INDIANANGLER

I'm new to fishing scene in Chennai, I have over 12 years of fishing experience in Australia and keen to form a fishing circle here in Chennai.

I have seen lots of keen fishermen in Chennai on this forum but never got a chance to meet them as yet. I was wondering if it would be a good idea to plan for a fishing get-together every 1st/Last Saturday or sunday of the month so we could all meet, fish and talk about our fishing tales. We could change the location each month to make it easier for people from other side of town (e.g. one month Kovalam, one month kasimedu etc)

It would be a lot of fun to fish together and also would be much safer as i do not fancy fishing alone on the beach in dawn or dusk when most of the action is (I have lost all my belongings to some rogues at knife point few years back on the beach in ecr).

Please post your suggestions and interest and we could plan for out first Group fishing session

Seems a good idea for the beginners to learn from the experts and as well to know others.


Regards,
Jag

Good idea, count me in.

Good Initiative. Let it happen.

Definitely! In Australia we have fishing forums similar to IA and normally we have a monthly get-together where we could meet like minded fishing enthusiast, have a few drinks, camp, BBQ and fish as a group.

I will see the interest and organise a meet soon. People who are interested please PM me your number.

Im thinking of having our first catch up next saturday or sunday evening 3-7PM.

I was in Kovalam yesterday and saw few people catch few small and one 1kg'ish fish( i was not equipped with fishing gear yest )….we could either try that spot or can try kasimedu rock pier.


Please confirm your availablity and preference of location and based on the maximum number of interest in location and date we will have our first catchup there.

you would need a casting gear set up with few poppers and shallow diverse for both the spots….so dust off your gear and lets it rolling

I have also enquired few fisher men in Kovalam and Mahabalipuram for catamaran hire and they are quoting about 5k for 4 hours for 4 people……so its working out about 1250 per person…..target species would be Mackarel and tuna……we could look at this also in the coming weeks if you guys are interested. Would appreciate if there are any experienced anglers willing to put us with any known catamaran fisherman and if this price is reasonable?

Will have meet next week

Let us have the meet next week saturday in Royapuram Pier

I know a guy who can take the katamaran ride for much less than what you have quoted.

If so i can help in setting him up.

We can have the meet on Sunday morning or evening. This time we meet n have fishing from Jetty next time we go boating.

Hi Guys,

First meet will be on sunday 3:30pm to 6:30....we will be fishing t in kasimedu.

As much as i was looking forward to the trip, due to a last minute trip I will be out of town for 2 weeks hence have to reschedule the dates. Apologies for the change.

Planning the meet around 27th or 28th Dec.

Monthly catchup update: We had a catch up on Christmas morning as everyone who had expressed interest was free that day

Gokul, Jagadeesh, Pravin, Ezekail, Ben and myself gathered around 6am in kasimedu on 25th morning and introduced ourselves Went down the first rock pier and started casting few different shallow and deep divers, after an hour or so of casting we relocated to another pier closer to a sunken ship and casted for about another hour and did not get any strikes so decided to call it a day.

Not a single fish caught but still we had a great time. As they say Bad day on the water is better than a good day at Office/home, we got to enjoy the sunrise, weather, hot masal vada and some nicefishy talks Thanks to everyone who came along.


We planned to have another catchup yesterday for a trolling session but cancelled sue to wind warnings. Looking forward to the next meet(I know we called it a monthly catchup but due to the overwhelming interest from our Chennai anglers, we might be catching up this coming weekend if the weather gods smile upon us).

It was a splendid day, the climate was too good. Learnt how to cast the spinning reel. Feel like I'm part of the nature. Expecting the other day to come.

Now that the climatic conditions are in favour.. lets hope to go for a trolling session this weekend.

Nevertheless the meet was fruitful in many ways :)

Regards,
Jag

Got the group together at 1:50 and got onboard our trolling boat (thanks to Jagadeesh for organising the boat) we got on the water about 2 and started tying few different lures of different colours and diving depth, trolled for about few hours and then tried some bait fishing….then started trolling again till 6pm….we tried all lure colours and casted some poppers around a sunken ship but the fish dint want to play the game.

Was a beautiful day to be out on the water and we enjoyed the day on water. Was told by the fishermen that it has been a bit quiet and to try in a month or two once the water warms up. Cant wait to wet the line again.

Cheers mate, its only a matter of time before we land some decent fish

is this still happening...the meetings!!!

change of plan guys, I am now heading for Goa come November...
but still expecting to do some fishing, both beach and river....
have any of you fished the river behind Majorda?
I have to check for crocodiles first....lol

Hi guys,

I am new to fishing arena but have my fishing equipment unused for a long time n desperately need experts in chennai to guide me. what happened to the meetups inchennai ? Pls call me if there anything planned - safer

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