Phuket Nov 2nd

[hdmcgatha]

Yes thats my little THAIONEON (THAI-ONE-ON) I have her rigged out pretty good for over here. Here are a few photos of the boat. Thanks for all of your kind words. I will look for more photos.

[hdmcgatha]

Shoe, I am still looking into the gear but I will keep you posted as to when I start.

The only thing you should be impressed with is the fact that you, Admin, Jer, et all have built a worldwide powerhouse...

Dan found this thread that I did on building a tuna rod:
http://www.sportfishermen.com/board/...ish-37899.html

And sent me a pm saying that he wanted to build some rods now because of it. How cool is that! The power of SFC is felt world wide

[hdmcgatha]

Here are a few more photos I wanted to share with you guys. Most are on my boat THAIONEON (THAI-ONE-ON) some are on another local boat. I hope you enjoy them.

[clt_capt]

Great pics. Much appreciated.

[rizzoads]

Beautiful! I've always wanted to go to Phuket..

[hdmcgatha]

If any of you guys ever come over I hope you let me know. I will be more than happy to help you plan a trip any way I can. I will try to keep everyone informed of what we are doing over here half way around the globe.

[Patudo]

Thanks for the report and photos Dan. Your vessel looks very clean, is she private or in charter?

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Re the poster who asked about Longtails - from what I can gather they are probably closest to your blackfin tuna - they tend to hang around more inshore types of environments and look like a duller coloured version of a yellowfin. Much lighter meat than skippies or kawa kawas, sweet and very good to eat raw or cooked. They're quite widely distributed through the Indo Pacific from as far west as Kenya and Tanzania on the east African coast to Australia and the South China Sea. The largest longtail I've seen from the Phuket area was only maybe 15 lbs or so but they get up to around 70 lbs in other areas.

Regards

P.

[hdmcgatha]

Thanks for the report and photos Dan. Your vessel looks very clean, is she private or in charter?

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Re the poster who asked about Longtails - from what I can gather they are probably closest to your blackfin tuna - they tend to hang around more inshore types of environments and look like a duller coloured version of a yellowfin. Much lighter meat than skippies or kawa kawas, sweet and very good to eat raw or cooked. They're quite widely distributed through the Indo Pacific from as far west as Kenya and Tanzania on the east African coast to Australia and the South China Sea. The largest longtail I've seen from the Phuket area was only maybe 15 lbs or so but they get up to around 70 lbs in other areas.

Regards

P.

Patudo, Thanks for the info on the Longtails. It is very nice cooked or raw. Sometimes we cut one up raw and enjoy it on the boat. THAIONEON is a charter boat out of Chalong Bay.

[blackwell50]

I always liked papong road a little bit.

[Capt-D]

I always liked papong road a little bit.

There some crazy chit that goes on over there that's for sure!

Was a great 3 weeks when I was there in 2003!

-D