World Record Taimen

[solopaddler]

Somewhat surprised that one hasn't been taken in Mongolia where they're known to reside, but I guess Siberia's not too much different.

Worlds largest salmonid, and what's truly amazing about these fish is the small shallow rivers they inhabit.

Definitely one of my dream trips would be flyfishing for these beasts...

 

Anyhow check this out, an excerpt from the I.G.F.A. newsletter:

 

Edited November 29, 2007 by solopaddler

[highdrifter]

Excellent! That's a huge taimen. Good to know it was released, considering where it was caught. I've seen reports of such fish being caugnt, one such report in the Post, to which the angler had claimed to land on tackle, but it had the obvious scars from a gill net, so I don't think the brute made it back to the water...

 

An encouraging sign..

 

Thanks Solo!

 

cheers

HD

[Tacklebuster]

beautiful fish, I wonder how much it weighed?

[fishindevil]

WOW...What a beautiful looking fish !!!! man its got really nice shades of different colors,and he looks very healthy,too.I say around 65lbs...we will have to wait & see.. ..that would surly be a wonderful fishing trip to be in siberia fishing for them !!! thanks for sharing....cheers he is one lucky angler !!!!

[Kirk]

I've fished taimen waters...got skunked but plan on going back to take a second shot at them within the next 2 years.

[Moosebunk]

A dream

 

Looks like a cross between a brown and laker. Which in that part of the world could have been some long shot possibility eons ago.

[glen]

Nice looking fish.

 

 

There was a show on fishing taimen a few days ago. The guy got one nice one. Heck of a trip for one fish though.

[Greencoachdog]

I've read about fishin' for them. They use the rear end (hind quarters) of a local large rodent for bait!

[mattyk]

sweet looking fish.