Fishing in and around Bangkok is great. There’s great Barramundi fishing, exotic species fishing as well as going for some of the largest freshwater fishes you can get anywhere in the world. However, what really makes fishing in Bangkok such a joy is the food!

Bangkok has some of the best food in the world, and Thai food is definitely some of the best, if you particularly like Asian food. The Pineapple Rice is yummy and the Tom Yam Soup will bring beads of sweat all over you and make you drip like you just came out of the shower!

If you like your food on the spicy side, Thailand is food paradise for you. Thai food are generally spicy and a little sour, tickling your palate and stimulating your taste buds to the max! Your saliva glands are fully activated by the sourish taste, making the food taste even better! The best Thai food are not found in fancy restaurants but at smaller roadside restaurants which are really economical. A meal for 6 will cost no more than US$70… and you walked out “stuff” and barely able to walk.

Besides the good food, “the land of smiles”, as Thailand is aptly called, is well known for their top class customer service, an experience you cannot miss!

Service gets even better if you are served by a pleasant face. Here’s a video I took of the lady boss of a small, family restaurant we ate at almost nightly on our recent trip. Believe, me, the food actually taste a lot better with a pleasant face behind the service! I know, I was there! Enjoy the video!

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Recently, Thailand is gaining more and more attention from anglers all over asia and the rest of the world and for good reason too. Thailand has some amazing fishing resorts as well as wild fishing areas. In some of my previous post, I wrote about the amazing Barramundi fishing in Bangkok as well as the Bungsamran Resort which holds some of the biggest freshwater fishes in the world.

Well, this month, a friend sent me some pictures from IT Monster Lake, also in Thailand. They are just amazing! Check them out!

Here is a beautiful catfish weighing about 20kg caught at IT Monster Lake on spinning gear. Seems like this is an African species of catfish, very rare here in this region, but quite plentiful in this lake.

IT Monster specializes in exotic species including the rare South American Arapaima, definitely one of the largest freshwater fish in the world.

Check out more of the pictures below!

 

IT Monster seems like a place no keen angler should miss. If for any reason, just the opportunity andexperience to catch some of the rarest species of fishes in the world.

Picture below on the left shows one fo the biggest Arrowana I have ever seen… can you imagine landing this on fly tackle?

The right picture is one of a smaller Arapaima caught here estimated at about 25kg. In fact, these are more manageable sizes and won’t wear you down like the larger ones will.

We will be planning a trip there soon, hopefully sometime in the third quarter of the year… and will report our success in future posting on this site.

Stay tuned! I’m sure we’ll report with some of the most awesome pictures you’ve ever seen!

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I recently discovered a superb peacock bass fly for fishing in Singapore that I just have to share. It’s called the “Mel Pee Bee Special” developed by Melvin Sim. This fly looks like a typical trout fly but it’s been tweeked for local peacock bass fishing. What’s great about this fly?

Well, it’s a small fly you can cast on a zero weight rod, yet will attract and land Peacock Bass in the several kilos range. You can fish it with a fast strip, a slow strip or just let it drift along. You can fish it near the surface or you can fish it mid-water. You can even drag it along the bottom and it will still take Peacock Bass! Amazing? Yes, absolutely… and those are not just wild claims; it’s been tested extensively in local waters in Singapore and Malaysia. Here is what the fly looks like.

I was pretty busy over the weekend but nevertheless, I took the fly out for a test run on Sunday morning. I took it to Bedok Reservoir where two anglers were doing a spot of spinning at the new platform. Within half and hour, I landed 2 average sized Peacock Bass, fishing the Mel’s Pee Bee Special in Mid-water on a super slow strip. I was using the clear stillwater 3wt line to help me get the fly to the required depth. It was all the time I had before heading to church, but I outfished those two spin anglers who caught nothing in that half hour I had!

If you are into Peacock Bass, you owe it to yourself to check out the Mel’s Pee Bee Special! You can contact Melvin at his blog or you can get the fly at Coho Sportfishing! Enjoy it!

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