Sabai Sabai Fishing Park - Udon Thani

[monkeyman]

I was there on sunday and they still had the rods for hire along with bait and bits of tackle saw some nice fish getting stocked too

That's great, thanks for the info ' looking forward to it! had a great time last time even though fishing skills are limited

[Glyn]

Monkeyman & Red67, when the thread is going stupidly interesting why do you have to go and bring it straight back on track. Thinks I know how a certain person knows about the honda wave Red67!! You're a bit of a reg. at Sabai, sabai surely you could do some digging (not for worms), Monkeyman cheers for helping to land that 85kg one the other day (see I can laugh about it now) Paul - I don't think I know you but Red67 speaks highly of your place to all my guests, and apparently your not that far from The Englishman's Retreat, drop me some leaflets at the bar and I'll see if I can promote you even more than he does already.
Glyn

[pongpong]

Glyn

Thanks for th eoffer,I do planto create a good quality flyer in the not to distant future and will drop by and introduce myself, unfortunately I am currently back in hospital in Bangkok as the problem I previously had with my arm has come back to haunt me. I went to AEKUDON and was advised by my their Orthapedic surgeon that my arm was to complicated for him to handle but he would write a referral letter to Bumrungrad!!!

While I am here if anyone has a problem with the staff drop me a PM and we will fix it very quickly.

regards Paul

[DermotC]

Paul,

I cant understand the complaints by some of the members here about the Park..... As you know I fished there a few times in July. Apple looked after myself and the gf very well and there were no problems. Food was excellent and the fishing was great too. The gf loves the place and for her to say that about a place believe me it must be good!

If i go to a fishing park here in Ireland its usually 10 Euros to fish and another 10 for the bait, no food or drink available and you are lucky to catch a fish. Now if i compare to Sabai Sabai there is no comparison really. Sabai Sabai is great! Over the 3 days i fished there I had Jeramid to 8 kilos. Caught them on Jack fruit. It was enivatable that the fish were going to become harder to fish as they have been caught before but for me there lies the challenge.....

Dont be too upset about the comments Paul, while Im sure they think they have a point I would just like to remind them of fishing at home!

Dermot

[old-timer]

Paul,
I cant understand the complaints by some of the members here about the Park.........Food was excellent and the fishing was great too. The gf loves the place and for her to say that about a place believe me it must be good!
Dermot

OT will second that. I've not been around since the single hook rule, however looking and hearing about the amount of stock that's in the pond, OT should be able to catch something. I like catching the pla nin and sending it straight to the chef to cook it how I want, very arroy.

OT...........

[monkeyman]

A group of us had a great day out at sabai sabai yesterday

We was lucky to get the last fishing hut available, everyone caught quite a few decent fish, they have great food and excellent service

It is nice to see a fishing park kept so nice and clean, I have been to others in the town and they are like rubbish dumps

We are certainly looking forward to our next outing

Congratulations to the management and staff for such a well run establishment =D>

[pongpong]

Both Myself and My wife P were delighted to read the comments posted recently as we had a few negative comments which were valid and had to be addressed. We are trying to create a fishing Park suitable for all the family to enjoy and welcome any suggestions to make the place even better that it is. Our biggest problem to date has been finding good staff but eventually we will get there. I plan to try and hire a good chef who can also do a western menu as well as thai food,as even I miss somethings like a nice sausage or bacon sandwich when fishing.

Regards Paul

[DermotC]

Paul,

As you know running a business in Thailand is difficult, you would know this better than i and I think it goes back to the old addage that you can please some of the people some of the time but you cant please all of the people all of the time!

If someone has a problem I dont understand why they wouldnt send a PM to you so it would be addressed rather than try to hurt your business by posting negative comments for everyone to read! From what Ive heard you are a good guy that immediatly tries to fix any problem when brought to your or Pee's attention.

I look forward to relaxing, eating good food and trying new tactics at the Park when i make the move later in the year. Please get better soon

Dermot

[BobHelm]

I think the Forum would be a bit of a boring place if sponsors on lt only received 'pats on the back' from it.
Many who had never tried the establishment might think it was all just advertising blurb if the odd - sensible & reasonable - problem was not aired.
Paul ackowledges that while he had medical problems both he & P took their 'eye off the ball'. That, to me, is perfectly understandable. Sadly staff in Thailand quickly lose interest once the boss is not around - I have noticed this in other well run establishments in Udon as well.... go when the boss isn't around & the service level deteriorates rapidly - even more so if you are a 'regular' as the staff seem to believe that because you are a regular you do not matter
I have never had a disappointing time at Sabai Sabai (I have gone and not caught fish, but I have managed that feat on 5 continents!! ) but I have never been when either Paul or P were not there!!

[DermotC]

Bob you point is well taken however the people who have been at the Park that complained have obviously been there before and had a good time......Now after one bad experience they complain. I would have thought a more professional way to complain would be to contact Paul or Pee privately first and then if the problems wernt addressed then sure go for it post away on what the problems are. What im saying is people should be given the opportunity to fix problems that arise before somebody tells the entire ex pat community about it.

Im not only talking about Paul, i was reading another post about the Bookstore Library place and a guy complained cause there was kids running around. He markets the place as family friendly....also the guy that complained had been in before with his drunk gf and she had puked all over the place in front of other customers from being drunk...I mean what a cheek!

