Featherbacks( Knifefishes)- Wild Fishing Thailand- BKKGUY

The family Notopteridae contains ten species of osteoglossiform (bony-tongued) fishes, commonly known as featherbacks and knifefishes. These fishes live in freshwater or brackish environments in Africa, and South and Southeast Asia.

With the denotation of "knifefish", the Notopterids should not be confused with Gymnotiforms, the electric knifefishes from South and Central America. Although their manner of swimming is similar and they are superficially similar in appearance.

Featherbacks have slender, elongated, bodies, giving them a knife-like appearance. The caudal fin is small and fused with the anal fin, which runs most of the length of the body. Where present, the dorsal fin is small and narrow, giving rise to the common name of "featherback". The fish swims by holding its body rigid and rippling the anal fin to propel itself forward or backwards.


I have the opportunity to fish this wonderful fish during their season period with my wife.
They are strong fighter. Whenever they got hookup, they did aerobatic jump out of the water.
The jump sights was awesome to watch !!!


Enjoys my youtube video and photos..

Photos highlight for the trip.

Selfie with my wife (bkklady)




Myself with the catch of the day.- 6KG



My wife with her featherback fish.

Beautiful scenery at the dam.











More catches...

Double hooked ups !!!




My wife tried her hand on handling the boat...



Awesome trip !!! Great fishing.



Thanks for reading my catch report...

For other fishing adventure trips, you can watch my other youtube video clips below.


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcuMtil7rLPEHiLVmlA99dQ

Yet another AWESOME post! Good job!

Thanks mate !!!

Love your post. Keep them coming!

Thanks you for sharing your fishing experiences!! Love seeing all the new species of fish you are introducing to the forum!! Great job!!

Those are such awesome fish. Florida is starting to get a large population of them.

Awesome post and love the fantastic video + photos, been enjoying your catch reports for years and hope you keep them coming.

Will do !!! Thanks for reading.

You most welcome. !!!

Thanks !!! Will keep my catch reports coming this way...

Totally Awesome!

HOLY SMOKES! I had one of those in my aquarium it was like 4" long. i had no idea they got that BIG!

They do grow really big in the wild.

So cool!

I used to sell those in the pet shop I worked at when going to A&M in the seventies. Never knew they got so big. Sure makes me get ideas.....

First of which, I can't help thinking when I look at those pics, "That fish probly tastes pretty good...." Especially in Thailand, a place I visited when a child but remember a lot of what I ate. Is the fish good table fare?

And, as a biologist and a businessman, I gotta wonder about the biology of the species and its potential for development here in Texas. I notice it is not on the Harmful or Potentially Harmful Exotic Species (black) List for Texas so it is open to possibilities. Surely tropical, but how old are those fish? If it spawns easy and grows fast, I can keep 'em warm in winter. Already got Peacock Bass, Redtail catfish, Tiger shovelnose, etc. at the farm and looking for others.

Always enjoy your posts thoroughly, keep 'em coming.