Pete,a boy from Bkk who fished BSR at least once a week,tried out Catfishing with
me when visited his 2nd home here.Knowing my team won so many top prize n bagging
100 of thousand bht each yr,he requested me to give him some lesson about my trick
and tried out my Super Bait.Though I normally do not expose my tactique to anyone
but dont mind if a kid his age willing to learn.To a shock!! bring along with him a Shimano
Stella!!.With 200 m 50lbs braid.This is the type of investment Thai parent willing to pay
if any activity can avoid their kids from vice.This Bait is specially for Chiang Mai BOR SANG
LAKE.Soonest it hit the water,it will sink slowly n most of the time those catfish will hit
it b4 it hit the bottom.If no bite within 5 mins I will retrieve and change a new one.



Beautiful reel

match with nice Saltica rod


another hook up


again


Power rod match with powerful reel...what a good match
And... a nice fish

some more

this one with my spare tackle.No rest when fishing with me.But such energetic boy like Pete
...no problem...only ask for more.

After 14 fishes on first half of the day we stop to count.
All I can say is this combination set of tackle is ...beyond Superb...

Wah bro, your pete is hell of a lucky chum to have a good shifu showing him the rope. Wanna show me the rope too?: I also 18 years old many, many years ago. Cheers

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Wow, super bait + tackle in comes wonderful catch !!! Nice !!!

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Good tackle + good fishing

I dont mind if those visited me does not live in the north.HaHa.Over here we competed
shoulder to sholder.Very few will win if compete without a team.Normally we will have at least
5 in a group.When we draw a spot we have will have 2 BODYGUARDS on both L/R to prevent over cross from other competitors.Unless you r lucky,very few will ever win if you got less than 20 hook up in any match.Over here normally we go by the exact weight.Not the biggest.
Such as.nearest to 2 kg or 3 kg.N the last person sweep the top cash.Using only digital scale.
2 weeks ago my team just won MAE SAI PATIN OPEN.They swept 100,000 Bht 1st prize.
Frankly you can make more money compete in catfishing than sebarau or toman.Every yr
there is the biggest match which may bag Bht 1,000,000 for any winner/s.Even Tor Sad catfish comp.also pay out about the same prize as Patin where else Toman n Sebarau
only win you a trophy which cant feed your family at all!!

Yes chimera I didnt even supply my client those grade of tackle...
That whole set cost nearly Bht 35,000.As much as 5 months local thai wages.
Anyway,Pete dad is a medical dortor in famous BKK hospital.So its affortable to give
his son the best.Lucky him.

Since Pete has a 2nd home here,who knows he may like to join my team for good .

Breath in breath out he only talk catfishing.After I took him, he went back again the next day!!He is fast learning,he also caught many on his own.Brought along my Super Bait n
apply a little trick n tecnique ..its a sure many hook up.Bite On The Drop is best for
those expensive tackle.You dont need to put on the ground to get it scratches or dirt
especially this rainy day.N the bite rate also faster than luring.The best part is you will
see those fishes scramble after it when the bait hit the water.No waitng game here.Its
boring.

Congratz on the MAE SAI PATIN OPEN compy. I am sure there were even more such results that you are too modest to highlight. Guess the competitiveness is more important than the cash reward but all the same, who would not be happy if there are cash rewards in them. Cheers bro

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Staticaly,my teammates are unemployed,only 3 that compete in toman n sebarau.But during
weekend,they are cash hunters.Is their bread n butter.During 2009 was their best harvest.
After devident each made around Bht700,000 from patin match.For country boys like them
live very modestly its easy live.No shop to open ,only fishing every day.Those single even
better!!Nothing to responsible.Only travel from one privince to another during weekend hunt
for cash prize.

Congrats on the win ....tt's a lucrative business to be in....the wages are higher than a normal office job Mon to Fri...haha....envious

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nice one pat ahaha how wad size was the stella? BTW can Pm me wad is the bait
hahhaha

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Thanks.Hope can beat others all the time .Otherwise may have nothing to feed our family Of course,many private lakes only cater to competition.Open
only once or twice a month.Some made like 100 of thousands Bht each match.But you
dont expect to catch big fish here.Most are about the same size.It the tru game of patin pro.
Entrance fees is from Bht350-15,000 / rod depend on the prize.Most match attract up to
300 ppls.

Believe or not I didnt even paid attention to the size of his reel.KeKe
Not just the bait that play the trick.Its combination of many factors.The rig,the cast
even the sound when it hit water....I got 2 kind of this bait one is dry bait another one is
wet which is as soft as soft n melting ice cream.The later one need lot of practice to b
able to cast or they will break apart easily.It also desolves in water even b4 it reach the floor
of the lake but mostly got grab soonest it hit the surface

Hi Pat,

My group is thinking of going to Thailand to try out Mekong Cat fishing.

Can you advice type of set-up to bring along and most important, how's the arrangement including price for maybe 2 nights fishing?

Thanks!

Which part of thailand r u going?I live in Chaing Mai.If you come here,please mail me.
Personally I use n supply my clients with Baitrunner(either Shimano or Penn)Fishing
here I prefer 2pc 9 footer.If you go BSR suggest jigging or boat rod.In Chiang Mai
you need to cast some distance n playing with long rod is more fun to me.Bor sang Lake
only open from 8:00-22:00.For private lake I frequent this place most if target Mae Kong Cat.
You can email me to boomtownfishing@gmail.com

Thanks Pat !

Will check with my group and e-mail you soon.

Cheers !!!