Sunday's fishing trip with Pran.

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Sunday's fishing trip with Pran.

Post by Mack The Knife » Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:59 am

After one cancellation and not knowing when my wife would return from Bombay, I was finally able to confirm with Pran that we were on for the next day.

The conditions did not look all that bad and Pran made the most of it whilst it lasted to bag himself five fish. Three murrel and two mahseer, in that order.

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In the meanwhile, I had three strikes but the lure got spat out each and every time. However, I finally managed to hook a mahseer before lunch and it gave a good account of itself despite its size.

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After lunch we plugged for mahseer along the canal but the fish did not show any interest.

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We switched to ledgering from the coracle but this too proved to be futile as it had started raining. When the rain stopped we ledgered from another point and I got myself another mahseer. This too put up a decent fight for its size but really did not stand a chance considering the tackle I have been using lately.

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However, this must have been a lucky catch because the action just died after that. We switched to spinning for murrel in the last one hour but besides one strike on Pran's lure that could not be converted, the fish just weren't interested in our wares.

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Post by kanwar76 » Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:10 am

Very nice pics Rusty and good catch Pran.

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Post by Mack The Knife » Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:28 am

I particularly like the second pic.

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Post by TenX » Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:43 am

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Post by GasramGandu » Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:23 pm

Good show guys! Some nice fish and pictures as well. The last pic is really nice.

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Post by Ranjeet Singh » Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:15 pm

Excellent Pics!

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Post by viper » Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:18 am

Nice Trip Guys :D

The last info i got from people who visited WASI is that its really Windy & raining...bad time for spinning.... :?

Will try my luck :) after My arm recovers
A bad day of fishing is better than a good day of work :)

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Post by Mack The Knife » Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:58 am

Guess which nutcase is still going tomorrow? It still beats sitting at home or going to the range to make pretty little holes in paper.

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Post by Happy » Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:23 am

great catch buddies
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Post by eljefe » Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:23 am

Serious heart burn, really serious heartburn. :mr.green: I drove 2 hrs last sun, to fish for 2 hrs and drove back 3 hrs-not a nibble...and I'm going back this sunday.
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Post by Mack The Knife » Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:45 am

Patience Herr Doktor. This place you visited and described over the hooter sounds like a err... real hoot.

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