The tourist track and comfortably tarmacked road which weaves around the east side of Khao Laem Dam serves only one purpose  and that is to disembark the luxury of our air-conditioned minivan & proceed on foot through the seemingly non-existent trail to the marshy fringe of Khao Laem Dam. Where one of our team, living on the dam away from the mainland for 27 years awaits with his long-tail boat for us to board.

Khao Laem Dam - Vast Freshwater Ocean in Thailand's Western Jungle

Vicious, aggressive, violent, ferocious & merciless are by no means exaggerations to describe the fury of the snakehead as it launches at the lure with intent to rip and slash it apart. The snakehead is not comparable to the pike, bass or barramundi – this predator is more dangerous and angry, as if it were possessed. When holding a snakehead up for the cameras, you will hear a ‘chop, chop, chop’ sound – the sound which comes from the snakeheads jaws as it snaps them open & shut.

It is for these personality traits, these natural instincts, these survival skills, these predatory assets which makes the snakehead a beautiful fish, a beautiful creature to be respected as the perfect freshwater predatory fish. To understand, fear & respect the snakehead in-turn brings the most exciting, scary, heart-racing, thrilling & rewarding fishing experiences imaginable.

JUNGLE PERCH – DECEIVING MORPHOLOGY

The jungle perch also known as the hampala barb and shares morphology similarity to the roach or rudd, but that is as far as the similarities go. Do not be fooled by the apparently harmless looks of the jungle perch, it’s shiny silver coated scales, it’s gorgeous red fins & it’s seemingly herbivore type mouth are all very deceiving. The jungle perch hunt in two ways, the first very similar to the snakehead they will be solitary or in small numbers hunting not far from margins, bays, weeds & snags. The second, unlike snakehead the jungle perch will hunt in open water in huge shoals working together to herd prey fish upto the surface where they mercilessly strike hard and fast at large numbers of prey fish. This hunting style is so ferocious and fast that not only is it a visible, water erupting attack; but it is loud and frightening too.

INDIAN CARP \ ROHU FISHING IN THAILAND AT KHAO LAEM DAM

Jungle fishing in Kanchanaburi at Khao Laem Dam is one of the only fishing expeditions to specialise not only in lure fishing for jungle perch & snakehead, but also bait fishing for the Indian Carp. The Indian carp is also known as rohu. There are very few guides or fisherman, Thai or Western who would launch a guided fishing trip for Indian carp. This is due to the carp’s notoriously hard to locate nature, its wariness and the enormous & daunting task of producing results from wilderness fishing destinations such as Srinakarin Reservoir or Khao Laem Dam – fishing in Kanchanaburi province of Thailand.

The Jungle Perch lives uo to its name , like the Perch this fairly friendly looking fish will attack and hunt in groups.

This trip has special & unique access to a section of Khao Laem Dam that most others have never seen. Here there are large numbers of

Indian carp but still they are residents to a vast body of complex & wild Khao Laem Dam; to ensure results for our clients we simply do what all TV-star fisherman do – we pre-bait. We pre-bait a large area located off an uninhabited raft. Each day for 5 days prior to fishing Khao Laem Dam.

We will set up and fish 6 rods over the baited area for 2 days. Within this time period you will enjoy action from a fish which is lusted after by many anglers, of which very few are successful; hence why it is very rare for a fishing guide service to offer Indian carp fishing as an option along with lure fishing for snakehead & jungle perch.

LUXURY BUNGALOW ACCOMMODATION

Every angler dreams of adventure jungle fishing trips such as this one, certainly every angler would remember the sights, scenery, smells, culture & environment of fishing in the wilderness surrounded by nature for the rest of their lives. It is completely understandable however that our clients would prefer and expect comfortable sleeping accommodation, with Fish Thailand expeditions you will be sleeping in a first class bungalow resort with full facilities & amenities.

Each evening a boat ride will take you back to the shore where cool air will be blasting through the minivan & your chauffeur awaits to take us on a 40 minute drive to a luxury bungalow resort.

The resort is located at the top of a mountain where the bungalows, restaurant & garden overlook Khao Laem Dam. Each bungalow has air-conditioning, cable TV, refrigerator, en-suite hot water shower & toilet. It is important to have a good comfortable night sleep after a delicious Thai meal between each day in the wilderness.

1 person = 8900 B. Per person

2 persons = 5800 B. Per person

3 persons = 5700 B. Per person

4 persons = 4900 B. Per person 

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INCLUDED:

Private luxury minivan for all transfers & day to day use
Fishing boats
Team of fishing guides
All fishing tackle, lures & baits
Luxury bungalow resort accommodation
Insurance
Non-fishing guests welcome free – with the exception of extra accommodation for the guests if required

NOT INCLUDED:

Food & drinks – (the resort has a reasonably priced restaurant average dish 70B & we will drive you to the shops for you to buy each days fishing lunch).

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