The captain was such a nice man and I do believe that he tried hard to find us fish. When bottom fishing he could have tried to stay over structure with positioning the boat but opted for drifting which makes it hard to stay in the zone when fishing in 50 meters of ocean.

Also I tried to explain with a translation app to the crew that barely helped my inexperienced friends that the 3 three rods that were being pulled for trolling were acting like they were tangled and the kid shrugged me off. We trolled for another 90 minutes to find out 2 of the only 3 rods in the water were tangled bad and we wasted another 30 minutes trying to get them untangled when they should have been cut.

They are nice people and I’m sure with some training and upgraded tackle they would make a nice outfit

The boat crew made the best of a quiet day. No big catches but we jigged and caught a lots of small stuff. Cheerful crew and very friendly

I can’t say enough good things about our private all-day game fishing trip with Funthaisea that we’d booked for 3 guests in April 2023!  Communications with Capt. Sergei were timely answered with concise, useful information.  Add-on roundtrip transportation from Patong Beach hotel to Chalong was reasonably priced and on time as scheduled, with a personable driver who even arrived early.

The trip couldn’t have gone more smoothly.  After steaming out from Chalong Pier, although it was slow at first during the initial trolling, the crew put us on some fish in the late morning.  Once we ran into a couple schools of tuna, then it was nonstop action for nearly a couple hours.  Lunch was prepared onboard and included both cooked tuna that we’d just caught as well as fresh tuna sashimi.  While the crew was cooking up lunch, we had opportunity to swim and snorkel.  By end of day, as we steamed back to Chalong Pier, our catch added up to a whopping 30 tuna, not bad for 3 guys on their first private fishing trip in Phuket!

Our ride back to Patong Beach was on time, and our driver was already waiting for us as we deboarded at the pier.  We all had a wonderful time and will be booking Funthaisea again for our Phuket trip next year.  Thank you, Capt. Sergei, for such a wonderful time!

My wife and I charted this boat for a full day (8 hour) private charter and everything was exactly as expected. Sergei was in constant communication with me leading up to the trip date, he arranged transportation from my hotel to the marina and back (which was cheaper than my local rate). Upon arrival at the Marina, Sergei quickly found me and my wife and he has us on the boat in minutes. Once we got on the boat, we were immediately underway. Now Sergei was not with us on the boat- but his crew of 3 were and they were great.
As soon as we left the harbor we started trolling for tuna and ended up catching 2 tuna. Spent the rest of the morning trolling for tuna, then stopped for snorkeling and lunch at a secluded cove. The lunch spot was incredible! The crew even prepared some of our tuna as sashimi and it was to die for.
Then when we said we were ready, we began fishing again, this time we rigged up for sail fish and proceeded to work trolling zig zags on our way back.
Unfortunately we only caught the two tuna, but still An amazing trip and would do again in a heart beat.

Plenty of fishing, a great lunch, great crew, a great time.

For those who don’t know how to fish, don’t worry, you can be as hands on- or as hands off as you want. The crew does most of the work unless you choose to get in there and do it.