Successes



Golden Nile perch

In January 2010 Jakub Vágner and his teem went on a breakthrough expedition to Lake Turkana in Kenya. The aim was to map the population of the Nile perch. Turkana Lake, the world’s largest desert lake, is probably hiding the biggest perches in the world. During the course of the expedition, a rare Golden Nile was caught perch that has not been seen for more than 30 years.

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Trophy pike

 In December 2009, Jakub Vágner caught a trophy pike 141 cm long. 

In December 2009, Jakub succeeded to catch several big pikes during the 3 days fishing on ice in his homeland - Czech Republic. The biggest of them had 141 cm.

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Mystery fish called goonch

In June 2009, Jakub Vágner was invited to the National Geographic Channel expedition that led to the mystery goonch, which lives in the territory of India.

During the expedition, they achieved to catch two pieces of this rare fish. The bigger of them had 75 kg and is the biggest goonch that has been caught by sport fisherman and will be probably considered as a world record by the International Game Fish Association – IGFA.

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Himantura chaophraya

In May 2009, Jakub Vágner organized an expedition to the basin of the river Bang Pakong in Thailand. The aim of this expedition was to catch the Giant freshwater stingray with the Latin name Himantura chaophraya.

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Lates angustifrons

In September 2008, Jakub Vágner led an expedition to the Lake Tanganyika. The aim was to catch one of the world’s biggest freshwater fish with the Latin name Lates angustifrons.

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Taimen

In July 2008, Jakub Vágner and his teem went on a successful expedition to the world’s biggest salmon fish, Taimen.

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Brachyplatystoma filamentosum

In February 2008, Jakub achieved to catch the giant Amazon catfish – goliath catfish (Brachyplatystoma filamentosum) with a weight of 190 kg.

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Alligator Gar

In May 2007, Jakub Vágner went on a successful expedition to Alligator Gar to Texas. During the 14 day expedition, several gars could be caught weighing more than 70 kg. The biggest piece was a gar with a weight of 90 kg.

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Tiger Fish

In March 2007, Jakub Vágner and his teem went on an expedition to Congo to one of the biggest freshwater legends, the giant Tiger Fish. The expedition could catch several pieces with a weight up to 37 kg.

 

 

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Arapaima gigas (2007)

In February 2007, Jakub Vágner and his cameraman Jiri Streda led another expedition to Amazon to find the mythic Arapaima gigas. During this expedition, several big Arapaima were caught, and for the first time, the limit of 100 kg has been crossed.

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147 catfish within 40 hours

In September 2006, 147 catfish were caught within 40 hours of fishing.

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Arapaima gigas (2005)

A catch of the legendary fish of Amazon, Arapaima gigas in 2005.

 

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