INDIANANGLER

Mahaseer fishing is done in Kathgodam / Nainital at Pancheshwar 8 hrs trip in Kumaon Himalayas at the confluence of river Kali & Sarju.

Unable to find site for fishing lic in UP

Navdeep

Thanks for the info Navdeep,
Appreciated.
Axx

Dear Navdeep,

Call GMVN <gmvn.org> for Licenses for Pancheshwar Mahseer fishing. The nearest rest is GMVN, Lohaghat about 35 kms. GMVN also has offices throughout india.

Ashok

Thanks for the info, frankly I am just a beginner in this sport. Hardly fished much and this was just some info I gleaned from internet. Glad to have you around, especially some one from Chandigarh area. Are there any fishing jaunts nearer to Chandigarh especially towards Ropar/Bhakra or up in HP? Do they allow fishing in Sukha lake?

Regards
navdeep

Navdeep,

Some serious spots near Chandigarh would be :
1.Pong Dam [Chandigarh-Ropar-Bhakra Dam-Una-Pong Dam]
2.Bhakra Dam [see above route]
3.Ganges [15-40 kms upstream section of Rishikesh, please fish all the confluences at Vyasghat & one or two more]
4.Hatnikund [about 20 kms from Poanta Sahib, Poanta is on NH72, Chandigarh-DehraDun]
5.Maybe some spots on Yamua upstream of Dakpatthar [Juddu-Hatiyari section]. Dakpatthar is just 10 kms off the road on the Poanta Sahib-DehraDun road [NH72 turn off from Herbertpur for Vikasnagar and take final directions from Vikasnagar].

But if you are looking for pukka Mahseer holiday + Corbett National Park go for the Marchula-Banghat beat on the Ramganga. The best time would be 2,3 & 4th weeks of Oct , i suppose.

That brings to my mind that we should have a log book on the forum where anglers would post catches, lures that worked & the ones that did not and such details. Such info would be of great help.

Kanwar76, Navdeep.

There was a time Poanta was a great place for Mahseer but that may not be true now. There are pockets around Poanta that may hold good Mahseer but the fishing is not consistent.Poanta does not have Rainbow Trout. This is not rainbow trout area as about less than 15 kms downstream the Yamuna enters the plains of Haryana.

Thanks Ashok nice bit of information on North India fishing. Maybe you could post your pictures sometime.

I used to love that drive to DDun through Nahan Poanta sahib, there is place between Solan and Nahan for trout..cant recall the name or area but last I heard thanks to dynamite fishing nothing much was biting there.

regards
Navdeep

Guys, very informative... Ashok, you are a veritable fountainhead of fishy info! Waiting for a sortie with you and the rest of the gang -as many as can!
Long time Navdeep, hope all fine? have been posting erratically here and on the other forum
Read about the rainbow trout-must make mention here of a trout fly pack I picked up, in my ignorance(to a newbie, all hooks are the same-there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel now)last sun, went out to check out my new equipment at the Hindon barrage a few km from Noida,and tied the trout fly and cast with it-was absolutely irresistable to 2 socks and a 20 lb wet gunny sack Have just exchanged the flies for two spinners locally
But I know how to tie, confident that knots will hold, and hopefully the rod will not follow the cast
Best
Axx

Hi Asif,

I was in Noida for two weeks last september. I had my tackles and gears also. But at that time I didnt know you and there was nobody to accompany me to take me to some lakes and pools. It would have been great.

Apoo

Hi Asif,

I stayed in Sec 22 in the IOC flats.

Apoo