KhaoLak fishing tours are mostly recreational, but there are also some companies offering big game fishing (Phuket) and specialised freshwater fishing tours. Normaly, you leave early in the in the morning and head out on a long-tail boat to the so-called FAD's. This is an abbreviation for Fish Aggregating Devices. Many long bamboo sticks have been stacked together in the water to provide a shelter for small fish. This is how the local fishermen make sure that they have fish. The small fish can hide between the bamboo sticks underwater. And where small fish are, there are also bigger fish. The FAD’s also create a kind of feeding ground for bigger predator fish.