rods specs & reels at the end as well as catch rate(fish)
awesome place, benny & her employee "boy" picked me up in a mk8 mitsubishi evolution every morning & dropped me off every night, they even sorted me out with a girly for the night. mind you that was a lot of hassle, take one with you, the hotel dont charge you extra for a guest.
back to the fishing, i fished 3 days for £90 each day, otherwise its £110 a day, upto 2 days.
yeh it might be loads but it was worth it, as on the 2nd day they put out a extra carp/meekong rod out, no charge. to catch a meekong or a siamese carp for me. there rare in here not like bungsamran, where its a carp soup lake for meekong. but there bigger by far, also the chance of a chao praya catfish, these fight better than meekong, the best real freshwater fish fight that goes on for ages.
on the 3rd/ last day they put out an extra predator rod out half way through the day, still no charge.
but the end of the day was coming with the bill, dread!
unlike koh samui, top cats where the bill escalated by loads for bait etc. at the end!
they charged me no extra. full stop. with extra bait for up to 5 rods, also they got me some small worms, not earthworms, but bigger than dendrobeanas.
benny & the people who help here are a credit to the real people of thailand who are there to help you as a friend or a tourist, not to rip you off as a farang who has loads of money. compared to them.
the first day i had 15 fish, i let them fish their way for 3 hours, but im a impatient angler, im used to match/pole fishing.
always making changes to catch fish. not sitting behind buzzers. sorry carpers.
use a 1/2 dead bait in the borders for amazon redtails, thai redtails, lift in out of water, make plenty of noise while splashing the fish. this brings on the catfish, you will see the catfish in the border, 4-8 " from the edge.
i used the predator rod all day, not listening really, but benny knows her stuff. alot more than i do.
heres the test. on the 2nd day i caught a pacu, i had lost 3 cos they bite thru the 100lb shock leader mono.
she said its 10kg, i said no its more than that, she said what you say then?
i dont know 12kg! 15kg at a big stretch, odd shape for a fish i thought. i done catch pacu regularlly, otherwise id know!
so she got her scales out weigh sling out wet the sling. 13kg, minus the sling 1.5kg total 11.5kg.
so she underestimated, not exageratted the point. she was spot on every time with her guesses. bot it was more than the 10kg she quoted, so my guess was better, yeh i know ego .
i lost 3 airapaima each in excess of 200kg, they took 1/2 a carcass of chicken, there smart fish, its like a roach sucking a maggot, but with chicken, they just nip the end of the carcass then off they go for 50m maybe before they take abit more, if they feel the hook there eject the bait. even if you do hook them they jump out of the water 2-4ft & dive to the bottom, there air breathers remember, the longer the fight the more chance they will die!
i lost all 3, so i had to fish in amazon fishing park in pattaya, £70 for 1 rod, £120 for 2 rods, i wasnt paying that for 2 rods for 12 hours. i caught 1 each day i fished, & lost one, cos they tied the hooks wrong. whip the hooks on your self! they wont mind, tip them £2, thats what they asked for, but i gave the lad £10 at amazon.
at palm tree i gave them £60 for the 3 days as a tip.
my hit list was massive for the fish i wanted. i never caught them all, so im going back again, & everytime.
next time im fishing 4 lakes, bungsamran, shadow lake, (bangkok) palm tree lagoon,(ratchaburi) & amazon fishing park, pattaya.
im done with stroking crocs, tigers, swiming with dolhins, zip wiring thru the jungle tree tops at 50m above the floor. the girls are still for the night time, but thats another story.
if you are new to thailand, get a taxi from the airport, £25, on the return get a taxi to the airport, then a greyhound type bus to pattaya £2.50, its the same time, as congestion in bangkok is extreme. its still 1.5-2 hours eitherway.
if theres more than 1 of you, then share a taxi, on the way back to jomtien from palmtree lagoon it was 3000 bht approx £62, he drove like a looney, they all do.
heres what i caught in 3 days:
17 redtail catfish 7-25kg
5 siamese carp 7-19kg
1 tiger catfish 6-10lb
2 meekong 30-50kg
1 stingray 35kg
6 rohu carp 6-8lb
1 shovelnose leopard
1 featherback 3lb
1 lau lau 2.5lb
2 peacock bass 3-8lb
1 catla catla carp 12lb
1 alligator gar 13kg
at amazon fishing park in pattaya area, a little more south than jomtien really.
49 fish in 2 days
alot of smaller fish by far, all of them actually. & here they exagerate, for when i caught the biggest redtail here they said it was 35kg, no way, it was 18kg tops.
a 13kg & a 40kg airapaima i actually caught these in the margins thinking they were redtails & i cast to them when i heard them splashing around, feed cut up pieces of deadbait, or a pint of blood.
loads of dead bait being chucked out will bring on pacu, as they shoal up.
shimano 10,000 will burn out on really big meekong, in excess of 60kg.
shimano big baitrunner will do the job, buy then in england.
buy the rods in bungsamran, £20 approx for a 5ft rod, equal to a 6-8lb test curve, you'll need that strength, just in case.
all terminal tackle in bungsamran.
take your own stuff if possible, works out cheaper in the long run.
shadowlake you can fish 2 rods for £9 for 12 hours.
£60 for 1 rod at bungsamran 12 hours, or your own 2 rods with bait, & bungalow for 24hours £70
palm tree i dont know yet, but will do.
another fisherman a dutch lad, used his own kit, alot less, but he was fishing 18 days on a spin in a 3 month stay.
laters guys, tight lines, i hopw that some info can help.
