Durg April 2009
My daughter appeared for her SSC this year and had been studying non stop with school tuitions and the whole works for over 14 months .
I had decided that once her exams were over I would take the family for a holiday wherever my daughter wanted ,so when I asked her where she wished to go she said “Durg , I haven’t been there in over 5 years and I would like to go once again “
So Plans were made and after a halt for a couple of days at my friends bungalow at Mahabaleshwar , we found our selves on our way to Durg
We had a fantastic time landing a lot of fish , eating a lot of fish , we went crabbing in the mangroves , I fished with the girls and the wife and everyone caught fish including my daughters friend , daughter , the wife , myself and including Wayne – my family friend .
The highlight of this trip was that we hooked a large number of Barramundi and had them on from anything like 15 seconds to 5 minutes before they either threw the hooks or the hooked slipped off with once the hook straightening
Brief details of Angler , fish hooked , landed , released and lost session wise
Day one : After noon session
Angler Fred : 3 Grouper – 7 – 12 pounds ,…. Released 2 , kept one for the pot and one GT popping 9 lbs , Wayne : One MJ 7 lbs – kept for the Barbeque that night
Total fish landed : 5
Day Two : Morning session , Fred Hooked 1 Barracuda 14 lbs – landed , Hooked 5 Barramundi , landed 1 , 16 lbs , 3 grouper 9 – 12 lbs .. all released , Wayne Hooked 6 Barramundi : landed 2 . 8 lbs and 12 lbs , :
Total fish landed : 7
Day Two evening session – Girls on Boat with rods
Daughter Abigail Hooked and landed 3 , 1 barramundi 15 lbs, 1 MJ 6 lbs , I Grouper 7 lbs
Wife Yvette : Hooked 3 MJ’s 5-7 lbs --- all landed
Daughters Friend : 2 MJ . both landed
Total fish landed : 8
Screaming on hookups and fish landed was to be seen and heard to be believed
Day 3 : Morning session :
Changed hooks on small lures to 3X . idea was to target only Barramundi
Fred hookups 7 , lost 6 landed one 11 lbs
Wayne hookups 9 lost 7 landed 2 , one 7 lbs and one 16 lbs
Total fish landed : 3
After loosing a few fish we analyzed and we realized that most of the barra were all small sized and the 3X hooks were not penetrating so we changed the hook to the original thinner gauge and smaller size on the Halco Tilsan Big Barra lures and had immediate success The 3 barra landed were all after we changed the hooks
Afternoon was spent crabbing with the 2 girls and we caught around 3 dozen large sized mud crabs in one hour .
Evening was spent once again with the ladies fishing and we landed 2 grouper and a couple of small MJ’s and 5 juvenile Barracuda with Tiger like stripes that were released
Total fish landed : 9
The girls needless to say were still screaming even when they struck fish and rock alike but they were having fun and that was all that mattered
The evening menu was Crab curry and Crab masala – dry …
Day 4
Morning session :
Fred : 1 hook up and landed barramundi of 14 lbs …and 3 groupers between 9- 12 lbs once again, otherwise was a totally dead morning
Total Fish landed : 4
Back to the lodge and lunch and departed for Mumbai
Lost count of the total fish hook ups and fish released
Total fish landed was 35
Did not take many photographs of the fishing as the family was having a great time and I was playing host , lure changer , hook remover , gaffer , net man and boatman all in one so just have some pics of the fish that was remaining after we had "eaten our fill " and were getting packed in the ice box prior to our way back home
Girls relishing the crabs : dinner took alost 2 hours that day :)
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