bsacbob

Does anybody know of a motorcycle shop in Kanchanaburi where i can purchase some dirt tyres for my motorcycle while i am in town ?

Thanks for your help

The lake at Changsaen is good for fishing and you may be able to rent a boat. There is a small lovely Brit owned resort overlooking the lake with great Thai food. Can't remember the name. The lake fishing is public and no fees and you can keep your catch. About 30 minutes from Chiangrai

Hello Gamini can you be a bit more specific as to where this Brit guest house is I would like to check it out some time .The wife and I have a house in the Waterford valley in Tri Keaw near Vien Durm. I wouldn't be that far to tak the family for the day for fishing and a picnic. Thanks Randell

Could be this place, run by a Brit called Ian and his wife.

http://www.viangyonok.com/

You could try running the Siam fishing website through Google translate, go into the forum market section and use the drop down tab on the left and go to boats, you will find lots of suppliers.

Thanks for the map.

you will find many good shops on your left side on the way out to Bor Sang, but the best one i have found is MK fishing tel 053 275779 - 0814738633 its near Airport Plaza shopping

Like this fish caught by a friend of mine following an epic 4.5 hour fight....

Nice fish, what about this monster caught by some local guys in a dam_n around Chiang Rai, apparently they had been fishing for pla shadow and foul hooked it by the tail !

I will move it to the Fishing forum

The best place i have found is Bor Sang fishing park on the outskirts of town, but the only thing you are likely to catch is catfish, or you could try Chiang Mai fishing park which is close to the Gymkhana golf club, more of the same i am afraid but they do have some Pacu and have just introduced some Alligator Gar to liven up the place !

When i transferred a bike from Chiang Mai I kept the Chiang Mai plates until the Bangkok plates were ready. Never had to ride without a plate. Took about a month.

4 months seems a long time, maybe you could go down there and talk to them? They seem to brush you off on the phone if you're lucky enough for them to answer it that is...

Got the same story from Kawasaki in CM, had my Versys for 4 months now and still waiting, can't believe they can run out of metal sheet to form the plates, but then again TIT !

No

The current owner in the green book would have already proved his residency when registering the bike initially.

Only the new owner has to prove residency in order to have the green book in his/her name.

both are /were required less than 10 days ago

together with passport copies /visa copies /and even entry and exit stamps

tis getting stricter

Which DLT? As you know, rules often vary from one office to the next.

Not wanting to hijack the thread, i have just got my new Versys in Chiang Rai and due to some complication, the Chaing Mai Kawasaki branch has to register the bike because the CR DLT would not register a so called "big bike" and the immigration would not word my residency letter in such a way i could put my name on the green book in Chiang Mai, i have registered it initially my girlfriends name and then plan to change it later.

My question (finally) is how long before i can change the ownership over, i recall reading i would have to wait one year or so ?

I have just got a Windows CE based gps device that has Igo 8 installed along with a very basic Thai map (amongst others), does anyone know where in Thailand i can get hold of a full version of Igo for Thailand or any other compatible mapping software that will run on Windows CE ?

Thanks in advance.

Thank impulse and Jack for your valued input, looks like I need to spend some time in bkk, unfortunately I don't know bkk too, other than the obvious 😚 . Do you know the names of any of these tackle shops so i can track them down ?

Jack thanks for the detailed reel info, as i said before i am not clued up on multipliers so any model that is user friendly would be what i am looking for. I do have a couple of 6 foot jigging rods but i like the idea of finding a suitable 7 - 8 popping rod to help to get to some of the harder to reach spots at some locations i fish at Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai.

Thanks again for the info...

Gentlemen,

I am shortly returning back to the UK for a couple of weeks and planned to stop in BKK for some tackle upgrades on my way back, i am very keen to move onto a multiplier baitcaster type reel matched up to a jigging type rod. I am currently using two baitrunner 4500's and a 8000 and very happy with them put with my Ledros speed jigging rods but have this urge to try some new kit, I constantly see Thai guy's showing up at Bor Sang in CM with all kinds of fancy rod and reel combos.

