Located in the sparkling blue waters of the Andaman Sea just 70
minutes Flying time south of Bangkok, Thailand's most popular beach destination has everything
you cold possibly want on a holiday: beautiful beaches, some of the finest resort hotels,
water sports, word class golf courses, exquisite seafood, international and Thai Cuisine,
mountains, Rain forests, temples, coral reefs, turquoise seas and tropical sunshine - all
in plentiful proportions. Whether you are looking for a quiet corner to enjoy a romantic
retreat or an action packed time with plenty of colorful nightlife, Phuket has it all.
Phuket offers good fishing all year round. The months of
July to
October, during the south west monsoon, are especially good for Sailfish and Wahoo.
November - March is a good time to go after Black Marlin, and the drop-of west of Phuket and
Similan island are the hot spots. The best fishing is usually around the full moon and
the new
moon. Read our updated catch reports for more information. All the usual tropical
sportfishing species are available around Phuket. There are Billfish; Black Marlin and
Sailfish, often in huge numbers. Tuna are common and there are several varieties;
Yellowfin Tuna, Dogtooth Tuna, Skipjack Tuna, Mackerel Tuna, Eastern little tuna and
Longfin Tuna. Wahoo are plentiful during the monsoon season, Narrow Barred Mackerel
(Tenggiri) and Barracuda are other members from the "razor gang" we regulary use to catch.
Giant Trevally are huge and plentiful and can produce fantastic action on popper casting near Racha islands.
Other species
include Dorado, Rainbow Runner, Blue Finned Trevally, Cobia and a variety of bottom fish.
Techniques for catching these fish are as wide ranging as trolling with artificials, dead
baits and live baits, trolling with the downrigger, casting poppers, jigging and spinning,
drift fishing with live and dead baits and bottom fishing.
Our boats departs from Ao Chalong bay at the
south east side of the island, the distance to the sailfish grounds at Racha
Yai island is just 12 miles, 6 miles further south at Racha Noi island the
popper casting for GTs can be spectacular. Racha Noi can also produce big
marlins, sailfish and wahoo. 24 miles west of Ao Chalong there is a 200 meter
drop off that produce Black marlin, wahoo, dorado and different kinds of
tunas. If the billfish are not cooperating then the light tackle action here for tuna,
dorado and wahoo are a good alternative all year round.
Phuket and
Similan Islands sea chart
The Similan Islands are a Marine
National Park, consisting of nine spectacular, jungle clad islands, 55 miles
Northwest of Phuket. The multi-day trip offered by Blue Water Anglers to the
Similan islands offers the adventurous angler a realistic opportunity to target
virtually every species of blue water game fish inhabiting the Andaman sea.
Liveaboard trips from 2-days/1-night to 7-days/6-nights regularly produce
outstanding action. New for the 2004 season is daytrips to the Similans with
Gecko from Khao Lak beach (40 minutes by car north of
Phuket) We have experienced incredible catches of Sailfish, Wahoo, Giant
Trevally, Dogtooth Tuna, Tenggiri and very good action while bottom fishing at
night. 16 miles west of the Similans is a seamount called Thonmai, this is where
we often encounter the Black Marlin. On a good tide on this seamount, trolling
action can be non-stop with Yellowfin Tuna, Wahoo, Skipjack and Barracuda. The
Thai Government have imposed a 3 mile non fishing zone around the islands to
protect the coral reefs, all our fishing is done outside this zone. The best
area for marlin is the drop off 6 miles west of number 1 island and the seamount
16 miles west of the islands. The crossing from Phuket or Khao Lak beach use to
produce very good action as well, with Sailfish, Marlin, Wahoo, Dorado and
different kinds of tunas regularly caught.
The 1000 meter drop off
An overnight trip from Similan
or Surin islands is a 1000 to
2000 meter drop off and here we have had some
very big Black and Blue Marlin hitting our lures when
doing the crossing to the Andaman islands from
Phuket. The area have many seamounts that
attract bait fish and also holds big yellowfin
tuna and Dogtooth tuna, deep jigging and
trolling here has produced very big Dogtooth tuna the last season. We can do 3-7
days trip to this area that includes Similan islands or Surin islands on the
first and the last day of the trip.
