Wynfest 2026: Highlights and Results from TopCats Fishery Thailand It was our absolute pleasure to host the annual Wynfest Thailand festival this year! The exclusive event brought together six pairs…

History Made at TopCats: Dan Brindley Equals the Legendary Species Record! We are absolutely delighted to announce that a six-year-old record has finally been matched! Please join us in giving…

Record-Breaking Win: Catch More Fish Prize Winner Visits TopCats We recently had the pleasure of hosting Pete Hamerton, the lucky winner of a free week’s fishing at TopCats, offered through…

Battle of the Bars 2026: April Match Report The low season is officially here, but the action at TopCats is just heating up! We kicked off the latest round of…

New Fish Stocking at TopCats: Tigers, Shovelnoses, and More! If you have ever visited TopCats, you know there is certainly no shortage of action at TopCats. However, we believe that…

Please join us in welcoming Larry to our amazing resort. TopCats would like to wish all our customers and future customers a Happy and, most importantly, a Healthy New Year.…

Gamma Fishing Line We want to share some exciting news regarding our latest batch of Gamma line from the manufacturer, Gamma Fishing, based in the USA. Despite the challenges with…

Super Harvest Moon We have just had the first supermoon of the year (6th/7th  October). Known as the Harvest Moon, because it’s the full moon closest to the September equinox…

Samui Fishing Challenge (September) Our September team event featured 2 new teams with  Danny and Sue representing Topcats, and Dylan and Mattie fishing as the Breamy Boys. This 4-hour match…

News: A Fish Stocking with a Difference One of our friends, customers, and  Samui resident, Tony Forbes, had a problem.  He had an awesome outside fishtank that housed 3 fish…

Finley’s Arapaima: A Dream Fulfilled Finley Wells was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia at the age of 7 years old. Luckily, he didn’t need a stem cell transplant, but with…

New YouTube Channel: Launching 8th JuneOur Brand-New YouTube Channel: TopCatsFishing TVLIVE Every Day | 8 AM – 8 PM Straight from the legendary Heaven’s Point Swim, we’re streaming non-stop action,…

Samui Fishing Challenge (May) As a quiet May drew to a close, it was time for our local anglers to take center stage in the Samui Fishing Challenge. This fun…

New Fish Stocking We wanted to share some exciting news about our new stock arrivals this week from our trusted supplier, Bird Aquatic. As part of our commitment to providing…

Samui Fishing Challenge(April 2025) With the low season upon us, we were pleased to kick off our friendly fishing competition for expats with bars or other business ventures right here…

New Fish Stocking TopCats is blessed with one of the largest Siamese Carp stocks in Thailand. With the Mekong and Redtail Cats they are then goto fish of TopCats. We…

Ricks Christmas Visit Rick Allsop is making a habit of Christmas in Thailand followed by New Year at TopCats. This year was no exception, and he booked 6 nights in…

So near and yet so far! Michal Bradford stayed a full 2 weeks in our premiere bungalow , with full on fishing with the aim of beating the species catch…

TopCats Completes planned Lake Refurbishments Breaking News!! Major renovations of the main fishing area are just about finished, hope you can see from these initial pictures it looks great. Other…

Day Ticket Fishing at TopCats It was a red-letter day last week for Steve, a regular day ticket customer. He fished our standard day ticket, currently discounted to 6,000 baht…

Samui Fishing Challenge Round 1 With the low season now in full swing it gave us a chance to run a competition. Rather than get teams to commit for all…

Kane wants to be a guide. Kane from Manchester but been travelling in Australia visited us earlier in the year and vowed to return. We welcomed him back this month…

Mark it off your bucket list. It was on my bucket list to catch monster fish in Thailand, and I urge everyone to do it while they can you will…

Steve Myers Returns This week we are featuring a remarkable trip by veteran match and multi-species angler Steve Myers, who had been every year to TopCats from2012-2018. Unfortunately, Covid times…

The Return to Topcats – Round 2 If you haven’t read what happened when father and son combo Ian and JackFantham came to visit in November 2022 then check it…

Wedding Party at Topcats With notice we can close the lake for exclusive use for your party for a day or half a day. We can cater for up to…

Out of this World Fishing Experience Well, we didn’t know where to start on this one ……. After a quick half day earlier in the year,  Alan and Russell vowed…

The Incredible Hulk: A Legendary Mekong Catfish Unveiled in Thailand The moment has arrived. In the remote corners of southern Thailand, nestled on the picturesque tropical island of Koh Samui,…

Thailand Holiday and Fishing Experience Long time Pallatrax team member, Neil Denton had been trying to come to TopCats for nearly 4 years, but various factors including Covid, and accidents…

New Fishing Day Record at Topcats There are 40 species to go at here at TopCats, some are likely impossible to catch, and some are rare, for example we know…

