Trout Fish In Lesotho

It couldnt have been easy and it makes me appreciate every trout I find in far-flung corners of the world just a little bit more.

Trout fish in lesotho. Typical catches include brown trout rainbow trout and smallmouth yellowfish all of which were introduced by local anglers in the 1950s while the indigenous barbel and Maloti minnow tend to be found at lower altitudes. The steep contours of the upper valleys make it difficult for goats to get from A to B forget a 4x4. The fly-fishing costs LSL18000 per person per day which is a Maletsunyane River Conservation Fund.

My experiences on this river lead me to believe that these trout are very territorial. The Maletsunyane River been one. The roads in Lesotho are engineering feats worthy of comment.

Highlands trout fish market Maseru Lesotho. But it seems that conditions deep in the. This is stocked with the local Trout fish and Yellowfish the preferred fish eaten by the Basotho local in and around Ha Lejone.

The top 20 km of this river near the Drakensberg escarpment has a population of trout that are essentially isolated from the rest of Lesothos trout population since someone stocked them up there some time ago no idea when. ONLY FLY-FISHING IS PERMITTED and a policy of releasing all fish must be adhered to. Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss syn.

The unspoilt highland streams and rivers of Lesotho are renowned for offering superb technical fly-fishing in a pretty and dramatic mountainous setting. Salmo gairdneri brown trout Salmo trutta common carp Cyrprinus carpio largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides and bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus. Fishing the tributaries to the Senqu River produces some quality Rainbow Trout Brown Trout and Small Mouth Yellows.

The Senqu being the main catchment will dirty fast and take longer to clean after a good rainfall. We sell grilled raw stuffed or marinated trout fish with 100 omega3 at mookoli Molise carwash. Brown and Rainbow Trout were stocked in the Maletsunyane River in the late 50s.