Masti in Murud with Moorjani Omesh
It has been quite a while since Omesh Moorjani , an enthusiastic young man of 25 from pune had been requesting me to take him along for some saltwater fishing which he had never done before { Omesh is a fresher in freshwater angling too ;-) } so I decided to invite him to witness some live action this month and after getting my call Omesh promised to leave pune as early as 4am in the next morning but was caught napping till 8am ha ha haaaa I got worried when he did not show up at the agreed place at 8 am by which he should have arrived if he left pune at 4am but he then woke up at my call { LOL} and said will be leaving in a few minutes but his actual journey started at 11.30am and by the time he reached my place it was already 5.30pm we finally met and after a quick intro & freshening up, hurriedly left to do some casting at sunset , upon reaching the spot we were greeted by high waves & heavy winds, every thing was going wrong that day, so had to pack up & back to my beach house , after dinner as Omesh wanted to lift his spirits high with some spirits so took him to a quite place away from my house on the beach side but I was surprised to find my angler buddies who are also from the same village they were there baiting & waiting 
to bag some fish for the next days lunch we all were enjoying the cool seabreeze when my former partner got a big good bite on his bait followed by a run , a quick glance at the rod and I instantly declared that the fish is big and above the 3.5kg mark and the other angler who is watching also declared it to be a big Barra but I differed claiming it to be an Mangrove Jack judging by the run it was taking in every directions and then I guided the angler to play the fish to a safe point from where the fish could be landed easily and I am happy that he heeded to it and landed the fish on the land as he did not have any gaff with him
to bag some fish for the next days lunch we all were enjoying the cool seabreeze when my former partner got a big good bite on his bait followed by a run , a quick glance at the rod and I instantly declared that the fish is big and above the 3.5kg mark and the other angler who is watching also declared it to be a big Barra but I differed claiming it to be an Mangrove Jack judging by the run it was taking in every directions and then I guided the angler to play the fish to a safe point from where the fish could be landed easily and I am happy that he heeded to it and landed the fish on the land as he did not have any gaff with him
O Man we both were wrong it turned out to be a big fat 6kg grouper , after a long time I had seen some one successfully bag a grouper that big from the shore in bait fishing as these species are notorious from taking the bait and diving into the rocks for cover and then its nearly impossible to get them out of there once they are secure inside their hole .
Watch the video of the grouper --link below
the following night we both sat chatting about anglers and angling till late 3.30 am and next morning woke up early and headed to a new fishing spot and strangely the Bloody stray dog this time chased us while going to fish and not while comming back with the catch , I let out a big ROAR and he quietly gave up the chase 
had to take the necessary permission to fish on the site of an ongoing govt project and since the weather had turned rough I had taken baits along with me so as to try baitfishing aswell if casting does not yield anything
had to take the necessary permission to fish on the site of an ongoing govt project and since the weather had turned rough I had taken baits along with me so as to try baitfishing aswell if casting does not yield anything
the water had turned murky as the rough waves seemed to be churning up the ocean floor and in vain I tried different coloured lures of different actions and depths but of no use now we had our breakfast on the rocks and decided to do some baiting n waiting ;-) for the fish to come to us another hour passed by and nearly all my baits were stripped out from the hooks by crabs and moray eels the rough waters tossed the bait around making it hard to detect bites and the humidity and the sheer heat was also punishing we did not realise that one litre of electrolyte drink and two liters of water were over and we both were feeling very thirsty now so I decided to do a bear grylls and search for water [LOL] luckily found a fresh water trickle from the foot of a mountain beneath a large rock there was a clean water puddle and we quenched our thirst with belly full of natural water , omesh at first had some worry lines on him about drinking water directly from the ground but no sooner he tasted it declared it to be more better tasting than perrier the famous bottled water
the fresh water seemed to infuse some fresh enrgy in us and we moved to another point a little further and there to my horror I discovered that I had only one bait fish left !!! Oh no !!!
I generously carved out two big pieces from it and casted one attached to my hook and in a few minutes felt some slight nibble and then a swift run !!! Qiuckly I set the hook and began to enjoy the fun , Omesh also cheered me enjoying every moment of the action standing firm by my side the fish was landed -- a big Beautiful Black Spot Snapper(Lutjanus fulviflamma) otherwise known as Dory snapper and locally known as lasha and again I placed the last piece of bait on the hook and casted at the same place asking god to give me one more fish on this last piece of bait and almost immediately had a run setting the hook I felt that something big was in no mood to come closer and I guessed it might be a big MJ as it was moving around very fast and I was having a hard time controlling the fish amidst high waves and the fish was diving again and again in between the rocks rubbing my line and I was beginning to lose hope of bagging this fish and all of a sudden I called out loudly " O LORD ALMIGHTY take him out " and in the next couple of minutes the fish was landed and it turned out to be a handsome Blubber lip snapper and honestly guys this is the biggest of Blubberlip snapper caught till date by me
the fresh water seemed to infuse some fresh enrgy in us and we moved to another point a little further and there to my horror I discovered that I had only one bait fish left !!! Oh no !!!
I generously carved out two big pieces from it and casted one attached to my hook and in a few minutes felt some slight nibble and then a swift run !!! Qiuckly I set the hook and began to enjoy the fun , Omesh also cheered me enjoying every moment of the action standing firm by my side the fish was landed -- a big Beautiful Black Spot Snapper(Lutjanus fulviflamma) otherwise known as Dory snapper and locally known as lasha and again I placed the last piece of bait on the hook and casted at the same place asking god to give me one more fish on this last piece of bait and almost immediately had a run setting the hook I felt that something big was in no mood to come closer and I guessed it might be a big MJ as it was moving around very fast and I was having a hard time controlling the fish amidst high waves and the fish was diving again and again in between the rocks rubbing my line and I was beginning to lose hope of bagging this fish and all of a sudden I called out loudly " O LORD ALMIGHTY take him out " and in the next couple of minutes the fish was landed and it turned out to be a handsome Blubber lip snapper and honestly guys this is the biggest of Blubberlip snapper caught till date by me
Sadly Omesh had come only for a day as he had no leave from his office he left the next day with a lion's share of the fish and lots of happy memories promising to be back again with new tackle and I appreciate the young man's adventurous nature & enthusiasm which made him drive 200kms on a hot summer day only to meet me and witness some salt water action - GOD BLESS YOU Omesh Moorjani 
The quest begins with a joy ride
Always Winners We are !! and Will be !! 
Hip Hop on the Bouncing Boat
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After omesh left I decided to relax the next day and pluck fruits from my garden and again on the third day left early in the morning to another Fishing location today the water was a little bit calmer but still murky and once again was all alone up to my old fishy tricks ;-) and ha ha haaaaa was rewarded with a barramundi and a couple of dory snappers on bait suddenly
having realised that any more fish and my icebox will not allow it in I
then stopped fishing and headed back to my Beach house only to drive
back to Mumbai the next day all loaded with Fruits ,Fish and Fishing tales to narrate to my eagerly waiting kids
Enjoy the pics guys & don't forget to wish me luck for my next fishing trip ;-) Thank you in Advance
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