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Great going Santo...thanks for sharing

Saiki

Welcome to Silver group Santo. I am sure there will be many more in the near future. Now that the silver is conquered, lets switch to sea fishing once again. I am missing the sea again.. . Wold love to give these wily carp of Powai some rest. (In actuality its other way round )

Regards

Ali...

Sunday is the day to finish the boat... and trial run in Powai...

Ali.

Saturday..??

good luck for the trials :)

post the pics of the trial run.

Thanks Arish..

Hi Ali, I can’t make it today.. I am sure our new method if not more, will be equally productive. It's going to be very effective this summer.

Another thing i am looking forward to is our planned weekend adventure. I guess, we have waited for it too long. Hope we can get it going as planned.

Some pics of the boat after more modifications.

Ali at work



New design for side balance

wow ! you guys! love seeing all the plans and adjustments coming around.. y'all are like two enthu school buys doing a cool project! lucky chaps! could y'all please explain what the drift method y'all are refering to is ? sounds interesting. what does the boat weigh now .. with all the accessories?

LOL Daryl.. yeah it’s fun to play with toys.. but we also had to get it right. The plan was to make the boat stable, and by doing that not to mess with the whole idea of keeping it as portable as possible. The system we have on the boat now can be dismantled / assembled in 15 - 20 min’s between 2 people.

The gross weight of the boat (with both balance) should be about 45-50 KG. It can take 3 healthy people comfortably (even 4), very stable now to stand and cast.

I am itching to run it up & down a couple of estuaries I know.. will take us to lot of new places that were not accessible before.

The drift method is still in "Work in progress" stage. More on it soon..

REX

For last few days we were trying a new tactic where we use the floating feeder and drift it in a way that it comes to a halt at a place that is known to hold lot of fishes.

This method was very challenging for us as we had to drift the feeder at a place where the club has made a floating barrier of bamboos to stop weeds from entering the bay area. Also casting the feeder directly there was scaring lot of fish that stay in the top water column.

There are also many snags and ropes that are used to keep the bamboos in place and to land the fish after its hooked was another problem.

Everyone in the club is aware of this location, but very few dare to hook a fish there as it’s next to impossible to land a big one. The only way here is to chase the big one down, clear all snags and try your best to keep the fish away from the structures.

Ali did hook a big one couple of days back, but even after lot of effort he lost it to a snag as his fishing partner that day was not used to rowing the boat in windy conditions and the boat drifted in opposite direction.

Yesterday, the plan was not to fish in Powai but to head out of Mumbai to move the boat to a friend’s farm. We have planned to keep the boat there for a month so that we can explore a river and estuary close by. But as there was an unexpected political problem, we decided to spend the day in Powai.

In the morning we landed some very nice Rohu’s and there was lot of activity. Late in the afternoon Ali did some minor changes with the rig specially to target catla as we would see some very huge ones feeding on the top.

Shortly afterwards, Ali hooked a huge one that just took off and snagged the line at 4 places, it was very difficult to clear all snags and to keep the fish away from any structure, this time he had good boat man.. .. after a fight that lasted close to 45 mins Ali landed an absolute monster of a Catla, a whopping 54 LB fish, this was one of the best fights I have witnessed, he landed the fish a good 6-700mts from where it was hooked, and in the process he has broken his own previous record of 50 LB.

Gents, Ali is the new record holder after breaking his own .. Congratulations master...

Pics & a short video Shortly..

awesome ... REX... 54 lb !!! wow... patiently waiting for the pics and videos

Congratulation Ali Bhai!

Glad to post some pictures..

Congrats Ali bhai and Santosh. Thats one awsome looking fish. Thats one power packed swimming machine realy kills the wrist and test one's wits . Wish you many more.

Congrats on breaking your own record alibhai and santosh... the boat is apt to its name... (T) REX the biggest predator of powai...

hearty congrats to alibhai and the able boatman(santo) on the new record!
.. now you guys should go international with carp fishing.. or host a carp fishing competition at powai..

3 cheers to Ali, Santosh and your new buddy "Rex"!

That's one hell of a fish...Ali and Santosh!!!!!
Congrats and all the best to supecede this catch.
Ravi

Thanks guys, :))

Mario, I second that " kills the wrist and test one's wits "

Daryl, I dont think we can do that in near future. The club is only for members.

Maneesh: will do that ASAP

Vikram: I will let Ali answer you on this, I was just a boatman.. LOL

Cheers Tony.. :))

super stuff.... i was quite sure Ali bhai will hook this one on sunday as i wasnt there.... ( powai fishes have developed some sort of allergy of me )

congratulations Ali bhai, for the great fish and the great fight....


regards,

Dr. Prasad

Goodness me!!! Your CARPS are getting bigger and rounder day by day. Congrats Ali.

Look at the pic where Santosh is carrying the Catla :) "Rooth gaya hai bechara"

DeZZ

Hi Ali,

Super monster there. Much respect. That would have been a fight to remember.

Good job by Santosh to see that you stayed connected till the finish.


Jeen

Superb catch Ali bhai. Amazing fish, wish you land the mother of all some day. Gr8 going.

I have been to Powai several times and now I understand how difficult it is to catch a single fish from Powai and to catch the biggest monster Catlas it is simple amazing, unbelievable, out of the world and something that master himself should be really proud of.

Congrats and Thank you Ali Bhai - a rare chance for all of us to see such big fresh water monster…...
Santosh, thank you for your time in sharing the story and pics...

Will eagerly wait for your river water adventure stories...

Thanks,
Sandip