TIPS for FISHING in MUMBAI

                                                Tips n Places of FISHING in MUMBAI

Big Thanks to all you  guys for sending me  so many mails apreciating my catches and some of you guys have repeatedly asked for  fishing locations in and around Mumbai {Bombay}  and I had promised to post  a thread  disclosing some of the  Fishing Locations  around mumbai

Well  guys  your wait is over    here they are

                                                    Click on the pictures  for a closer look

                                                         satellite  pictures of marve beach -Malad , Mumbai

This is the first and the Most productive spot for Big Barramundi mostly above the 9kg range  is this place called Marve Beach the Gps co-ordinates are shown in the picture so you will have no difficulty in reaching there  whatsoever ,the best days  to fish at this place according to the Hindu calendar are the 9th, 10th, 11th,12th & 13th localy known as  navami ,dashmi, baras & teras{ all dates mentioned are of hindu calendar dates and not of gregorian calendar}  the best times to fish there is night time after 11pm  till  4am  when the  tide starts recceding  the barras arrive in groups from the left side of the beach  that’s  where the sea water comes in to the estuary  and you can actually hear them feed on the surface  just look out for the thooof  sound that’s  the barra ambushing the  surface mullets from below,

Keep a  6 kg drag on your reel  and use any of these lures only ---> Rapala skitter pop medium size ,  Halco roosta popper medium or  small , Storm chug bug medium  or  any subsurface lure weighing around 33grams  and no deep diver  or sinking lures , recommended line is 65lbs braid   and only angling not bait fishing is recommended there unless you like catching  small cat fish on baits 

Beleive me Guys  if You are lucky You can bag a Barramundi as big as this or even  much much Bigger  one   

                                       The big Mumbai Barra I caught sometime back

the second spot to fish is on the opposite side of Marve ---> Manori  the picture below shows the location to fish

  

  the third  spot is called Erangal which is just a couple of kilometers from the Marve beach point

 now this is also another very productive fishing spot here  you can do angling as well as bait fishing ,

 if you get lucky on lure you can hook any of the following  Barramundi ,  Rawas { Threadfin Salmon}, Mangrove jack or Grouper 

                             Erangal point on the left & Marve beach point on the right in this picture

One can also do bait fishing at erangal   the recommended baits are sardines ,mackerals, prawns or squids  use medium size 9 no hooks

And  the most Important  thing to remember at Erangal  is to go fishing  on the outgoing tide Only

Never on the incoming tide or you will be stranded  on the rocks with water water every where and not a drop to drink-  he he heeeeeeeee

And  there are also many other less productive places like the Bandra bandstand rocks   or under the bandra worli sealink  or behind the Haji Ali shrine or  the Gateway of INDIA  prominade that goes all the way to marine drive  or the geeta nagar slums of colaba 

Caution : Be aware of a scabies infected rabid Bulldog moving  around the marve beach , he is very possesive about the barras of marve  , he very wrongly thinks that Marve beach and its Barras are his grandma's private property    people say " he is mad about barras " what a silly creature !!   
{ ha haa haa I was just kidding  no need to worry about the dog , he is all bark and no bite   and you can always throw a rotten bone at him and  instantly he will call you master and lick your feet    }

I wouldn’t  advise you to consume the fish you catch from these heavily polluted toxic  waters of mumbai  so after  a few Kodak moments release it back and the fish will bless you for that  the last time  I caught a big Barra I simply distributed  the meat amongst the  poor & destitute slum dwellers living at the traffic signal

So If you really want to enjoy eating your catch then its time to head towards clear blue waters of Konkan 

and I am certainly not revealing all the Secret Fishing Locations today !!! ha ha haaaaaaaaa   
 Good luck on your trips ,happy fishing & tight lines

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