Welcome to the MEGA FISHING THAILAND freshwater Venues section.
Here you will find all you need to know about where to go, when to go, how to get there and how to hire a guide to make sure you make the most of your Angling experience in Thailand , the land of sniles.
Thailand's inland waterways offer a huge variety of freshwater fishing in rivers, lakes and reservoirs. For anglers looking for big fish and exotic species the country really is hard to beat -from the largest freshwater fish in the world, the Mekong Giant Catfish, to one of the most vicious predators, the Giant Snakehead.
Just browse down the page to see a list of venues. The latest additions will be at the top of the page. You can also use the navigation on the left if you know where you want to stay in Thailand. This page will be regularly updated as new venues are found and opened. If you know of a fishing venue in Thailand please email with the details, it will be posted on this page and help to improve fishing in Thailand for everyone.
Around twohours taxi ride from Phuket lies Cheow lan lake which was created in 1982 by daming the Sok river and creating the most stunning of all Thailand's reservoirs. At the time of construction lots of natural habitat was lost and thousands of animals displaced when countless square Kilometers of forest were submerged beneath the waters of the lake. This submerged forest is what now harbours a good head of Giant snakehead and other fish species.
We are back again with another piece of exclusive fishing action direct from Gillhams fishing resort. In our last report from the said fishing lake details were still not clear as to whether Fly or Lure fishing would be allowed at this new fishing lake near Thailand's happening beach resort of Ao nang and Krabi town. Well we now have an answer for you and a bunch of amazing photos to back it up.
The resort is situated in a stunning national park area, surrounded by lime Scale cliffs covered in protected tropical rain forest. Close to Ao Nang, which boasts top class restaurants pubs and clubs plus unspoilt white sand beaches, 1km from the best elephant trekking in southern Thailand, also in the surrounding national park there are hot springs, waterfalls with stunning freshwater pools to take a refreshing swim after your walk through unspoilt forests.
Written by By Johnny Jensen, Sportfishing journalist, Denmark
It has been my intention to fish for Thailand's freshwater species for several years, but I have sort of been waiting for an opportunity. The opportunity presented itself when a friend of mine was stationed in Bangkok for a period of 6 months.
Many people make a trip to Thailands second city of Chiang mai when they are on holiday or travelling. Allthough a fairly large and rapidly growing place it still maintains a quiet ,quaint setting for any traveller or tourist to relax and soak up Thai culture. Unfortunatley I didnt have time to do any of that as I was meeting a friend for a day and just managed to squeeze in three hours at the amazing Paradise Lake.
Par Lai Lake near Chalong is set amongst a backdrop of exotic tropical gardens, you can target a large variety of tough fighting species that include Pacu, Striped Catfish, Giant Gourami, Giant Snakehead, Great Snakehead, Tilapia and Indo-Pacific Tarpon.
The fish you see in these pictures are called Snakehead, a species found in the mountain lakes and jungle rivers of South East Asia ,the Indian sub continent and recently due to escapes and illegal stocking the southern states of the U.S.A , it is an ambush predator living in and around weed beds and other submerged obstacles which is similar in its habits to our own pike. Its diet consists mainly of
I moved here to Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand 2 months ago, and am nicely settled in, after a couple of weeks here I started to get the fishing itch, as most fisherman do, after they have been without for a while. so I started to look about for somewhere to fish.
A New addition to the MEGA Fishing Thailand pages, is the Kieng Doi Fishing Park in Chiang Mai. This is a Family run fishing park very near to the Chiang Rai town centre. With very good prices for fishing and rod hire its definatley worth a visit if you are up there in the North of Thailand.
Barramundi fishing in Thailand is still something quite alien to the fishing world. Fishing in Thailand is famous for many species of freshwater & saltwater fish; yet the barramundi fishing still seems to be undisclosed to even the most devoted barramundi hunters.
This a small lake situated at the end of Soi 14 along the Beach Road in Jomtien.A 150 bungee jump is also on site in the right hand corner of the lake.There are sometimes competitons held on the weekends at this lake.
Around two hours taxi ride from Phuket lies Cheow lan lake which was created in 1982 by daming the Sok river and creating the most stunning of all Thailand's reservoirs. At the time of construction lots of natural habitat was lost and thousands of animals displaced when countless square Kilometers of forest were submerged beneath the waters of the lake. This submerged forest is what now harbours a good head of Giant snakehead and other fish species. 
We are back again with another piece of exclusive fishing action direct from Gillhams fishing resort. In our last report from the said fishing lake details were still not clear as to whether Fly or Lure fishing would be allowed at this new fishing lake near Thailand's happening beach resort of Ao nang and Krabi town. Well we now have an answer for you and a bunch of amazing photos to back it up. 
The resort is situated in a stunning national park area, surrounded by lime Scale cliffs covered in protected tropical rain forest. Close to Ao Nang, which boasts top class restaurants pubs and clubs plus unspoilt white sand beaches, 1km from the best elephant trekking in southern Thailand, also in the surrounding national park there are hot springs, waterfalls with stunning freshwater pools to take a refreshing swim after your walk through unspoilt forests. 
It has been my intention to fish for Thailand's freshwater species for several years, but I have sort of been waiting for an opportunity. The opportunity presented itself when a friend of mine was stationed in Bangkok for a period of 6 months. 
Many people make a trip to Thailands second city of Chiang mai when they are on holiday or travelling. Allthough a fairly large and rapidly growing place it still maintains a quiet ,quaint setting for any traveller or tourist to relax and soak up Thai culture. Unfortunatley I didnt have time to do any of that as I was meeting a friend for a day and just managed to squeeze in three hours at the amazing Paradise Lake. 
Par Lai Lake near Chalong is set amongst a backdrop of exotic tropical gardens, you can target a large variety of tough fighting species that include Pacu, Striped Catfish, Giant Gourami, Giant Snakehead, Great Snakehead, Tilapia and Indo-Pacific Tarpon.
The fish you see in these pictures are called Snakehead, a species found in the mountain lakes and jungle rivers of South East Asia ,the Indian sub continent and recently due to escapes and illegal stocking the southern states of the U.S.A , it is an ambush predator living in and around weed beds and other submerged obstacles which is similar in its habits to our own pike. Its diet consists mainly of
I moved here to Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand 2 months ago, and am nicely settled in, after a couple of weeks here I started to get the fishing itch, as most fisherman do, after they have been without for a while. so I started to look about for somewhere to fish. 
A New addition to the MEGA Fishing Thailand pages, is the Kieng Doi Fishing Park in Chiang Mai. This is a Family run fishing park very near to the Chiang Rai town centre. With very good prices for fishing and rod hire its definatley worth a visit if you are up there in the North of Thailand.
BARRAMUNDI FISHING IN THAILAND
This a small lake situated at the end of Soi 14 along the Beach Road in Jomtien.A 150 bungee jump is also on site in the right hand corner of the lake.There are sometimes competitons held on the weekends at this lake.