Caught 10-Snakehead /Murrel/Haruan Fishing.

Dear Friends,

Hi,

We planned a trip on Sunday to a location near Hyderabad.

We were 4 anglers and caught 10 snakehead fishes on 25th December 2011.

All the fishes were released back in the water.

Find attached a video that shows a snakehead being released plus you can see another snakehead on left hand side in the water. We released all the fishes after the photo session. All the images are attached below.

Happy New Year !

Cheers
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Deccan Angler

Catfish Wallago attu caught on 27 nov 2011

Dear Friends,


This was a picnic and fishing trip. We had few guest arrived and were very keen on going for fishing. We caught all of the fishes using the spoon lure.

We planned the trip to Medak, and here are few snaps that i can share with you all.


Cheers
Deccan Angler
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15 Pound Catfish, Wallago caught at Pocharam Lake

Dear friends,

Hi,

Here is the 15 pound catfish aka wallago attu caught by one of our freinds Mr. Adil at Pocharam lake near Medak, Andhra pradesh.


This fish was caught on spoon lure.


Cheers
Tight Lines

Murrel, Haruan, Snakehead - Nagarjun Sagar

Dear friends,

Am publishing my old photos. We caught these fishes November 2010. Thought will share them with you all. We caught them at Nagarjun Sagar backwaters.

The fist two murrles were caught in at Nagarjun sagar and the second one caught by my friend was from a lake.

Cheers
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Deccan Angler

Murrel, Haruan, snakehead 11pound

Dear Friends

These murrals/Snakeheads were caught using the same spoon mentioned in previous posts.

The first one is 4.55kg and the second one is around 5.25 kgs

Cheers
Deccan Angler
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Catla (Indian Carp) - 28lb

Dear Friends,

This Catla was caught by our team member Deepak sigh. He is our Rohu & Catla Superman !

Deepak is an avid and seasoned anglers from Hyderabad with more than 30 years of rich experience.

Location: Madhava Reddy Canal.



He caught this monster using Hyderabad's traditional tackle "Sing ki Chadi".

The bait was a mixture of flours.

Along with him are Ghansyam with family and Benu.

The catla was of 28lb and it gave a deadly fight. Landing a fish with "sing ki chadi" is an entirely a different experience as compared to a rod and reel setup.

Tight Lines
Deccan Angler
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Catfish Caugh at Pocharam

Dear Friends

Total catch was around 14 kg. Maximum size was 3.5kg.

We caught these fishes using the spoon lure. All the fishes were caught downstream of Pocharam Lake.

This lake is around 120 km from Hyderabad and 20kms from Medak.

Other places to visit while fishing at Pocharam is the Wildlife Sanctuary.

One can talk to the authorities of Forest department to visit the santuary.

Will update the photos of sanctuary very soon.


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Deccan Angler

Fishing at Hyderabad - Fishing tackle advice.

Dear Friends,

If you're planning for a fishing trip to Hyderabad, here are few tips that might be helpful while you're fishing here.

For spinning team we suggest the following tackle. They can target Snakehead & Catfish (wallago attu). For details about these fishes you can view my previous posts.

1. Fishing reel size needed - 3000 - 4000
2. Rod - 6.5 -7 ft - medium action.
   
3. Line : 12-15lb mono
   
4. Lures - all types of spoon, spinners & few rapala rattlers.

For Bait Casting we suggest the following tackle. You can target Rohu & Catla. These two fishes are from carp family and are excellent game fish. Flour bait is used for these two species. For rest of the fishes you can use earthworms which are loved by almost all types of fishes.

1. Fishing reel size needed - 4000-6000
   
2. Rod - 6.5 -7 ft - medium action.
   
3. Line : 15-25lb mono
   
4. Lures - earthworms, live baits, Chicken lever, Chicken Gut & flour bait.
   

Other things to bring:
1)Life Jacket if you don't know swimming.
2)A sun hat/cap, Sun shades. Sun screen.
3) At least 2 liters of water(MUST). Any energy drinks would be of great help as well.
4) Refreshments - chocolates / energy bars/ Energy Drinks etc.
5) Lunch.
6)Your photo Id.

For location
Please check the last post.

We will keep updating this page with more info very soon.

Tight Lines
Deccan Angler
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Fishing locations

Hi,

A simple question many people ask about where to go for fishing near Hyderabad, India.
Here you can find loads of murrel & mulley-wallagoattu in all these location listed below.

1. Manjira River & lake - 70km
2. Singoor reservoir & downstream - 100km
3. Manjira river till Nizam Sagar, - 100-150km
4. Pocharam - On the way to Nizam Sagar - 120km
5. Yellareddy - On the way to Nizam Sagar 130km
6. Nizam Sagar 150km
7. Jurala Project 170km
8. Nagarjuna Sagar - Both at reservoir & Downstream - 150km

Feel free to contact us for info about locations.

Cheers
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Deccan Angler

Snakehead, Haraun, Murrel.

It was a real surprise to catch a murrel which got hooked on its back.

Normally a murrel of this size will have strong scales and skin. Getting hooked in this way is incidental.


We inquired with our friends at Hyd caught a 400g murrel which got hooked in stomach.

In our experience of 20 years we caught so many wallago attu getting hooked in even tentacles....but this is the first time that a murrel was caught like this.

Here is the link to the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyqfYzcWaIY

This was caught by my friend Mr. Iqbal.

We would like know similar experiences from our fellow anglers.

Cheers
Deccan Angler

Wallago attu - Contd

Hello Everybody !

Here are few pics of last weeks catch. We caught around 70kgs of them.

around 25 kg was fried at the location. Rest was stored in the ice boxes.

We released maybe 50 fishes of less than 1kg size.


Hope you guys will like it.

Cheers,
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Deccan Angler

Freshwater Catfish - Wallago attu

Hi,

We caught around 35 kgs of catfish.

We started at 3:30 reached the location at 6am and closed it at around 2pm.

All of them caught on spoon.

Cheers
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Deccan Angler

Wallago attu - catfish 17 pound monster

Hi,

This is a real river monster. I had a good workout trying to land that 17 pounds monster.

Here in India you'll find lot of them. They prefer deep and rocky places and take spoons.

This fish was caught on Shimano fx 4000 loaded with 0.30mm line without leader. The trible was hooked in the jaw and the spoon was outside.

It gave a remarkable fight.

Cheers
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Deccan Angler

Wallago Attu - Catfish 18 pounds

Hi Friends,

This Wallago 9kg was full of eggs so we released it.

This was caught at a lake called Yellareddy Lake 130km form Hyderabad.

Cheers
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Deccan Angler