INDIANANGLER

Hi all,

Am all set for a 6th may early morning to Rishikesh and back 8th nite..

My first trip, with no knowledge of the place...
Need help will be staying near Shivpuri..

All the gurus here PLEASE Help me with some tips on baits, spinners, lines and hooks.
Also the locations

Also do we have a blackberry group for the anglers here???

Cheers

mr big fish 6thmay of this year is history if you are planning for 6th may 2012 then best of luck to you in advance happy fishing mate
and if you meant 26may ie today then again my best wishes to bag big fishes be with you

hahahahaha.next year there are no rooms available from 6thmay to 8thnite at shivpuri.

See the excitement...

I ment 6th june....

Now can I get some tips....?????

Cheers

licence has to be got from rishikesh.

Seniors fishing in that area will be able to point out the right gear, but my guess will be line 30 lbs, medium or medium heavy rod, spoons, spinners...not sure about the lures tho...maybe casting with lures will work...check with Sam, IG, Vikram or Ken...

Cant help you with the stay, but while you are on the water fish the colfluences, the head and tail of pools, eddies behind rocks and remember, if your line isn't in the water, you ain't going to get a fish !!

You should have 20-30 pound mono or braid ( if braid, then make sure you have about 4-6ft of mono leader. You should have at least 250-300 yds of line and be ready to stop the fish from getting into the rapids. Spoons, spinners and jointed lures, tend to work well, you could also try shallow diving lures ( 3-4ft) where the water permits.

All the best. And also you are going at the right time, when the Mahseer are moving upstream to go to spawn and on the look out for high energy protein bars to stock for the travel and reproduction.

Let us know how the trip went

thanks guys...


hope to catch my first golden...

cheers
and will post the report next week.

Wish you all the best. I have been wanting to go there and spend 7 days in peace by the river since before my angling days.... Hopefully I should do that soon.

I too am planning a trip about the same time. Any info on the place to get the license from ?

I believe that we have tell the officer that we are here for "ANGLING" and not for "FISHING" ??? !!!

I plan to use Abu Garcia reel Soron STX 60 with about 17 lb mono (200 yards) with Rapala jointed minnow.

Monday noon I will be there.....
the place is called KAUDIYALA...
its on the river....

Google earth shows that there are two lovely sand beaches there....


All excited...
all set...
all ready to go.....

last min tips from the gurus.... ?????


cheers

I just hope I get a clear road and am there by 10:30 am.

As of today all set my truck is loaded with beer, gin, vodka, cola, limca, red bull, nuts, chips and every thing else that can be...
yeh just having a last look at my tackle boxes... ( A guy who has just been to GOA and that was the only fishing trip that I ever had late last year... has now got 4 telescopic rods and a beauty 10 footer... 3 tackle boxes all full of stuff... there are a few things that I too dont know how to use.....)

I seek the blessings of all the gurus on IA...
Hope to catch my first tiger.....

Guys what ever it may be....
Will post a story soon...

Shhhhhhhhh.........
wish me tight lines....

cheers

are u going fishing or hunting.tiger is an endangered and the national animal.sorry to catch the tiger is beyond me.happy fishing though.

All the best buddy.
Come back and post those pictures (original size
)

Ravi

Loads of luck from me too
May you have lots of heavy hookups & happy landings

How was your trip.

Regards,

Ali.

Hey....whats the report? I hope you caught some...otherwise I will take you with me next time to bhakra

me waiting too

MM take me along....

I did not catch anything...
in fact a few bytes but nothing....

will post a report tom...

3 days away from work and it is like 10 days in hell when back...

sorry will be back tom with the report...

cheers

keep trying

Waiting for your report! Please don't make us wait for long.

Thanks in Advance
Arish!

mr. big fish heres my verdict:"bytes" ahem were u playing a fishing game on a computer?" tom" are u referring to your pet or jerrys partner?.and "mm" are those chocolate candies.you're fired from work.and congrats on the big fish you've caught in your picture.

Thanks for the update...will be in touch...Bhakra action will happen in Aug and Sep.

