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llX God Member Offline "Absolute power corrupt." Posts: 2685 Gender: Age: 36 Awards: 2	Fishing in Laos. 11^th Apr, 2011 at 3:49am
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Reply #1 - 11^th Apr, 2011 at 4:21am

Interesting video. You have to respect and appreciate those who are out in the sun all day, and working hard to catch fish for a living and their families tummies.

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PEACE God Member Offline Posts: 719 DIN FAR Gender: Age: 53	Re: Fishing in Laos. Reply #2 - 11^th Apr, 2011 at 4:27pm Why don't they weear lifevest?
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llX God Member Offline "Absolute power corrupt." Posts: 2685 Gender: Age: 36 Awards: 2	Re: Fishing in Laos. Reply #3 - 11^th Apr, 2011 at 7:05pm PEACE wrote on 11^th Apr, 2011 at 4:27pm: Why don't they weear lifevest? Life jacket. Maybe it cost too much.
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llX God Member Offline "Absolute power corrupt." Posts: 2685 Gender: Age: 36 Awards: 2	Re: Fishing in Laos. Reply #4 - 11^th Apr, 2011 at 7:07pm Admin Saovaluck wrote on 11^th Apr, 2011 at 4:21am: Interesting video. You have to respect and appreciate those who are out in the sun all day, and working hard to catch fish for a living and their families tummies. That's a lot of fish and look good. Make some soup and laap.
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PEACE God Member Offline Posts: 719 DIN FAR Gender: Age: 53	Re: Fishing in Laos. Reply #5 - 11^th Apr, 2011 at 8:40pm I still love setting up trot lines and then come back the next morning to see what is being caught. Usually it is catfish.
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Re: Fishing in Laos.
Reply #6 - 11^th Apr, 2011 at 11:13pm

There's probably no need for a life vest. Lao fishermen are experienced swimmers, they wouldn't be out in the river on their own if they were afraid of water.

Another thing is that their boats are unsinkable because they are made out of wood, so if they happen to fall into the water, they can grab onto their boat until help arrives, or get back on board on their own. I haven't heard of any drownings in Laos.

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llX God Member Offline "Absolute power corrupt." Posts: 2685 Gender: Age: 36 Awards: 2	Re: Fishing in Laos. Reply #7 - 12^th Apr, 2011 at 2:24am But accident and drowning happen. In the U.S if you don't have enough life jacket on the boat you'll get fine.
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llX God Member Offline "Absolute power corrupt." Posts: 2685 Gender: Age: 36 Awards: 2	Re: Fishing in Laos. Reply #8 - 12^th Apr, 2011 at 2:26am PEACE wrote on 11^th Apr, 2011 at 8:40pm: I still love setting up trot lines and then come back the next morning to see what is being caught. Usually it is catfish. I used to do that. A little fishing pole put about 20 of them on the rice fields and check them the next morning. Sometime you'll catch a nice one.
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Reply #9 - 12^th Apr, 2011 at 10:31pm

What do you catch in the rice field? I remember catching mainly bar duke and bar gkau from a lake and rice field not far from our village.
llX wrote on 12^th Apr, 2011 at 2:26am:

PEACE wrote on 11^th Apr, 2011 at 8:40pm:

I still love setting up trot lines and then come back the next morning to see what is being caught. Usually it is catfish.

I used to do that. A little fishing pole put about 20 of them on the rice fields and check them the next morning. Sometime you'll catch a nice one.
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Larb Dip God Member Offline Lao Pride, and No. 1 Lao Pride Admin' fan from NZ! Posts: 1383 Hadxaifong, Vientiane Gender: Age: 37 Awards: 1	Re: Fishing in Laos. Reply #10 - 12^th Apr, 2011 at 10:49pm Admin Saovaluck wrote on 11^th Apr, 2011 at 11:13pm: There's probably no need for a life vest. Another thing is that their boats are unsinkable because they are made out of wood. I haven't heard of any drownings in Laos. That's a lie.
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Re: Fishing in Laos.
Reply #11 - 13^th Apr, 2011 at 5:25am

We also catch ba duk, and ba kor.

PEACE wrote on 12^th Apr, 2011 at 10:31pm:

What do you catch in the rice field? I remember catching mainly bar duke and bar gkau from a lake and rice field not far from our village.
llX wrote on 12^th Apr, 2011 at 2:26am:

PEACE wrote on 11^th Apr, 2011 at 8:40pm:

I still love setting up trot lines and then come back the next morning to see what is being caught. Usually it is catfish.

I used to do that. A little fishing pole put about 20 of them on the rice fields and check them the next morning. Sometime you'll catch a nice one.
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Re: Fishing in Laos.
Reply #12 - 13^th Apr, 2011 at 12:57pm

Man I did enjoy cathcing those crabs in the rice field and had encountered many cobras as well.

llX wrote on 13^th Apr, 2011 at 5:25am:

We also catch ba duk, and small catfish.

PEACE wrote on 12^th Apr, 2011 at 10:31pm:

What do you catch in the rice field? I remember catching mainly bar duke and bar gkau from a lake and rice field not far from our village.
llX wrote on 12^th Apr, 2011 at 2:26am:

PEACE wrote on 11^th Apr, 2011 at 8:40pm:

I still love setting up trot lines and then come back the next morning to see what is being caught. Usually it is catfish.

I used to do that. A little fishing pole put about 20 of them on the rice fields and check them the next morning. Sometime you'll catch a nice one.
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Re: Fishing in Laos.
Reply #13 - 13^th Apr, 2011 at 4:33pm

I remember catching crabs in the rice fields at 6-7 years of age.

I see a bunch of tiny holes and I'd be sticking my hand and arm into the holes and not realizing there could be snakes in there. I didn't know any better I guess, but, I did catch a bucket load...hehe.

During the time, fishing in the Mekong river with my grandfather trot lines were the way to go.

I was at the age of 7, I remembered one night encountering a human carcass (decompose body) faced down in the water next to where we were fishing (3-5 feet away from our boat). The crazy thing was my grandfather used a long bamboo pole and shoved the body out of the way and continued checking on the lines like it was nothing. I was gripping on the edge of the boat terrified to death. LOL

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Re: Fishing in Laos.
Reply #14 - 13^th Apr, 2011 at 4:45pm

Admin Saovaluck wrote on 11^th Apr, 2011 at 11:13pm:

This is not true. I've witnessed a lot of drowning due to high rough currents and/or their body tire from swimming. Experience swimmers or not you could die at any given time. The reason people don't wear life vest is because of costs and it's availability or people just can't afford it. They have to fish to survive. Every day they go out in the water they are risking their lives to make ends meet. The wooden boat can be pulled underwater by the current for certain period of time and you'll never know where it could end up, further away or close to you.

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