INDIANANGLER

Hey!

About the Fat Lip picture.

I notice that you have a quick changer/snap swivel on and then a hook attached to it.

Isn't this just adding to much metal to the end of your line. Carp are pretty metal shy and spit out bait the minute they feel anything unnatural. I always thought it was better to have the hook tied directly to the line.

Any thoughts...

Good going Mumbaikar's
Nice Catch
well done!!!!!!!
good to see old man Freddie

The lake looks amazing now, I first went their in 01 to take membership but decided against it as then the lake was considered to be very polluted.

I will be taking membership this week paying 15k more than what was required to be paid in 01.

From what I have heard so far, every year the club is introducing Mahseer fingerlings & hopefully in few more years anglers in powai lake will also be seen using spoons, spinners & plugs.

Santosh

hi ken,

I use the quick changer/snap swivel to make a rig of 4 hooks for catching mangur & tilapias on worm, works really well for me. apart from Mrigal, none of the other carps will take bait on this setup.

Santosh

I am really thankful to Indian Angler for giving me the opportunity of meeting so many kindred spirits.
Regards,
Yaj.

Yaj,

the fight is not over, the debate will be continued..

Fight which fight / debate


Ali

You are a sucker for punishment aren't you? I dont have to do much with you scoring own goals
Regards,
Yaj.

Ali,it has nothing to do with fishing .
It is a PM war on the rupee.
Yaj

Punishment?? no way dude, you be careful when I am scoring goals... don't want to hit your balls

Ali, its a PM debate we are having on Rupee appreciation against the US$

Way to go, Santosh
The club needs more members ... Yaj ? Fred ? Godfrey ? Carl ?.. Are you listening ?
Powai was once regarded as an angler's paradise ... Time to change the "was" to "is" ... Don't you agree ?

I'm loving it!

Punishment?? no way dude, you be careful when I am scoring goals... don't want to hit your balls

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Careful? Bah! Man I can take care of myself, you and which army? Bring it on! As Fred said on this forum ,"talk is cheap........"
fight with facts......
Regards,
Yaj.

You need a army to fight an enemy.
cheap talk?? cant help as some pig heads don't accepts facts...
I have taken a shower & now you need a good sleep... as for the debate or further discussion, I don't see it's friendly anymore & not worth my time.

Santosh

Thanks for the admission.




Whatever,no skin off my nose
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HI guys,

great catch......the mumbaikar spirit seems to be on the top

Btw, guys......it looks like the govt is trying to bring all us NRI's back to the country. With the rupee getting stronger by the day, our savings have dropped
The Dirham has dropped to the lowest since the past 4 years that I have been in Dubai & all thanks to the Dollar (incidently the dollar & dirham are pegged together)

Ok ok.....so now who wins the argument ? Santosh or Yaj?

This has all the maing of another Rustom Bana / Owen Bosen special ... bets anyone ?????

Hi Guys,
I had a wonderful time with the group at powai. Cool bunch of dudes! arent we? i also suggest we meet quite frequent. (now that we have Ali's machan ready, we havent to worry of those who get knocked down after a couple of drinks)

I visit powai lake on 2nd and 4th Sat (this week i am out of town, so want be making it) guys you are welcomed to join me.

Hey, i would be in pune sometime around the weekend, can i do some fishing there... any body on the forum to help me.

Hey Vishal,

It was nice meeting you. I will be taking membership mostly in this week and we all should definitely meet up at least couple of times a month for some fishing..

For fishing in Pune, send sanjay55 a PM.

Fred, you a bookie or punter???

Santosh

Owen Checking the silver carp









Its a tough job to upload the photos and I will post rest of the photos afterwards..

Regards..

Ali

Owen with the Silver



Owen, Yej, Zainul and Ali Checking the silver carp



Ali with his Mirgal



Jawwad’s Mangur



A View of lake



Santosh, Husaini, Rajinder, Jawwad(man of the day) and Ali

It was great meeting up with the Mumbai gang.
Thanks Vishal / Fred / Ali / Santosh / Yaj... Did i miss any one ???
Some great fish in there but some sad tactics employed to catch them.
Come on guys surely you can change things??
Fat lips or gobi is also called Korvae in the eastern parts. It is a scavenger and does not grow more than 6 to 8 ".
Just could not remember the name that day Santosh.
Regards
Owen

On a previous thread Bops said that he does not want the " tactics" discussed on this forum.
Since a counter argument/clarification is not allowed, it is only fair that criticism should be held back too.
Regards,
Yaj.

