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Hi, is fishing permitted at Valvan Lake, Lonavala? What about the other lakes around there, has anyone tried'em out?

hi carl,

i think fishing is not permitted in valvan as there is some mahseer breeding program going on there.

For the first time I tried my hand at sweet water fishing at Bhandardara (a lil before Nashik), but sadly no fish. I used atta mixed with wrotten banana as ground/hook bait.
The lake is full of Rohu/Catla apparently, but not a single bite. Wanted to know if anyone has tried there before and knows of any particular spot. I heard too late that the spot near the Power plant (downstream) is hot, anyone to second that?

There are some good bait concutions on the site courtsey Gavin that have proven to be very successful on Rohu and her cousins..

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Good one Freddie !!!

It actually is sour grapes...

Fred you know the Valvan Dam, perhaps you can help get this thread back on track.

No mate... Just happy that I dont have a wife that is trigger happy

Yeah soory my mistake ...... got to get them used to your Rasputin looks first .....and then the jughead physique .... and then the undies .. and then the idiocy o fthrowing in rum to catch fish ... sorry my mistake mate ... should have known better

Actually back to valwan ... used to fish there some years ago with a friends dad called Peter Cardoz who used to live in Lonavla .. Caught a couple of Rohu there ... Contrary to belief the Mahseer are being bred in the Shirota lakes and not at valwan .. After the anti-social elements issues they have stopped even walking across the dam now which they used to previously allow picnickers to do ... Will try to see if I can sneak in some influence to get some of the Freshys to go and fish a day there

Oh wow, that sounds damn exciting. With Lonavala just a coupla hours away, it would be great if we could figure that place out. Is there an easier way to reach there, without climbing hills etc.?

Oh the 'off limits' part doesn't sound good. Anyway, will give it a try the next time I'm there.

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