INDIANANGLER

Over the four rounds of coffe in BANGALORE it was decided that RIAZ BHAI will join me later in MUMBAI when i'll be through to my work.
Mumbai was very humid and sweaty and the only respite was that at the end of it we'll have a fishing weekend. Riaz bhai landed two hours late and reached at my place around 1 oclock in night.We did'nt slept whole nite. Tommrow was the day. As decided SANTOSH picked us from BANDRA LINK ROAD exactly 6.30 in the morning.. Twenty minutes of drive and we were at POWAI LAKE. It was breathtaking view of a lake located in the middle of the one of worlds busiest and biggest city. The backdrop of HIRANANDANI COMPLEX was giving it even a kinda unusual looks. Then there were private boathouses known as MACHAN. It all looks as if they are kings having there own floating fishing decks.
ALI BHAI was looking towards our warm welcome and recieved us double of our expectations. Fifteen minutes of chit-chat-chai and we were on a adjoing boat ready to cast.
We witnessed a diffrent approach of angling than ours. The bait was different . Casting was diffrent, the arrangement of hooks were diffrent and above all the frequency of sprinkling grond bait type of material was most unusuall. They sprinkle a mixture of chiwda, oil cake, some bengali masala and mud every 10-15 minutes just over the float which will not be more than 8-10 feets away. Anyways we first tried our deadline casting thinking that within ten minutes of our cast we'll land somethin big. That never happened It was'nt unusual because of 100 years of angling at POWAI , the place is overly ground baited with all kind of possible masalas. Fishes dont take anythin unless u douze it with lots of sprinkling and other tactics. As we failed ALI BHAI suggested that we switch to their style .Although lake is loaded of +size ROHU, KATLA , MAANGUR but it was a bad day of fishing for us.
I returned at around 8 oclock but RIAZ BHAI was decided that he'll not return empty handed and stayed back at the boathouse for nite fishing which paid off in terms of 3 catches which include a 3.5 KG KATLA, around 1.5 kgs of two TILAPIA.
We were also joined there by INDIAN ANGLER member PHIS and VISHAL.
We extend our greatest greatfullness to ALI BHAI, SANTOSH and JAWAD for the warm LOVE and HOSPITALITY, not forgetting the
boatman who kept sailing to bring us food, tea and smoke every now and then.
OFFICE


HIRANANDANI IN THE BACKDROP


MACHAN


WIDE ANGLE


ALI RIAZ SANTOSH


RIAZ BHAI




MONSOON MAGIC


THINKING "PHIS"


Through "PHIS" eyes





Fishin nite




desperate eyes





THE CATCH

Hi HENRY, RANNY !
Thanks for writin. I have posted the photos of the catch. Although we were also a foreigner in mumbai, i am sure Ali bhai, santosh and jawad will leave no stone unturned to give u a warm welcome anytime.

Wish I could join u all
Cheers...ham

Hi Prakash
What a place and what a weather. Good fishing too. Wish i could be there.

Cheers

Sualeh

guys, you are most welcomed..

Bop the programme is so nice , when u type mod... it becomes more.
Hats of to U for IA and excellent programming.

Yes, Prakash there are a lot of word restrictions. The site can be programmed to change some words which are not appropriate. Mod actually stands for moderator which is a restricted username.

Bops

GOOD SHOW
PRAN r u listening? So no more talking bout any seeds

Great Show guys,

Ali, dont forget you gotta plan a trip in Dec-Jan when I'm back in bom. .....preferably a week day. (too many commitments on the weekends)

Hi Ali!

I finally picked up the smelly stuff from Prashant. thanks a lot mate.

Now please tell me two things. First how do I use it. That is what do I do with the swallome tubes and what do i do with the crazy stuff in the plastic container.

And second, How do I get rid of the smell later. I have a feeling I am going to be sleeping alone for a long time.

Thanks again.

hey mate TURTLEKEN that smelly stuff in the plastic box is called CHATNI & is a very powerfull bait for Rahu.....

Hmmm.... you can try and tell me if it works..

Mken, I think you should not mix both to your hook bait ... Gavin & Ali are the right guys to tell you more on it

Go ahead, what the hell, you going toitle fishin anyway mate!

bugger!

Hey Toitleken - The "midnight" tube is most probably a cheese mix, so suggest that you do not mix it with the Chutni..

Or you can throw caution to the wind and mix them together.. After all, you do do things differently from us.. We go out to catch fish with rod and reel, you on the other hand catch them TOITLES .

Man these turtles have really fluffed up my life. Now i am afraid to put even a worm on my hook, forget about posting questions.

But just you wait you little buggers. I will have the last laugh.

Hey Fred,
The last time i was in Mumbai, i was fishing with you guys at Powai.
Time before that my butt was in a sling, and i was burning the midnight oil at the office.
Would like nothing better than to have a cold one on the terrace mate
Next trip for sure.
Who knows if things go right i may be in Mumbai for a while,and you will haveto kick me off the terrace
Regards
Owen