Hey this is only my opinion and other people are entitled to theirs, however misguided they are.....

[johnty.]

Hi Paul,sorry to hear you are in your second home again, it's about time you had some good luck for a change.I went to your park the other day and i must say i got sick of catching jerramid(best exercise ive had for a long time),it was a great day,plenty cold ale,lovely deep fried fish and nice to see the place busy,as for staff,Apple was ever attentive and the 2 boys that always seem to serve me were the same.On a down note Paul there was a group of Thai lads still fishing with more than 1 hook(why do they seem to think they can ignore your rules) and we saw 1 family tip back half a keepnet of fish,i know that apple collared them but there excuse was they thought this was what you do as they were going home.NOT a complaint Paul just thought you should be aware,especially,after the stock you have just put in.Hope your well soon......johnty.

[pongpong]

John,

I am really Glad you enjoyed your day out, We have racked our brains on how to stop this practise, and welcome any suggestions from customers. It appears that 99% of people who do this are locals!!. I wish I could ban then them but theres just not enough felangs to do this I have hired more staff to watch customers more closely. I will be in Bangkok until Thursday when I fly back to Udon to Pack for for leaving for Work, I have to get a skin graft when I get back in a months time then hopefully that will be case closed.

Regards Paul

[monkeyman]

The one hook rule certainly did not stop us catching so many fish!

In fact it made catching the fish much more enjoyable as it is so much easier to unhook them, before it was sometimes a major task getting all those hooks out of this fish this wasted a lot of fishing time and sometimes damaged the fish badly.....

For any customers that ignore or not aware of the rule, how about a small visual sign on each of the huts....

[hangsaboot]

[quote="johnty."]Hi Paul,sorry to hear you are in your second home again, it's about time you had some good luck for a change.I went to your park
.On a down note Paul there was a group of Thai lads still fishing with more than 1 hook(why do they seem to think they can ignore your rules) and we saw 1 family tip back half a keepnet of fish,

easy solution ... think thai .
have a two tier entrance fee..
double for thai,s

or better still ,,, a farang only day , just after you have re stocked.
that will make the thai smile ,,, somewhat twisted .

[pongpong]

Hangsaboot

You may not remember but awhile ago I suggested a Ferang only day or even night as we have good spot lights where you could take your wives kids in old timers case his 50+ fit birds so we can see what we are missing etc etc but I neve ronce has a responce so thought it was a dead in the water idea,I do try hard to respond to customer requests so if people would like this to Happen I will do it.
I would also welcome any sensible ideas to improve the Park even more that it is and would love to have a 50/50 partner to share ideas, help promote the Park and Manage the Staff.
Regards Paul.

[Alchai]

Hi PAul
Regarding this "one hook" rule. I was at Sabai a few weeks ago, first visit, great time. We rented 3 rods from your staff. One rod was equipped with 3 hooks , one with 2 hooks and one with a single hook. So you see, I don't understand this rule, I thought it only applied to OT

[monkeyman]

A tasty web site would work wonders, I think people would travel from all over the world just to fish at your park, it is big business in Bangkok,

http://www.fishthailand.co.uk/bungsamran_lake.html

[pongpong]

Alchai,

Thats for thre info, looks like another training session needed with the staff once im fit again, In their defence many people change the lines over when the staff are out out of sight butshould be noticed when rod returned. We are in the middle of printing a large poster to advise Single hook only and only fish being kept to be put in the keep needs as this causes the fish unnessesary stress and damage and can obviously kill the fish.

Signs should be up next couple of days.

Regards Paul

[johnty.]

Hi Paul,went to your park again today, fishing not as good as the other day but still very enjoyable(it was blo*dy hot).....believe from alfonso that all the staff must know my u/n on here now as he heard them say that i was coming(as my wife phoned beforehand) and Apple made this known to some of the Thai people who then changed to single hook(begining to feel they think i am the local baliff ) but that is not the only reason why i am writing this, I have never minded paying for what i feel is the proper cost of something,the other day your handyman/? dug me some worms and i paid him 100 baht(cash) as i was very happy after my days fishing(know it is probably ott but he deserved it after a cracking day for myself),but,Apple then put them on my bill(same amount 100baht) this was removed after she learnt that i had already paid him.Today i caught 2 biggish jerramid and had them cleaned after purchase by your staff as well as having them filleted and cut into strips as they have done many times in the past for me, but today i was charged 100 baht just for filleting and cutting them into strips ,is this normal practice now or am i right in thinking that Apple is just charging what she wants?.....hope you are better soon,Johnty.

[Alfronso]

Johnty,
After you left yesterday everyone said thank f*** the old Bailiff is away and went back to fishing with 5/6 hooks.
I caught a good few fish and the Thai’s even gave us some of their fish. I’m now off the bailiff list .
The wife, granddaughter & her father came down and had food, I had Praka Pow & it was the best I’ve had in my 12 years in Thailand. The cook is good as well as being a nice cheery guy.
Paul & Johnty,
I’m only joking about the hooks. I did notice the usual gang were on single hooks yesterday so they have obviously been told.
I also saw the truck come in and they put a lot more fish into the small pond again.
I enjoyed my day and will be back next week.
Alfronso.