After the catching of Altai Osman, we headed back to the direction where we came from..... The White Lake or locally known as Terkhin Tsagaan Nuur....
We cut through trails of volcanogenic land scape......
My horse seems to have a mind of its own.... Oh no I don't want to go there.... TURN! TURN!
Our guest house by the lake.....
A sudden hail storm down pour......
But, it doesn't continue after Simon and Kenny caught their first Pike here..... Well, they are the luckiest ones,.... and it turns out they are the only two persons that caught the fish from this White Lake.....
A closed up of it's colourful scale....
Hoe hooked up a Taimen....
Wow! Lovely!....
Congrats to Hoe.... Cheers!
Beautiful coloured scales....
Oh Yes! One for Siu Keong too,... It was a dream come true for catching this monster fish - Taimen.... He had been pestering me to bring him here some time ago, finally...... Congratulations Man!
Ha Ha Ha! A consolation prize for Kew..... Well done!!
What about me?... Nothing, nil, zipped..... I did hook up a biggie but the hook gave up on me. Sorry! No picture from me.... Sighhhh. A beautiful dusk comforted me......Sighhh.
Well, there is no promise of a catch in fishing..... The Chuluut River result was awfully bad compared to my previous trips here.... Later, we found out from the locals that a year ago there was a gold mine set up at the upper part of the river resulting in a deluge of pollution..... The affected angry locals staged a major protest and the goverment decided to shut down the operation. But the damage has been done and it will take a long time for the river to recover....... What a sad story.... Another good fishing spot gone from this world.... Even though the catch wasn't that fruitful, our hearts stay united and cheerful, and appreciate what this river had to offer..... thanks to my fishing buddies....
YES!
Finally, a Pike was landed.....
Stunning evening sky after some action at the lake.....
Everyone was very hard working the next morning......
Nice Perch for Kenny.....
Woooo! The three stooges with their catch.... ha ha ha!
Yes! A biggie for Danny..... Cheers!
Everyone was happily rewarded through out the morning.......
Care to try an open snooker game under the sun?.... this is new!...
Our comfortable Mongolian Ger (Guest House).....
A glimpse inside...... beautiful decor....
Not bad! Plenty of catches.......
Pike, Pike after Pike.....
This small hill was one of the erupted volcano crater....
Finally, the White Lake... This freshwater lake was formed by the volcanic eruptions of Khorgiin Togoo
and some other volcanoes many many years ago..... And is surrounded by a few mountainous ranges.....
The beautiful surroundings of the lake....
Flora around this area....
Not every nomadic family goes about their daily chores all by horses.... sometimes using a bike is more efficient... unless they are short of time which is very uncommon to the locals, who usually takes at least two hours of their own sweet time for lunch..... Life is really slow here.....
horse riding....
After the hail storm stopped,...the Pike in the lake started to take a bite on the lures....
Cheers! Toasting for a better catch on our next spot.....
Heading to our next destination.... Chuluut River
Chuluut River - A beautiful river run through basaltic canyons platform created by magma from volcanoes... This amazing deep gorges and snaking canyon continue to run for at least 100km on.....
Beautiful river indeed......
Look at the amazing deep gorgeous canyons.....
My Lenok! Perfect catch..... Yes!
Ogii Lake - Our final destination..... This small lake is very shallow with approximately 40% of the lake
not deeper than 3 meters.... Panaromic view of the lake surroundings......
Due to the shallow bank of the lake, I had to wade in further into the lake to cast my lures a little bit deeper. Though the sun is blazing hot but the water was freezing cold....
Wow! Yes! My first Mongolian Perch.... What a beauty!
Yape! Another Pike for me....
Well, some Pikes are kept for our meal..... Simply done and was a delicacy for every boddies....
Fishing resumed that everning with a rented boat.....
Soon our journey ends..... Guess what are these round balls at the shore of the lake?....
The answer is horse dung after being rolled around with the tide..... ha ha!
What a wonderful 19 days trip it was for all of us..... Thanks for your patience and happy reading...... Bye!!
