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Specialized Hook Baits - Catch Reports Oct 2025 (193 posts / 40,127 views)
TCarper TCarper
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#191 10 Jan 2026 10:59
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Quote... Those kind of expenses are well out of budget unfortunately!

Me & the missus took twenty bags off of the largest casino in Asia two days ago... Card counting at blackjack & reading weak roulette dealers spins. They really are weak here, including the pit bosses.. They ain't even watching half of the time

Took far more off bet365 on boxing day sitting on the beach. Maybe we will fly you out Sam

I'll call you in ten minutes.
vossy1 vossy1
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#192 10 Jan 2026 11:06
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If you get over to Chalong bay on route is Chalong Fishing Park, run by Jez (English) nice bloke, some lovely restaurants on that side too (if you haven't been already)

EDIT, Chalong Fishing Park, his wife and mum (Thai) make the food, it's fab, nice little bar too, don't have to fish.
TCarper TCarper
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#193 10 Jan 2026 11:16
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Thanks Vossy. We are not there anymore. Flew out of there a few days ago, elsewhere now. From early December we were in Phuket old town. Then Christmas & new year in one of the resorts on Phi Phi islands.

We really had the most incredible time. So stupidly beautiful & we were so lucky with the weather for the whole month. Maya Bay where they filmed that DiCaprio movie 'the beach'. Monkey Island. Pileh lagoon. Banana beach. I had zero interest in fishing whatsoever mate.

I always take a couple of travel rods when I'm away, but did not fish once this time. To much stunning scenery & amazing beaches to vegetate on.









TCarper TCarper
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#194 10 Jan 2026 12:46
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The first person who can make this meme of Dave Chappelle into one with Alan Partridge dancing gets £150 worth of our new hook baits of their choice with free delivery.

frothey frothey
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#195 10 Jan 2026 13:00
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Should be Jed Maxwell with your face tattooed on his stomach!
TCarper TCarper
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#196 10 Jan 2026 13:09
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bang on!

Jed Maxwell with my face on his stomach will do

I was thinking of this one.


frothey frothey
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#197 10 Jan 2026 13:33
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Smell my The Cheese you mother...
vossy1 vossy1
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#198 10 Jan 2026 14:10
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Great pics and great places...wanna know if you cropped all the other boats out
They shut Maya shortly after we went, you shoukd have seen it ...soo many boats and people swimming in the fuel slicks :-x ..glad we got there early before the madness!

Edit, my friend arrived in Krabi for 3 months last Tuesday, luckily he's a Thai GF so gets to see a lot of stuff the tourist don't....Lucky bugger.
Wayne Wayne
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#199 10 Jan 2026 14:48
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Not to bad for 30 seconds on an iPhone......
TCarper TCarper
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#200 10 Jan 2026 14:54
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Thanks Vossy. Only the Pileh lagoon photo is edited out of those. This is one below with the boats not removed. I have an iPhone 17 pro max which has AI on it to remove stuff like that. I'm useless with it but the missus knows her stuff. We were out on the islands so went really early before it got manic. Everyone else is getting the speedboats or the ferry from Phuket mainly, but it still takes them 45 minutes (speedboat) or two hours (ferry) to get there & first speed boat leaves at 8:30am. We would be on the beaches at first light. It was so bloody hot (34-37c) the mornings were much better anyway.



Maya Bay, we never went near 'the beach'. The queue to go to the beach from behind was just stupid. Sod that. The photos you see in Maya Bay like this one below the boats are not allowed in there anymore. So we are on a rope on the outside of the bay looking over at the very famous beach. It's totally protected now. All the boats are lined up to our left. To be fair there was only five or six. But if you look over the missus shoulder you can see the masses on the famous beach.



My missus is not Thai mate.



Long beach on Phi Phi.



Banana beach was my favourite. We had it to ourselves most mornings until 10am. When the crowds arrived we went back to the resort.





Monkey island on Phi Phi.





TCarper TCarper
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#201 10 Jan 2026 15:06
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Wayne Wayne
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#202 10 Jan 2026 15:07
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Let me know when you want it removed......
TCarper TCarper
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#203 10 Jan 2026 15:09
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I don't want it removed Wayne that's well funny.

Make it into the meme I said with those words on the Dave Chappelle meme & there's £150 worth of hook baits for you.
Wayne Wayne
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#204 10 Jan 2026 15:20
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Done, Have edited the original for ya
TCarper TCarper
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#205 10 Jan 2026 15:33
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We have a winner! Perfect Wayne. Please send that via WhatsApp message to our work mobile. Stick your delivery address & a list of what you want of anything that you know we do. Please make it clear sizes & variant, balanced or pop up.

Thank you, that's amazing, my stalker Mr Partridge will love that
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