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

Hey Prakash,

It was pleasure meeting you & Riaz in Mumbai.

Look forward to meet you guys again..

Santosh

Hi Prakash,

Thanks for the pictures, awaiting fishing snaps.

Regards,

Ronald

Hi Prakash,
I was so pleased to see pictures of Powai Lake and all you lucky guys fishing there. It is sad that, Mumbai being the city where I was born and I have never had the pleasure of fishing it. However, later this year I hope to be there and fish it with Vishal and others. I hope that we can meet up then and marro guppa. Well done boys,
Henry.

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.

Hi Prakash,
Thanks for your mail and some more photos.

Ali Bhai, Santosh and Jawad bhai - " Soona ki nahi" (heard or not) -what Prakash said. Hope I'll get a warm welcome...Just joking yar. Ofcourse when i am in Bombay i will surely meet you'll.
Those photographs in which you all are sitting in the shed for fishing with rainy atmosphere...............wow "kai mosum hai" it breath taking. I can feel the cold breeze..........."Thandey thandey pani mey ....".
Belive me, being in Bombay for such a long time i never new such a place exist.

I must thank Bopanna for all his effords..................otherewise we would have not known this beautiful world of fishing.

Thanks everyone,

Ronald.

Ronald, one of the best things I like about fishing, is the fact that you see new places and experience nature at its best by the river. Wouldn't trade it for anything else mate.

Bops

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..

The good thing for me was that this time there were no moderator inbetween me and my pics. what say bop?

Prakash, I do not understand what you mean?

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 Mumbaiyaas,

It is great to have you guys on the site.

U give mumbai a different dimension.

I must make it to mumbai in the near future.

Jude

Hey NP ... when you make dont forget NOT to give the Terrace a miss ... unlike that OMO guy who comes to Mumbai --- slink in -- slink out

Hi SANTOSH!
I think this time we are rite in weighing the things.


what say?

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.....

Yup! I know it is for rahu but how do you use the chatni. Mix it with atta, as groundbait... How?

And then there is the other thing... the tube stuff. What do I do with that?

Ali, Riaz... anybody!

Thats the lubetube mate for all those lonely nights

Bloody turtle going to get it this time.

OB, I hope your not coming to Mumbai for the tube

ToitleKen - You just take a little on the tip of your finger and spread it on the bait, preferably next to the hook point..

I saw ALI BHAI mixing the tube thing called swallow me with the bread bait.
same as riaz bhai mix vanila essence.
Santosh please correct me if needed.

Yes Prakash.. thats the way you use it

Gavin And Santosh,

Can I use them together. that is mix the tube stuff with bread or atta and then put a bit of chutney on top.

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!

Sorry boys,
the more I read about this, the more I am convinced that Owen and Gavin have got their wires crossed. I am totally confused. Maybe Fredfish can help me out on this.

Henry saheb, tumhi Mumbai la december madhye ya, ani appan sagle gappa marta marta mashe pakduya.. :)

Oiiie Santosh ! mi paan yenaar !

ticket book kelela ! Ekvees December, sakali char vasta la yenaar.

Nothing to worry about Henry, just yanking the turtlekens tail

One fish coming up..... soon...

He really did that And you let him get away with that ???

Heard he's heading for the hills now !!!

Jude

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

Ah, Owen, now it all adds up, the lube tube riddle is solved. Burning the midnight OIL, Butt in a sling. I can now forget the whole episode.
No need for any more theories Fred. henry

Kai rae Santosh bhau,
me mumbai decemer madhye yenaar.
Maja laan bhau Vishal la sangila paijae.
Henry

Hi Henry Bhau, nice doggies!
Now you out to tell Ken and OB about lube tube, chatni etc?
Any one used Blacang? (malay fish paste, pronounced BLACHANG) This stuff stinks , very fishy and guess It leaves an olfactory trail miles wide.
I found good old bread with coconut oil and vanilla to be tops! now looking to add a bit of blacan to the boilng water used to mix Ragi.

Hiya Henry .. Guess you have never seen OMO in person .. hes the guy who walks over my gate at home ... so dont you o getting any ideas me man ,,, no riddle is solved .... if i could do it to OMO then id make the Guinesss book for doing giraffes --- lube tube , midnight oil and butt in a sling be damned

If you dont belive me ask Gavin

And we haven't yet spoken about the size of his foot

Hi Gavin,
I am 6ft 2" and believe you me that the foot size theory is an absolute myth. Fact.
Henry

Fred, I hope that congrats are in order. I believe that you have that doubtful honour of being registered in the Guiness Book Of Records.
Look up the paragraph on giraffes.
Henry