It has been a great months at IT Lake Monster in Thailand. (Bangkok Fishing)

Many species of predators fishes landed with us.

We always take good care of our coming anglers , be it 1 day day trip or a few days fishing vacation in Thailand.

You never leave thailand without landing your dream fish. That's the promise.

They say:" A picture tells a thousand words- A video bring out the fishing trip 'alive'. Greatness & awesomeness !!!!

Here the youtube actions and photos highlights for the trips.

Hope you all enjoys my works and video clips.

American couple fishing us.

George my long time regular client from SG.- 4 days trip with us.

3 good fishing buddies fishing with us.

2 good friends from SG engaged us for the trip. Awesome !!!

 heading into perth tonight and want to get my hand in AS MANY 2nd hand thrownets as i can as i go through them to quickly up here in broome.

also after any baitcaster and rods.

Went out on Sunday off Rocko to look for some new ground.

Found a nice lump out wide and a few drifts later managed to bag out with a great variety of fish. Nothing massive, but tasty all the same.

The juvenile snapper were in plague proportions out there.

Philip and I completed a session at the West end of Rotto with Philip coming away with a great 135cm Mackie.  He caught the fish on his third cast on a red-head Rapala.  

This makes it three Mackies for crew to my zero.  The missus caught a 134cm in the same area in July last year.   

YouTube video - https://youtu.be/jHfNCuchBkU

Tried fishing in the 50m and 100m today, completley mauled by juvenile snapper each drop. Headed out to 300m as the wind was dropping and found a nice hill to fish and pulled a nice double header. Pics are not that good.

Went out yesterday arvo in the tinny chasing snapper. Fishing in 5 mts of water with unweighted whole herring and fresh slabs of Pike/snook I had 8 runs for a total of 5 fish landed in an hour and a half session.

Fish were from 70 to 85 cms.

I kept my first 2 fish which were both 70 cms

Was my firt successful snapper run for the year

Quick run to Rotto for an overnighter with my youngest bloke and his mate and Dad.

Great weekend, and got the young lads on a few fish.

Fishing in 60m yesterday off Mandurah caught a 50cm Red Throat that was released. A first for me, did think it was a bit far south.

went for an early morn cast on the northern beaches with Pirate and cuz bro. 4 ish am start with the hope of a pink but to no avail. Had some fun with these guys though, a few more solid runs over the morn though not landed. Cold though spectacular morn on the sand!

 gave the new tub it's first really leg stretching run today. Fresh NE forecast, so we stayed insde and didn't stop until we were past where I would normally stop. I haven't been up here since I finished crayfishing. Trolled for  about 20 minutes before getting sliced up on a brand-new X-Rap 30--looked like a gang attack and one got the leader above the trace. So went around again and got the nice broadbar and dropped another. Went arond again, and got the Spaniard and dropped another. A few more missed strikes so we wandered off, scored the big gold spot a bit further north. I intended to go out wide up there when the wind dropped off--it didn't look like really dropping until just before midday, but we headed out wide anyway--mistake. Nothing but blue lines. Fished about 10 miles of ground out where most people never go, and couldn't raise anything worthwhile. To cap it off, we were cleaned up by bolt cutters on our last drop, so a good enough reason to head in. But a good day regardless 

 So the annual pilgramige north is unfortunately over for another year... As always, the trip had its challenges and the fishing was different than the year proceding. 

The wind was shocking this year, and the normal pattern of a few days of wind and a few light wind days didnt eventuate. It was a case of strong or stronger wind! We only had a few hours on a couple of days when the wind was below 15 knots, so bottom fishing was a challenge.

The sharks were bad particularly around the new and full moons. In between they were average and we found that sounding fresh ground that hadnt been hit much was the trick. Once a mark had been hit a few days it was unfishable.

The water temp was really high for April, with 27.7 degrees being the norm. We found this pushed many of the fish in closer to the reef and most of our bills were raised in 20-40m of water which I have never seen before. Dollies were thick this year, with us only landing one in the previous five years, it was a nice change. We regularly got them on the troll, or had them school on the boat drifting and very receptive to stick baits which made for great fun!

Macks and wahoo were quiet this year by comparison but this was made up for by the bills. We regularly raised a few a day and this was a learning experice for all of us as we have never targeted them actively. We lost a LOT of fish through pulled hooks and stupid mistakes but landed a few Blacks and Sails, and missed out on a nice blue that was free swimming under the boat when drifting!

