Mahseer

[Fishin_mad 0]

I thought you might enjoy a picture of a 60lb Mahseer I recently caught in on a trip to India (I know I enjoyed catching it).

 

Steve

[mackem 26,112]

Good catch mate,which part of india did you visit?

[Fishin_mad 0]

The Cauvery River about 5 hours from Bangalore here is s a pic of the accomodation and the river

[mackem 26,112]

I fished for a type of trout in Kashmir,and also carp in Dal and Nagin lakes.

[martin 332]

Steve,that's something I have always dreamt of,well done........................Martin.

[Irish Lurcher 1,013]

Belter of a fish pal , is that the Jackosn Five in the back ground

[jigsaw 11,863]

NOW YOUR SHOWING YOUR AGE IL

[Tiff 36]

I gauge heavy weights by how it compares to a bag of dog food (40 lbs), that fish doesn't look like it could weigh that much, it's so deceptive! What were you in India for, just a holiday or work?

[mackem 26,112]

Whats the fishing Like in Missouri HW?You ever been to India?

[Fishin_mad 0]

I went there specifically to catch a Golden Mahseer as it was a life-time dream of mine.

 

The fish was weighed on Indian scales which moved between 55lb and 65lb however they were very ancient.

 

Like you I was a bit sceptical about the weight, however since returning to the UK I have emailed the phto to a number of noted Mahseer Anglers all of which give it in give around 60lb.

 

To give you some idiea of the strenght of these things you use an uptide rod, an ABU 10000 multiplier, 45 lb Berkley Big Game line, rRoofing Lead as weight and even with all this a 7lb fish strips of line as theres no restance!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I gauge heavy weights by how it compares to a bag of dog food (40 lbs), that fish doesn't look like it could weigh that much, it's so deceptive! What were you in India for, just a holiday or work?

[mackem 26,112]

Its a nice fish FM,and I can almost smell rural india again What do you want to catch next?

[Tiff 36]

I love fishing, and am so thankful for the warmer weather! Missouri is bordered/crossed by two major rivers (the Mississippi and the Missouri) and have a huge number of lakes, and thousands of rivers, streams and creeks. Boating, canoeing, kayaking, floating, tubing, fishing etc is a big deal here. A large number of farms hold at least one "farm pond" which unless cattle are standing in it, is known as a fishing pond. There are more fishermen here than deer hunters, and that says a lot! I'd say just about anyone who is into the outdoors fishes.

 

Catfishing is probably #1, our cats are not like the UK cats and some can be 30-40 lbs and some obscenely more.

 

 

 

IMO the ideal eating size for a cat is 1-3 pounds as it can taste muddy the older it gets. Or buy it from a fish farm, which is what I do. I make awesome catfish, rolled in cornbreading and spice and just broiled or BBQ's, it's one of my favorite foods ever.

 

 

Noodling for catfish is big down in the southern part of the state, but as you noodle by catching big cats by hand in muddy breeding/sleeping holes in the riverbeds, I think I'll skip that "fun"! Night catfishing is also popular, glow in the dark poles, bonfires and beer

 

We also have all other sorts of freshwater fish, bass is really big, sunfish (bluegill), trout, crappie etc. Our small pond holds those most of them. We love fishing so having our own pond was something that made the house we chose just perfect for us.

 

our pond in the fall ... the dogs love it too

 

 

fishing at a friends pond

 

 

nice Bass FR

 

 

Paddlefish are something I'd like to try for.

 

 

and I've not been to India, if we ever become millionaires we want to travel there and do some hunting and fishing, we've heard northern India is pretty wild

[mackem 26,112]

Northern india is where I found myself for a year,kashmir in the himalayas,awesome place for various reasons,if you do it ride a bike around to Ladakh and down to Manali,great scenery The pics an old one,fishing for a form of snow-trout in kasmir,1992 I think,I was also back there in '95 shortly after keith Mangam and his group were taken by suspected JKLF members,its still a pretty volatile place

Your cats are HUGE And I have seen noodling on a DVD,they have a world championships,everyone in wetsiuts or shorts and t-shirt getting into the rivers,looks great

Edited May 27, 2008 by mackem

[kreet 0]

looks amazing . mackem your very lucky id love to travel like that !! never realy been something i thought about till now but the more i see things like this the more id love to just be anywhere other than the hustle and bustle of the place's we all call home even our country side is becoming few and far between !!

 

regards kris.

[Fishin_mad 0]

looks amazing . mackem your very lucky id love to travel like that !! never realy been something i thought about till now but the more i see things like this the more id love to just be anywhere other than the hustle and bustle of the place's we all call home even our country side is becoming few and far between !!

 

regards kris.

 

I have been on a number of exotic angling trips, if you spend a bit of time researching and talk to people on line you can do these trips far for far less money than you think.

 

My whole trip to India for two weeks was less than £1,500 incuding equipment, specalist cloths, jabs, flights and spending money (specilist angling tour companies want around £3,500 ex eqioment and jabs for the same trip!!

 

My next project is Taimen in Mongolia planning to go in Sept 09, If I can save enough money and get a pass from the wife

 

Steve