Local Wildlife

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New Year fishing at Bolgoda Lake for Japanese couple.

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Around New Year time, Kiyoshi san and his wife have the habit to come fishing at Bolgoda Lake for 3 days.

This year as usual our guide Shaktivel welcomed them and put them on good fishing spots. Despite some unusual tough fishing condition, Shakti has managed to found places with activity and they caught fish every day. Biggest fish of the trip was caught by Kiyoshi san, a beautiful Golden Barramundi, his first fish of 2019 !

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Here are some pictures send by Kioshi san.

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Thanks to gave us your confidence to bring you fishing at Bolgoda lake and we are really waiting to see you again in Sri Lanka. Maybe next time for GT's

Nico - Head Fishing Guide

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When a drone give you another perspective of our fishing ground...

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Yesterday was the last fishing day of a 3 days trips with our regular angler Yamada san from Japan.

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Our friend Devinda came to join us also with his drone and took some stunning shots. Full report will come soon.

Nico - Head Fishing Guide

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Third fishing trip for our regular japanese angler Yamada & Sahara

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Yamada and Sahara fished for the 3rd time Bolgoda Lake and it was 3 nice fishing days like usual.

The first day Yamada caught a nice Wild Golden Barramundi and they caught so much Mangrove Jack : 23 in one day !!!

Sportfishing Lanka Bolgoda Lake Wild Golden Barramundi Bomber Long A Gold

The second day, Yamada lost a big barra just before to put the fish on the landing net and they caught some juvenile GT's and some usual MJ.

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Last day, Sahara caught an usual catch : a cuda.

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Afternoon session, they concentrate their effort on the elusive featherback and finally Yamada caught it's first ever, he was so happy.

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Another great trip in Bolgoda Lake for our regular anglers from Japan.

See you soon guys !!

Nico - Head Fishing Guide

 

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Numa Marengo & Ryusuke from Predator Magazine at Bolgoda Lake

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French journalist, wildlife enthusiast and chief editor of the famous, French angling magazine “Predator”, Numa Marengo and Japanese price winning Daiwa angler, Ryusuke, joined our fishing guide Nico for six action filled days at Bolgoda Lake.

Barramundi Numa Marengo Predator Magazine Fishing Bolgoda Lake Sri Lanka

Bolgoda has a healthy stock of Mangrove Jack, which is one of Numa’s favorite predators to fish for. On this trip though, his goal was a hard fighting Barramundi.

On the other hand for Ryusuke, the aim was set on catching his first Featherback.

The weather for the trip was quite stable with shining sun and a bit of wind. Just a couple of times during the last two days the rain fell heavy in monsoon like ,short 15 minutes bursts.

Unfortunately for Ryusuke, the levels of salt content in the lake had begun to increase as it is connected to the sea. This means that his target species the Featherback, seeks refuge in remote areas with a higher level of fresh water.

For Numa though, it meant very good news, as the saltwater loving Barramundi is more plentiful and aggressive.

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During the trip they had very good action, with 25 bites some days, mostly catching the aggressive Mangrove Jack.

Numa missed a very big Barramundi fishing close to the old prawn traps, charging inside the trap and wrapping itself around the bamboo sticks the hook lost its grip. These fish are smart!

On the 4th day Ryusuke, finally landed his first Featherback, just in the corner of an old prawn trap where they usually are seen in high numbers when the salt content is lower in Bolgoda. Numa was also able to manage a bite of a Featherback, using the Drop Shot technique, which is probably a first in Sri Lanka.

Featherback Ryusuke Daiwa Fishing Bolgoda Lake Sri Lanka

On the last day of their stay Numa had a great day, catching several “Barras” between 4- 5kg and finishing the day on top with a good size of 8-10kg.

Barramundi Numa Marengo Predator Magazine Fishing Bolgoda Lake Sri Lanka

Both Numa and Ryusuke were very happy with the trip and recommend the destination highly. Especially when they realized that Bolgoda Lake not only offers great fishing, it also offers a great variety of wildlife with the diverse birdlife, big monitor lizards, monkeys and last but not least the huge Saltwater Crocodiles whom are plentiful in the lake.

Sportfishing Lanka Team

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