When most people think about coming to Uganda to tour the country, very few people consider fishing as an option. One can decide not to dwell on just fishing but also being able to see the various species of fish that we have in our country.
Almost 25% of Uganda is covered by water because Uganda has water bodies that include lake George, Albert, Lake Kyoga, Lake Edward and not forgetting lake Victoria, the second largest fresh water body in the world. River Nile can also be an option for fishing and tourism at some points for example in Murchison Falls National Park, one can fish at the banks. Some of the fish in this place include the Nile Perch, Tiger fish among others.
Uganda has over 262 species of fish and most of them in the fresh waters of lake Victoria. Some of the species include the tilapia fish which also has different species like the singida tilapia known locally as "Ngege", the Sabaki tilapia, the wami tilapia, victoria tilapia,red breast tilapia, red belly tilapia, mozambique tilapia among others. Other kinds of fish include; the marbled lung fish, the lake Victoria deep water cat fish, the elephant snout fish, the long tail spiny eel, the silver cyprinid, Egyptian mouth-brooder, Dwarf Victoria mouthbrooder,
Gray bichir, Dark stonebasher, to mention but a few.
Gray bichir, Dark stonebasher, to mention but a few.
Fishing is fun, but at the same time we also have to be mindful of the number of species so that we do not exploit too many so that some species are eventually extinct. Fishing is done alot as a means of getting food but it can also be done for tourism purposes so that people can see the great wonders of Africa and Uganda in particular. So when did you last go on a fishing tour?
