spill
28-09-2007, 09:38
Just got back from my honeymoon - 3 days in Bangkok and 10 days in Koh Samui.
There didn't seem to be much information on Samui when I made a previous post, so I thought I would at least make a start. As it was my honeymoon, I obviously could not dedicate all my time to fishing.
In Bangkok, I had a day at Bungsamran for a bit of freshwater fishing. It was hard work landing about 30 Meekong and Striped Catfish up to approx 50lb (average over 30lb) and a Siamese Carp - 40lb.
On Samui, I stayed at the Sala Samui resort on Choengmon beach, on the North East coast of the island.
On arrival, I spoke to a couple of locals who appeared to be spinning from the beach at night in the lights of the hotel. They were actually trying to catch squid from the beach. They were there every night, but I never saw them catch one.
The first day I took out a kayak that was availble to hotel guests. I trolled a variety of plugs around the bay and made some casts drifting past a rocky island. This resulted in no takes or sign of any fish at all.
In the afternoon, a few locals arrived to fish of the rocks with line tied to the end of sticks. They were using sea snails gathered off the rocks on small hooks below a float to catch a few species of small fish. I joined them and caught a few of these brightly coloured fish. I got the impression that there was not much chance of decent sized fish from the shore.
Half way through the stay at Samui, I had a session at "Topcats", a freshwater fishing resort. 5 hours fishing with 3 rods (all tackle provided), 2 guides and bait ended up costing a very reasonable 2,100THB (approx £30). I missed a few takes and landed a Meekong cat (40lb?), an Arapiama (30+) and an Alligator Gar (approx 20lb). I would like to return to this place some day and stay in on of the house-boats.
Back to sea fishing - we booked a "big game fishing" boat trip through our rep. It only cost approx £30 per person for the whole day. I didn't expect much from the trip. On arrival, I was wishing that I had brought along my fishing tackle, as the stuff provided was a bit rubbish. The day was good fun. "Big game fishing" turned out to be fishing for small reef fish with squid for bait on 1/0 hooks. We both caught plenty of fish, some of which were cooked for our lunch.
My first impression of Koh Samui was that the sea fishing is not up to much. If you like catching mini-species, there is still something for the sea angler. The freshwater fishing was great at Topcats, and I would consider returning to Samui to fish this venue for a week.
There didn't seem to be much information on Samui when I made a previous post, so I thought I would at least make a start. As it was my honeymoon, I obviously could not dedicate all my time to fishing.
In Bangkok, I had a day at Bungsamran for a bit of freshwater fishing. It was hard work landing about 30 Meekong and Striped Catfish up to approx 50lb (average over 30lb) and a Siamese Carp - 40lb.
On Samui, I stayed at the Sala Samui resort on Choengmon beach, on the North East coast of the island.
On arrival, I spoke to a couple of locals who appeared to be spinning from the beach at night in the lights of the hotel. They were actually trying to catch squid from the beach. They were there every night, but I never saw them catch one.
The first day I took out a kayak that was availble to hotel guests. I trolled a variety of plugs around the bay and made some casts drifting past a rocky island. This resulted in no takes or sign of any fish at all.
In the afternoon, a few locals arrived to fish of the rocks with line tied to the end of sticks. They were using sea snails gathered off the rocks on small hooks below a float to catch a few species of small fish. I joined them and caught a few of these brightly coloured fish. I got the impression that there was not much chance of decent sized fish from the shore.
Half way through the stay at Samui, I had a session at "Topcats", a freshwater fishing resort. 5 hours fishing with 3 rods (all tackle provided), 2 guides and bait ended up costing a very reasonable 2,100THB (approx £30). I missed a few takes and landed a Meekong cat (40lb?), an Arapiama (30+) and an Alligator Gar (approx 20lb). I would like to return to this place some day and stay in on of the house-boats.
Back to sea fishing - we booked a "big game fishing" boat trip through our rep. It only cost approx £30 per person for the whole day. I didn't expect much from the trip. On arrival, I was wishing that I had brought along my fishing tackle, as the stuff provided was a bit rubbish. The day was good fun. "Big game fishing" turned out to be fishing for small reef fish with squid for bait on 1/0 hooks. We both caught plenty of fish, some of which were cooked for our lunch.
My first impression of Koh Samui was that the sea fishing is not up to much. If you like catching mini-species, there is still something for the sea angler. The freshwater fishing was great at Topcats, and I would consider returning to Samui to fish this venue for a week.