INDIANANGLER

Living overseas, I'm not familiar with Indian protocol as regards permits, licences etc.

Here in the U.K. we need to buy a national licence, you can't fish anywhere without it. On top of that you need to seek permission of the owner of the water. This could be a fishing club which you could become a member of, or a private individual who might charge you a daily rate to allow you to fish.

How does this compare with India?

Cheers
Ric

Dont need one for Saltwater, but you would need some permit of sorts for fresh water in certain places. I am sure someone will inform you in more detail.

Ric,
There are no national fishing licenses out here. We don't even have a national angling association
Most rivers or stretches of rivers with potential, are controllled by local bodies from whom you need to acquire a permit to fish.
The trick is that sometimes the place that you can obtain the premit from is a hundred miles away from the place you want to fish, so make thorough enquiries to save time and bother.
Some of the lakes are out on contract for fish harvesting, and permission to fish can be sought from the local contractor (with some bucks of course ), but most of these lakes are not really worth fishing if you are after specimine fish. The fish are mostly harvested within a year of being introduced into these waters.
The potential therefore comes from waters where there is no netting allowed, and finding them will take a bit of researching.
If you have some places in mind, guys from the forum can help you with more details.
One such water is the Wasi lakes which are about 130KM from Bangalore.
Hope this is of help.
Regards
Owen

OMO and others, When at the Nilgiris-please get a fishing licence from the Dept of fisheries, when at Kadai, get a licence from the dept of fisheries, the hotel will help you. When in Manali get a fishing licence from the dept of fisheries. This is an important licence, for your safety. Ok, you mention abt local water bodies which are leased out to private bodies. You have to approach them.

Yes Bobbee the next time i plan to visit Manali or the Nilgiris to fish, i will do as you say, but for now it's back to the grind.

OMO ... get a fishing license ... all of them ... and whats this grinding im hearing about .... Gav stay outta this ....

Freddie - Can't let you guys have all the fun

OMO - Get licences for all your escapades, mate...

Bobbee - Any more licenses to get ?? .. Or is Owen free to dip his rod now

Talk about licenses. Jude's wife now has a license to kill
I sent him a list of things that he will need for the trip, and right at the end of the list i added "2 Blond Bombshells".
Darn nut shows it to his wife without reading it and asks her to pack things for him and keep it ready for his return from Chandhigarh.
I had a panic call from him yesterday, seems he was pronged.
He got no sympathy from me

Ooh....poor Jude dude......!!!!



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By the way Owen, are you serious about the last item?

Should i cancel my travel plans.....??

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I think the best permit to flash around is a US $100 bill. 10's will work also, but not so effectively.

HinAndy,


Not all the places needs to be paid $100. So if we all start paying them bribes, The scene will become different.

Later the poachers will also start paying bribes and we will be left with the water only. We should not encourage it.

Cheers,
Apoo

agreed, fair point

lol..poor jude..

Hi Guys,

the trip was a li'l jinxed ...

Our siarra brokedown at the entrance of Sangam,at around 0900am.Just 10kms away from Galibore.

By fortune, we met Naren and Sid, who were a great help .
They have a farm at the Sangam entrance.
They even offered to drop us .. Gracias Guys !!!

Luckily the JLR jeep came by and could take Owen and Gavin till croc rocks.

I took off looking for a mechanic from Kpura 38kms away.
By the time I got the siarra fixed( right wheel wing bracket broke) it was 1100pm night in Kpura. A long and slow drive back and I got to camp by 1215pm.

Fishing was not too good either with both these guys catching a small lot of tilapia,catfish and a 1gm Mahseer.
I wonder whether to post.
It could a new record for smallest ever caught
Will give a cd of all pics to Owen tmrw . Let him decide.

I didn't catch anything !!! Not even a cold

By now I've patched up the holes the wife made...

But the blondes were good fun..

Checkout the view on this one..



But the next trip gonna be great !!!

Owen ....You there ??? Can you hear me ???

Jude

Can hear the elephants trumpetting in the background

Talk about jinxed

We camped at croc rocks and were greeted by a sad looking Bola who had been flooging this spot for a week with a bong gentleman for the last week without success.

The heat was so bad that we could not fish past 10am and before 5 pm.
There were some very big fish working out at the gym near the other bank and they gave us sleepless afternoons, but as hard as we tried, they would have nothing to do with our offerings.

I had hoped that the rains we had the week before would bring fresh water into the river, but evidently the rain wasn't enough. There was little or no water in the rapids, and people had been flogging croc rocks continously. Probably scared the fish into "keep your mouth shut " posture.
Even tried a little rain dance to liven things up.

We did get a few small mahseer at night, and a few cats that made it to the pot. The tilapia however were very obliging and made no fuss at all.

The elephants, some big langur and deer on the far bank kept out of sight but let us know of their presence. A big croc took to cruising the deep pool in front of us twice a day, and even gave the bathing buffaloes the eye, but i guess it was just too hot for anyone to stir up trouble, so the afternoon burned on while we keept an eye on everything.

Well Jude kept an eye on everything i should say.

We did get a few good pix, and one that i am waiting to get developed, is that of the "Dhoombi". It is a black bee not unlike a bumble bee, and i was finally able to photograph it sitting on a bush with its wings outstretched.

