Fishing on the Lower Zambezi

In early July we went for a short weekend trip to visit another Zambian highlight: the lower Zambezi River where tiger fishing reigns supreme! Tiger fish have lots of sharp teeth and apparently are a good fighting fish! We wouldn't know because we didn't catch a single fish! Our boat driver said that it was too cold so the fish were deep in the water...



The most exciting moment was when Peter reeled in his line - and we found that half of his little fish bait had been chewed off...Still great time to be on the river...

Peter fishing from the front of our little boat

Our boat driver/guide took us to his lucky fishing places,

but we still got nothin!

Sophie spent her time reading - while the rest of us fished.

John was really hoping to catch the BIG one...

Since we didn't have any luck fishing, we were happy to see the elephants

coming for water on the banks of the river

Bathing beauties!

Most places along the Zambezi have crocodiles - and the place where we stayed was no exception. The managers dog got too close to the river and his rear leg was chewed by a croc but he was able to move around pretty well on his three legs!