Topcats Invitational There had been no Battle of the Bars for a while and a few of the lads wanted to try a new form of competition, with a new…

Avril’s 40th Birthday at TopCats – A Day to Remember. Because we supply of the tackle, bait and have some very attentive guides, our lake is a great place to…

Not All Lines Are Created Equally TopCats Fishing Resort, Koh Samui, Thailand, is pleased to announce that it will be exclusively using fishing line supplied by Gamma Fishing. Gamma fishing…

Events at Topcat’s Fishing Resort, Thailand. Have you ever considered hosting an event here at TopCats. So far, we have hosted team building events and many birthdays. Next year we are…

Battle of the Bars Round 12 : The Final Round The 12th and final round was fished in hot but breezy conditions, and in the last hour the weather really…

Battle of the Bars Round 11 : Historic win for the Marvels Due to the Christmas and New Year periods, Round 11 was fished this month on a nice sunny…

Battle of the Bars 2022 Rnd 10 A full well oxygenated lake and English summer-like conditions made for a perfect afternoon’s fishing. A few personnel changes for this one. Paul…

Fantham’s Do Topcats Ian Fantham, who I have known for many years as a director of Astute Electronics, at last made it to TopCats after several false starts caused by…

Pallatrax Fishing Tackle Company at Topcats Last month we welcomed one of our sponsors Team Pallatrax to TopCats for a Fish-In. Pallatrax supply us with a range of tackle and…

Battle of the Bars 2022 Rnd 9 – four hour match record smashed. With yours truly nursing jet lag , I for one was hoping for a quiet afternoon but…

Battle of the Bars 2022 Rnd 8 A blistering hot afternoon made way for 2 hours of heavy rain, and round 8 ended up a soggy occasion, but with this…

Battle of the Bars 2022 Rnd 7 The August version of Battle of the Bars took place in warm conditions, but with Koh Samui have some evening rains the week…

Ashley Parkes on a Holiday Special Ashley Parkes (Johnny Concrete) from Birmingham( UK ), started talking to us in 2020 just before Covid and despite many false starts and reschedules…

Battle of the Bars 2022 Rnd 6 Round 6 was fished in hot conditions which meant the catch rates were slightly down. Still, plenty of fish were caught and as…

Battle of the Bars 2022 Rnd 5 Battle of the Bars recommenced this month after we had to close the Deep-Water Peg for renovations in May. Well done to Ben…

Catfish Against Cancer Competition Winner 2021 Last week we hosted Jon McPhillimy and his partner, Samantha. Jon is a keen cat fisherman from the UK and was fishing here free…

Battle of the Bars 2022 Rnd 4 With Songkran and the Easter holiday in April, TopCats had a busy month which meant Battle of the Bars had to switch to…

Team Building : French Kiss Bash This weekend we hosted the French Kiss bar and restaurant for some team building as Mano and Didi hired the lake for the afternoon.…

Species Hunt 2022 – New Leader The species hunt for 2022 is well underway. This is open to all anglers and is for the customer that catches the most number…

Battle of the Bars 2022 Rnd 3 The weather is certainly warming up, my phone said it was 30 deg but the humidity was high from an early morning shower…

Boat Bar Bash Last week we hosted another Boat Bar Bash. Thanks to the owner of the Boat Bar  for bringing 12 customers on a “Social”. They are a great…

David Naylor and TopCats Species Hunt 2022 There are actually 40 species of fish that have been stocked into TopCats, it is not possible to catch them all and some…

Battle of the Bars 2022 Rnd 2 – Match Record Broken Twice This week we had some very strange weather with a lot of rain, there were even a few…

Battle of the Bars 2021, the Prizegiving. What a great evening we had with the prize giving for last year’s event. With Covid restrictions easing and TopCats now having Green…

Battle of the Bars 2022 Rnd 1 A whole new event started this month. Even though tourism is picking up, TopCats is keen to support the ex-pats and what’s more…

Sams Birthday to Remember Malcom Lee is a long-time supporter of TopCats as a team member of the Coco Beach Bar. His son hadn’t been to Koh Samui for some…

Battle of the Bars 17 Well, we have come to the end of our epic series that stretched over the last 15 months, and the final event ended in another…

Double hook up of the century Rob Ferrey fished Heaven’s Point and this week landed our friendly Platinum Redtail also known as Casper. This hard fighting albino is the star…

A Friday Friendly With the previous owner of TopCats arriving in for a holiday, we decided to organise an impromptu, fun, pairs match, and even yours truly was going to…

Battle of the Bars 16 With November rainfall being the highest it has been since 2016, the Lake was full to the brim. Luckily despite some sharp showers in the…

