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Myself, Rajat, Geeta and Allen (Along with his pet Mack) decided to camp beside the sea to welcome the new year and do something we like most ie. Fishing. Making a rather late start on 31st we were able to reach the destination as the sun was sliding down the horizon. Making haste, as we all wanted to hit the water, we bundled all our goods in rooms we had previously hired and started making our rods. There was no electricity at that time and suddenly I heard some commotion from Rajats room. Rajat called me in a very agitated voice and ask me to look whether there was a Tarantula in his room. (Tarantula on west coast of India ). There was a unusually big spider and after some tries it was pinned down under a glass and the rest was easy.

The Location




The Base Camp



Very thoughtfully, Rajat has arranged some bait and we all started fishing immediately reaching the shore. Only cat fishes were taking our bait and we caught many of them. We also tried some spinning and saw some Barra action but nothing took the lure. After having food, we again started fishing. Allan started the New Year by catching a good size Tiger Fish at 00.04 hours and we all have to satisfy our self with cat catfishes only . The next day also we fished as much as we can but the only thing hitting our baits was Cats.

Allen’s new year fish.



My self and Allan called it a day when tide went down (It was very late in night) but Rajat has other Ideas. He was catching lot of cats but as we were walking past him, he informed that he is going to catch something. Wishing him good luck, we went to sleep. I was just closing my eyes when I heard Rajat shouting and going over to them, I was greeted by the sight of first serious fish of the trip, a nice Sand Shark.

Rajat,s First….Catch





And Release..



Buoyed by the success of Rajats catch we decided that next day we will try for sand sharks and were rewarded as the tide was coming in. First I landed a good size Sandy and within no time Allan also hooked and landed three of them. As the tide was receding we were rewarded watching lot of Sand Sharks feeding in very shallow water. One of them was really very big and we desperately tried to hook it but without success.

My Catch of new year…





Allen’s Fight…



And Fish…







Some other Photographs…

Mack….



Mack with his local friends..




Terns…



Setting Sun…



My Bed beside the beach…




Breakfast… Courtesy Rajat/ Geeta..



Group Photo – End of Trip..




All in all, it was a very enjoyable and relaxed trip where despite the lure of trolling we did only beach fishing and all of us were rewarded with good fishes…

Hope to continue our good luck in this new year…

Regards and tight lines..

Ali.

Great catches guys.
Best luck for all the year.
Warm regards,

Ali, that looked like a special trip. Congrats.

Hi Ali,

Very good fishing trip to start the year. Congrats for the sand sharks caught. Thanks for sharing the pics. Congrats to Rajatda and Allan. Wish you all a very happy new year and more rewarding trips in the year to come.

Spoonangler.

Nice trip Guys,

Congrats to Alan & Rajat on the sand shark.

Congrats to Mack also, looks like he got a local girlfriend..




Now that is expected, for a change it was the spider..

Happy New year to you all..

Regards,

Santosh

Good start to a New year guys......Thanks for Sharing...!

Now that's the way to start the new year. Great going everyone.

*** HAPPY NEW YEAR ***
This is indeed a great way to start off 2010..
Thank you for sharing..

Ali Bhai,

are sand sharks caught on bait or lure..
i remember in the competition too you were targeting sand shark and big sting ray..
what kind of setup does it need..

regards,
pranav..

Way to go Ali Bhai......

Thanks everybody for your kind comments..




The sand sharks are only caught on bait. The best bait is small pieces of fresh sardeens. The setup used is either petronostor or fish finer rig.

Regards,

Ali. :

Thanks ali bhai
That was great pictures. Great to start the new year !

Ali as usual great report mate Thanks guys for the comments

Ali, Rajat & Allen, a great start to the New year.
Congrats.
Syd.

Congrats Ali Bhai, Rajat and Alan for the nice catches.

Thankx Sanjay, Sydeny and Appo...

Regards,

Ali..

Too good Ali. Looks like a wonderful spot.
Superb way to start the New Year.

Jeen

Thanks guys all of you

Great way to take in the New Year. That was only my second crack at bait fishing in the sea in more than 40 years! A memorable trip, good fishing and great company. Need some practice with that Alvey reel (big red thing) so roll on the next session. Thanks to Ali and Rajat for organising and taking me along and thanks to every one for their kind comments.

Allan

"There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot."

No way mate, not the Alvey



regards,

Ali..

Great Stuff Ali, Rajat & Allan. Seems like a great place to relax & catch some fish too.

Ali thanks for the invite & sorry I couldnt make it to your place. Hopefully next trip will be a bit longer.
Rajat, thanks for the trip. Still licking my lips thinking of the fresh fish we ate while fishing. Maybe next time the Ravas will be a little closer to shore.

regards,
Keyur

you are welcome mate any time you know it

That was a great event floks! what better way to ring in the good year.

Keyur,

It is no matter where these Ravas are feeding if they are not taking your lure. Yesterday one Ravas was feeding maximum ten feet from me but refused all lures, spoons spinnes etc. The only bite was on a Shad, which unfortunatly was not converted..

Regards,

Ali..

Give it a break Alibhai .... maybe they have recognized you by now ........

great start guys
Keep on doin it!

alibhai,,
i think the spider u got under the glass was on 30 dec 09 not on 31 dec, at around 7 to 7,30 pm, when the lights in all of durg went out,,i passed in front of mango jugle at 7,30 pm in darkness and i saw ur red innova car,,,,,, then next day at 8am u were trolling the river,,,with two or three females and one male,,,,,alibhai i recongnized u very fast since i hav seen ur snap on iangler.com ,,,did u see any body doing the same (trolling) on that same river,,,,ha ha ha,,,, did u catch anything on outside of the fort
,,was that guy rajat,,,,

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Dear Marvin,

Sorry mate but you got it absolutely wrong. I was fishing near Harne and not Vijaydurg. I think you must have seen Santosh and the guy you mistook for Rajat was Abhijeet as they were fishing in durg at that time..

Regards,

Ali.

ali bhai,,
i need to check my eyesight,, by the way ,, i wanted to approach this guy who appeared to me like u,,,,,next time i see some one like u i ll shout ,,, ya ali,,,,
take care,,,
nice beach fishing,,,,
in goa we call giutar shark ,,,fotki,,,and we get them at arjuna,,and keri beach,,,man i am yet to catch a barra this angling year,,got two ravas this time one queenfish ,,,good fighter
take care
merwyn

Will exchange my Barra with your Ravas happily...

Regards,

Ali..

ok when we do do it

hahahahahahahaha i know that feeling Ali