Vietnam Report (with lots of pics!)

[mstr fish]

Awesome report. One could only imagine the experiance unless experianced first hand. I am sure you will remember forever. Thanks for taking the time to report.....................fish

[4g63power]

awesome report and pic! sorry about no boom boom haha jk..thanks for posting

[usmcfisherman]

my dad was in nam 67-69.and wen they wernt fightn they fished and loved the place.
awsome report.

[CoffeaRobusta]

Sweet pics man. Lots of different little crazy fishes!
Looks like a fun trip!

Thanks, it was fun. I wish I knew what those little fishes were.

Amazing photos and a great narrative as well. I would really like to go there some day. Thanks for the great post.

Do it! Bring your rod too man. It's a different world, man.

Thankyou for sharing the awesome photos and experience...

that picture of the reclined buddha sure brings back some long, distant childhood memory. i've been there before, but i can vaguely remember it...

sure does inspire me to plan a trip of my own to visit VN. It's been almost twenty years!!

Try over 35 years for me with no memories. I wouldn't mind going back to that buddha and hiking up the mountain rather than takin the cable car.

Thanks for sharing your trip on FNN. Great pics. They tell a story on their own. Welcome back

Thanks troutman....it's good to be back.

Man, I've been waiting for this report.
Excellent report and very well done!
Those pics brings back some great memories from my youth. Even though I was pretty much a city boy growing up in Saigon (which is now called Ho Chi Minh City), I always love visiting relatives in the countryside.

One day, I'm going to make some time and visit the homeland... left there in 1975 and haven't been back.

That is great that you found the time to get some fishing in. I like the high-tech drag system that they have on those bamboo poles.
I wonder if there are any Halibut in those waters...

Thanks for sharing your experience.

It's not quite the same place it was then, form what people tell me. looks like there's a rising middle class. But that's true for much of SE asia. I never did try one of those bamboo poles, but wouldn't mind tryin. Hey if there's halibut there, wingnut, I know you'll find them. ;)

Thanks for the read and pictures!

Thanks!

Are you F'ing kidding me??? i was born in Can Tho too!!!!! i've never been back but these pics look awesome...
i look forward to being able to go back some one day even more now.. thanks CR..

mmm. my only question is.. err. you don't look too asian... background story??? just wondering..

Story of my life. Nobody ever gets my ethnicity right. Mexican, native american, arab, one guy in Vietnam thought I was Japanese! Vietnamese mother, American dad....I guess I take after dad. Even my sister looks more asian than I. No shoot?! You were born in Can Tho too? Funny thing is I was only born there because my Mom was on here way back home to give me up to grandma. I guess I am lucky she changed her mind.

Fishing looks dangerous there...those dudes are wearing helmets in the last pic.

Yeah, I thought that was hilarious. I figure they didn't want them stolen off their scooters OR (and I like this one better) death by falling coconut is a real problem there.

what a great post and pictures
thanks for sharing with us...especially those of us that have not experienced places like Vietnam
that is some beautiful countryside

thanks again....and i wish you well on your journey either here or there!
G$

Thanks, I have traveled Europe, but a place like Vietnam was very new to me.

Awesome report. One could only imagine the experiance unless experianced first hand. I am sure you will remember forever. Thanks for taking the time to report.....................fish

I am sure I will too, at least my gut will. LOL.

awesome report and pic! sorry about no boom boom haha jk..thanks for posting

Yeah well, my GF probablly wouldn't care for me comin home with some std. It wasn't for lack of offers though. If you ever wander around Saigon at night as a lone male, you will get dozens of offers for "massage boom boom'. Even from the cyclo drivers!

my dad was in nam 67-69.and wen they wernt fightn they fished and loved the place.
awsome report.

Sweet, maybe your dad is my dad. juz kiddin. My dad went over there as a merchant sailor running victory ships and then he stayed there to operate a floating power plant near Vung Tao. The power plant supplied electricity to a nearby base. I'd love to go back and fish all over SE asia.

[Fisherman57]

Very cool report! Thank you for sharing this!

Is that a TEAM 57 shirt I see? TEAM 57 IN VIETMAN! WooHoo!

[sansou]

Truly a fascinating report on many levels.

Thanks for taking the time to post the pics.

[bruce watson]

That is one beautiful country. I remember how crystal clear the water of the South China Sea was.

[gavin310]

thanks for the great "story"! was a good read. it's great how fishing is completely cross-cultural and uniting. my girlfriend is from thailand and i'd like to visit, but she said it's illegal to fish in the ocean there.

[olfishergal]

Really great read, I love the pics........thanks for sharing.........makes Nam seem more real to me.
OFG

[Badfish2]

Looks like an adventure for sure, vietnamese women are hot