Trout

**poorfalang** · 08-07-2013, 01:07 PM

Is there any trout in Thailand.
as in the fish, fresh water fish

**bsnub** · 08-07-2013, 01:09 PM

Doubt it. To warm for trout.

**Davis Knowlton** · 08-07-2013, 01:13 PM

Originally Posted by poorfalang

Is there any trout in Thailand.
as in the fish, fresh water fish

Yes. Trout are not native to Thailand, but they are farmed somewhere near Chiang Mai/Rai - I believe it is a Royal Family project.

**Norton** · 08-07-2013, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

they are farmed somewhere near Chiang Mai/Rai - I believe it is a Royal Family project

Yep. Rainbows.

**The Big Fella** · 08-07-2013, 01:48 PM

Seen trout in both Tesco and Makro. Not cheap and farmed not wild.

**poorfalang** · 08-07-2013, 02:03 PM

^ cheers fellas, i was thinking of growing some but by the looks of it, no chance

Originally Posted by The Big Fella

Seen trout in both Tesco and Makro. Not cheap and farmed not wild.

those i have seen it too, but hey i did not specify

**Norton** · 08-07-2013, 02:06 PM

Agree. No chance. There is some good fly fishing in Thailand's mountains. No trout as we know except a close facsimile called a Burmese Trout.

**FailSafe** · 08-07-2013, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

Originally Posted by poorfalang

Is there any trout in Thailand.
as in the fish, fresh water fish

Yes. Trout are not native to Thailand, but they are farmed somewhere near Chiang Mai/Rai - I believe it is a Royal Family project.

Yup- I had one at a restaurant in CM a few years ago that was at the breeding enclosure- kind of small and tasteless, which isn't unusual for the captive variety.

**piwanoi** · 14-07-2013, 08:34 AM

Snake heads (Pla Chon) are far tastier than trout and easy to farm and the big ones bring a good price too, only thing is you have to fence the pond off as they are inclined to wander off in the rainy season .

**andy62** · 18-07-2013, 12:37 AM

[quote=poorfalang;2502617]^ cheers fellas, i was thinking of growing some but by the looks of it, no chance

Possible poorfalang if you can get hold of some fingerlings and bring them on! again useing aquaponics, but it is too hot for them in Thailand! but I hear of a Aussie whom cools the water for them, by the aid of a car radiator?

Would be of intrest to me?

**Balance** · 18-07-2013, 07:53 AM

Piwanoi, don't snakeheads eat each other;I mean the bigger ones eating the smaller ones. That's got to be a problem.

Raising something exotic out here must bring in big bucks if you supply the right restaurants with lots of Chinese customers. Those Chinese seem to like anything different or weird.

**piwanoi** · 18-07-2013, 08:03 AM

Originally Posted by Balance

Piwanoi, don't snakeheads eat each other;I mean the bigger ones eating the smaller ones. That's got to be a problem.

Raising something exotic out here must bring in big bucks if you supply the right restaurants with lots of Chinese customers. Those Chinese seem to like anything different or weird.

Yeah they are cannibals without a doubt as many species fish are,(even trout) but if you buy them all the same size, like buying fingerlings that eliminates the problem , I believe they are farmed quite Successfully all over the far east ,the video shows just one of them

**poorfalang** · 18-07-2013, 09:57 AM

Is that news to you lot?
i have trout much bigger than that
are those guys yankees?

**piwanoi** · 18-07-2013, 02:06 PM

Hey Poorfalang , is yours anything like these babys!

**billy the kid** · 18-07-2013, 05:26 PM

get your trout ouwt.

**Rural Surin** · 18-07-2013, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by Norton

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

they are farmed somewhere near Chiang Mai/Rai - I believe it is a Royal Family project

Yep. Rainbows.

Have to wonder what farmed/retained trout might taste like...loosing that wild gamey state.

**andy62** · 18-07-2013, 06:52 PM

Hello Rural Surin, I must agree with you in farm reared trout will loose some of the wild game taste! same could be said for pheasant, quail and wild boar? But then again farm reared! feed controled, diease free, people supply demand, lower costs to you and me?

**poorfalang** · 19-07-2013, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by billy the kid

get your trout ouwt.

you bladdy killing me

Originally Posted by Rural Surin

Have to wonder what farmed/retained trout might taste like...loosing that wild gamey state.

how about if you farm it wildly?

**piwanoi** · 19-07-2013, 04:21 PM

A guy I know who lives not far from has got a novel way of feeding his Talapia , he hangs a large phosphorescent bug light over his pond about a foot above the water which has a cover on top to stop the rain shorting it out, over the night tens of thousands of all kinds of insects that are attracted by it fall in the water thus becoming natural fish food !

**jamescollister** · 19-07-2013, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by piwanoi

A guy I know who lives not far from has got a novel way of feeding his Talapia , he hangs a large phosphorescent bug light over his pond about a foot above the water which has a cover on top to stop the rain shorting it out, over the night tens of thousands of all kinds of insects that are attracted by it fall in the water thus becoming natural fish food !

I did similar but used solar lights, works well at certain times of year.
Made no different s in the long run, all the fish got stolen, but the lights remain. Jim

**Rural Surin** · 19-07-2013, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by andy62

Hello Rural Surin, I must agree with you in farm reared trout will loose some of the wild game taste! same could be said for pheasant, quail and wild boar? But then again farm reared! feed controled, diease free, people supply demand, lower costs to you and me?

Thanks, but I don't drink Kool-Aid.

**Balance** · 19-07-2013, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by piwanoi

A guy I know who lives not far from has got a novel way of feeding his Talapia , he hangs a large phosphorescent bug light over his pond about a foot above the water which has a cover on top to stop the rain shorting it out, over the night tens of thousands of all kinds of insects that are attracted by it fall in the water thus becoming natural fish food !

It's probably not a bad idea to do this if you live near a natural water source. I'd rather have the bugs over in the pond or canal than swarming around my house. Might also help to add a bit of weight to the wild fish.

**poorfalang** · 24-07-2013, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by jamescollister

Made no different s in the long run, all the fish got stolen, but the lights remain. Jim

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