Gulf of Thailand Wet Season Report: Barramundi, Trevally, and Night Squid Action

Artificial Lure here, checking in with your Gulf of Thailand fishing report. Out in the upper Gulf today around Chonburi, Rayong, and down toward Hua Hin and Prachuap, we’ve had classic wet‑season weather: hot, humid, with scattered afternoon thunderstorms rolling through. Daytime highs around 32–34°C, light to moderate southwest monsoon winds, seas mostly under a meter inside the Gulf, a bit choppy on open stretches. Sunrise came in just after 5:45 a.m., sunset around 6:45 p.m., so you’ve got good low‑light windows at both ends of the day. Tides along the central Gulf coast have been running moderate, with a decent morning incoming and an afternoon falling tide. That moving water has been the key. On the flood, bait has been stacking along points, pier pilings, and in the mouths of little canals, and the predators have followed. Inshore, anglers have been picking up good numbers of **barramundi**, **mangrove jack**, and **sea bass** around structure: bridges, harbor walls, and mangrove edges. Night sessions near lit piers and ports have seen steady action on small **squid** and **bigeye scad**, with the odd **spanish mackerel** cruising through. Offshore reefs and nearshore wrecks have given up a mix of **golden trevally**, **queenfish**, **cobia**, and various **snappers** and **groupers** for boats working jigs and bait on the drops. For lures, keep it simple and local-style. In the dirty, green Gulf water, 10–15 cm **white or chartreuse soft plastics** on 1/4–3/4 oz jigheads have been doing work on barra and sea bass along the coast, especially slow‑rolling them just off the bottom. **Silver and blue metal jigs** in the 20–40 g range are pulling trevally and mackerel around current edges and near buoys when you burn them back fast. Around lights at night, small **pink or glow squid jigs** and **tiny minnows** are the ticket. Topwater fans are still getting explosive strikes early and late on **walk‑the‑dog** plugs over shallow flats and around mangroves. If you’re a bait angler, fresh is king. Live **prawns**, **mullet**, and **baby squid** under a float or on a running sinker rig are producing the more cautious big fish: larger barramundi in the canals and hefty grouper on the reef edges. Cut **sardine** or **anchovy** on the bottom continues to fill iceboxes with snapper, grunter, and assorted reef species. A couple of hot spots to keep on your radar: • **Sattahip and Pattaya nearshore reefs** – Work the artificial reefs and wrecks for trevally, snapper, and the occasional cobia. Jig vertical on the up‑current side, or drift live bait if the wind and tide line up. • **Rayong to Mae Ramphueng coastal line** – Good for early‑morning casting from the rocks and small boats. Fish the points where the current wraps and look for birds picking over bait. If you’re land‑based, the public piers and river mouths around **Bang Saen**, **Pattaya**, and **Hua Hin** are still quietly turning out fish for those who are patient, especially into the evening change of tide. That’s the word from the Gulf coast today. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn