Thailand: Bungsamran Fishing Pond

[RavYak]

As some members already know I just got back from a 4 month trip travelling through Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.

On this trip fishing wasn't a priority for me but I was able to get out a few times although only my first outing is really worth mentioning. This was to a place called Bungsamran fishing pond which is actually inside Bangkok's city limits. It isn't a cheap place to fish(especially because they doubled their foreigner rates since I was there...) costing you a good $100-130 per day with the new rates. That said I have never seen a fishing pond like this one and if you want to go somewhere and be pretty much guaranteed to catch large fish then this place should be on your list of places to go. In around 2.5-3 hrs I had caught the following and had 1 more get away right at the dock, and supposedly this was a slow day.






The first 3 are Pla Sawai (Striped Catfish) and the last one is a Pla Buek (Giant Mekong Catfish). Guestimated weights ranging from 20-40 lbs with the Mekong being the largest. The Mekong's can get up to 200+ lbs in this pond.

Needless to say it was a great day, I had planned on going there again before I flew back but since they had doubled their prices I decided not to bother.

[wetchimo]

Rav, I'm so jealous! When you said you where heading to Thailand this summer I knew you'd hit that spot up. Can't wait to hear about it when you get back. Congrats on the fish!

[RavYak]

Originally Posted by wetchimo

Rav, I'm so jealous! When you said you where heading to Thailand this summer I knew you'd hit that spot up. Can't wait to hear about it when you get back. Congrats on the fish!

Already back, once the ice melts we will have to get out fishing somewhere.

[tmaxx]

Im heading to thailand tommorrow and i would like to know the location of the fishing pond in bangkok. About how far is it from soi 5 as thats where ill be

Cheers

[RavYak]

Originally Posted by tmaxx

Im heading to thailand tommorrow and i would like to know the location of the fishing pond in bangkok. About how far is it from soi 5 as thats where ill be

Cheers

It is kind of on the outskirts. The only way to really reach it that I know of is by cab although you can easily shorten cab distance by getting closer with either bus/train etc.

They have a website http://www.bungsamran.com/en/ which has a map and address on it which will probably be needed in order for cab driver to find it.

I would recommend taking airport link train to Hua Mak station and then taking taxi from there. The airport link train can easily be reached via the MRT/Skytrain depending on where your hotel is(fyi there are thousands of soi 5s, soi 5 is like saying alley 5 in such and such area).

This google map link should show directions from hua mak to bungsamran.

Good luck and have fun. If you are new to this type of fishing I would recommend paying for a guide as there are tricks to fishing off the dock(keeping the fish from wrapping themselves in pier and snapping your line).