Carp Hunter LV Visits TopCats Part 2 Max from Latvia enjoyed his day carp fishing so much that he booked back in again a week later. Again, he arrived with…

Carp Hunter LV Visits TopCats Part 1 Max, a mad keen carp angler from Latvia (Carp Hunter LV ….. checkout the tattoo) contacted us as soon as he arrived on…

Battle of the Bars 15 With only 2 rounds to go until the Christmas finale,  the event now looks to be a 2 horse race after an emphatic win by…

Battle of the Bars 14 Battle of the Bars 14 was one of the quieter events in terms of fish caught  and resulted in  a win for father and son…

Louis and the Legendary Arapaima Swim Louis is originally from Quebec in Canada, an avid fisherman, who has fished all over the world including salmon fishing in Alaska, trout fishing…

Battle of the Bars 13 Since the latest wave of Covid and with more staff available this was the first battle  for a while, where we actually got all 6…

Tommy and Lewis spend the morning at TopCats For some businesses in Phuket the Sandbox has proved a godsend enabling them to at least get some business from tourists. For…

If Carlsberg Did Predator Pegs? TopCats Swim Number 9 has to be one of the best predator swims in Thailand and maybe even the world. Situated in Arapaima bay it…

Battle of the Bars 12 Battle of the Bars 12 turned into yet another awesome event. Fished over 2 days with 3 teams of 2 fishing our pegs : 3…

Battle of the Bars 11: New Match Record This time a 2 day event and with Koh Samui expecting to be graded as a yellow zone, there are high hopes…

Ricksel Catches His Dream Fish This week we welcomed our first visitor from Bhutan. Studying for his MSc in Bangkok, Ricksel fished the Carp Channel and notched 14 fish in…

Mini Battle at TopCats During this pandemic, our Belgium friends, Didi and Mano have supported us very well. Everyone at TopCats thanks them for their custom, fun and not to…

Battle of the Bars 10 Due to Covid restrictions and the need for social distancing the May version of Battle of the Bars was split over 3 days, so instead…

David Dion – A Hot Day at TopCats American David Dion had to endure state quarantine in Bangkok earlier in the month and it seems he read every page of…

John Found – Barbel Society John Found is the Honorary Vice President of the Barbel Society and we welcomed him with his wife just before the Covid lockdown. John had…

Facelift – TopCats swim no9 TopCats Swim Number 9 is the legendary “Arapaima Swim”. It is situated on the main lake in Arapaima Bay to the left as you look…

Battle of the Bars 9 – Songkran Special After some brief early morning rain the day turned into a hot and humid scorcher. That said we are lucky in that…

Didier tries the Arapaima swim for his 60th birthday. Belgium couple Didier and Manoelle have been very good supporters of TopCats during this awful Covid period. In fact they have…

Another Red Letter Day at Topcats I was back at TopCats Fishing Resort, Koh Samui last week for an excuse to get away from the pre-arranged power cut plaguing our…

Mercedes and Tobi visit TopCats Mercedes and Tobi came to TopCats last week and fished the Heavens Point swim for a ½ day session. They live in Laem Sor, which…

Andy Carroll’s 2nd visit to TopCats “Newcastle United striker, Andy Carroll visited TopCats for the first time in 2010 and loved it as he returned with his fiancé Billi Mucklow…

Battle of the Bars 8 It was hot day for the latest Bar Battle and the fishing started of quite slowly. The Marvels were nursing bad heads but raced into…

Introduction to Marc Guerin: Samui Web Solutions So far our new website has met with universal praise and we would like to thank Marc and all the team at Samui…

England International Billy Flowers at TopCats Team England’s Billy Flowers came to TopCats some 5 years ago with his good friend David Chunn. One of the best vlogs still out…

New Fish Stocking & Pond Dipping Not many people realise that a lot goes on for us to keep the fish healthy. TopCats is full of naturals; some young lads…

The Sales Director that loved TopCats resort so much, he bought it. After 7 years of working for a company called STI  https://www.sti-limited.com/ and over 30 years in the contract…

Battle of the Bars 7 What an epic event! Fished on the last Friday of February, the TopCats fish were really on the munch. In Peg 2, Redtail Haven, and…

Face lift to Carp Channel and Predator Corner Even though the borders of Thailand have now been closed for almost a year and there has been hardly any customers,  there…

Battle of the Bars 6 The latest event was fished last Saturday, 13th of February. The Koh Samui weather was glorious, maybe too hot as the fish were not as…

Boat Bar Bash No5 With a bit of Covid creeping into Thailand again, Boat Bar Bash number 5 was a bit more of a subdued event. Some of the entrants…

New Merchandise TopCats has launched a new range of merchandise for 2021. See more merchandise here. The custom designed fishing tops are zip up and made from super lightweight fast…