While I was certainly impressed with a haul of 30+ tuna from Aprilโs booking aboard the Guzel, I had to wonder whether the crew would be able to duplicate that fishing excitement on my next trip.ย Well, wonder no longer, as attested to by Novemberโs catch:ย 2 dozen Blackfin & Skipjack Tunas, and a King Mackerel!ย
The skipper & mate both seemed as enthusiastic about putting us on the fish as I was, thus making for a most enjoyable outing!
While I was certainly impressed with a haul of 30+ tuna from Aprilโs booking aboard the Guzel, I had to wonder whether the crew would be able to duplicate that fishing excitement on my next trip.ย Well, wonder no longer, as attested to by Novemberโs catch:ย 2 dozen Blackfin & Skipjack Tunas, and a King Mackerel!ย The skipper & mate both seemed as enthusiastic about putting us on the fish as I was, thus making for a most enjoyable outing!
I canโt say enough good things about our private all-day game fishing trip with Funthaisea that weโd booked for 3 guests in April 2023!ย Communications with Capt. Sergei were timely answered with concise, useful information.ย 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 couldnโt have gone more smoothly.ย 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.ย Once we ran into a couple schools of tuna, then it was nonstop action for nearly a couple hours.ย Lunch was prepared onboard and included both cooked tuna that weโd just caught as well as fresh tuna sashimi.ย While the crew was cooking up lunch, we had opportunity to swim and snorkel.ย 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.ย We all had a wonderful time and will be booking Funthaisea again for our Phuket trip next year.ย Thank you, Capt. Sergei, for such a wonderful time!
I canโt say enough good things about our private all-day game fishing trip with Funthaisea that weโd booked for 3 guests in April 2023!ย Communications with Capt. Sergei were timely answered with concise, useful information.ย 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 couldnโt have gone more smoothly.ย After steaming out from Chalong Pier, although... More
Great trip. Weather was great. We caught 12 tunas on the way to Racha Noi. There we had a superb lunch with sashimi made out of tunas we had caught. On the way back we tried to catch different fish. Result was 2 Dorados which was great. We learned a lot about of fishing different species. Crew of 2 people spoke just enough english.
Good job , nice catch , guys. Sergei
Captain was reasonably priced and delivered as promised. Crew was outstanding. The deckhand in particular was the man and pretty much made sure we caught fish. 12 tuna, one barracuda, one Terraly. Fresh sashimi on the boat and a great fried fish once we got home!
You are welcome aboard again! Thank you for the review
Sergei
You are welcome aboard again! Thank you for the review Sergei
The booking process, administration and communications were all excellent. The two guys running the boat really knew their stuff and we caught plenty: kingfish, tuna, barracuda and three beautiful sailfish.