Tracking the World’s Largest Salmon With Sonar

I bet taimen was not what came to mind after reading that headline.

These fish, more widely known as taimen (“TIE-men”), split early from the salmon evolutionary tree.  These ancient fish are found only in Asia. One characteristic certainly sets them apart from all others in the great salmon family – they are the biggest, capable of reaching over 2 meters (6 feet) in length and living over 30 years.

LINK (via National Geographic)

Oct. Slab of the Month: Monster Taimen

Andy P. sent this one in today.  Looks like he got one of his dudes on a bit of a slab. 

Angler: Andrew Stephenson, Delger Muron, Mongolia

Get some: Fish Mongolia

Slab of the Millenium?

Arguably one of the single greatest pieces of fish porn we've ever seen. This one came to us second hand so we don't know any of the details..... other than that is one big ass taimen.

Update on Friday, December 11, 2009 at 12:13PM by El Guapo

All you 2009 Slab of the Month winners can breathe a sigh of relief when it comes to the year end big dance, this is not an "official" slab entry.

Monster Fish

Ran across this great Nat Geo Monster Fish episode last night on comcast on demand.  Zeb and Chum buddy Andy Parkinson hunt taimen and discuss several related issues.  Nice little bonus came at the 31 minute mark with the Chum decal on the door of the Russian assault vehicle.