INDIANANGLER

These are the Pix of Two Big Goonch caught today at Jhelum River. Thought would share the pix.

Damn they look ugly, i might wanna targewt them on my next trip, just for the uglynes

Thanks for sharing Pix.

Looking like Mosnters of fresh water.



Anoop

hey bhagwan!!!!
those two are really KHATARNAK looking fishes....

Ugly as hell outside water. But really beautiful when swimming. I remember diving into a pool outside Corbett park on a hot day when the fishing was dead, and stumbling into one of these monsters. It must have been a good three feet long. You can imagine the fright I got. After getting out of the water we all watched it glide smoothly between the rocks and head upstream.

Jokes apart, If you observe this fish in its habitate, it is a very beautyfull fish.

Regards,

Ali.

i have read about them in jim corbett's books, do they give good fight? considering the size and imagining the power they must be having; i thik they must be very good fighters...

Prasad,

they are one run fish and then they will lodge themselfs in rocks from where it is almost impossible to take them out.

Regards,

Ali.

alibhai,
then how you take them out? same tricks used 2 take out a grouper from rocks?

The big one was 38 Kgs and the small one 26kgs. Couldn't get the length on the fish. But my guess is that the large one was close to 4 ft.

That's sad. If the locals could protect the river and the fish in it along a decent length they would have a resourse that would generate domestic and lforign income on a scale that they could barely dream of. Jungle Lodges and others have made it work on the Cauvery and if the politcal situation were to calm down a bit in Pakistan, I'm sure people would love to come - I certanly would, I've been told tales of the mountains and rivers of Pakistan and Afghanistan by old hippies who visited in less troubled times.

Man!!!!! thats some ugly fish....

Oh boy,

100% Mean monsters. But , neverthe less, thanks for sharing pics

shapan.

Harryxs.