Join aquatic ecologist Zeb Hogan continues his quest to find and protect the worlds largest freshwater fish in the frigid rivers of Mongolia. He will travel by plane, truck, and horseback to find the world’s largest trout known as the taimen (Hucho taimen). This is not your everyday dinner trout. This monster can grow up to 6 feet in length and weighs up to 200 pounds. Once king of the river, the taimen is starting to disappear. And as winter approaches and temperatures drop, Zeb will be up against a tight deadline. Join him and a team of scientists, anglers, and local Mongolians as they search for the worlds largest trout: the Taimen.
Monster Fish of Mongolia airs Monday at 10pm on the National Geographic Channel
July 12th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Tags: giant Eurasian trout · recreational fishing · research · taimen
4 responses so far ↓
1 Hillary // Jul 17, 2009 at 1:03 am
Sounds like it will be quite the adventure, good luck!
2 vandhana // Jul 17, 2009 at 5:00 am
Good luck Zeb!
3 Chinzorig // Jul 21, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Count me in Zeb
4 Jo // Sep 29, 2010 at 8:05 am
what happened now to the taimen? Is their gov’t now involved in its conservation?
Watching the show and see the gold mining activity is sad. Seems that its impact on their rich and beautiful rivers is not well thought or considered.
Its pretty neat to find, catch and release these magnificent giants.
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