INDIANANGLER

Hello Madhur,
For a person who has learnt the ropes in Bombay,i can give u a few tips on locations around Madh island..PATHWADI,BHATI.........manori island the Spur on the southwest tip is Barra country.........ull meet a guy called Desmond,he sure point u in the right direction.It will soon be Fishing season as it gets warmer and if u see a guy swimming across to the reef with a rod in one hand its me,,,,,,,,,,,,,Join the whacky world of Fishing............The chosen ones...........Jesus christ selected his APOSTLES,Simon peter,James,John...........all Fishermen so u see wat a select band of brothers we are..............

Hi every one,

Well, Bobby & Keyur, I stay at mira rd.

But our group is based in Malad(w). and this is where we fish 90% of the time with occasional trips to Uttan or Gorai.
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Hey Heliox, tell you what... the Rocky Spots around BHATI,ICE FACTORY,PATHWADI,MADH are our regular hangouts(about once/twice every fortnight).Hope to see you there some time.Cheers!

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Hi Mahaseerken, Thanks man. hope your not kidding me on the coke bottle refresher thing .. any way here's a pic. of the "Bottle rig"

.BTW the recent Fanta bottle(the curvy one) works the best as it has the perfect contour for casting long distances(just my 2cents worth).

The good thing about these primitive techniques is the sheer involvement of the team..its just a matter of some one hooking a biggie and the entire team swings into action, which seems like a cross between tug of war and kite flying! and hopefully some one is winding the loose line on the bottle(lot of abuses if one fails to do so;))..its utter chaos but its fun nevertheless. Cheers mate!.

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Bopanna,Santosh,rulerofsun, thanks for the welcome you guys.

hoping to learn a lot for you people.

Regards,
Madhur.

Not kidding you mate. I also started with a bottle and line. Now I carry one little rig in my bag and use this whenever I get the chance. just to repeat myself, the fun of a handline is hard to beat.

Will hook up with you whenever I get to Bombay.

cheers

Hi Madhur,

I have heard some good reports of Uttan. You had any luck there..????
The place sounds worth exploring.

Santosh

Hey Santosh,

Well, personally we never got any thing great besides catfish in that area but I guess thats largely due to our poor technique, besides we have yet to try artificial lures in Mumbai.

Although I know of local fisher men who use some Chinese lures(similar to the magnums) to catch what they call Khazra.I can't entirely trust their stories as they always hype up things, but they seem to be getting these big fish fairly regularly.I guess they must be trolling these lures on their way to putting nets in deeper waters, also none of them have any fishing rods!.

Also if you are fishing in the night on the dongri side( jetty) be extra careful of cops who WILL harass you... Knowing the locas helps a lot.Parking your car a long long way from the jetty is a must! (leave no traces for the cops).

Regards,
Madhur.

Hey Santosh,

khazra= Barramumdi.. Ohh... thanks :)

A bit off topic, but.. did you have any luck with these Barramundi in Mumbai?? Also wanted to know if lure fishing is worth trying in our muddy waters?.Any tips on using artificial lures would be gospel as this is a totally unexplored territory for me.

Cheers,
Madhur.

PS.I may be taking off to uttan tomorrow... any special tips for the barramundi? Bait,Tackle,locating fish etc... thanks in advance