A DAY OF FISHING

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…………………………………………………………..A DAY OF FISHING

A friend of mine had planned  to visit two Temples in Konkan to present some offerings  in appreciation for his answered prayers and he managed to reserve out a day for fishing  and of course I was invited to join him in his journey  

I called Rohan Narvekar who had been patiently waiting to go fishing with me for the last seven months, now it was his chance to see the Lion in action   he too joined us at the meeting point .

We left  Mumbai early but !!  on the way we were frustrated & bored to death !!!

we had to stop at 7 different Police check-posts ,    the cops were very rigorously checking every vehicles   as this was the General elections  time  , Angling as a sport is hardly known in India ! So we had to explain to the Cops , what purpose the rods and reels are used   of course !!  in such situations the cell phone  pictures of my fishy activities helps and there is also the name of Jeremy wade to add from Animal planet !! Now  having convinced them about the fishing rod's usage  we also had to explain the working of the reel and lures to the curious Cops and in the end of course the collective price of the Tackle We patiently passed this friendly interrogations for the sake of some Fishy moments

 

After the Religious duties  of my friend were completed  on day one.  I contacted a local friend and he happily arranged for our brief stay at his home  and we reached at night 11pm , straightaway  crashed to bed  as we planned to fish early next day

 The whole day whizzed past so fast !!  as all three of us had a blast of Fun, Fishing and Food  . the local friend had pampered us with  Royal Konkani Food  = freshly caught Crabs were transformed into Crab masala and the Live Prawns were so fresh, stubborn and kicking that they refused to part with their skin ,  my host fried them in the local spices till they were brown n crispy like Cashew nuts  and of course our favorite catch---->  Mangrove Jack !!  was presented to us in the  curry bowl and also in the  fried Avatar all these were backed with  Rice Bhakri (chapati) , Rice and washed down with liters of the Soul satisfying, thirst quenching ------>  Sol Kadi  (a mixture of kokam juice, coconut milk and spices )  

 I am changing the Topic as I know you guys are feeling hungry and having a hard  time to control that watering mouth so lets talk about the catches ! But today I will not disclose how many fish we caught nor will I show you the collective picture of the catches that you always see at the end of my post  !  that’s right I am Teasing you Guys     ha haa haaa ! But will share the following info

Rohan the young angler lost a treble hook to an underwater thug    he will get him some other day

Y-bhav  pulled out  the first MJ of the trip  which landed straight on dining table   he also lost a lure to another underwater thug  

And the ones who messed with my Lure were punished and banished from the water world and confined to the icy depths of my icebox  

 

                                       When the Lion Lures them , the MJs come Moon walking


                                       
                               Rohan got a Live Demo !  how to Lure , Hook & Capture a Red Beauty on a Red head 

                                              

                                                 the catch is kept in safe custody of a rock crevice

                                                     Y-bhav is over the Moon with a Tamoshi 

                                                                              

                                              We couldn't stop our self Ogling at this Beauty !! 
When you catch a beautiful fish like this, half the pleasure lies in the visual satisfaction and the other half is on the dinning table

        This concludes the long tale of my short Fishing Trip of April 2014 

Only a few pictures are displayed to protect the identity of the locations

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