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Fished the Last full moon with the 5mtr tide for the Mumbai Barra's, got several hits and lost a big one was pretty dissapointed, this New moon I was back got permission for only a short time to the colaba Naval dock, fished for an hour with poppers got many hits as usual but the first one I hooked was a small barra about 4-5 kgs de-hooked him in the water only and let him go, the second one was 8 kgs gave me a decent fight, took a photo and let him go also, below are few of the pics.

The First 4-5 kg Barra.



Releasing the first Barra.




The second Barra- 8kgs



Releasing the second one

Hi Dilip,

Congrats for the barras caught. Thnks for sharing the pics and happy fishing.

Spoonangler.

Great pictures. And fantastic to see such fish being caught from Colaba.

Thanks Abhi and Mahaseerken

Hi Dilip,

Nice catch. Thanks for sharing the pics.

Cheers,
Apoo

Congrats dilip, nice catch and u let him live thats nice of u man he will be praying for u rest of his life. is it richie who took those snaps?
keep it up

Thanks Sayed, yes it was Richie who clicked those pictures.

Hi Dilip
Nice catch ! Thanks for sharing the pictures

Congrats Dilip,

Nice pics. Great to know that they will live to fight another day.

regards,
Keyur

Very Nice Dilip.. congrats. :))

Thanks Sanjay, Keyur and Santosh.

Well Keyur as for the fish living another day, I always leave 100% of my catch unless a friend wants it I keep it for him, but the Barra's in South Mumbai are best released as they are loaded with mercury, the waters are very polluted.

Very nice catches. Congratulations for such fine fishes.

It is really heartening to see gradual increase of catches from Mumbai shore.

Keep it up..


Ali..

Thanks Ali, but the situation on the Mumbai shores is the same nothing has improved, the only reason I get these barra's because i fish them from the naval docks which is a protected place, commercial fisherman are not allowed to come and put their nets anywhere in the area that's the only reason why there are fishes here through out the year.

I am a new Angler as for as Mumbai goes but since last five year I have seen a marked improvement of fish activities on Mumbai Shore... Specially Barras and Ravas.

Regards,

Ali.

Impresive.
I've seen the water at Colaba and wouldn't have believed that there were such fish present.
It's all the more impressive as despite several attempts, I've yet to get a hit from a barra on a popper.
Have you tried a 4" rubber shad there ?

I know ur pulling my leg on this one, Alibhai.

@ Ken I have not tried shads at this location, we get permission to fish only at nights and we have had the best results only with poppers of any color, the barras are bursting the water everywhere chasing mullets, some times plugs do fine but nothing beats the popper here, I caught this fish with a Rapala-skitter pop.

Congrats bro.....Its a beauty.....

Nice one Dilip, some great catches there! thanks for sharing,

kind regards,

Scott

Thanks Viper and Scott.

Ritchie as in Ritchie from Ethopian Airlines ??? If yes , now I know where the bugger has been fishing :)

Hi Freddie, no this is my fishing buddy Richard(Ritchie) from colaba he is a physical instructor.

nice catch Dilip. congrats.

Nice Catch, you making the unbelievable true!

Thanks for sharing!

Thank you Taksh and Markus.

@ Markus nothing beats catching those Queenies.

hi dilip,

congrats, thank you for sharing..

regards,
pranav..

Hello Dilip,

Thanks for sharing your pics and congrats for your nice catch.

I agree that Mumbai waters are polluted but I have my reservations regarding Mercury pollution. because if I am not mistaken, so far there were no cases of 'MINAMATA' cases within Mumbai population. Unless the 'MINAMATA ' decease is known by some other name in India.

Best Regards,


Arun

Thank you Mohile Sir and as for the mercury pollution ill take your word for it and wont stop a friend from taking the fish next time and as for me I still don't take any fish home send them all back.

Nice Catch Dilip !!!!!!!!!!

Its nice to know that our Mumbai waters are host to some beauties.

Keith

Thanks Keith, by the way where do you fish in Mumbai, we should catch up sometimes.

Super fish, Dilip.
Best luck for the year to come.
Tight lines.
Regards,

super catch Dilip cheers

Thanks Sailendra and Rajat...

excellent catch Dilip.
Ravi

Nice one Dilip..the Dockyard is still delivering..

Thanks Bobby, the dockyard is delivering every second day, only problem is getting permission to get in, due to all the security we get a chance only once a blue moon.

Next time the moons BLUE pls count me in ... Strictky catch and release ;o)P

Not a problem, will let you know next time we get permission.

very impressive!!!