anybody been game fishing out of phuket lately.just want to know the present form etc. have booked a 3 day trip end of jan beginning feb

After a good start of the year the fishing around Phuket has been quite slow during the last month.

With the exception of the always present Skypjack and Wahoo in fact the action is still not at the level of the previous years.

Still we had few marlin showing up at the drop-off nearby Phuket and at the Don Mai seamount in the Similan Islands. All juveniles which confirm the theory according to which the area surrounding Phuket is more a nursery for the Black Marlin.

I have to say nevertheless that we saw also few “big blues” jumping around but the fact is that at the moment they don’t seem interested in our baits at all.

On the contrary Ko Rok Island, even if not continuously, is fishing pretty good compared to the rest with some days of multiple hook-ups of Sailfish but only on slow-trolled live bait.

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