I have looked on the 7 Sea's website for some idea's but knowing very little about multipliers i don't know where to start.

What is your favorite setup for say BSR or similar venues in Thailand and is it worth buying in the UK or looking for a good shop in BKK.

Thanks in advance..

Maybe not not my biggest, but what about this rare catch whilst i was on a trip down to Cha am fishing park fishing alongside a Dutch chap for Songkran.

After 15 minutes of dragging in what i thought was a tree root, out came this mess which contained some 36 hooks and various other terminal tackle (carefully extracted by my girlfriend), two and a half rod's and a home made grappling hook which i presume was used by the staff to drag in such monsters. I gave the rods to the staff and the reels after some grease and TLC are working fine.

Last time i tried you still cannot take a bike across the border at Maesai, even if you planned to stay within the Tachilek district.

Hi Guy's

Can anyone give me the telephone number of the fishing tackle shop on Soi 55, it's the 2nd tackle shop on the right coming from the main highway and sells pretty much everything as far as i can find out it's called Pon Monimit but have no number.

Thanks in advance.

Well said Jay let's get back to the fishing and calm the waters of this sub forum if you pardon the pun

Thanks for the info I tried it for two days and pulled out some good fish including a nice 28kg gar, also went to cha-am fishing park and caught a nice carp amongst the catfish î•

KLX fall down!

Have fun

Hi Guy's

Driving down in the morning to Hua Hin for 5 day's of golfing and fishing, any places you could approve to drop a line (sick of catching catfish in Chiang Rai) or two would be much appreciated.

Traveling light, so plan on taking a couple of baitrunner 4500's paired to a 10' casting and jigging rod on 20kg line and some beer

Whilst I agree with you to some extent, but you cannot tar everyone with the same brush, isn't the reason this and other forums exist so that like minded people can exchange information freely without financial gain or am I missing the point.

If you don't want to join the party then don't contribute, it's that simple, in the meantime I will continue to talk to fishing shop owners and Thais to share information openly.

Also none of the 3 venues just mentioned are present on any other websites Western or Thai and now never will be. You could trawl 100s of Thai fishing magazines and you might find a 1 off advert for 1 of them, or you could join a few Thai fishing forums, and you might see a mention, but if we dont publish in english, its unlikely the names and locations will ever be published, this is th lesson Ive learned from expats. All they want to do is criticise what we do, so then why do it? I now keep my knowledge and experience of venues to myself, and share only with people who are willing to place a value on that knowledge, not criticise the very thing that likely led them to some of the venues theyve fished in the first place. How do you think you know about Palm Tree to complain about it Robblok? The only reason you know it exists to complain about is becuase we exposed it. before that the original owner was charging 200BHT to catch a 350lb plus Arapaima! And all you could find was a single line listing on a Thai fishing forum directory that didnt even have an address or a telephone number that worked! My business partner spent 5 days in Ratchaburi and drove past it a dozen times before we finally found it, and even then we was not sure it was the place of legend that only one westerner had ever fished for a number of years, that westerner being Dave Wilson, who, being a gentleman actually congratulated us for finding it! The original owner subsequently sold his leased "pond" for 2 million baht and now you pay upwards of 4000BHT a day to fish it! Clearly we have not done the fishing scene any good at all have we?

Whilst I agree with some to some extent, isn't the reason this and other forums exist so that like minded people can share information with each other freely without financial gain or am I missing the point.

If you don't want to contribute then don't it's that simple.

Given what we see on the roads in Thailand I would think the best advice would be

WEAR THE SMEGGING HELMET.

Best advice i got from an old biker as a kid was to brake in the straights in ride the corners

My opinion would be stay at a hotel in bangkok, get taxis to Bung samran and hire the rod and guide at the venue. I think you'll save a lot. Plus it is the best fishing for tourists in Bangkok. The biggest fish with the best services for English speakers.