Is Powai Lake Catch and release????

No - it is not.
There are rules though - underweight fish are to be released or else a "fine" is levied. I believe the same holds true for the "monsters".
Unfortunately I have found that these rules are not followed. Mostly the catch is "permanent". "Fishing Tactics" play a role here as these "tactics" do not guarantee survival of the fish if released.
Yaj .. without getting into arguments .. as true anglers, some tactics must change .. some of us could make a start ...its not binding on us to follow the same tactics. Catch and release is the way to go .. perhaps a couple for the table and as many tilapias as you wish.

Owen,

whatta catch

But nobody posted data like - bait,tackle etc to get that monster.

Great job Boss.

What U taken a transfer to mumbai or what

Jude

I would just like to say that the only carp I caught there(mrigal) was released in good condition and I intend to do so with all/any carp I catch. African catfish,tilapia and other "pest species" will not be released for obvious reasons.
Regards,
Yaj.

Thanks Yaj!

Some sanity is needed at Powai. From what i hear and read it seems to be a haven fro the meat collectors.

Great fishing right now. But I can see it going going gone.

owen im getting distress calls from the masheer...
theyre worried u're gonna ditch them..

LOL

There is complete sanity in Powai. You say it is going going gone but the fact is it was gone and again with the effort of all the members it is improving day by day. Rest assure powai is going to be the no1 fishing destination in India....

Ali..

Thanks Ali,

I lived in Bombay and remember how Powai was till just a short while ago. What you guys have done to bring it back to life is wonderful. But I really think that the toughest part of your endeavor is now.

Just imagine how incredible it would be is every fish caught was put back. Think of how much better the fishing would be then.

Once again thanks.

powai is going to be the no1 fishing destination in India

only if practised catch and release at least the beggies
regards
riaz

Guy's that fish was not caught by me, it was caught by Ali's driver.
There was another one of the same size caught on the lake last Sunday which i also checked out as i had never seen silver's that size before.

I was told i would not be able to catch anything with normal fishing methods at this time of year, and they were right.

Yaj, no discussion on tactics mate, sorry but that is not sport fishing. I would rather sit the whole day without a bite than resort to the norms at Powai.
Regards
Owen

Thanks Owen,

Completely agree with you. Rather sit by the water and catch nothing.

No problem mate I guess it will remain a case of Lilliput vs Blefuscu.
Regards,
Yaj.

big endians?

Right on,Asif!
Yaj.

What the hell am I seeing, you guys took Owen on a foul-hooking frenzy?

Hey Bobby- Welcome back... They've got Freddie too.... And the bugger has a smile on his face

Hi Gavin,

Thanks, been a touch busy...

Bobby

what exact method do they use to foul hook?

Trust me Aaron... you dont want to know !

come on...how bad can it b?

Hi Bobby,
Owen was at powai, but he did not do any foul hooking.. don't think those all who fish at Powai practice foul fishing..

Thanks to PV (prashant varma) .. I & Ali canceled our trip to west coast & instead headed to powai on saturday afternoon..Some pics for you guys..

Me & vishla got bends at same time..


Vishal with his bends..



Ali fighting a big hybrid..


Setup


Don't die wondering, don't need any guess work here
(my 3 lb & 7 lb rohu )




My 7 Lb rohu..

Great Going Tosh !!!! looks like youre gonna beat all of us .....what with youre flexi timings !!!!!!

Freddy,
you converting to freshwater frenzy? I dont believe this...my last hope of learning saltwater fishing just took a freshwater dive in Powai, with a smile , at that..

Asif .. no mate .no freshwater frenzy - just cayching up with some real good company and human being --Sanotosh / Ali / Jawad/ Vishal/ Virendra / Yaj --- all great guys .. keep yourself Free in the 2nd week of Ocober -- Thursday to Sunday --- will make a salty out of you YET

Fred,
No more flexi timings mate.. will be traveling all over with work till 6th of Oct... maybe a weekend in between at powai

What’s the plan for 2nd week????

Great going guys.. Good catches.. Nice to see that not all the fish are being foul-hooked