………………………………………………………………JACKPOT JANUARY
The fun filled Fishing that started early in January still continued after a break of 10 days when of my friend from konkan whom I had promised three months back that I will come to his place for the annual festival at the village shrine and also show him how I fish with a rod n reel (at present he is a hand liner ,Anxious to start shaking his rod like the lion
) the annual festival lasted 3days and my Host Mr. Naik was busy
all three days , 25 goats were slaughtered to feed 10,000 devotees ,but
Lion was more interested in making a kill for himself 
having looked at the topographical map of the area , I decided to head to a place which appealed to my ferocious nature 
and upon reaching there I saw two anglers ( unknown faces) loitering
around with the rod n reel , I walked up to them and greeted " Hello
there ! How 's your fishing ? Any catches ? They were clearly not
pleased to see me there ! One of them gave me an annoyed look as if I was trespassing on his grandma's garden 
he than made an animated face and said Noooo noothing !! I am amused
at the git's reply as I could see a half kg snapper neatly wrapped in a
plastic bag kept besides him , a little further I was surprised to
see two familiar faces emerge from behind the rocky structure 
now they looked like real Anglers and suddenly I realized they were
my facebook friends from pune !! We had never met in person before ,
we exchange a few pleasantries and they left quickly as it was getting
hotter at noon and the tide had also gone out , I decided to survey the
area while the two chaps from south Mumbai who had also come for the
festival were hand lining with a peacock straw and small hook and
they got busy in catching small rabbit fish of 200-300gms from noon
till sunset 34 juvenile rabbit fish were pulled out 
I am using big hooks and bigger baits the chaps are ecstatic of their achievements and begin teasing me " Lion did not get any fish, he is having a black day !! ha ha haa " is the common sentence Ajit the roadside mechanic use to tell his drunkard boss Zaalim Khan of south Mumbai who is more of a beach comber looking for crabs with his faithful dog Wolf D'fellow ( Dirty fellow
) ,I remember throwing them out of my friends list and blocking them
as they were only interested in knowing my fishing locations ! I
usually never fish with such a sorry lot ! but it was my host who
invited them 
day 2 the chaps get around 8 snappers of half kg range after 2days and I am still sticking to big hooks and lure fishing for that something big & special that was eluding me
the catch of 1stday out of 34 fish only half was consumed and half
is spoilt rotten ! Now this cheap shot Ajit sold the day2's catch in
the auction market for 900rupees only to have a good time with the
money ! Again new catches were sold for 500rs !! Disgusting
Cheapness ! ! Is all I could see!! how can you say fishing is a hobby
and sell your catches for money ? and this cheap shot was my room mate
for 3 days, I was on a state of constant alert for the fear of my
tackle being stolen 
again when I was ridiculed of no catches this time I decided my put my foot down and remind the galoots that they and their grandpa combined are yet to catch half the quantity of fish that I had expelled thru my system
LOL and fishing for the small ones for me seemed like I am sitting
again in a 5th std classroom after completing my degree 
in Marathi there is a saying " khail tar tupashi nahi tar rahil upashi "
for me Quality of the catch is what that matters rather than Quantity ,
I'd rather not catch any fish than do what I stopped doing 33 years
back so while casting no luck for lion in 2 days
Day 3 evening : my critics get smacked in the face when I pull out a 3.5kg shiny blood red Mangrove Jack on lure , the Hex is broken
With the 3day festival now ended , I thank my host Mr Naik & Amol Mistry and decide to move out by calling a businessman friend of mine from Mumbai who is Eveready hopping on one leg to go fishing with me
he reaches me in the wee hours of morning and we move out to our
favorite hunting ground with a mission to Entice , Engage &
Apprehend !!
O boy ! O boy ! the action was explosive !! Two lures were lost and Hooks were straightened !!
I better not say anything more , you just see it for your selves (pssst Lion was the only angler to land fish on lures ,while the rest of the lot were bait costing on phishing raads .jpg)
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No matter how high n
mighty you are underwater ! You don't mess with the Lion ! !
Else you end up on
his plate
Wearing the Cloak of
darkness the Lion picked out his prey one-by-one
My host Mr A. Naik with his catch
chota Naik !
I call him Chulbul Pandey he too got his first fish a Trevally on a handline
he too got his first fish a Trevally on a handline 
Will somebody tell
me what Charming powers do I have, that
makes these beauties undress and move
naked around me
With his Ashirwad your fish will fight amongst themselves for some space in your Ice Box ( see below )
The Fast and the Furious Lion simply Loves to cuddle the Young and the Restless
This one loves to nibble my collar , he even loves to lick out my sunscreen lol
Specials Thanks to Mr A. Naik and Mr Amol Mistry for hosting the Lion
note:
@ Nadir thanks for waiting patiently for my blog , Fans like you are the source of Inspiration for my Perspiration
@ Ganesh I still did not put my 100% in fishing
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Down and down my Lure goes
hopefully it hits a Snapper's nose
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