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Bobby and Santosh,

If the jewfish is a Gol, then it can reach very large sizes.I have personally
Caught one that is 21 kgs.....it is very good eating and a keenly sought after fish here.

The reason I am asking about this fish is because someone said that these
Jewfish/mulloway/gol are found where the Hoogly becomes estuarine.

Been trying to verify this since a long time...can someone in Kolkata
Shed more light on this matter?

Kingfish

This is what most Goans ive fished with and caught call it ......."dodhyade " has a fine line of teeth in its mouth and grow to a maximum size like what Mervyn has in his hand ...very tasty and caught mainly in the monssons in goa

i do have more photos of the same fish which i clicked as soon as i landed it but they are in some old half broken mobile , will try to post tomarrow and this pictures are more clearer,,my partner told me they grow to 20 kgs or so ,but what i am saying has to be verified,

Nice fish Merwyn.....Nice to see you getting your fishing partner zapped...He would never talk anything about lures thats for sure...

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Regards,

Ali.

Merwyn,

Hard to tell from the photos if it is a jewfish.

I may at some stage post a picture of the one I caught and perhaps that will help everyone identify the fish more accurately.

Thanks.

Kingfish

Thats a barramundi @Kingfish

Thats a bloody big barra !!! what are you up to Tiger ???

bombarding us with one big catch after another and your voracious appetite for fish is ever increasing you fishy tiger

anyway Congrats to you for all those big Catches and may you keep hooking big {fish} in goa Only !! and nothin in konkan

and ofcourse you are not Welcome in MURUD

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thats a barra friends,,that croaker fish i am trying to locate

lion don,t forget you are from cat family,,hahhahaaha,

Congratulation Merwin!

Congrats once again on your catch Merwyn...

Hi Santosh and Kingfish,

From the picture where Merv is holding the fish it is hard to tell, but even I am inclined to believe it is a small Jewfish, from the colour (in the picture) and the bait it took.

I was going by what Merv thought it to be, Dhoma will have that purple hew when just caught, so may be if Merv can remember then we will have a better idea.

Fred has made a good point.

Bobby

bobby it did not have a puple hew but it was all silver with yellow fin colour, and in my local market they call this same fish dodkaro i will try to find more picture, interesting topic going on here
cheers merwyn

Merwyn pics will be great if taken as soon as the fish is landed.

Bobby, my money is on Gol

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Congrats Merwyn on all your beautifull Catches. Merwyn the fish you call dodkaro i think is a ghol.

Don't worry dear
lion is here
just can't see a cat with a beautiful tail in distress





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Hi Merv,

I deleted your post with the large pictures because Sayed has been kind enough resized and repost them.

Regards,

Bobby

Merv,

From the picture and the shape of the curvature of the line along the flank
(pressure sensor) and eyes, it resembles what is called a "soapy" jewfish
In these parts.

So called because these are small schooling jewfish whose flesh is very
Soft and mushy and are not considered good eating....that may not be the case if
Prepared in masala in India!

Kingfish

thanks a millon lion , so nice of you to be so considerate to new angler like me, kingfish i agree with you on masala point , it really makes fish so tasty along with nice kingfisher beer on a hot afternoon and there is something called rechard masala which makes fish so yummy. thanks for the info mate
merwyn

caught this mj on squid bait some where in maharastra ,,this is a fish cutter where i had gone to cut the fish and then i remember that i need to photo this fish so i told him to hold the fish,,,,
good luck

another beauty from Merwintiger

Congratulation once again!

Regards
Arish

Great catch.

Congratulations for that big MJ tiger



Tiger !! so by leaving Goa behind once again you are up to something fishy in maharashtra ??? Grrrrrrrrr

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Tiger can you please be kind enough to let me know where this can be procured?

Regards,
Omesh

Hi Omesh. You can get Reichad masala in Crawford market in Mumbai or stores that sell Goan delicacies in Mumbai/Pune. Some brands are 'Goana Foods', 'Clara's', 'Karma's, 'Chandlekar's'...to name a few.

Or you can ask MerwynTiger to courier it to you.

what would you prefer omesh

I'm looking in pune and might find it, in case I don't, then will request you my friend.....

I looked on the internet, and asked a few friends, found Recipe for Rechad Masala

Red chillies (kashmiri) - 200 gms
garlic - 1 full
ginger - 100 gms
gloves - 10
pepper - 10
cinnamon - 5 sticks
cumin seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
onion - 1 full
sugar - 1 table spoon
salt - 1 tea spoon
tamrind - as required

Grind all the ingredients together with vinegar only till it is fine.

the only query is in the end of the recipe it mentions grind with vinegar till its fine! how fine is fine? and in case a larger quantity is made! how long can it be preserved.

You just need a pair of it. One on each hand :)

Just kidding :) Think you meant cloves.

Cheers - DeZZ

yes yes, I changed it while writing down this recipe, I copied it from the source here,
http://www.east-indians.com/fooddrink.htm

Regards,
Omesh

No you did not.

wish you luck omesh

thank you Merwyn! sorry Desmond!

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hi guys went for trolling last sunday to vergurla and had a blast and in one trolling session got these 8 fish,,,well lost on a big one the line snapped and i lost my champ lure of the day ,my friend caught 7 fish and and another friend caught 5 fish, all of us caught something ,,this was the first trip of the season and bang jackpot,,was using storm red head ,, lost the lure after 8 fish,, and also three more due to fish throwing the hook out.well lion ,the tiger made kill after 3 months of herbernation,, good luck
merwyn

Those are some amazing fishes. Congrats Tiger on ur trip. You are realy hitting the jacks hard . It would be awsome to see a choonak Hope to see one soon!!!!!

Congrats Tiger very nice catch there , after hibernation looks like the tiger has looked out of Goa again for a good catch
now lion has already boarded the Konkan Kanya express I will be there by morning till then you clean those fish well , give them a good bath and also keep the reichad masala ready

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the jacks are awesome, congrats Tiger.

congrats merwyn nice catch.

Congrats Tiger.

Congrats

you are welcomed lion, we can have jack feista with yummy rechard masala ,,what say omesh,,, thank lion mario dr aamir,whitesnapper, raj and apoo, for wishes
merwyn

Congratulation Merwin those are the beauties. I hope lion and tiger are going to have sumptuous feast together

Regards
Arish

just tell me when man! keep some local arrack along with the fish with rechard masala for me, by the way speaking of rechard masala, I made it finally today and have got some banana leaves with my favorite local Indian fish Bangda, I know we can argue for better species for the table but the oils coming from the bangda are proven to be the best! so gonna eat some tomorrow..... bake it! so hoping it tastes good, definitely smells nice and pungent! Tell me when the jack fiesta happening! I'll come for the eating and drinking what I love going to Goa for anyway.... Congrats on the catch Mervyn, happy fishing and healthy eating!

Regards,

Beautiful fishes mervin !! I guess we had a big lose not staying back till Saturday.

Good show buddy.. Keep them coming..

thaanks omesh,kyptoz, tathagata,arish for your wishes, come to goa some day and will fish day and night one day

Thanks for the offer, Coming soon Bro.

your respose was quick ,,lost a barra yesterday ,,it freed it self of my lure by some head bangs like a rock star and it could have been my season,s first barra