The Lakes

Where to fish around Bangkok and the central plain

Bungsamran: what a first session actually looks like
The Lakes

Bungsamran: what a first session actually looks like

The most famous fishing water in Bangkok, twenty minutes from Ramkhamhaeng, and almost nothing about it is what visitors expect.

G. Whitcombe · January 12, 2026
Jungle lakes or city ponds: which is the better day
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Jungle lakes or city ponds: which is the better day

The two ends of Thai fishing are an hour apart and have almost nothing in common.

G. Whitcombe · June 15, 2026
Barramundi in the coastal ponds
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Barramundi in the coastal ponds

Not glamorous, endlessly obliging, and the best fish in Thailand for somebody who has never caught anything.

G. Whitcombe · September 7, 2026