INDIANANGLER

HI GUYS

WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL YOU SALTIES OUT THERE? BAD SEASON RIGHT? THATS THE SCENE OUT HERE IN COCHIN RAIN RAIN AND RAIN AGAIN, THE SURF'S THE COLOUR OF DIRT OUT HERE LAST FEW DAYS. HERE 'S THE ONLY BREAK I'VE HAD IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS ON A RAINY DAY BEFORE THE WATER TURNED MURKY AND ALL CAUGHT ON SARDINE PIECES FROM THE EDGE OF THE SEA WALL (DROPPING A LINE VERTICALLY WITHOUT LEAD WITH JUST THE BAIT USING A 14 FEET SURF ROD)



THE SMALL GROUPER WAS CAUGHT SPINNING USING A 4" STORM SWIM SHAD

VINCENT

I went to Atlantic City (Brigantine) last week end and caught the good old skunkaroo again ........

After catching skunks for a while I decided to be there at night and with my fly rod, which not a good idea beeing a newbie with fly fishing ..... Took a bus from Philly that went to a casino in AC. My plan was to spend a while in the city and then hit the beach before dawn. I was given a coupon in the bus to play in the casino and the casino gave me $20.00 cash (for a $19.00 round trip bus ticket).

I had never been to a casino before, but deicided to spend their money there, but I enden up spending more than an hour in the queue and finally I needed an ID (which I did not carry) to activate some card which I did not know why/how is it used (to earn points or something, which I had no clue !!). So I quit from that place. Then I was sticking my face between some breasts in a Gentlemen's club for a while By then it was time to hit the beach ....

I fished from 04:30 AM in the morning until 10:30 AM (with little breaks in between, offcourse), without a single hit. I walked about 6 miles on the sand and even got slight sore in my thigh, because I was wearing a cotton pant and wading. I had my breakfast in a sports bar close to the beach, and they did not accept credit card, and their ATM did not work. I paid what I had and was short of $2. The lady said it was okay for me to not pay that money, but I felt bad about that and walked to the nearest ATM which was more than a mile away (with a sore thigh and burning sun at noon) and walked back to the bar and payed the balance. I shouldn't have droped the $ bills there .... Fished some sod banks for another couple hours after noon before leaving and caught nothing again.

I never saw anyone catch a thing other than what they called spots for bait(with worms). However, I saw a boat guy catch atleast a couple of fluke/flounder (not sure) with bait and filling his cooler. Also, I saw birds feeding on boiling bait on the surface. When I looked close, it was some 6" fish chasing small fish in 1 to 2 inches. So my fly didn't get a hit in the 6 inchers blitz LOL ....

In a short sentece - "I had an awfull trip"
Bluefish will be everywhere in a couple of weeks from now .....
Will hit the beach again by 30-Aug-2008 and planning to fish hard for the long weekend (Sep-01, Monday - Labour day)

Cheers,
Maruthu

Hey Maruthu

Your report brings back great memories when we used to spin . There were many days like this ( what say Bob) when evrything looked perfect , biut the fish we just not interested ... keep on trying mate ... in teh sea you never know when and where the next hit will come and how big that hit will be ... Tight lines

Nice update Maruthu, guess you're having a good time

Good to see you back in action.

Bops

Found a new Barra and Rawas place in Hong Kong Fred, so hopefully it will be old times again. Maybe take thes son there next week..

Greetings,

I am hearing reports of bluefish moving in to the shore.
Once they invade the surf, they will be every where like in the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SiqZ2dA ... re=related

Fishing for bluefish should be good until December. By mid/late October the fall stripers should be making their way through Jersey shore. So I am expecting good fishing from next week until mid December. By January, I will be fishing for something else ......

Cheers,
Maruthu

Hi Bobby,
I've been there and never did I see any one fishing from or around the bridge.Hence the query!.. frankly speaking.. looking at all the giant liners pass by the busy waterway, I never really expected any fish activity down there.

Cheers,
Madhur.

PS. As for the "Tsing Ma bridge", you said it rite.. the pictures do not do it justice

From what I heard when the Threadies are on the bite that are a lot of boats round and about all fishing with hooks, these guys are commercial fishermen. Actually the liners passing to and fro prevents any netting in that area.

Hey Bobby,
Just out of curiosity. You ever landed a Rawas/Barra in HK?How different are they from the ones we get locally?

Regards,
Madhur.

How is this for a teaser: