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Fishing Khaolak News 2025–2026

Thailand Fresh and Saltwater Fishing Report

Hi, and welcome to our latest Fishing Khao Lak newsletter informing you of
what's been happening with our company,and the whole of Thailand fishing
scene from 2025, through 2026.

The most important news prospective, and returning clients need to know, is
that with the acceleration in popularity of the Thai fishing scene, both
saltwater and freshwater fishing, availability is at an all time low for most of
our fishing trips. Some freshwater fisheries now have around 12 month
waiting lists to book a spot during busy times. Many fisheries are not
accepting 1 day bookings at long notice. Spots are sometimes available at
short notice, however between October to the end of April, it's a good idea to
consider booking fishing for several days, staying at the fishing resorts a long
time in advance. Airport pickups are available, and we strongly recommend
that you should book the rest of your holiday in Thailand around the available
fishing dates. We are turning more clients away than ever before due to zero
availability, especially if you require specialist guiding like Fly Fishing, Lure
Fishing, Popping or Jigging. Our specialist trips are usually booked up
around 4 months in advance.

Our multi fishery freshwater tours need to be booked a very long time in
advance due to fishery, and guide availability.

The popularity of our Popping and Jigging trip, based from Khao Lak has
prompted us to start offering these trips from Chalong Phuket. Maximum 3
clients. This trip is casting, popping, and jigging only, with an emphasis
mainly on jigging, and has proved very productive so far. The 8m speedboat
has a Honda 250, 4 stroke engine, Garmin Sonar and GPS, super
friendly, helpful, experienced captain, and a toilet onboard. Prices from
23,000 thb per day plus hotel transfer charge. Equipment, lunch and drinking
water is included.

The last 2 years have been some of the best we've experienced for our
Jungle Fishing trips, most trips are producing good sized Giant Snakeheads,
and some massive Hamapla Barb, plus other species during September
through to June. However this year, 2025, the rainy season started in May
and has continued until mid November, the heaviest I've known in the 21
years of running a Thai Fishing company. The water levels in the dams are
the second highest I've ever seen. The main effect on the fishing in the jungle
is that with too much water coming down the rivers, river access is very
limited. This does not affect our regular lure fishing trips, but it is a problem
for our fly fishing trips.This is unusual, and most years from October to June,
it's not a problem. Something to consider when booking a trip. We always
carry regular lure fishing equipment in the case that we can not access the
rivers, and need to fish from the boat.

All the freshwater fisheries are going from strength to strength, fish are
getting bigger, and most places are adding to their stocks with massive fish
and a variety of different species. John Wilson Lake is now regularly
producing 100lb+ home grown Giant Siamese Carp, it's great to see how
fast they have grown under the improved feeding program. They have added
more rooms at the fishery, and a new bar restaurant with pool table, massive
sports TV, and a dartboard. Booking well in advance is strongly
recommended for this awesome fishery.

Exotic Fishing Thailand has added a new swimming pool, not to mention the
extensive restocking of very many very big Giant Siamese Carp and Juliens
Golden Price Carp. A new Arapaima pond has been opened at the fishery
which is heavily stocked with huge Arapaima. Prices from 16,554 thb.
Probably the highest chance of catching several very big Arapaima in a day
in Thailand!

We have added a new family friendly budget freshwater fishery in Phuket to
our ever growing list of top class fisheries. Patong Fishing Park. You can
check it out here:

That's all I have time for, if any important news comes in, I will add it to this
newsletter.
Thanks, and Tight Lines to all our clients, past and present!

That's about it for now, so I look forward to hearing from you at our main
email address of: info@fishing-khaolak.com when you are ready to make a booking.
Remember all the information about all our trips, including prices, is listed on
all the relevant webpages. So please help us, and yourself by checking out all the
information first before asking lots of questions, I'm usually very busy.

You can also contact us via WhatsApp if you prefer on:
WhatsApp: + 66872756074

Please note I prefer clients to either email me, or message me rather than
phone calls. Often I am offshore or in the jungle with very limited phone
coverage. I usually answer emails and messages very quickly.
Also if you call me, please check the time difference if calling from a
foreign country, I don't like being woken up at 3am!