.

Bravo amazing video congratulations 👏

What's up, did you enjoy fishing?

Hi mate what are the rod and reel set up mind sharing

Hi, how much do you charge for a trip like this?

i live in the maldives i am a maldivien

This video still brings tears to my eyes as I know the feeling of catching a big mahseer. Well done Stu, Bobby and the rest of this awesome team 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Fished Maldives in the 90's. Only place in the world where I saw a local fisherman land a biggish sailfish on a handline, and into his 10-foot canoe .... and about 5nm offshore. So much for our $150k of boat and equipment! 😂

Hi Sir, 👋 all I hope you're fine 🙂 i was thinking about you before some day's ago, everything is all right ?

Big fan of yours from the North Sea!!