There is a story attached to this bee, and those who have read "Somewhere down the crazy river" will recall Bola relating how this bee while in the throes of mating, would often fall into the river only to be gobbled up by a hungry mahseer. The mahseer would be very dead in a short while, as this bee worked its way out of its flesh through a hole that it made, and away into the sky it would fly to freedom.
Such are the ways of the wild.

The trip had its moments especially late at night, when i could hear Jude and his friend Gavin whispering " Hey! we are sleeping just 5 feet from the water, what if that croc were to come up and grab our legs and pull us in"
Noooo maaan! says Jude the slope is too steep for the croc to climb. Shortly after that i heard them rustling around and shifting their sleeping bags behind me, ensuring that i was between them and the water.
Jude and the Blond Bombshell!


Baby Kudhree Mahseer



The trail of the big croc!



Tilapia



Sundown on the far bank!



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Another small Kudhree



Judes borrowed feathers




Rain Dance!

With Friends like that, who needs enemies

Now you know what Chilwa feels like Owen..

Fluffing Hell Owen , you beat my Chaddis Pose

For a moment I thought that was Munnuswamy and I was scrolling to look tor the donkey but the image of Munnuswamy kept coming back

Yeah i thought i would make your day guy's
Fred that is Muniswamy leading the rain dance playing the tamborine.

Blondes, chaddis, rain dances.... donkeys....

Guys this is getting put of hand. There is another site for all this called hotmale.com.

We have children visiting this place.

And by the way when do you get time to fish?

Owen,

U big bullshitter

Guys, He has mixed up day 1 and 2 ...

Day 2 was when we slept at the river side.....

Look at the pics guys... They have left 2ft in the middle .. and both sawing wood in the middle of the night




I was feeling like a sardine in a sandwich...and added to that coracle going chal ...chal... bump...bump...all night

I took my chances with the wild animals and took off around midnight. ..

Gavin must have got up...saw Owen...thought he was the croc and he took off too !!!

Jude

Yup, chaddis, tambourine, blondes and rain dance...sounds like a lot of hair downing.le cafard I believe the french called it-when legionnaires in deserts went berserk!
Call it a day till the season starts again guys.
Mken and I were gallavanting around in the sun on sunday-came back and read it was 43 degrees...cool, eh?
well Owen, good going, maybe the BIG mahseer will bite when i get there with my new baitrunner?
best
Axx

Hi Axx,

Just happened that we slogged in the sun for 2 days and no good fish pics to post ...

Owen was mentioning that your Dad is a doctor and based in Blr .
Technically(medically ??) that makes you a banger too

So when do we see this new baitrunner in action ???

Jude

Nice pics guys. You all had a nice time.

The pic of owen with his chaddi was the best.

Cheers,
apoo

Awesome...Just keep the funny pic's Coming....

By the way Owen ,Nice Chaddi Dance or rather Pole Dance ,Where did u learn that,

Well guys since all we caught was a severe sunburn (believe me, i am still peeling), and a few small fish. I know when i am beaten and decided to make the best of a disaster!

I got the truck fixed.

So who's ready for the next trip

Jude

Are you forgetting that OMO is in the same city as you

Hey Jude,
yes, am a banger, in exile, and medically am a doctor-sorry to spoil your reading my father's not just based in bangalore, but has roots going down for a couple of km...refuses to budge from the present house:lol:
Well, as Mken posted,one of my new baitrunners, the shimano 8000, was inaugurated with a hookset.Great to hear that click click and clickclickclick! am learning-about baitrunners, blondes, raindance and munaswamy with the tambourine and le cafard of my fellow bangers.
keep on doing it
Axx

Nice write up and great pics guys.

Owen, were you trying to appease th rain gods

Jude, is that a Beedi you're smoking?

Pran

Yeah Jude with his best impersonation of Al Pachino, and the blond bombshell he brought along.
Man the heat was so bad i even prayed for rain, which is something i never do on a fishing trip.

Pran,

beedi ??? That's khaki filter ,mate
Works great in the wilds...
Anyways wasn't planning on kissin' anyone in the jungle.
The two blondes with me were for cosmetic purposes only...look,no touch

Gavin,
a trip on the cauvery without Owen ???:shock:
Unheard of !!! He's Dronafisharia(guru) dude .... the guides call him bwana bosch Even the crocs give him a wide berth ...

The invite was a test for the adventurous types who would brave a trip in my truck


Jude

Sounds more professional than OMO...!!!

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Seems like chaddies are the the new in thing of the season...!! Should start a new thread on this...!!!

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Yup !! And you got couple of poster boys already

Gavin,

where have u been billy boy

All the best with your North trip .

And carry a no entry sign (thats me the sign maker talking) ....You don't know them northies...

Look what they named themselves

Jude

That's true....!!!

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Hey Jude,

guess you call yourselves 'Bangers' for some other reason, eh.

Gavin just watch him closely mate. He's ground baiting you.


hahahaha

good one ken..

Bangers very propah about their power connections

We like dem headbangers .Only hard rock

No mixing up AC / DC

Gavin...don't let your guard (or whatever) down, dude.
dem guys trying to divert your attention

Jude

In the gutter .... thats where this thread is now .... the water god lost his "prong ""

And I am on my best behaviour... Come to think of it, even Freddie has asked me to come over to Durg.. I wonder why