INDIANANGLER

Hai all...
Recently found one lake having sole fish. But I have no idea about this fish even after searching for a long. If anybody of us having any information about this fish then please advice me with the best bait, tackle and tactice to catch this fish.
Every piece of information will be highly appreciated...

Hi,

Pl take a look at the posts on Murrel Fish. This fish is called "Sole" in North India & "Varaal" in Kerala. It will take frogs, spinners & Rapala type lures (X-Rap Glass ghost).

Regards
Cavalier

lake with murrel is always fun to find! if not much weeds and not much snags then go for spinners, it's more fun casting and retrieving plus the strike generally hooks the fish itself without having to pull to set hooks etc. if many weeds then use fake frogs, can be scum frogs or any other, if bait fishing, they take earth worms, they take cockroach and they take frogs. Personally found cockroach and frog creepy to be holding so stuck with worms.
hope this helps.
Regards,
Omesh

Oh my God.... What a quick response... Thanks.. Thanks a lot..
Actually it opened my eyes, that I was really not aware that 'murrels' are known as 'sole' in North India. The locals were saying sole fish, sole fish and sole fish but I didnt recognice the species because I was aware of the one and only sole fish which is a salt water species. Again thanks to Col sir and Mr Omesh...

Most welcome. Welcome to Murrel madness & it is very addictive. It is a very tricky & smart fish. Enjoy the hunt & you can learn a lot from earlier posts. Manish from Nagpur & Dr Aamir Bhavnagari are the resident Murrel kings on this forum. Contact them.

Also look at Youtube videos on "Toman" fishing in Thailand.

By the way, where do you stay in Kerala??

Regards
Cavalier

one more correction Viraad or moreover I hope I can get some clarity on this... I have always believed the fish to be a freshwater one... do they also thrive in saltwater?