Lion goes Camping Part-I

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……………………………………………………………  Lion goes Camping Part -I


Hello !! Friends , Fellow Anglers and my Fans after the kanyakumari episode I hadn't done any serious fishing and as you all know my popular signature ------> The only fever that I always carry ---> Fishing Fever now with the heat of the summer increasing ! my Fishing Fever also began to double by the day & treble at night and then one fine morning I began seeing fish every where even in my coffee cup



That’s when I decided to reduce my infection by exposing myself to the Sun , Sea & Fun going fishing & infecting someone else with the fishing bug and the lucky guys were Mehboob , Prashant , Abhishek ( Appa) and Kaivalya ( K.V )
It was a two day camping cum fishing trip but Mehboob & Prashant came only for a day due to time constraints
We left very early in the wee hours and arrived very late at the place . So the morning session of fishing was washed away by time now we settled for lunch and started our fishing early in the evening and Mehboob gets his first saltwater fish ( a Grouper ) which was immediately released in to the water end of day-1 -----> Mehboob is infected with the fishing bug and rest of us are left itching to hook something underwater





At night the camp is all set and we decide to catch some forty winks as its already 1 am and we have to wake up early to avoid fishing in the hot sun , in the middle of the night ( 2am ) I hear strange sounds reminding me , we are not alone !! This is the land of the hyenas , the Jackals , the wild boars , the porcupines , the peacocks and of course the bloody langurs ( monkeys )and God knows how many kinds of poisonous snakes and scorpions !! the rest of my team is fast a sleep , I get a feeling that we are being watched after arming myself I decide to investigate and immediately catch two peeping toms trying to look inside my tent I am angry now and flick them out of sight with my mighty fingers seeing this the whole jungle behind me goes silent !!! "Good !! Now every one behave our self and don't piss me off " I say looking around menacingly and go back to sleep ,


The Peeping Toms


once again I hear someone shout " I have hooked a big one " I woke up quickly n picked the gaff besides me and look around to find that its still dark and 4am , confused and not able to figure out which of my fellow camper is dream fishing ?? Did he hook a fish or a mermaid ?????? was the question in my mind but I did not care to ask or check out back to bed

5.30am Seaside scene

Day 2 Mehboob and Prashant has left for mumbai , that leaves three of us Appa , K.V and myself we begin our fishing, the sea is rough and while casting we have our early morning saltwater bath minus the soap then the sun is up n hot forcing me to strip , for the first time in my life I am fishing in only short pants ( self censor mode active ) Sorry no pictures posted as it will frighten the kids and heighten the curiosity of the she anglers who regularly read my trip reports
Appa who is also baiting in half pants , manages to attract the attention of an underwater Red beauty , since its his first time baiting the salted beauties , he is slow in responding to her advances which offends her and she takes off like a rocket running far from Appa , seeing the situation go out of hand , I had to quickly step in and control the matter & very soon the smiling Appa was holding her proudly and chalking up lavish plans for her you can check them out in my blog
It was fun fishing and camping at the same place ,The food was prepared off the sea and by the sea so it was called seafood
We gathered dried twigs and broken branches of dried dead bushes for cooking , K.V and I loved eating the sweet n juicy berries Carissa spinarum, the Conkerberry or Bush Plum or the famously called the Indian Karvanda
            
             
                        Appa and his First Fish ! what a Beauty !  

                                                  Appa marinating the Fish with his secret recipe

                                        Mangrove Jack Barbecue is the Menu of the day 

 


Milk being boiled for the much needed Refreshing Chai ( TEA) 




                  





The Lions are back in the urban Jungle


...................................... APPA + KV + LION
you can see our tan and guess who had more fun

Two days of camping had brought much of Fun , Fish and Sun in our life and we loved it all hoping to meet up again someday and repeat the act . Thanks a lot guys and take care
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Getting up for Work at 5am ! Don't count on it !!!
Staying up whole night for Fishing !! Count me IN

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