Say I know this may be a strange request but can anyone help me out with fishing in or around Bangkok? Also where we can buy some fishing gear (i.e poles, reels, tackle box) for a good price and good value? Be greatly appreciated, my son wants to learn and honestly I don't know much. Thanks guys!

I have seen a couple of places around the airport and near Samut Prakarn (Bangna-trat).

Check Google Map around there and search for "Fishing".

Get on the BTS out to Onnut. When you get off, walk down Sukhumvit back towards the city on the same side as the train line. There is specialist fishing tackle shop about 250 metres down on the corner before the police station. Cheap as well.

Some great fishing at Bungsamran lake - Navamin Soi 42. They also have comprehensive tackle shop out there as well which has absolutely everything. I hope this helps and happy fishing.

There is a nice small cheap fishing shop near Dreamworld

I bought some really nice rod and reals for about 600 baht each (nice)

We have tons of fishing ponds all around Rangsit

After a local showed me how to make the (What I call the potato bomb bait) a fist size mixture of rice flour and something else that goes about a foot above the hook, and we use bread for bait

You can catch all kinds of fish everyone

PM me if you need any details

Get on the BTS out to Onnut. When you get off, walk down Sukhumvit back towards the city on the same side as the train line. There is specialist fishing tackle shop about 250 metres down on the corner before the police station. Cheap as well.

great little place not to far from where you are talking about to go fishing if your interested.

take one of the many tuk tuks that start off on the corner of sukumvit 93 (8 baht) all the way down until it comes to a stop at the junction of on nut 44 close to the 7/11 on the left hand side. then cross to the other side of the road of 44 and you will see next to the motorcycle taxi stand a shack type of structure and a big lake. just walk in and say you want to go fishing ( no charge). very popular with all the thais that live in the area! cheap beer and good food served all day. you can even go out and buy your own food or beverages from the many local vendors in the area and they will only knock on a corkage charge of about 20 baht. anything you catch you can either throw back or take it to be weighed by one of the guys that work in the bar/restaurant. usually charge by the kilo if you want to take the fish home to cook for supper. nice relaxing place to spend a lazy sunday with the family, watching the world go by. usually see the odd farang or two in their too!

btw if your going by car or bike plenty of parking spaces.

Why not search on the fishing forum.It's a sub title under sports and hobbies.

Why not search on the fishing forum.It's a sub title under sports and hobbies.

dam_n, been on here almost 2 years and didnt know there was a fishing forum! Doh!

Get on the BTS out to Onnut. When you get off, walk down Sukhumvit back towards the city on the same side as the train line. There is specialist fishing tackle shop about 250 metres down on the corner before the police station. Cheap as well.

great little place not to far from where you are talking about to go fishing if your interested.

take one of the many tuk tuks that start off on the corner of sukumvit 93 (8 baht) all the way down until it comes to a stop at the junction of on nut 44 close to the 7/11 on the left hand side. then cross to the other side of the road of 44 and you will see next to the motorcycle taxi stand a shack type of structure and a big lake. just walk in and say you want to go fishing ( no charge). very popular with all the thais that live in the area! cheap beer and good food served all day. you can even go out and buy your own food or beverages from the many local vendors in the area and they will only knock on a corkage charge of about 20 baht. anything you catch you can either throw back or take it to be weighed by one of the guys that work in the bar/restaurant. usually charge by the kilo if you want to take the fish home to cook for supper. nice relaxing place to spend a lazy sunday with the family, watching the world go by. usually see the odd farang or two in their too!

btw if your going by car or bike plenty of parking spaces.

I resent being called "odd".

To the OP have a look at the fishing forum here: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/forum/143-fishing-in-thailand/

There are some great cheap and good shops in rangsit, a lot cheaper as the shop at the bungsamran fishing lake.

Don't forget to try to fish at ngau nam better known as shadow lake. Its outside of bangkok but does not charge foreigners more to fish like bungsamran.

Saw a guy fishing with a string, hook, worm tied to a red bull bottle in one of the filthiest klong I have ever seen. But it was free and he said they tasted very good.

Get on the BTS out to Onnut. When you get off, walk down Sukhumvit back towards the city on the same side as the train line. There is specialist fishing tackle shop about 250 metres down on the corner before the police station. Cheap as well.

great little place not to far from where you are talking about to go fishing if your interested.

take one of the many tuk tuks that start off on the corner of sukumvit 93 (8 baht) all the way down until it comes to a stop at the junction of on nut 44 close to the 7/11 on the left hand side. then cross to the other side of the road of 44 and you will see next to the motorcycle taxi stand a shack type of structure and a big lake. just walk in and say you want to go fishing ( no charge). very popular with all the thais that live in the area! cheap beer and good food served all day. you can even go out and buy your own food or beverages from the many local vendors in the area and they will only knock on a corkage charge of about 20 baht. anything you catch you can either throw back or take it to be weighed by one of the guys that work in the bar/restaurant. usually charge by the kilo if you want to take the fish home to cook for supper. nice relaxing place to spend a lazy sunday with the family, watching the world go by. usually see the odd farang or two in their too!

btw if your going by car or bike plenty of parking spaces.

Right on, thanks for that. That place is right up the street from me!