Fishing
Nepal is a land of diverse topography, climate,
ethnicity and biodiversity. Within an average breadth of about 150 km, the
altitude varies from 60 meter above sea level to the world's highest peak
Mount Sagarmatha scaling 8848 km it has three large river basins namely
Koshi in the east, Narayani in the central and Karnali in the west.
The rivers of Nepal supports more than 100 species of
fish including the human size catfish known as Gonch, famous sporting
fish the Mahasheer and delicious species the Jalkapoor.
Some important game fishes of Koshi and other rivers of Nepal
S. No
Common/ Local Name
Scientific Name
Size
Weight
Habitat
Bait
Season
1.
Mahasheer/ Sahar
Tor putitora
2.5 m
50 kg
Large and deep rivers
Fish
Mar. -May./Sept. - Dec
2.
Deep
Bodied Mahasheer Tor
tor
3 m
50
kg Large
and deep rivers Fish
Mar.
- May/Sept - Dec
3.
Copper Mahasheer /Katle Acrossocheilus
hexagonolepis
.6 m
5 kg
Large and deep river
Fish and meat
Mar- June / Sep. - Nov.
4.
Fresh
Water Shark/Gounch Bagarius
bagarius
3 m
+ 100
kg + Large
and Deep rivers Fish
Mar.
- May/Sept - Dec.
5.
Jalkapoor Clupisoma
gaura
.5 m
1 kg
Large and deep rivers
Worms and meat
Mar. May/Sept. Dec
6.
Fresh
Water Eel/Raj Bam Anguilla
bengalensis
3 m
18
kg River
and pools Frogs
and worms Mar
- May/ Sept. - Dec.
7.
River Catfish/ Bachawa Silondia
silondia
.5 m
2.5 kg
River confluence
Worms and meat
Mar - May/ Sept. - Dec
8.
Giant
Murrel/ Saur Channa
maurilus
2.5
15
River,
stream and lakes Worms,
fish and insects Feb.
- May/Sept to Dec
9.
Mud Eel/Hile Bam Amphipnous
(Monopterus) cuchia
.8 m
1.5 kg
River, stream, lakes and swamps
Meat
Feb. - Apr.
10.
Feather
Back/ Patali Notopterus
notopterus
.4
cm 2 kg
River,
streams and lakes Worm,
insects and meat Feb.
- May / Sept - Dec
11.
Knife Fish/ Chitala Notopterus
chitala
1 m
8 kg
River, streams and lakes
Worms, insect and meat
Feb. - May / Sept - Dec
12.
Catfish/Buari
Wallago
attu
1.8
m 12
kg River,
streams and lakes Fish,
insects and meat Feb.
- June/Sept. - Nov.
13.
Tenger Catfish/ Tengri Mystus
seenghala
.4 m
14 kg
River streams
Fish, insects and meat
Jan - June/Sept. - Nov
Bait species
S. No.
Important fish species as baits Predatory
species
Common Name
Scientific
Name Common Name
1.
Flying
Barb
Esomus
danricus
Mahasheer
and Catfish
2.
Sucker Head
Garra gotyla
Mahasheer
3.
Singhe
Catfish
Heteropneustes
fossilis
Catfish,
Fresh Water Shark ‘Buster’
4.
River Barb
Puntius chillinoides
Copper Mahasheer
5.
Gravel
Catfish
Glyptothorax
telchitta
Mahasheer
6.
Torrent Minnow
Barilius sps
Mahasheer
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