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Post by eljefe » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:23 pm

Enjoy 8)


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Post by HSharief » Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:11 am

Who, where, when, how heavy is that fishy ? What happened to that fishy ? More details please...

That's a good catch I must say.
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Post by Sakobav » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:06 am

Nice Axx, Sharief more than likely WASI on Cauvery and these guys normally catch and release

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Post by sat » Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:10 am

Very nice... would love to see Rusty with a catch like that, though the fish would look much smaller with him holding it.. :wink: :lol:

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Post by Mack The Knife » Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:23 am

I believe it was an angler named Alberto from Spain and the fish was caught on the Galibore stretch of the Cauvery. A little before this a 103-105 lb mahseer had been caught on the same stretch by an angler from Bombay. Think his name is Javed.
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Post by art_collector » Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:18 am

.........I have never seen a fish that big...any idea how old the fish would be (just information sake)
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Post by marksman » Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:34 am

Thankfully, these fish are returned to water after a brief photo session. The pros out there see to it that the fish suffers minimum trauma. The thrill is in the catching part of it only. And rightly so.
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Post by art_collector » Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:37 am

......leaving it back....is indeed great thats what I have heard from the guys in Delhi too
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Post by Vikram » Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:28 am

Howa, what a monstah? :shock: Thanks Rusty.

art_collector";p="37540 wrote:.........I have never seen a fish that big...
This is a catfish caught in the Red River that divides Texas and Oklahoma.

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Re: mahseer!!

Post by Pran » Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:41 am

Vikram,
Does the catfish shown in your picture have spines concealed by the pectoral fins? (like the ones we find here?)

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Post by OverUnderPump » Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:30 pm

Pran";p="37619 wrote:Vikram,
Does the catfish shown in your picture have spines concealed by the pectoral fins? (like the ones we find here?)

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Spines :lol: . This one would be having barbs the size of knives if any. :D

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