Category: Discoveries

Hello enthusiasts. Today I am going to present to you a fish present in our French Mediterranean waters, but also present in the Atlantic. This is a species commonly known as “crowned amberjack”. Its scientific name is “seriola dumerili”. It is a pelagic species of the Carangidae family. The Rodmaps team took ...

Developed by a team of Asian fishermen, the Jabbers brand arrives on our continent with the firm intention of revolutionizing the multi-strand rod sector and making you catch the biggest predatory fish on the planet. The initial observation is simple: the unavailability of finding on the market ...

Have you ever heard of Bonefish? Translated as “bone fish” or banana fish. Its scientific name is “Albula vulpes”. The Rodmaps team had the chance to meet some on its way in Mexico in 2013, on the island of Socotra in 2014 and in Belize in 2016. Morphology of ...

Hello fellow readers, today we are going to tell you about a fish known for its aerial faculties “the megalops atlanticus”, commonly called “Tarpon” or “Silver King”. Rodmaps went to meet him twice, in 2013 in Mexico and in 2016 in Belize. Morphology of the tarpon This fish can largely ...

We will introduce you to a fish from South America, known as the “vampire fish” or Payara. Its scientific name is “Hydrolycus Scomberoïdes”. It is part of the “Cynodontidae” family. Rodmaps went to meet him in the Mataven region, on the Rio Orinocco in Colombia ...

Today we are going to talk about a very particular fish, which is part of the Alestidae family, the “Hydrocynus vittatus”, commonly called “Tigerfish”. Not to be confused with its big cousin the Hydrocynus Goliath, which is much bigger than our main interested party. Rodmaps went to hunt him down in Botswana, ...

Today we are going to tell you about a mythical and emblematic fish: the Channa micropeltes, known under the name of "Giant snakehead". It is part of the Channidae family and lives in South East Asia. The Rodmaps team was lucky enough to be able to fish it in three different countries ...

If you are an avid fisherman, you must have heard of the peacock bass (Cichla Temensis) found on the tributaries of the Amazon in several countries in South America. It is THE iconic fish par excellence. Reputation that he has forged through his fighting spirit, his ...

In line with our last article on the golden masheer in India, this time we take you on an incredible adventure in the heart of the wild estuary of Papua New Guinea, in search of a predator considered to be the one of the most powerful freshwater fish on the planet: ...

We decided at Rodmaps to go and discover mythical predatory fish that inhabit the most remote waters of our planet. For this first, we take you to Asia to meet the Golden Mahseer. The Golden mahseer: sport fish par excellence For those ...