Honestly what would 8 days cost?

8x1000 for fishing

8x1000 for guide

8x 500 for bait

8x 500 for rod hire

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= 24,000 thb

You can get a hotel from about 1000 baht a night and taxis there and back about 300 baht a day?

8x1000 + 8 x 300 = 10,400

Total = 34,400 THB

Maybe if you tell a guide at the park that you'll hire him for a week he'll do you a discount?

Gnao nam would be a bit difficult as not many people understand English there.

Again....just one venue...two species of fish. A long way to come not to get a broader experience.

Fine the below includes Amazon species too - red tails, arapaima, pacu, mekong cats, siamese carp and sawaii:

-2 days at Bungsamran = -3000 THB

+2 days at Amazon BKK

2x 500 baht for fishing, 2x 500 baht for guide, 2x 300 baht rod hire, 500 baht bait = 3,100 THB

Total cost = 34,500 THB

BTW, You can't seriously say that because Rob wont take people fishing for free that he's in the wrong?

Nobody will work for free. The truth is that after about a day of guided fishing I think most people could do everything themselves.

So Davejbee you might save yourself 1000 baht a day by doing things yourself when going back to the same venues you have fished before.

Walk out of your hotel. You'll find a taxi within 60 seconds. Hand them the address of where you want to go in Thai. No need for the excessive costs of guides transport either.

Some very interesting and strong opinions voiced here for myself i live in Chiang Rai and the opportunity to catch different species is hard to find, have to agree with Ian Thais will literally empty a location of everything in a few days and move onto the next pond and do the same and leave a trail of trash in the process.

Having recently made a brief trip to CM, i witnessed tourists being blatantly ripped off by local operators (renaming a venue to fool customers for one) in order to make profit. Have to agree that a guide is very useful as is just watching the locals and the various methods they use. I was fortunate to chat with a guide at Bor Sang ( or whatever some people wish to call it) who was kind enough to show me of his tips for the lake for free.

I plan to trip down to BKK in a few weeks and try some of the places you all have mentioned and agree that if you plan to fish a venue for a few days, then a guide for the day is good sense then after that fend for yourself in order to keep the cost down.

I think it's easy for those of us who are fortunate live in LOS to get complacent about the fact how lucky we really are to be able to fish all year round for relatively low cost compared to back home (the UK for me) and paying through the nose for day tickets, rod licenses etc..

Happy fishing

There are red belly pacu and black pacu. Pretty much the same. They will eat just about anything. Caught them on bread, caught them on dead baits, even lam. They tend to be the most prolific fish in any water they are introduced into. You can see why.

Fantastic fighting fish for their size. In my opinion they go 3 times as hard as any UK fish. However as Mosha will know most barble are caught in fast rivers where they take full advantage of the current. The Pacu go just as strong but in still water. Absolutely destroy lures with those teeth. Most people lose them unless they are hooked in the corner of the mouth or if you happen to be using a wire trace when targeting other predators.

Have to agree they beat any UK fish (and tasty too), i have tended to use a 50lb braided trace which breaks less often with those grinding teeth. Fishing the other day and talked with a Thai guy who uses sun dried banana chunks and nothing else and says it's one of the best baits, planning to give it a whirl next week

You talking about these little fellows?

Yes VF, these are the exactly the suspects in question and very nice examples they are too (discounting the one in the middle)....

BS1, Pacu:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxTYchXX-EI

BS2, Snakehead:

Many fish are know to protect their territory and young and even swim into people. It doesn't make them man eaters. I swam in Thai reservoirs without being eaten alive.

Looks like a load of ball's to me

Seriously i have had good results just fishing the normal Thai method of a ledger and cage filled with bread crumbs and a size 10 hook, but is there any specific method to target Pacu in terms of bait or rig's ?