Overall it was a fantastic trip in what I consider the best part of OZ! Already looking forward to next year!

Arapaima gigas was originally regarded as the only species in the genus Arapaima, The species is among the largest known freshwater fish, commonly measuring 200 cm and exceptionally reaching lengths of up to 450 cm. Adults may weigh up to 200 kg.[4] A. gigas has a streamlined body with dorsal and anal fins set well back towards the tail. While the body is mainly gray to gray-green, its Brazilian local name "pirarucu" derives from an indigenous word for "red fish", thought to refer to either the red flecks on the scales towards the tail, or the reddish-orange colour of the filleted meat.

You don't have to fly to brazil amazon rainforest to target your dream arapaima fish anymore.
Over here in the tropical climate of Thailand , we have plentiful of arapaima fishing places to fish.
One particular and rather unique place is this New Arapaima Fishing Park, strictly only for luring & fly fishing enthusiastic fisherman.

I just want to share the wonderful fishing experience my clients had while fishing at the said fishing park.

Fisherman from SG and China BKK.

Enjoys the photos and our youtube channel.

Highlights catches of the day.

 New ground we found at 30 knots. Produced!

The last 6 months have been a blast. There are so many options in WA. 

While I haven’t managed to get out as much as I would of liked, when I have, the fishing has been second to none.

There are so many options in WA for trailerboat fisherman, from chasing demersals, pelagics, tasty crustaceans and cephalopods. I’ve managed to catch my PB snapper, dhu, as well as land my first billfish and deepdrop species on my boat.

With the water getting cooler now and my son getting older, we’ve been having a great time targeting some big squid, inshore snapper and KG’s all writhin a couple of miles from the boat ramp. 

Who knows what what the next 6 months will bring. Hopefully another run up to Exmouth, possibly the Abrolhos, and hopefully fine tuning my skills with metro deep dropping!!!!

It has been a while since I last shared my Thailand catch reports.

"The giant snakehead or giant mudfish (Channa micropeltes) is among the largest species in the family Channidae, capable of growing to 1.3 m (4.3 ft) in length and a weight of 20 kg (44 lb).[1] It is native to the fresh waters of Southeast Asia"

The asia anglers will consider giant snakehead (toman) the strongest freshwater fish in asia.
It can smash up any lures easily with their razor sharp teeths.
Pound for pound it give fisherman a good fights in the wild.

Here are some for our recent wild snakehead catch reports and youtube videos.

Hope you guys like & enjoy these youtube video clips.

Japanese angler- 8kg Giant snakehead landed.

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Catch of the day !!! Photos highlights..

Epic north metro session! Fresh bait from Shore Catch and Beachmaster medium XL / Evo from Assassin Coming up with the goods. 94 &78cm for me and 81 & 84 cm for John

 Haven't put any pics up for a while, so here's a couple. Been all over the place fishing, swan river for mullys, big sharks off the beaches down south, sight casting bream to 40cm, salmon fishing, slide baiting and heaps more. Cheers, Max. 

 Decided to go and get some fresh bait for some whiting. got a few more than anticpated over two nights.

 Hi  fishos, anyone any reports from busso? 

 Hi everyone,

I occasionally go for a snorkel along the cliffs of rocky bay to look for mullet for bait (and sometimes lunch). And on Wednesday, I am sure I saw a single, juvenile Golden Trevally swimming naturally. I was snorkelling on the drop-off you can see in the satellite image and about 5 metres away from me I spotted the golden trevally. It was probably just over 30cms. It had the exact colouring and exact porfile of a Golden Trevally, and had distict stripes. I could not believe my eyes. I followed it for about 5 seconds until it spooked and swam down to the depths. I didnt believe myself, but I couldnt see any other explanation. I thought about it for the whole night and resarched and throughout school today and I have decided it mustve been a Golden Trevally, if not a very similar species. I have no explanations as to how it got here though... Any ideas?

I found on an australian aquarium enthusiast forum post where members talk about Golden Trevally being kept in brackish water, and actually, an aquarium store called Vebas sometimes even stocks them and puts them on display, in brackish tanks. Check it out: www.perthcichlid.com.au/forum/index.php

Also, straight ftom a wiki, i found: "In the Philippines, a population of giant trevally inhabit (and were once common in) the landlocked fresh waters of Taal Lake, and are referred to as maliputo to distinguish them from the marine variant."

