………………………………………………………Lion goes Camping Part
-III
Salaam, Namaste and
Good Day to all my Fishy Friends ,
Once again I am back
with another of my exciting fishing trip report .
It all began on a
lazy Sunday evening , the latter part my siesta was disturbed by something ! I
was left gasping for Oxygen I was suffocating , My lungs were filled with
the rich aroma of Mozzarella cheese. The warm, balsamic and aromatic flavor of
oregano mixed with mushrooms and black olives made my greedy stomach growl . yippee ! Wifey is making Pizza ! I said to my self as
I jumped out of bed and hurriedly freshened up to land straight on the dining
table ready to dig my fangs into the crispy ,saucy , stretchy, meaty,
scrumdiddlyumptious goody . Patiently awaiting my turn as I watched both
my kids gorging on the slices without bothering to look at Daddy
Suddenly I
find this bowl of Quaker oats in front of me and wifey walking away
, " where is my Pizza ?? " I roared
" No more pizzas and greasy stuff for you FAT MAN " was her stern barking reply
" FAT MAN
??? " " FAT MAN ??? "
" FAT MAN ??? " these horrible
words were echoing in my ears , They were more deadlier than Saddam
Hussain's Scud missile , more accurate than the laser guided bombs
and more penetrating than armour piercing anti-tank missiles
.
How can she be
so insensitive, cruel , brutal, savage, inhuman, barbarous, vicious,
wicked , evil, diabolical , monstrous, spiteful, ruthless, unsparing and
stone-hearted. I badly wanted to knock her out with my 100gm popper
but I couldn’t !!! " She is the love of my life, in fact she is the best Catch of my life
" 22 years ago I had gifted her my heart and now she was playing football
with it like Pele , Maradona, Ronaldo, Neymar
,and Messi !!!
How
very Cruel !!! How very Cruel !!!
suddenly I was
feeling like the helpless Davy Jones whose heart was in the locker betrayed by
Calypso !
I cursed harsh
words in a very soft voice and kept on sipping the porridge , after all
it was all my fault ! I shouldn’t have given her that chance to say what she
said .
The
Pizza Huts , the Burger kings and those no limit dinners at Barbecue
Nations were the culprits that had increased the size of my "Love
Handles "
I can sense
you guys rolling on the floor laughing , guys you should know that
we all are the same :-P and this is a FACT ! No matter how strong and
ferocious Lion you are out there in the jungle but in the Den before the
Lioness everyone behaves like a shivering wet kitten :-P
That night I
couldn’t sleep , I decided I was not going to take this lightly
,something had to be done urgently to regain my lost
pride along with my bruised , battered and broken EGO
Normally in such
situations people hit the gym but I am different . I was going to cast away my flab on my favorite
playgrounds of Konkan. Yesss ! I was going fishing . But this time
it was a solo camping cum fishing trip , I called my contacts and took updates
from them about the water conditions and packed the car with my tent ,
sleeping bag, some warm clothes, portable cooking gas and of course my fishing
tackle
Hence I
set out on a " Mission Slim Trim Fishing Trip
" this time all my fishing points selected were behind
mountains and I was ready for all the trekking to burn away my fat
Now Wifey
became nervous as she was well aware that my fishing spots are frequently
visited by Jackals, Hyenas, Raccoons, Otters, wild
boars , Snakes, porcupine, Monitor lizards and occasionally Leopards
she regretted her words and tried her level best to dissuade me from embarking
on a solo camping trip in the mountains but by now you all must have memorized
Mr Chulbul Pandey's famous dialogue
" EK BAAR JO MAINE COMMITMENT KAR DIYA ,
TO PHIR MAI APNE AAPKI BHI NAHI SUNTA
"
Fat man she called
me !
Do I look Fat ??
Really ?? shut-up
! I don't believe you lol.......
Upon reaching
Ratnagiri I stopped for refreshments at a local restaurant and guess what ? I
bumped in to my childhood friend from my birthplace , he was ecstatic to meet
me and that ensued into a lengthy chat after which he literally dragged me to his
office which was close by , he was now a man of Authority in the Fisheries
College of Ratnagiri , he showed me around the College and all the specimens of
Fish preserved in their glass jars and containers . I listened patiently
to his every detailed inputs about the farming of different species of fish
then told him " my friend you teach people how to raise fingerlings
in to big size fish and I teach people how to catch big size fish and digest
them " LOL….. Wearing a confused look He had several question
marks all over his face, then I told him that apart from being a Project
Manager I was also a Hard core Mad Angler , showed him some pictures of my
catches and my blog . He was flabbergasted, he now wanted me to give a few
lectures to his students about the Barramundis and the Mangrove jacks . I told
him that Lion's Coaching Classes had shut down late last year and that if they
were to open again then he would definitely be the first to know about it
The remaining part
of my report will follow in the form of Pictorial story, just sit back and
N-joy
My friend was
shocked to the bone when I told him that I had caught and eaten much bigger
Snappers and they are all now swimming inside my tummy Ha Haa
Haaaaa.............
Chal Beta Selfie lele re..........
This Deep water Sun fish is very rarely seen near the
surface or caught in nets , Researchers pay a lot to study a live specimen's
behavior
This is how
professor Lionheart will look, if he is giving Lectures on Barramundis and
Snappers
In the cover of darkness the Lion begins to lure the red beauties
Every night several red beauties surrendered themselves to me and lay naked at my
feet
(my camping
site at the edge of the jungle, I like to always keep an eye on the waters ) Set your Tents high and your
Goals higher
To preserve the Sanctity of the fishing spot from poachers my tent pictures are
not displayed ;-)
Cross all Valleys , Capture all peaks and do it with Guts, Glory and Grace
it's a delight to have refreshing ginger lemon tea on cold nights of fishing
This red beauty is attending my Tea party
I hate Barracudas ! they crack open my lures but they
are yummy to eat :-P
Catch your own fish ,
Cook your own food and tell your own story
my Chopsticks are eagerly waiting to attack the
Schezwan noodles
You all are welcome to join me for this hot piping
midnight meal
I scared the shit out of this beauty , Look at the mess just above the tail, Ha
Haa Haaa ……. I'm a Baad Man !
( I'm singing the song ) Mannma emotion
jaage re ! Mannma emotion jaage........
The length of
this snapper goes from my ankle to the crotch
Sharing is Caring ,
Always sharing most of my catches with the village
friends, relatives , friends in Mumbai and also with my poor relatives who can't afford to buy these Rs800/kg fish.
I believe that I don't have any talent in me, it's the blessings and well wishes that help me catch fish :)
Now that all the excess fat has been burnt in this
wonderfully fantastic exercise called Fishing, Camping and Trekking lion is
heading home to brusquely demand a pizza and this time it will be a fish pizza
Only these four beauties won the free trip to the Lion's Den (Mumbai)
This hot
Beauty was the cool Big Boss in the ice Box contest
The runner ups
Boneless raw sea protein collected from pristine
waters, now my delighted Wifey can make whatever she wants --> Sushi, Fish
Kebabs, Fish Tikka or Fish Biryani , my job is to quietly dig my fangs in it
:-)
They say ---> All is forgotten, when a quarrel ends
. wifey has agreed never to call me a "Fat man" again and I too
agreed to keep my love handles in good shape ;-)
I have
been even toying with the idea of putting a board outside my house stating
" Here lives an Angler with the Catch of his Life " Ha Haa Haaaa.........
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Today's Fishy
thought
It's not the size of the Rod or the Motion of the Ocean ,
but the Action of your Lure which invites the Reaction ;-)