………………………………………………………………….Lion goes Camping part-II
It was
more than a year since my last Camping cum Fishing trip
(may2013) and it was about time to make a two day fishy camping trip and
this time I choose Sandip Ghosh who always wanted to go fishing with me in konkan to
catch snappers
Sandip who had a few years back bought
his first rod and reel in my presence, now has become an avid angler
whose passion for Angling can be described thru the following few words 
enthusiastic, ardent, dedicated, fervid,
overzealous , voracious and insatiable 
enthusiastic, ardent, dedicated, fervid,
overzealous , voracious and insatiable
Day-1
The
trip was planned two months in advance sandip was taking along two of his non
angler friends Monty and Deepak from his neighborhood , who were coming just to enjoy some quality time by the sea
and nature , we started the trip at 4.30
am early morning and we reached the place by late noon, had a hearty meal, relaxed a bit and then I immediately ventured out to get my regular dose of
Vitamin SEA 
and of course along with
Vitamin Sea, my secret intention and top most priority was to collect some yummy
protein from the Sea after all the lion had not made a kill since the last
4 months and was itching to hook and
cook something from the sea 
so sandip and myself got busy casting away our
troubles out in to the deep blue sea, I was rewarded with a heavyweight Sobaity
Seabream it was an absolute Cracker ,you can even say that its the Mother of all Breams !! if I am not wrong than I think I may be the only Angler in India to have caught this big size of sobaity Bream on Lure 
sandip too got dory snappers on his lure,
we caught 5 fish in the evening session and moved out before sunset as we had to setup our tent before
sundown, selected a quite spot near the sea & away from the locality, the
tent was set and now we started cooking dinner don't you guys wanna know the
menu for the night ?? I selected two nice plumpy dory snappers to be marinated
and butter fried and sandip prepared the khichdi and it was a feast !! Sandip
greatly enjoyed the freshly fried snapper for the first time
and of course along with
Vitamin Sea, my secret intention and top most priority was to collect some yummy
protein from the Sea after all the lion had not made a kill since the last
4 months and was itching to hook and
cook something from the sea so sandip and myself got busy casting away our
troubles out in to the deep blue sea, I was rewarded with a heavyweight Sobaity
Seabream it was an absolute Cracker ,you can even say that its the Mother of all Breams !! if I am not wrong than I think I may be the only Angler in India to have caught this big size of sobaity Bream on Lure sandip too got dory snappers on his lure,
we caught 5 fish in the evening session and moved out before sunset as we had to setup our tent before
sundown, selected a quite spot near the sea & away from the locality, the
tent was set and now we started cooking dinner don't you guys wanna know the
menu for the night ?? I selected two nice plumpy dory snappers to be marinated
and butter fried and sandip prepared the khichdi and it was a feast !! Sandip
greatly enjoyed the freshly fried snapper for the first time
now we
were visited by a couple of curious villagers , earlier sandip had asked me if
there are wild animals in the region and I had mentioned him about the sly
Foxes, Snakes, Raccoons, Scorpions & on the way we had also seen several
mongoose crossing the road now he also asked the locals about the wild
nightlife in the area and they promptly declared that our campsite is the
pathway for a groups of wild boars who visit the beach for water but I knew the boars come to scan the beach for
crabmeat and other vegetation such as wild onion bulbs the news about the wild
boars had scared the shh-wits out of both Bunty and Deepak who decided to confine
themselves to the safety of the tin box
called Car no amount of persuasion worked !! And finally me and
sandip were left to sleep into the tent.
as you all know that this lion was already born high spirited so he
doesn't need any spirits or concoctions of Alcohol to lift his mood but sandip
did need a few pegs and after that he was the bravest man on the planet he showed me his Amazon purchased camping axe & assured me that
if the wild boars attack in the night, he will be the savior to look out for
!! what !! You guys
don't believe me don't you ??? Ok then ! here is the video you can see it
for yourself
the news about the wild
boars had scared the shh-wits out of both Bunty and Deepak who decided to confine
themselves to the safety of the tin box
called Car no amount of persuasion worked !! And finally me and
sandip were left to sleep into the tent.