I think this is pretty crazy and reminds me of when that GT that was spotted and speared south of Perth

I know there will be disbelief, but I wouldnt make this up.

Id like to hear what everyone thinks.

Tight Lines!

Its nice to be bagged out and releasing some good snapper and dhuies by sunset, only took pics of half the fish that were landed. My fish came on the assassin reaper 4-8lb stick, the dhu bit through the light leader but I nailed him next drop!

Cheers for the trip out mark.

Couldn’t let these captures on 24 April go by without a Fishwrecked post. Well done mate.

Well the Montes product testing trip is done and dusted. The dreaded clean up and pack away has also been done. 

First of all I'd like to thank Slugger on here for the invite and pointing us in the right direction.

Few observations:
1) When jigging 3oz Bucktails around the bottom in 30+m, make sure that you are switched on when dropping them down as you often don't get a second chance to flip your bail arm over when a big trout drills them, and you into the reef.
2) Big fish eat little jigs - flicking small 1/2oz bucktails in the shallows can turn up anything, including a cracking blue bastard for the crewy. Light berley trails work a treat.
3) Jig heads for soft plastics were much more effective when they contrasted with the tail, rather than matching it.
4a) Take a heavy outfit to minimise losses when jigging plastics around the reefs in 30m+: and
4b) Make sure your jig heads come with bullet proof hooks if you are fishing them hard on 80lb braid. Mine passed with flying colours.
5) Saltwater Leadheads are a great option for fishing by leaving the rod in the holder, whilst you actively work a plastic or bucktail on a second outfit. Especially if there's a bit of boat rock.
6) Try and use the lightest jigs you can get away with, even in a quick drift. Cast forward of the boat and strip line quickly to get the jig working just above the bottom for the maximum amount of time, continually repeat the cast and strip during the drift.
7) Multi coloured braid is great for quickly stripping a jig to the desired depth.
8) Lightly weighted plastics often get smashed on the drop.
9) If fishing nylon or fluoro leaders, wind your jig back slowly. Had plenty snipped when winding them back fast.
10) Hard Head Leadheads or Spire Points fished with a strip of fish flesh (skin attached) hanging from the hook are still a deadly way of fishing.

 Some nice ones from Terry in the MAAC inshore ANZAC Day Comp on my boat.  Biggest was 1.56kg. 

 Well-done to 12 year old Sarah and Terry for winning the Wally.  The combined bag was 9kg+ for 2.5 hours of inshore fishing.

 G'day all, been a while since I posted here. Thought I'd just quickly share my recent trip to whats become one of my favourite destinations behind Kalbarri. Got up there Tuesday just gone for the school holidays thinking it would be busy but nope, it was an asbolute dream, plenty of spaces and was able to set up right near the main beach access. There were quite a few day trippers and groups of offroad enthusiasts coming by during the day for some fun and it seems to me to have grown in popularity since my first visit in 2015. The weather was perfect (except for Wednesdays drizzle) and only light arvo sea breezes. For those who haven't been up for a bit, the place now has a food van so if you get bored of the old instant coffee swill you bring with you can you can grab something a little better from there plus you can also get bags of ice if a ten minute drive to Jurien is too much of a bother.

The first morning was a bit discouraging as I failed to land anything and also had to call it quits due to the rain sweeping in. There was quite a bit of seaweed lurking about as well which did not help (fishing the back beach would've been an absolute chore on all but the last day) but the next day things picked up, pulling up five decent sized tailor. The following morning saw six landed, lost a couple more and the sizes got progressively bigger before todays morning shenanigans. Took my wifes friends teenage son out back for his first ever tailor adventure and whilst I was essentially landing a fish each cast, the poor sod (whose no slouch himself) kept dropping them. He finally landed a couple to take the morning tally to twelve (kept four), with one 50cm specimen, with the bite lasting longer than the previous days. Lost several horses that I just couldn't bring up over the reef even with 30 pound mono and my trusty 12ft penn. I'll land one of them one day.  Plus I finally broke out the old Smiling Jacks on my spin rod and landed my first fish on a lure ever which was quite exhilarating. Got enough feed for a few days plus some fillets to provide temptation to any hungry mullas.  Cheers.