Hi Friends….
Sorry for the delay in posting as I got a little too busy with work.
Anyways It was a great break from the hot Delhi sun and a crazy office routine.
It was an early start on Monday morning so the truck was loaded the night b4, kiddy stuff took most of the space as my Daughter was all packed for the beach. Then there was a big Ice box with 2X24 pints of Budweisers and a big bag with all my tackle boxes.
Me and by Brother-in-law (Keshav) in the front and our wives ( both sisters at the back with my Daughter). We started from my place near India Gate at 5:00 am. The road was clear and good. Stopped at a Dhabha on the way as we over shot Cheetal Grand. (now the new Bypass is functional)
11:00 am we were at Rishikesh, the road between Muzafarnagar and Rurkee is not the greatest and did take a little longer than we had thought. Now the Forest Office at Rishikesh is @ Muni Ki Reti, there is a left turn going up from the Police post on the main road. It took me Half an hour to locate Deevanji at the office. By 1200 I had the permits. (Rs 500 + 10 / rod / day)
Now was the climb to Kaudiyala 48km ahead. Roughly took an hour as I was more keen on looking at the Ganga flowing on my right just along the road. Once at the rest house got settled. Had some freshly cooked Dal, Sabzi and Rotis.
Just a little talking with the Staff there and was Introduced the experienced angler working at the guest house. (V.S. Pundhir)
From the small garden between the cottage and the river I could see a few nice beaches along the river. The entire gang with Pundhir left for a beautiful looking beach some distance away, It was a climb down more than 250 steps on a funny staircase after parking the truck at a temple about 2km ahead of the guest house.
After setting up the toys for my daughter I got the rods ready, Tried all the different reels and lures/spinners/minnows but nothing happened. Thank god for the wives were busy clicking pictures of the breathtaking surroundings. 3 hours of no action from under the water we got Pundhir to get aatta+Haldi. It worked to some extent like a few bytes but nothing really happened. The water too started to get muddy and within a few minutes the water color changed to what a cup of tea with less milk looks like and then to Hot chocolate milk and then it was more like expresso coffee.
Then came a huge storm and within a few seconds the sky turned Black and it started to get dark at 5:00pm, A gush of wind, so strong that it took our hats and caps into the water. We were forced to packup and head back to the Guest house. It was a night when Keshav n I Drank till (we can’t remember the time). I guess we were there at the wrong time of the year. (Pundhir too kept saying the same but we did not want to believe him that afternoon).
Next day morning from the window of my room first thing I checked was the color of the water. But again we were desperate and wanted to be back on the river. Had a light breakfast and set out to DevPrayag (34km) The two rivers Mandakni with pure green water and the Alakhnanda with real muddy stuff got together, It indeed looked beautiful but rains high up in the mountains and some cloud bursts in rudraprayag ruined it for the anglers. Anyhow Lunch at Neemrana’s Glass House was good and post that we were at the river. It was raining and we just wanted to be there, We knew that it was too muddy to catch anything but we just wanted to do what we went for. Till late in the evening we kept casting and by now had lost a lotta hooks, swivels, minnows, lures and had a lot of line that was damaged due to the rocks under water.
That was the end of action and back to the guest house for a quite dinner after a few good drinks. Next morning 10:00am start back for delhi. A dip @ haridwar and some lunch there, Some Mango shopping on the way back and we were home by 6:30pm.
Still looking for a Big catch… and have already bought a week’s trip to GOA in September.
And yes No action means I could not even increase the size on Photoshop…
Cheers
 
 

Fish or no Fish !!who cares !! the act of Fishing is Important so Congrats for that and a great trip report what more can one want when you have two families together enjoying every moment of it
After the dip in Haridwar I say your hex is now washed away very soon you will start counting your catches Best of Luck for september

Go to Goa Mr Big Fish you will surely Hook a Big Fish

altleast your sins for some time r washed.good luck for your next trip.hope u get lot many more "bytes".

Good Josh !!! Keep on trying till you succeed. All anglers have had a number of "DRY "(No fish but plent of booze) fishing trips to relate. Keep up the spirit & the "GOLDEN ONE" will ultimately be your's.

Regards
cavalier

u r welcome to goa mr fish

Be very happy that you were able to spend some quality time beside the water.

The fishing at the confluence of Alaknanda and Mandakni is well described in the Jim Corbetts epic "Man Eating Leopard of Rudryaparag" under the chapter "Fishing Interlude".

It is my dream to fish from there.

it is never easy to land Northern Mahseer unless the conditions are perfect.

Lovely Report, by the way..

Carry on regardless.

Regards,

Ali.

Some Pictures from my memorable trip



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It indeed was a lovely place... will surely go back in the right season.....
sorry friends No fish and no tight lines....

Yes a few BYTES.... oops Bites... ( Hope King fisher is reading )

cheers all...

Some lovely pictures.

Regards,

Ali.

Looks you all had a great time. In june there is always the risk of early rains. Try the same area in Oct this year.

Look forward to seeing more of your posts!

Cheers...

The yellow circles are the places we were..

Also is the Reshikesh to Kudiayala road..



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Nice report Mr. Big Fish! and some beautiful pics and a lovely daugther!

Fish or no fish and Bite or no Bite being there is enough! Enjoyed reading your report

Thanks for sharing...

Regards
Arish!

nice images.but try the bhakra camp run by an indian gypsy for a good catch and live up to your name.p.s. they even throw in a gypsy dance in the night like mehbooba in sholay.cheers.

Nice pics. BTW did you fish in the confluence of Devprayag?

Great Pics buddy