as you all know that this lion was already born high spirited so he
doesn't need any spirits or concoctions of Alcohol to lift his mood but sandip
did need a few pegs and after that he was the bravest man on the planet he showed me his Amazon purchased camping axe & assured me that
if the wild boars attack in the night, he will be the savior to look out for
!! what !! You guys
don't believe me don't you ??? Ok then ! here is the video you can see it
for yourself
As we
lay quietly in our Coleman waterproof tent we could hear the howling of the
Foxes in a distant they seemed to be playing antakshiri (singing session). different types of sound were coming from all
directions around the tent , mainly high audible conversation of all types of
creatures crawling ,creeping, hopping or slithering and of course we
the intruders were the hot topic of their
wild discussion :-) then I smartly decided to think of all the howling,
croaking , whistling and chirpings around me as sweet lullabies trying to put
this Lion to sleep (cool) after all he is called the king of the jungle :-P
(before
sleeping I looked at sandip and saw the camping axe right besides him I started
to say my prayers but today I had a special request from the LORD Almighty (pssst ... pls don't tell one ;-) I asked the LORD not send any pigs or any
wild things except women in sandip's dreams fearing that he might start waving the
axe in his sleep and end up injuring the lion :-O lolzzz
Day-2
All
thru the night I found absolute peace, tranquility and serenity as I slept like
a baby in lap of Mother nature until it began drizzling at 4am and slowly it turned in to a pouring rain , now me and sandip were awake and aware that all our hopes &
fishing plans for the day were in great danger of being washed away with the
rains 
but the first rays of light rekindled our fishy hopes as the rains
stopped and we dashed straight to the fishy place , the rocks were all wet n slippery, treading carefully and nice gripping footwear are the absolute necessity in this sport . here we met two gentlemen
Uday and Prashant, they are the Local anglers of the area
but the first rays of light rekindled our fishy hopes as the rains
stopped and we dashed straight to the fishy place , the rocks were all wet n slippery, treading carefully and nice gripping footwear are the absolute necessity in this sport . here we met two gentlemen
Uday and Prashant, they are the Local anglers of the area
I had watched both of them carefully assemble
their tackle and pointing towards Prashant I told sandip that this one looks
like Tendulkar of this area and very soon he proved me right by pulling out a
magnificent Barramundi , I too pulled out a Ravishing Red beauty called
Mangrove Jack, Uday caught snappers and trevallies and sandip was also having a
field day pulling out the dory snappers and young Trevallies who kept him busy
all the time , lol after hooking every young trevally sandip would shout out
" this one is BIG very BIG , I would go with the gaff but once out of the water: to his surprise the big fighting fish would shrink in to
a trevally of 1 to 1.5kg 
he was clearly dazed and amazed by the power
of these fish but we all never
forgot to congratulate each other at every catch in the True sportsman spirit 
we were now friends with the local anglers, Prashant was kind enough to charge my cell phone at his place, now monty and deepak being non anglers were getting bored so sandip & me decided to skip the evening session of fishing and take the duo to some sightseeing around the area and tonight sandip and me decided not to let our frightened companions again lock themselves inside the suffocating safety of the car
so we booked a hotel room for the night and everyone takes a bath after40hrs
he was clearly dazed and amazed by the power
of these fish but we all never
forgot to congratulate each other at every catch in the True sportsman spirit we were now friends with the local anglers, Prashant was kind enough to charge my cell phone at his place, now monty and deepak being non anglers were getting bored so sandip & me decided to skip the evening session of fishing and take the duo to some sightseeing around the area and tonight sandip and me decided not to let our frightened companions again lock themselves inside the suffocating safety of the car
so we booked a hotel room for the night and everyone takes a bath after40hrs
Day-3 (returning day)
Time
had now caught up with us today is our 3rd day and we have to leave but not before deciding to have a quick early session
of casting and say goodbye to the friends and fishy place by 10.30am but
LOL sandip's one last cast lasted right up till 12.30pm and that’s perfectly normal ! I have seen
almost all young anglers do it , 4 catches of the morning session were
gifted to our local friends and we stuffed our selves with one last hearty meal
from the area and once again turned towards the stubborn stressful life of the
Urban Jungle 
Lots of Fishy memories to gloat on and a daily dose of Fish Tikkas will be buffering the stress for this Lion until he ventures out in the wild again
Lots of Fishy memories to gloat on and a daily dose of Fish Tikkas will be buffering the stress for this Lion until he ventures out in the wild again
I am expecting more pictures from sandip and will later add them here , meanwhile here are some of the pictures that has reached me from our cameramen (monty & deepak)
I always tell people to Smile , B'cause Smile costs less than Electricity and spreads more Light
Sandip and Lion
I just
came here to grab my dose of Vitamin SEA
Of-course the Lion Only 
These Red Beauties just love to suck my Lure
Caranx hippos alias
Crevalle jack and Lutjanus indicus alais Dory Snapper
The Catches of second day morning session only 
Ladies
and Gentlemen !! I present to you " The Mother of all Breams "
Popularly known
as Pomadasys kaakan Alias Grunter Bream , Barred Javelin
This Big Fat Silver Beauty has added another Feather on my Fishing Cap 
Barred Javelin or the Grunter Bream ---> http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/fisheries/species-identification/inshore-estuarine-species/javelin/barred-javelin
I don't understand why my Engineer son needs all those tools just to descale a Fish !! 
The Silver Beauty that laid Golden Eggs
I'll never try to fit in. I was born to STAND OUT.
Lionheart
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NOTE : Earlier there were doubts about the identification of the fish, some said its a subaity Bream , some said its not ! and I had invited any angler to come forward with the proper Identification of the said Fish , Finally it was Marc knight who provided us correct information about the fish and now it is positively identified to be a Barred Javelin or Grunter Bream instead of Subaity Bream and O boy I am glad that at-least I was partially Correct in saying that its from the Bream family
NOTE : Earlier there were doubts about the identification of the fish, some said its a subaity Bream , some said its not ! and I had invited any angler to come forward with the proper Identification of the said Fish , Finally it was Marc knight who provided us correct information about the fish and now it is positively identified to be a Barred Javelin or Grunter Bream instead of Subaity Bream and O boy I am glad that at-least I was partially Correct in saying that its from the Bream family
Thank you Marc knight for coming up with the correct information
and I also Thank those angler friends who also tried hard searching for the identity of the Fish but were unsuccessful what matters most is the effort put up in the quest of the TRUTH ! GOD BLESS
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