International tournament

11th Phuket International Sportfishing Classic
It' s the tourists seasons now. Rainy season is passing away and the dry season is coming.As usual, we traditionally start with Fishing Tournament which is successfully finished. Here is the official results of this tournament. We hope to welcome you here in Phuket.

15 - 16 - 17 November 2002
Catch & Release basis for All Billfish
Official Results of The Tournament :
Participants ; 89 International Anglers from 18 Countries
Nationalities ; U.K. 20, U.S.A. 11, Thailand 10, Austria 9, Japan 6, Australia 5, Germany 5,
Netherlands 4, France 3, Malaysia 3 and 1 each of Hongkong, Spain, New Zealand, Italy, Canada, Switzerland.
Teams Entered ; 24 Teams based in 12 Countries
Billfish caught and released after photographing ; Marlin 2 , Sailfish 29
( Note : 1 marlin = 1,000 points , 1 sailfish = 500 points )
Others fish caught and weighted in ; Wahoo, King Mackerel, Tuna, Bonito, Dorado,
Rainbow Runner, Cobia, Queenfish and Barracuda
( Note : 1 kilogram = 2 points )
Ranking : -

1st Winner ; Team No. 6 , Brunei Flyer ( U.K. ) , Total points = 2,530. Overall Winner & Most Billfish released

2nd Winner ; Team No. 22 , Run 4 Run ( Austria ) , Total points = 2,236. Overall runner up, runner up day 1 , Most points day 3

3rd Winner ; Team No. 16 , Kloogmacher ( Singapore ) , Total points = 2,000
Runner up day 1 , Most points individual angler

4th Winner ; Team No. 8 , Herts Viking ( U.K. ) , Total points = 1,710

5th Winner ; Team No. 7 , Luxxe 2 ( Japan ) , Total points = 1,582

The Loser Prize ; Team No. 11 , Hong Thong ( Thailand ) , Total points = 0


Contact : Adul ( operation )
Cruise Center, Phuket
Tel 66 76 288 888
Fax 66 76 388 488
e-mail : cruisecenter@hotmail.com

GT tours

February 26, 2002

Here is an email message from Cruise Center:

"Sport fishing in this Andaman Sea especially G.T. Fishing becomes popular for most of our tourists from Japan. They spend 1 or 2 days at Raja Noi Island or at least a 3 day trip to Similan. There are still G.T. at Rajanoi Island during high tide from 15th - 3 rd night of the Lunar month worth fishing."

　

January 21, 2002

One angler emailed info about his fishing trip to Raja Noi island over the new year holidays. He caught two GT, weighing 20 kg and 6 kg.

Here is a story about his trip, reported by Mr. Adul:

Mr. Takenouchi chartered the sportfishing boat " Isabella "on the 1st of January 2002 for overnight trip. The boat left Phuket at 2.00 p.m. and around 3.30 p.m. Mr. Takenouchi started casting his popper at Elephant Rock around the northern tip of Raja Noi. After one hour of non-striking , Captain Ahmad decided to move the boat to the southern tip of this long-shape Island which is quite lengthy.

Normally the Giant Trivially in that area come up to the surface of the water early in the morning and very late in the afternoon when the sunlight turn yellow, before sunset. After keep on casting for a little while at last....the popper was attacked near the cliff. The fish dived deep trying to run away but after around 30 minutes of patiently fighting, Mr. Takenouchi won. The GT of Raja Noi was pulled on board Isabella for weighting and photographing before sending back to the sea at 7 o' clock in the evening. It weighted 20 kilograms !

That night, Mr. Takenouchi stayed on board, but he could not sleep because of pleasantness. Early next morning, another GT was caught by a popper also, it weighted 6 kg. Mr. Takenouchi got it from the same area of Raja Noi Island and he decided to return to Phuket with happiness. This GT Fishing Trip is less than 24 hours !


Contact : Adul ( operation )
Cruise Center, Phuket
Tel 66 76 288 888
Fax 66 76 388 488
e-mail : cruisecenter@hotmail.com

GT tours

Two groups of our guests went to Raja Noi .

In one trip, Mr. Nishioka got his first GT , it' s weighted 5 kg. At the same area they also gaffed Tsumuburi on board Isabella , for sashimi of course.

In the other trip, Mr. Takenouchi got a 15kg GT. He told me that there are very large schools ( 2 - 3 square kilometre ) of Giant Trevally around the southern tip of Raja Noi Islands . However those GT do not easily strike the popper lures,only sometimes in the day he successfully got them.

April 23, 2002



Contact : Adul ( operation )
Cruise Center, Phuket
Tel 66 76 288 888
Fax 66 76 388 488
e-mail : cruisecenter@hotmail.com

Rainbow runner

Rainbow Runner

Last week , a group of our guests went out fishing and before sunset they got some " Rainbow Runners " at the southern tip of Raja Noi Islands. This kind of fish have been disappeared from our water for quite a period of time,

but they come back occasionally and their first stop always be at " Raja Noi "


Why Raja Noi ? Because this Island located very near to the Continental Shelf or Drop Off , which is the same shelf from the west of Similan Islands ( please view the attached chart ). It is known that along the shelf is just like the Highway , where different kinds of car were drive around. The School of Fishes are also wandering along this continental shelf and frequently stop over at any coral reef , rocks and any Islands nearby , including Raja Noi.

Our Japanese guests called this fish " tsumuburi " , I' m not sure whether it is correct or not .

But when they go fishing apart from their tackle boxes , they also take with them the wasabi and kikkoman and some very sharp knife. Whenever this " tsumuburi " is gaffed on board it certainly become..tsasimi...shushi... immediately.


During this week those local fisherman from our village have got lots of this Rainbow Runners by jigging , while Anglers got it both jigging and trolling and even fresh baits of fish , squid and shrimp.


This is the reason why Raja Noi was named " Trophy Junction "


Contact : Adul ( operation )
Cruise Center, Phuket
Tel 66 76 288 888
Fax 66 76 388 488
e-mail : cruisecenter@hotmail.com