The Phuket International Sportfishing Tournament
Chalong Bay, Phuket

The P.I.S.T. competition is a 3 day event but unlike the Similan tournament you get to sleep in your own bed at night, being up bright and early every day for the starting gun, returning no later than 5pm each day. This makes P.I.S.T. the most "local" competition Phuket has to offer as boats rarely travel further than the Drop Off.

All fish caught, apart from billfish, are submitted to the organizers who in turn use them to subsidize the final nights party at the Tamarind Bar & Grill, Chalong where there are nominal prizes for just about everything that can be caught.
2013 PIST Entry Fee
Per Team maximum 4 Anglers: 12,000 THB
Early Bird Entry Fee: 10,000 THB
Calcatta free participation: 3,000 THB



Eligible species:
- Black marlin
- Blue Marlin
- Sailfish
- Wahoo
- Dorado
- Yellofin tuna
- King mackeral
- Trevally
- Barracuda
- Rainbow runner
- Cobia
- Tuna
Trophies:
- Team most points overall
- Team most Billfish Tagged & Released all Boats
- Team most billfishfast Boats
- Team most billfish released fast Boats
- Team most Points Fast Boats
- 1 runner up
- 2 runner ups
- Lady angler
- Junior angler (until 14 years)
- Heaviest fish of all 11 eligible species








