Tips n Places of FISHING in MUMBAI
Big Thanks to all you guys for sending me so many mails apreciating my catches and some of you guys have repeatedly asked for fishing locations in and around Mumbai {Bombay} and I had promised to post a thread disclosing some of the Fishing Locations around mumbai
Well guys your wait is over 
here they are
here they are 
satellite pictures of marve beach -Malad , Mumbai
This is the first and the Most productive spot for Big Barramundi mostly above the 9kg range is this place called Marve Beach the Gps co-ordinates are shown in the picture so you will have no difficulty in reaching there whatsoever ,the best days to fish at this place according to the Hindu calendar are the 9th, 10th, 11th,12th & 13th localy known as navami ,dashmi, baras & teras{ all dates mentioned are of hindu calendar dates and not of gregorian calendar} the best times to fish there is night time after 11pm till 4am when the tide starts recceding the barras arrive in groups from the left side of the beach that’s where the sea water comes in to the estuary and you can actually hear them feed on the surface just look out for the thooof sound that’s the barra ambushing the surface mullets from below,
Keep a 6 kg drag on your reel and use any of these lures only ---> Rapala skitter pop medium size , Halco roosta popper medium or small , Storm chug bug medium or any subsurface lure weighing around 33grams and no deep diver or sinking lures , recommended line is 65lbs braid and only angling not bait fishing is recommended there unless you like catching small cat fish on baits
Beleive me Guys if You are lucky You can bag a Barramundi as big as this or even much much Bigger one
The big Mumbai Barra I caught sometime back
the second spot to fish is on the opposite side of Marve ---> Manori the picture below shows the location to fish
the second spot to fish is on the opposite side of Marve ---> Manori the picture below shows the location to fish
the third spot is called Erangal which is just a couple of kilometers from the Marve beach point
now this is also another very productive fishing spot here you can do angling as well as bait fishing ,
if you get lucky on lure you can hook any of the following Barramundi , Rawas { Threadfin Salmon}, Mangrove jack or Grouper
Erangal point on the left & Marve beach point on the right in this picture
One can also do bait fishing at erangal the recommended baits are sardines ,mackerals, prawns or squids use medium size 9 no hooks
And the most Important thing to remember at Erangal is to go fishing on the outgoing tide Only
Never on the incoming tide or you will be stranded on the rocks with water water every where and not a drop to drink- he he heeeeeeeee
And there are also many other less productive places like the Bandra bandstand rocks or under the bandra worli sealink or behind the Haji Ali shrine or the Gateway of INDIA prominade that goes all the way to marine drive or the geeta nagar slums of colaba
Caution : Be aware of a scabies infected rabid Bulldog moving around the marve beach , he is very possesive about the barras of marve , he very wrongly thinks that Marve beach and its Barras are his grandma's private property
people say " he is mad about barras " what a silly creature !! 
{ ha haa haa I was just kidding
no need to worry about the dog , he is all bark and no bite 
and you can always throw a rotten bone at him and instantly he will call you master and lick your feet }I wouldn’t advise you to consume the fish you catch from these heavily polluted toxic waters of mumbai so after a few Kodak moments release it back and the fish will bless you for that the last time I caught a big Barra I simply distributed the meat amongst the poor & destitute slum dwellers living at the traffic signal
So If you really want to enjoy eating your catch then its time to head towards clear blue waters of Konkan
and I am certainly not revealing all the Secret Fishing Locations today !!! ha ha haaaaaaaaa
Good luck on your trips ,happy fishing & tight lines
Good luck on your trips ,happy fishing & tight lines
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