Siberian taimen (Hucho taimen), also known as the common taimen (Russian: Обыкнове́нный тайме́нь, romanized: Obyknovénnyĭ taĭménʹ), Siberian giant trout or Siberian salmon, is a species of salmon-like ray-finned fish from the genus Hucho in the family Salmonidae.

These fish have gray-green heads with streamlined bodies that blend to reddish brown in the tail. While their bellies are nearly white, the fins are often dark red. It is not just their size that...

Sep 6, 2022 · Armed with stout fly rods and foot-long, articulated streamers, fly fishers in Mongolia or Russia can spend days looking for a taimen willing to feed, but once a fish makes up its mind, it chases down its prey with remarkable speed and aggression.

Jan 20, 2016 · A group of ancient species that occupy a unique ecological niche, taimen are the largest salmonids in the world. Taimen can live over 30 years and reach 6 feet in length and over 100 pounds in weight.

Oct 1, 2021 · Taimen (Hucho taimen), simply put, are the world’s largest salmonid, which includes all species of trout, salmon, char, grayling, and whitefish. According to National Geographic, they get up to a whopping 230 pounds and 80 inches, but a trophy is usually considered anything over 50 inches in length. Most mature taimen are over 30 pounds.

Jan 10, 2022 · Here's your taimen fishing instruction manual and angling guide. The taimen is the world's largest salmonid, and that should get any prospective fisherman excited. Once found over large areas of Russia, Mongolia, and China, the species is threatened by overfishing and habitat destruction, but anglers the world over shouldn't dismay just yet.

Hucho is a genus of large piscivorous salmonid fish known as taimens (from Finnish taimen, 'trout', through Russian: тайме́нь, romanized: taĭménʹ), and is closely related to Pacific trout and lenoks (all belonging to the same tribe in the subfamily Salmoninae).

Jun 18, 2022 · Siberian Taimen (Hucho taimen) is the largest representative of the salmon family. It can reach over 132 pounds (60 kilograms) in weight and up to 2 yards (2 meters) in length. It inhabits the cold rivers of Siberia and Mongolia and never goes to sea. It mainly keeps near deep holes close to the shore. This species is active day and night.

This amazing fish weighed in at a massive 67 pounds (30.4 kilograms) and was awarded the IGFA 20-pound-test tippet record. His catch also proved that the Konin and Tugur rivers were good places to do it.