Sakuna – Where the grass is always green
Fish species: Mekong giant catfish and striped catfish.
Fishing type: Bait fishing.
Location: Soi Mungkorn-Kandi Km. Soi entract is located at 8 Theparak, Muang Samut Prakan. About 30km from downtown Bangkok.
Operating hours: Open daily 10am-10pm
Contact information: 02-7554-433
Price:
B100 per rod on weekdays
B120 per rod on Saturday
B150 per rod on Sunday
B60 after 6pm everyday
Description: Spelt either Sakuna or Skunar in English (สกุณา in Thai). Here is one of the cheaper alternatives to the popular Bungsamran for the Mekong hunters out there. The pricing is the same for everyone and there are individual little huts to sit in, free of charge.
There are no wooden docks or obstacles in the water to snap your line so you wouldn’t have to worry about a naughty fish trying to dive under the docks like Bungsamran.
Instead of wooden or concrete docks Sakuna fishing park offers a grass lawn that is trimmed weekly. Another very wonderful part about this pond is their free bait mixing service. Purchase the ingredients for your bait at the counter and let the staff mix the bait for you in their bait mixing machines, this service is also free of charge.
The pond’s restaurant also has a very respectable menu serving all sorts of Thai food and seafood.
Tackle information: Since there are Mekongs in the pond one should always be prepared for a big fight just in case. However the Mekongs rarely ever feed at the bottom so a rig for bottom feeding would usually ensure that the Mekongs won’t bite. All bait used in Sakuna must be purchased there. The most popular bait both the Mekong and the striped catfish is what they call a “yua nuad” (เหยื่อนวด), or literally “massaged bait”. This is a combination of coconut milk, bread, fruity essence, “nom maew” essence and some pond water blended into an almost play-dough substance in their mixing machines.
Pond difficulty: Medium. The striped catfish here are high in abundance here. One will take the bait almost every single cast and they are not too big. The Mekongs of this pond are no where near as plenty as Bungsamran but they can get pretty big with the bigger ones being at around 60kg. Due to their scarcity compared to Bungsamran the Mekongs here usually take a while before they bite but when they do you can expect a good fight on your hands.
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- let someone do the mixing for you!
They are about this big
Posted: Thursday July 8, 2010
24 comments for Sakuna – Where the grass is always green
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Hi there,
I hail from Singapore, and had been fishing around Thailand for a short time, around Bangkok, Khao Laem Dam, Phuket, Chiangmai and K. Samui.
I had not fished at Skunar before, and would certainly like to fish here one day.
BSR is good with larger fishes, but a change in location would be good, right?
Tight Lines.
Robert Wong
oh yes, Skunar/Sakuna is a fantastic place to go significantly cheaper for foreigners.
tight lines indeed,
Bangkokhooker.
hi
your website is super!ILIKE what you do..
I hawe a couple questions:if I come to fishing on(sakuna)lake can they arange everything for good fishing:eqipment(rood and reel …)quide?if I hire equipment and quide,what is the cost?
-I woud like to go also fishing on BUNG SAN RAN:quides ther propably not speak anglish?is this a problem?its not mouch to talk aboat..I think…
thaks for youar replay roby
and another thing:bait?can I buy ther on the lake?
thx roby
not sure about guides or equipment hire price at Sakuna since I never have to use them but yes you can buy bait on the lake.
Skunar is next on my list for fishing. Read so much about it that I would want to give it a try. Since there are no snags here, can I use a 30lb line?
Yes 30lb line is fine. Happy fishing!
My younger brother used to go to Sakuna very often to let off some steam (usually when he was out of ‘happy-leaves’…). I joined him once -not to fish though-, which was quite entertaining. I think people even gamble there on Sundays on who catches the biggest fish…
I managed to fish at Skunar for two days last week. Not too many people and I used the bait sold at the fishing park. Managed to catch less than 4 fish weigh about 2 kg to 3 kg only. There were two other fishermen there who catch many fishes, but also small. Seems like the bigger fishes are not biting.
Hi Robert, what method were you using? (As in, bait, rig and gear)
@ Robert Wong – seems that many people who went fishing lately (either in fishing ponds or in the wild) have little tales of success to report of…could be the sudden change of weather.
Contrary to popular believe, fish do not bite more when or after rain (personal experience).
Being the first time there, I just used the kherng bait (fishmeal) sold at Skunar. They mixed it with some essences. Not very effective though.
I tried to add some kluay and did get some bites.
What bait do you recommend using? Maybe I can use your ‘secret bait recipe’ the next time I go to fish there. LOL
Hahaha, Robert, my secret is simplicity. Water + rice husk. It’s more about the water/bait ratio and the ball-making process. The real secret recipe is “trial and error”
You are so right. I have dozens of ‘secret recipes’ but do not have the chance to try them all at any single location.
Went to Skunar with my wife’s brother-in-law, who fishes there regularly. He laughed at the gear I had brought with me from NZ and supplied me with a stronger rod. I thought I would be catching 3kg fish. First cast to the middle of the pond using the bait supplied. Wait 3 minutes. First fish on!!! Took 20 minutes to land it and weighed about 30kg. So it went on, fish after fish, wait no more than 2 minutes after cast and no small fish at all.Biggest fish was the last one we caught, about 60kg. Luckily I live only 10 minutes away so will be going again many times, after I get some new and much stronger gear. This is not the place for light lines. I was really happy to have my English speaking b-i-l as my guide, made a huge difference to our success. He is a Vet but like most fisherman, he would rather be fishing than working. He could guide for you as well, just send me a message and will pass on details.
Haha, I’d like to see what kind of gear you brought to induce laughter from your brother-in-law!
Let’s just say that the gear would be fine for sea fishing in NZ where you expect to catch snapper and other species up to about 10kg.All brand new and not used so it was not the appearance and the gear is certainly stronger than a tooth-pick. So, I thought it would be fine for largeer freshwater fish at Skunar (like NZ trout). I had no idea that I would need a winch attached to a 4WD to drag those monsters ashore!!! My arms and back are still aching today. Whoever says that there are no big fish at Skunar must be casting into the drainage ditch next door! As well as new rod and a bigger spinning reel, a full size gimbel belt is on my shopping list (not the type that holds a boiled egg, I want the type with armour plating behind the cup to look after my jewels). The other great thing about Skunar is no extra pricing for farangs. I should also say that there would have only been about 20 fisherment in total yesterday.
Great catch there …would be going there soon…since the bait sold at sakuna not effective…what bait did u use during your trip…did u make it yourself or buy the bait ready ? Would appreciate it if u could share this?
The bait sold at Skunar IS effective. In fact, I think that it is compulory to use their bait, as everybody I saw fishing was using their supplied bait. It comes in a very large container anyway, which makes it impractical to think about taking your own bait along. They had a selection of flavour enhancers and they mix it all for you and deliver it to your fishing spot. Cannot ask for better service than that AND the bait is cheap. It just looks strange and if you have not used before, ask somebody else there how to ball it up for putting on the hook.It will be roughly the size of a cricket ball. My observation is that casting to the right place to present the bait is the most important key to success. Will be there again later this week and next week and can’t wait to get stuck into those giants again.
Thanx for the reply and advice…will try the bait there…tight lines!
can you keep a fish or two?
Not the big ones but I think you can buy the small ones you catch.
Hi Oz,
any siamese carp in Sakuna?
Nope.