Nile Perch: 1980 in the SE corner of Zambia that touched Lake Tanganyika. The Nile perch were caught off the bottom at app 400 feet on cut bait. The large one weighed a bit over 125...

MTNYALA Loc: SE IL

1980 in the SE corner of Zambia that touched Lake Tanganyika. The Nile perch were caught off the bottom at app 400 feet on cut bait. The large one weighed a bit over 125 lbs. We were waiting a couple of days for a semi scheduled plane to take us back to N’dola for a commercial flight to Lusaka and home via London. Seemed like a good idea to go fishing.

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

MTNYALA wrote:

1980 in the SE corner of Zambia that touched Lake Tanganyika. The Nile perch were caught off the bottom at app 400 feet on cut bait. The large one weighed a bit over 125 lbs. We were waiting a couple of days for a semi scheduled plane to take us back to N’dola for a commercial flight to Lusaka and home via London. Seemed like a good idea to go fishing.

WOW, those are some BIG perch.
I don't think TEXAS even has perch that big.

Welcome to the stage Nyala.🤠👍

Huntm22 Loc: Northern Utah. - West Haven

MTNYALA wrote:

1980 in the SE corner of Zambia that touched Lake Tanganyika. The Nile perch were caught off the bottom at app 400 feet on cut bait. The large one weighed a bit over 125 lbs. We were waiting a couple of days for a semi scheduled plane to take us back to N’dola for a commercial flight to Lusaka and home via London. Seemed like a good idea to go fishing.

What a memory!!

Jeremy Loc: America

MTNYALA wrote:

1980 in the SE corner of Zambia that touched Lake Tanganyika. The Nile perch were caught off the bottom at app 400 feet on cut bait. The large one weighed a bit over 125 lbs. We were waiting a couple of days for a semi scheduled plane to take us back to N’dola for a commercial flight to Lusaka and home via London. Seemed like a good idea to go fishing.

BadFisherman.11 Loc: Central Texas

Here's as much information on Nile Perch as one could ask for. (they're huge

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Whitey Loc: Southeast ohio

MTNYALA wrote:

1980 in the SE corner of Zambia that touched Lake Tanganyika. The Nile perch were caught off the bottom at app 400 feet on cut bait. The large one weighed a bit over 125 lbs. We were waiting a couple of days for a semi scheduled plane to take us back to N’dola for a commercial flight to Lusaka and home via London. Seemed like a good idea to go fishing.

Them some big perch 🤪 memories 👍

Papa Jack Loc: Indianapolis

I agree it was a good idea to go fishing.

NJ219bands Loc: New Jersey

Wow 😮

FishermanLeeSonoma

Always a good idea to go fishing but damm, those are big perch....LOL

Justoldjim Loc: JUNCTION CITY, OR.

MTNYALA wrote:

1980 in the SE corner of Zambia that touched Lake Tanganyika. The Nile perch were caught off the bottom at app 400 feet on cut bait. The large one weighed a bit over 125 lbs. We were waiting a couple of days for a semi scheduled plane to take us back to N’dola for a commercial flight to Lusaka and home via London. Seemed like a good idea to go fishing.

WOW

Cichlacat Steve Loc: FL, MO, IL

Nile perch were introduced into Lake Victoria as a potential food source.

They became an invasive species there and decimated the native fish species endemic to the lake.

Many cichlids were eaten to their extinction. The cichlids there were an important native food source for the people living around the lake. As the native fish were decimated by the Nile perch, (which grew rapidly to giant sizes), both the Nile perch and the people living there starved.

Aquarists throughout the world have preserved many of the cichlid species wiped out by the Nile perch with the hope of reintroduction some day.

MTNYALA Loc: SE IL

There are a lot of fish in that lake that reminded me of salt water species. Sheepshead come to mid. And a fish shaped like a sea trout with huge eyes accentuated by black and white outline. The natives there netted small fish they call Kapenta. that are like sardines. They dry them on the sandy beaches under a blazing sun. I was once at a formal dinner in MX City and was surprised to find them as part of the appetizers. That along with fried cactus worms. I went with the fish.

Cichlacat Steve Loc: FL, MO, IL

The small fish were probably the cichlids. That’s exactly what they did with them. Dried then eaten.

MTNYALA Loc: SE IL

Nile Perch are in all of the rivers and lakes in Ethiopia. There have been some monsters pulled out of those rivers. Best I ever did there was trolling magnum Rebels. Lots of em caught in the 20 pound range. We had a small aluminum boat and a trolling motor. We’d swap Batteries in the Land Rover to start out fresh snd had a solar cell across the stern to boost it. This was in the croc filled Omo River.

Cichlacat Steve Loc: FL, MO, IL

A fun fish to catch for sure. They are on my bucket list.