INDIANANGLER

Hello Guys,

This is my first post in IA forum. I met Bops when I was searching for gear in Blore, he introduced me to IA.com.

Recently I visited Havelock and had a gala time fishing, it was so much fun and to add to the fun was the wonderful host Qutub .

The scenic beauty of Hacelock, quiet sea, crystal clear view of water just adds to the overall fishing experience.

This one made my day 47lb GT





Reeling in the giant



Me, Qutub and 18lb Tiger Grouper




Me with Tiger Grouper


This one was our lucky catch, the first one.. got this while trolling









I definitely want to go back to this fishing heaven again next year...

-Punit

well mate thats some fish you have there i wish i can go now would have loved a detail report though

Awesome location............and fishes mate....................

Welcome to IA

Saiki

Fantastic.

I agree with Rajat, can we please have some more detail on the trip. It looks too good not to know enough.

Hi Punit,

Very nice fishes and of course breath taking locations.

Congratulation on landing very nice fishes. Your GT is a monster.

Keep it up and keep on posting..

Regards,

Ali.

Hi Puneet,

You had a great time at Hevelock. THose catches were great. Thanks for sharing the pics.

Cheers,
Apoo

Great fish!

great going!

Missed this one, congrats mate some very nice fish there.

Hi Punit,

Awesome fish caught there. The GT must have made your life miserable for sometime. The place is an absolute beauty. Congrats for the fish caught and happy fishing.

Spoonangler.

@Rajat : Yeah dude plan a trip, it is worth each penny. will surely put some details in there.
@Saikibryan,Ali, Apoo, aloo2007, Bobby, : Thank you guys..
@Mahaseerken : Thanks, sure I will put some more details shortly..
@Spoonangler : Thanks. Tell me about it, I never expected this one to be so big, my hand was telling the reeling story the next day

the last fish (the long one befoe the groupers photo )seems to be SURMAI dont know the sintific name. quit a tasty fish .when i was posted at ratnagiri doing "Joint Sea Patrolling" our fishing trawler crew members used to suspend a line while trolling, with spoon attached to it and always lucky to catch big surmai's.

Indeed this is Surmai or King Mackerel and yes we caught it on a spoon while trolling, we caught this one right when the boys on the boat started to release the spoon and we were not very far from the jetty.
Yups it is a nice and tasty fish with less bones

bro its indeed a king fish (Surmai / King mackerel) Scomberomorus cavalla a really tasty treat if you cook it with the red curry recipe or masala fry

Thanks Rajat for the scintific name.
yes indeed a very firm and tasty one . Most sought after the " Pomfrit" in the sea food lovers choice . Excellent with Malvani/govanies style Tikhne(Red curry) or simply fry with hint of Kokum or tamirind with ginger garlic paste. lip smaking Yummy ( i can send the recipe as told by one of my goan friend for red curry goan style)

Damn, I feel I am on Sanjeev Kapoors fish food forum


Guys we should be talking about releasing the fish not tossing on pan

But nothing can beat Konkan style pomfret fish fry

Yes i do agree with you and share the sentiments .we should be talking about releasing the fish and not tossing on pan,this should be strictly followed for the endangered spicies. (At Ratnagari/Jaigadh/vijaydurg during my posting as customs officer while checkings of the boats i had realesed many turtles catched by the fishing trawlers) At least we anglers should have deep in heart this sentiment.We anglers catch very small amount of fish as compared to the commercial trawlers. Have you seen the machanised trawlers fishing with dense nets having very small openings which do not allow even small baby fishes to escape....very sad. There should be some control/ regulation which has to be strictly enforced. However these commercial trawlers sends these teasty fishes to the market and ultimately on your table. Still requires the recipe for goan fish curry? Cheer up !

well said my friend well said and yes i would love that goan curry recipe mate PMed you too

you don't need too be

I have always know Surmai = Seer fish

Not sure if kingfish is also Seer ?? I know that you get different types of Seer, but not sure if you get different types of kingfish (similar fish are kingfish, spanish mackrel, wahoo, couda).

Can anyone throw some light on this.


Rajat, STOP !!! catch some fish first. Will buzz you when I'm down in the next couple of weeks.


regards,
Keyur

trying bro trying

This is a fluffing angling forum NOT a cookery class LOL

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What was the recipe again?

Rajat's rod not working again?

His mouth is watering for another big one....sorry could not resist

What is this rod story??



& whr is Bops these days?

Angling is about fishing .... and some part related to fish is fish preprations . Rajat da ! I had send you PM for the Govan fish curry.any body else want it can ask me or rajat

wrong mate its the bait i think

big or small my mouth waters for ever kinda fish and BTW i can take care of it

yes i know

chill brother not discussing the recipe in the forum read again its been discussed in PM i hope no offense there BTW i remember a very exotic and mouth watering(bobby are you reading )crab curry shot in one fishing report by some one in the forum was it here in the same forum

Nice one Rajat, good that you are specific about the Crab Curry this time

Just a photograph matey .... I did not post the cookery book and salivate on the computer screen

mate sorry just forget about it you guys are absolutely right i should not have shared some fun stuff in an serious forum like this after all you guys are all serious angle my serious apology to you all

Fred,

I was referring to Rajat being specific about a crab curry making his mouth water, not about your picture mate

Bobby

Good fishing there mate!!

Back from the woods into civilisation again!

TriAngler

The family is planning a 5 day holiday to Port blair in Mid Feb 2010. Could you post/pm some details so I could sneak out for some fishing while the IN-Laws are sleeping....

nice camera work, yar what can i say, its awsum.

That's a wonderful place, i had great fun in these places during our windsurf expeditions. Nice Pictures !!

you went to a great place ,have a better time next year. congrates

Thanks, yeah my wife is good with my D80

Indeed!! I got to know by the local people that surfing was a bigtime fun pre-tsunami, but tsunami destroyed those locations.
Do people still surf in Andamans?where?
It will be fun to try it next year

It was pre-Tsunami i was talking about and i have been to this place several times during the Windsurf expeditions from Madras to Andaman. Most of the important place are underwater eg Indira Point. Now i dont know, what is the situation. I will ask my friends and let you know.

regards
saravanan