Catch Report Phuket Thailand

[hdmcgatha]

11/09/2007
The day was a bit overcast but we had some sunshine. We had just rigged the boat up and wanted to head out for a test day to check everything. We were just South of Racha Noi and hooked up with a nice sailfish. As the day went on the water became choppy but we continued to fish. We managed to land a nice King Mackerel 7Kg on a red and white Storm. We were also running Repala X-Rap Mag 30 but the fish did not even look at them. Here are a few pics from the day... Enjoy !!

Dan
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[Joshua Tan]

Hi Dan,

Nice CR! Is the guy holding the sailfish Steve Dixon????

Cheers!

Joshua Tan:D

[hdmcgatha]

Yes that is Steve Dixon..... and his first Sailfish.... On a "Stick Bait" WOW!!!!!
Boat name is THAIONEON (Thai - one - on)

[hdmcgatha]

Update.. 26-09-2007 report. The weather was not good but we went out anyway. We hooked up with a nice dogtooth tuna about 500m south of Racha Noi. The dogtooth tuna was taken on a red / white Storm. Later in the day we hooked up with a nice king mackrel and a small mahi mahi. It rained most of the day and water conditions were rough. We still had many lines out. We had the downriggers, outriggers, and flat lines all out. Here are some photos of our trip out.
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[Joshua Tan]

Hi Dan,

Nice catch & photo. We are planning to come over from your invitation for the trip in Dec'07.

I will give you the details of the date next week.

Thank you.

Joshua Tan:D

[hdmcgatha]

Hi Dan,

Nice catch & photo. We are planning to come over from your invitation for the trip in Dec'07.

I will give you the details of the date next week.

Thank you.

Joshua Tan:D

Thanks, I look forward to hearing from you soon. I will be heading out again in the morning. I hope to post a good CR tommrow night.

[hdmcgatha]

Sorry for the delay but my internet was down :( Anyway Friday was a Great day out. The weather was very nice and the seas were as calm as I have seen them in a long time. We had four hook up's but only landed two Wahoo. One was about 7 Kg and the other was about 5 Kg. We tried many luers but just could not get on the fish good. Well all in all we had a very nice day out. Here are a few photos from the day. Enjoy
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[hdmcgatha]

UPDATE 05-10-2007
Well guy's this will be my last CR for about a month.... I have to go back to work. The weather was very choppy and we did get tossed around a lot but we managed to land 3 nice Wahoo and one Mahi Mahi. We landed two of the Wahoo on Repala X-Rap Mag 30 SBM and the other Wahoo and Mahi Mahi was taken on a stick bait. We ran the boat at about 5 kts but it was hard to maintain a constant speed due to the sea conditions. It took a long time for us to get back in and we had a few tangle problems where we lost some gear but all in all it was a good trip. Here are some photos. Enjoy.
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