Mt Rinjani Crater Lake

[schoesno1]

howdy folks
just a quick report on my most recent fishing
took a trip with family and a mate to indonesia to climb mt rinjani
mt rinjani is an old volcano with a huge crater that has filled up to create a big lake with a lot of fish including carp and snapper
the locals spend a lot of time fishing there with a variety of methods, small nets, rods(mainly telescopic cos you have to carry them up there) and bamboo fishing poles.
my mate and i tried with a bamboo pole that we borrowed for a few hours but unfortunatley we had no luck although there was a local guy who came past with a big carp and several smallish snapper
eventually we gave up and had a swim in the lake, the locals told us that it is 300m deep at the deepest point.
i wouldnt recommend the 4 day hike just for the fishing but the summit of this mountin was spectacular at sunrise.
a good trip was had by all

[tunaticer]

g'day schoesno1, I am curious what these "snapper" are they locals catch in this lake?? I presume it is freshwater seeing they are also catching carp, or could that be some foreign saltwater version i do not know about?

I've heard of some volcano craters in Indonesia that are fed by undersea rivers and the craters are full of normal sealife including jellyfish.

Jack.

[schoesno1]

well im not really sure if this lake had any under ground fed river or something as such
our guide and other locals called them snapper and i saw a few but didnt reall inspect them
it might be that they have just named these fish snapper
the water is definetly fresh cos we swam in it