anyone tried tinned sweetcorn as bait for pacu, any i have caught are either  on chicken heart or chicken, the ones i have caught are about the kilo mark

 

and i do not think they get much bigger in the ponds i fish in the ubon area

 

highlander

 

Yes i've caught them on sweetcorn, they will eat anything.

I've caught them on pineapple even banana.

I use bread,but as blackjack  said they eat everything. 

I throw nymphs at them on a fly rod at Pilot 111 near BKK, and have caught them up to around 5kg.  They're a real treat on a 3-4 weight fly rod.

 

Live and natural baits aren't allowed at Pilot 111, which is one of the challenges of fishing there.  Only artificials.

 

Edited January 26, 20188 yr by impulse

well got quite a surprise at eden in ubon using a live bait caught one in the 9/10 kg range

On ‎12‎/‎03‎/‎2018 at 4:57 PM, highlander403 said:

well got quite a surprise at eden in ubon using a live bait caught one in the 9/10 kg range

I bet that livened up your day!

 

I've had them to a couple of kilo's I guess on a 4 weight fly rod, and they pretty nearly strip the line to the backing on the first run.

yes it did make my day for sure amazing that i landed it as was only using braid but it was hooked in corner of mouth

also had a few   bite offs and one where hook broke not even sure what that was as it just took off and got snagged round some posts  on walkway

Yes I had a couple of broken hooks while I was still using my old trout flies for the Pacu at Pilot111.

 

Now I tie my own to much stronger hooks, and not a problem. Luckily the Pacu are nothing like as picky as wild trout in England, so my less than perfect flies still seem to work!

 

I also use PE2 braid as a leader, and as long as I check it regularly don't seem to have any problems with bite offs.