Thread: Post any pic anytime as many as u like

Originally Posted by Cujo

Does it matter?

Not to you, but put your two penn'orth in, if it makes you happy

If it is, he may want to expand on a yachting tread, some, obviously not you but who gives a fuck, some others may find it interesting

After all week of trying, I caught this grouper this morning on the last day of me hols. I used same lure that got stuck in my finger yesterday, figuring that if it was that hard to cut out of my finger it should stay attached to a fish.

Will get the hotel to cook it up tonight.

Originally Posted by Mendip

After all week of trying, I caught this grouper this morning on the last day of me hols. I used same lure that got stuck in my finger yesterday, figuring that if it was that hard to cut out of my finger it should stay attached to a fish.

Will get the hotel to cook it up tonight.

Do you need to borrow my ruler

You can stick yer ruler Simon! It's all coming together on my last day!

Added this beauty late morning. About 1.5kg, looks like a nice dinner tonight!

Trouble is we have no idea what fish it is. Can't find it on the net.

Any ideas? The hotel staff are calling it Pla Gabok, or something similar...

Mendip, its a wouldnttouchit fish. As Jeff says consider the source.

Thats a mullet or Pla Krabok and edible

The mullets or grey mullets are a family of ray-finned fish found worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters, and some species in fresh water. Mullets have served as an important source of food in Mediterranean Europe since Roman times. The family includes about 78 species in 20 genera. Wikipedia
Family: Mugilidae; Jarocki,Jarocki 1822
Scientific name: Mugilidae
Did you know: Mullets are distinguished by the presence of two separate dorsal fins, small triangular mouths, and the absence of a lateral line organ

Heres an English Thai fish translator for you

Cobia = Pla Chon Thale

Baracuda = Pla Sak

Shark = Pla Chalarm

Mullet = Pla Krabok

Grouper = Pla Gow

Stingray = Pla Kabin

Sailfish = Pla tong rom

Marlin = Pla tong teng

Longtom = Pla tong keow

Tuna = Pla O/ Pla tuna

King Mackerel = Pla Insi

Mahi mahi = Pla Ee-to / Pla Tomon

Flatfish = Pla Lin maa

Eel = Plaa Lai

Batfish = Pla Oo chang

Coral trout = Pla Gow daeng

Sweetlips = Pla Hua-lek

Ribbonfish = Pla Dap

Flying fish = Pla Nok-ka-jok

Snapper = Pla Kapong

Longnose emperor = Pla Kuat

Rabbitfish = Pla Kitang

Threadfin salmon = Pla Oo-lao

Milkfish = Pla Men

some in the trevally family

Giant trevally = Pla Kamong

Bigeye jack = Pla hang-liem

African pompano = pla pram/ pla chom ngam

Queenfish = Pla Talang

Gold-spot trevally = Pla Klong

Bludger trevally = Pla Klong ngoo

Rainbow runner = Pla Jerman / Pla Rainbow

For freshwster fish; DD. Did a good list on here



Thai Fresh Water Fish - TeakDoor.com - The Thailand Forum

Thanks Dillinger, mullet and grouper it is tonight then. May even get on the dinner thread.

NPT, the sea looks pretty clean here so I'll risk the fish tonight. Need to lose weight anyway!

Originally Posted by Mendip

Thanks Dillinger, mullet and grouper it is tonight then. May even get on the dinner thread.

NPT, the sea looks pretty clean here so I'll risk the fish tonight. Need to lose weight anyway!

The important thing is did MiniMendip enjoy the fishing. I loved it when i was young, my uncle used to take me salmon fishing. You need to get her to the UK to go mackerel fishing of the south coast, one line, 10 hooks and 8 fish, two casts and turn the boat around

Interesting, however, I do not see the most common Thai fish

Tilapia - Pla Nin

Originally Posted by Klondyke

Interesting, however, I do not see the most common Thai fish

Tilapia - Pla Nin

Left hand side, 3 down from the top.

Pla dohk = catfish

'Mini Mendip', I like that!

The rocks are covered in barnacles and mussels and are to sharp for her, so she collects shells while I catch dinner.

Also, problem is, she's getting older and growing up and starting to do her own thing as well. She left me making sandcastles on my own yesterday.

Originally Posted by Mendip

She left me making sandcastles on my own yesterday.

...that's happened to me and fairly recently with a little one in the family, i was happy with my Chang and Bucket and Spade. The secret is to build it just below high water mark and then watch the tide take it out.

kata noi late arvo downpour

After a very pleasant few days on the coast, it's hot back in Isaan. Whatever happened to the wet season?

Wet season is not hiding in Nan province...2/10 for effort to date, very poor.

Originally Posted by Mendip

After a very pleasant few days on the coast, it's hot back in Isaan. Whatever happened to the wet season?

M'Sahib checked our animals vet cards this morning for their vaccination due dates. Gets into perspective how many we actually have now.

^ We only have seven! I also have to write the English translations of the names on the front of each book!

Barby! I hope that's a girl.

The vet came round this morning for vaccination boosters for our four dogs, plus rabies boosters for three that live out back which we feed. Managed to get one of the 'outside' dogs vaccinated but the other two took one look and took off. The vet left the syringes with me to get them at feeding time tonight.

Originally Posted by Mendip

Barby! I hope that's a girl.

Indeed. 14 month old Pit Bull, one of our 3 dogs. 6 cats, 3 inside and 2 outside, 1 currently in isolation (kitten found in our garage 2 weeks ago in a poor state, who's waiting for his first vaccinations in a couple of weeks).

Amazing what can be done with a couple of lengths of threaded rod -

fear and loathing at hualumphong

train to trang


trang - great place - clock tower and the trang hotel (dead set no worries about getting a root there a decade ago - dunno bout now)

The vet came today to give the dogs booster vaccinations. Our four dogs no problem.

We have another three 'outside' dogs we feed and look after. It was time for their rabies boosters. We did the first one no problem, but the other two scarpered, the vet left me the syringes.

So, wait for tea time...



And last but not least, Sewer Dog. He is of course called 'Tiger' following in the Thai tradition of having about three names for all dogs, but with my sloppy Thai pronunciation he is known as Sewer (Seaur... Seuar... ???)