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Binni (Labeobarbus bynni) is a large Nile barbel with prominent barbels around the mouth, found in the Nile and Lake Nasser. A respected food fish among Egyptian and Nubian fishers, it feeds on the bottom over gravel and sand and is taken on natural baits.
-fish dough, bread, maize or worms over gravel and sand in flowing Nile water, by day.
Nile, Lake Nasser, flowing freshwater
Warm season; flowing water near the , daytime.
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Light–medium rig (light ), fished on the bottom in flowing freshwater.
Dough or worms legered on the in flowing freshwater.
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Nile barbel (Labeobarbus bynni), Lake Nasser fishers' name
source: WorldFish Lake Nasser report ↗Best conditions: Warm season; flowing water near the bottom, daytime.
The binni has been a valued Nile food fish since antiquity and is mentioned in records of the historic Nile fisheries.