INDIANANGLER

Let me begin by saying- What a day!!! The weather was great, the fishing unbelievable and unlike ever before @ the pumps!

We started late and the bites started late… after much planning, bribing and last minute hitches, MKen and I managed to leave for the pumps around 10:30 in the morning… merely 6 hours behind schedule!!! But we figured no harm done… we had not hit the waters in a while and the itch was becoming unbearable!!!


We arrived to calm and docile (read dead) looking waters… it seemed pointless initially… we thought nothings gonna bite… maybe if Mken was lucky he would get a turtle (one did stick his head out close to Mkens float, waved out to him, and dove out sight really fast)!!!

Anyway, the first bite was had about 30 mins after putting the lines in… Mkens’ float started to do the tango, and then the reel began to screech… unfortunately the fish threw the hook…. All through this excitement, I was doing a good job of ignoring my lines and jumping around him… ignoring the little tap dance on my float… I don’t know what made me notice it and strike, but I did, and after a nice fight, I got myself a nice 3 lbs. common carp… That was the beginning of the day… no stopping after that… from noon till five in the evening, we got 14 fish, lost 3 for the lack of a landing net and missed countless other bites!!! Man what a day!

The catch was as follows:

12- Common Carp
2 - Singhi (Heteropneustes fossilis)

Avg. weight 2.5 lbs...

Here are a few pics from the trip…

Was great day. The number of bites was amazing. And the special atta worked wonders.

Wow what a catch. Senor Ken and you are doing very well. Very nice catch, well done. What bait?


Dev

Great job guys, the grin on IG says it all.
Hope teh druidic bread mix helped!

Hi dear !!!

Good show.
letz wet some line next time you head the waters.
Cheers !!!
M

Hi Guys,
Congrats M'Ken & IG. Good catch, and a great way to start off the season.
Regards,
Syd.

Hey IG & Mken... resize the pictures pronto before the water god prongs you.

Good catch guys..

GReat going dudes

Nice looking common carps

What was the recipe for the specail Atta

And yes the grin says it all

Something missing in those pics

Toitles are out Gav ... Ken says Toitles are out and if you dont stop ribbing him ... he will cast the ToitleKen curse on you ... just imagine you sitting at FW catching toitles ... my advise ... dont push it .. right Mken ???

Or are they hiding stuff ?? Making us see what they want us to see..

Ken just yanking your chain mate! Never had a thing for carp meat.
Now who in their right mind would grow common carp for eating
If they were murral, that would be another matter.

Almost forgot, nice landing mat Ken, must have stunk to high heaven all the way back home.

the bait was was atta, which was mixed with milkmain and kneaded with tons of excitement by a 4 year old! I guess the excitement worked better than the milkmaid!!! we also tried atta mixed with ghee and atta mixed with commercial grade fish meal, but the milkmaid version got maximum hits...

the mat did not really stink cause the fish were kept alive till the time the pic was taken... minimal smell...

indiangypsy, just a question...... Is it atta+milkmaid bolie or plain mix???

Owen!! Jedi master of the rod. a million apologies if I sounded a bit rude but call me any thing but a meat collector, hate their kind.

Incidentally, the lady who helps at home is from Bangladesh and is a phenomenal cook. She makes a wonderful mustard based maach jhol and baath with carp. Takes home all the fish too but after she had made me some.

Fred,

Thanks for warning Gavin. Was just about to light the incense and take out the voodoo toitle. Didn't really want to hurt him.

Tat's,

It's just milkmaid kneaded in with atta. Just keep adding the stuff till the consistency is right. and then a few drops of vanilla essence. Simple though Doc has a better version.

"damn! i could have been someone" I could have caught some of them too"
- Marlon Brando in "On the Waterfront"

graetttttttttt job man