Lion goes Camping part-III

                                                       

                                                       

………………………………………………………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 ;-)