The taimen is the largest member of the salmonid family, which also includes trout and salmon. Taimen, also called giant Eurasian trout, is also known as Siberian taimen and Siberian salmon.
LARGEST OF THE TROUT SPECIES IN THE WORLD.
Now only found in the remote corner of Northern Mongolia, Hucho Taimen is known to the Chinese as “the river god’s daughter” it is a ferocious and even canibalistic predator growing to more than six feet (up to two meters) in length and can weigh up to 200 pounds or 91 kilograms.
But like many magnificent freshwater giants around the world, the taimen’s existence is now threatened.
Zeb Hogan of The Megafishes Project, along with National Geographic, continues his quest to find and protect the world’s largest freshwater fish in the frigid rivers of Mongolia – the Taimen.
Contact us here for more information about fishing in Mongolia for taimen.
Thanks for this compelling article. I look forward to more like it sometime soon. Cheers again
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Dang..whatta fish
I hear the Mongolian rivers are calling my name ;-)
Haha, you really must go at least once, Chris.
Yesss
I saw the pics.
It seems it was a great trip.
Something appears pretty huge…espicialy the fox ;-)
I tasted a lot of things and i am not to chicken to taste something “strange” but I don´t know whether I am a marmot type
When you are hungry… you’ll try almost anything!