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hi, anyone who wants to fish palmtree lagoon.
rods specs & reels at the end as well as catch rate(fish)
awesome place, benny & her employee "boy" picked me up in a mk8 mitsubishi evolution every morning & dropped me off every night, they even sorted me out with a girly for the night. mind you that was a lot of hassle, take one with you, the hotel dont charge you extra for a guest.
back to the fishing, i fished 3 days for £90 each day, otherwise its £110 a day, upto 2 days.
yeh it might be loads but it was worth it, as on the 2nd day they put out a extra carp/meekong rod out, no charge. to catch a meekong or a siamese carp for me. there rare in here not like bungsamran, where its a carp soup lake for meekong. but there bigger by far, also the chance of a chao praya catfish, these fight better than meekong, the best real freshwater fish fight that goes on for ages.
on the 3rd/ last day they put out an extra predator rod out half way through the day, still no charge.
but the end of the day was coming with the bill, dread!
unlike koh samui, top cats where the bill escalated by loads for bait etc. at the end!
they charged me no extra. full stop. with extra bait for up to 5 rods, also they got me some small worms, not earthworms, but bigger than dendrobeanas.
benny & the people who help here are a credit to the real people of thailand who are there to help you as a friend or a tourist, not to rip you off as a farang who has loads of money. compared to them.
the first day i had 15 fish, i let them fish their way for 3 hours, but im a impatient angler, im used to match/pole fishing.
always making changes to catch fish. not sitting behind buzzers. sorry carpers.
use a 1/2 dead bait in the borders for amazon redtails, thai redtails, lift in out of water, make plenty of noise while splashing the fish. this brings on the catfish, you will see the catfish in the border, 4-8 " from the edge.
i used the predator rod all day, not listening really, but benny knows her stuff. alot more than i do.
heres the test. on the 2nd day i caught a pacu, i had lost 3 cos they bite thru the 100lb shock leader mono.
she said its 10kg, i said no its more than that, she said what you say then?
i dont know 12kg! 15kg at a big stretch, odd shape for a fish i thought. i done catch pacu regularlly, otherwise id know!
so she got her scales out weigh sling out wet the sling. 13kg, minus the sling 1.5kg total 11.5kg.
so she underestimated, not exageratted the point. she was spot on every time with her guesses. bot it was more than the 10kg she quoted, so my guess was better, yeh i know ego .
i lost 3 airapaima each in excess of 200kg, they took 1/2 a carcass of chicken, there smart fish, its like a roach sucking a maggot, but with chicken, they just nip the end of the carcass then off they go for 50m maybe before they take abit more, if they feel the hook there eject the bait. even if you do hook them they jump out of the water 2-4ft & dive to the bottom, there air breathers remember, the longer the fight the more chance they will die!
i lost all 3, so i had to fish in amazon fishing park in pattaya, £70 for 1 rod, £120 for 2 rods, i wasnt paying that for 2 rods for 12 hours. i caught 1 each day i fished, & lost one, cos they tied the hooks wrong. whip the hooks on your self! they wont mind, tip them £2, thats what they asked for, but i gave the lad £10 at amazon.
at palm tree i gave them £60 for the 3 days as a tip.
my hit list was massive for the fish i wanted. i never caught them all, so im going back again, & everytime.
next time im fishing 4 lakes, bungsamran, shadow lake, (bangkok) palm tree lagoon,(ratchaburi) & amazon fishing park, pattaya.
im done with stroking crocs, tigers, swiming with dolhins, zip wiring thru the jungle tree tops at 50m above the floor. the girls are still for the night time, but thats another story.
if you are new to thailand, get a taxi from the airport, £25, on the return get a taxi to the airport, then a greyhound type bus to pattaya £2.50, its the same time, as congestion in bangkok is extreme. its still 1.5-2 hours eitherway.
if theres more than 1 of you, then share a taxi, on the way back to jomtien from palmtree lagoon it was 3000 bht approx £62, he drove like a looney, they all do.
heres what i caught in 3 days:
17 redtail catfish 7-25kg
5 siamese carp 7-19kg
1 tiger catfish 6-10lb
2 meekong 30-50kg
1 stingray 35kg
6 rohu carp 6-8lb
1 shovelnose leopard
1 featherback 3lb
1 lau lau 2.5lb
2 peacock bass 3-8lb
1 catla catla carp 12lb
1 alligator gar 13kg
at amazon fishing park in pattaya area, a little more south than jomtien really.
49 fish in 2 days
alot of smaller fish by far, all of them actually. & here they exagerate, for when i caught the biggest redtail here they said it was 35kg, no way, it was 18kg tops.
a 13kg & a 40kg airapaima i actually caught these in the margins thinking they were redtails & i cast to them when i heard them splashing around, feed cut up pieces of deadbait, or a pint of blood.
loads of dead bait being chucked out will bring on pacu, as they shoal up.
shimano 10,000 will burn out on really big meekong, in excess of 60kg.
shimano big baitrunner will do the job, buy then in england.
buy the rods in bungsamran, £20 approx for a 5ft rod, equal to a 6-8lb test curve, you'll need that strength, just in case.
all terminal tackle in bungsamran.
take your own stuff if possible, works out cheaper in the long run.
shadowlake you can fish 2 rods for £9 for 12 hours.
£60 for 1 rod at bungsamran 12 hours, or your own 2 rods with bait, & bungalow for 24hours £70
palm tree i dont know yet, but will do.
another fisherman a dutch lad, used his own kit, alot less, but he was fishing 18 days on a spin in a 3 month stay.
laters guys, tight lines, i hopw that some info can help.