.........Fishing again with Aamir Bhavnagari
Just a few days back Wifey complained to me that she is kinda bored of always seeing the mangrove jacks in her kitchen this time she wanted a barra , I quietly ignored her but now even lionheart junior II had joined in and demanded to see a barra , making the most of the situation wifey teasingly declared " forget it son !! your dad has forgotten how to catch a barra or maybe he is afraid of them "
in a south indian tone I too shot back some dailogues
" No Fear My Dear !!
Never under yestimate I, Me, Myself & Lionheart
No Job is Tough if the Fee is Enough "
" if you agree to clean all the fish that I catch and cook me some FISH BIRYANI then I'll get a barra for you" and it was agreed she always agrees first and then declines to clean n cut them .the ones in the range of 3-6kg are best for the dish mentioned above, I had initially thought of going to murud and hunt for kavla barras but then to my delight the Jolly Good Doctor called after a few days
Not even a month had completed since I first introduced the Murrell catcher of Gujarat to Saltwater fishing in Murud now once again he expressed his desire to dip his lures and hook some beauties
but this time he wanted to do it in Konkan & I agreed in a blink of the eye he straight away reached Panvel railway station and I was all ready and packed waiting for him with my car , our trip started at night heading towards my birthplace somewhere in konkan , driving at night was not an easy task with the dense fog limiting visibility to only a mere 20 feet , on the way we stopped several times to release hot water in the cold December night and once for a midnight snack which consisted of homemade Shami Kebabs , bread and piping hot Chai from a local shop this was the first time driving thru the night I did not hear any funky pop music or old melodious songs to kill time , instead we discussed and exchanged lots of valuable info the whole night and reached by morning and I parked right at a fishing point , our camp was still an hours drive away but we wanted to fish first and hit camp later meanwhile our host called up to say that breakfast was ready and he was waiting so I had to tell him we will be late but in time for lunch
At my fishing point everything looked good, the color of the water, the water temperature, the sea was gentle ,the wind was blowing in the right direction and even the Barometer was pointing to good times I remembered the updates from my angler friends of murud complaining of missing bites due to cold water but thats not going to convince two eager anglers with itchy rods
With the Almighty LORD's name we started our casting and very soon I hooked and landed a barra and again another few casts another barra was landed the mood was Euphoric for both of us
Now Aamir who casting from another rock was itching to hook one too, he asked me " Sayed bhai can I cast from where you are standing ?? immediately stepping aside I said " sure why not go ahead get them out partner " { Guests are God sent and it was a Pleasure and honor that he choose to trust me and travel more than a 1000kms from Gujarat to konkan only to fish with me and I had to make sure that he has a memorable time that he can always look back and feel proud of }
Aamir too lost no time and hooked one barra and it was landed, after taking the pics once again he hooked another barra ,now the both of us got two barras each . Guys believe me Aamir was so happy on his first Saltwater catch and that too a BARRAMUNDI and he landed two of them within ten minutes he was in the clouds minus the redbull now had to convince the Dr to stop fishing and have some breakfast as the last time we ate something was at 3am " but the fish are Biting" said the excited Doctor I said " yes and they will still keep biting after sometime also, let us first bite our Breakfast partner Bhuke pet bhajan nahin hota " breakfast was of fruits and biscuits and once again we joined the action both of us were pulling barra after barra and then I hooked a Cracker of a Jew Fish (Ghol ) which gave a nice run but was landed with a some effort
Day-1 in the first two hours of fishing 8 barras and one Jew Fish (Ghol ) was landed .some of the locals call it ghol , score --> doc=4 Barras , lion =4 Barras, Jew Fish (Ghol )
Day-2-3 Aamir landed trevallys , Mangrove Jacks and barras, two of the trevallys where deliciously cooked by my host while I got busy in hooking the Mjs
In 3days of fishing we had a Blast in Konkan
10 Barramundis = Dr--> 5 , lion--> 5
1 Croaker --> lion
4 Trevallys ---> Dr --->all 4
15 Mangrove Jacks were caught = Dr-->5 , lion-->10
TOTAL = 30 fish
The Doc is all praises for the Hamma lures which were a hit for him one can imagine him sing the hit song{ from the film Bombay} hamma hamma hamma and lure the fish out of the rocks
On day four as we were about to leave the camp the Doc declared that on arrival he got 4 barras now he wants a parting gift as well and "One Last Cast , One Last Cast " was the request again we stopped at the spot where he got his early bird gift of 4 barras ,now this time the sea was pretty rough but it gave our Mr Murrell a nice big MJ as a parting gift and we reached Mumbai by sunset and that same night Aamir boarded a Gujarat bound train with some fish and lots & lots of Fishy memories from our beautiful Konkan
Guys It gives me immense pleasure to Declare that Aamir is a Hardcore Salty now
Aamir's first Trevally
Aamir making the most of a beautiful sunset
Nothing is finer than Pumping Your Rod after Dark for a gooood Fiiiiish
Some Jacks are hiding in the water and some are hanging on the trees
black jewfish (Protonibea diacanthus
the Aamir's personal best Gt which had to be gaffed to tame it
In My friend's Mango farm " He is lovin it " 
Day one first two hours of fishing 
Day two morning another two barras 
the lion can live here alone surviving on fish & dates
Old Macdonald had a farm eeya eeya O , here a barra there a barra , everywhere a barra barra 
One last Cast left the Doc dripping wet and with a parting Gift
The Parting Gift
Always Be Positive and there will be No Limits to the Fun you have in Life
{psst don't foget to hang a Bullet in your neck chain }
This concludes my wonderful and exciting fishing trip with Dr Aamir and I will always wish Luck to all my Chelas ( including Aamir ) heavy action in whichever waters they throw their lures in
I know some of you guys had tried to call me and even send me messages wondering where I am??
you can see now I was too busy doing something fishy in some remote place away from Duniyadari where electricity and cellphone networks fluctuate erratically like the waves of the sea
And I hope you all have similar fishing fun someday in your life which you can proudly say OWE = Out of the World Experience
Lionheart signing out for now
Ciao { italian word for goodbye}
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Interesting details of another fishing trip of Lionheart the Indianangler