INDIANANGLER

Very nice read, I’m surprised that the dolphin actually tired so soon being a Mammal. You must be an excellent fisherman and a great runner.

When spinning from shore in and around Bombay, we come across porpoise several times. At times they have come dangerously close to our lures but never will take/touch, they just seem to know that this is something they should not touch.

Have any of you seen David Attenborough’s " The Trials of Life", where Killer Whales beach themselves hunting seals take one and then waddle their way back into the water? It’s quite amazing.

There is a place where I go fishing, where dolphins to the same thing to Mullets i.e. 3 – 4 of them herd mullets, trap them against the shore and then swim almost out of the water to pick the desperate ones that have jumped out of the water to escape, its one thing seeing it in real life.

Many years ago fishing in Bombay (Manori) with spoons, a friend of mine actually fowl hooked a porpoise by accident, before he could do a thing the porpoise had him spooled in one very fast run.

[quote="Bobby"]Very nice read, I’m surprised that the dolphin actually tired so soon being a Mammal. You must be an excellent fisherman and a great runner.

Thanks Bobby - but there's another element that figures and this needs to be factored in... the wagging of the 'tale'

While I still pride myself in being pretty fit @ 2 score + nearly ten... I busted my left calf muscle while running the 4x100 meters relay as the 3rd runner of the Old Girls Team (I volunteered as the old girls had only 3 runners at a reunion at skool in July this year.)

Hower, (ahem!) this happenned after I was awarded places in the shot-put, discus & 100m sprint - all against the kids who figure amongst the best athletes in the Nilgiris... not bad huh?

The bigest fish I've ever landed is a Golden Mahseer that tipped the scales @ 29 Lbs. On the River Kali, halfway between Pancheahwar & Boom, a float (rafting) trip. The fish was hooked, landed, weighed & released at about 6.30 in the evening. She took a Rapala Blue Mullet...

The biggest Mahseer bust-off I've ever had? I'll post the story in a while and try and add in some pics of the area and the fish...

Till then, tight lines

Pat

I'm waiting for the next story Pat.

Tight Lines

Here's some pics of the water & the men at Narora...

1. The Nuke Factory on the horizon
2. The Sluice Gates wide open
3. 3 Generations of Fishermen. L to R; Dayaram, Lal Singh my shikari & Dayaram's old man, Dayaram's son

Pat
a.k.a 'Big Mahseer'

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Hey Pat ,
Small world indeed.
Joey just finished shooting Trap in sin city and has done quite well.

Cheers Rohit.