Catla of Kirshna River basin

Dear Friends

This is from river krishna. Our friend Yogesh has sent these pictures. All caught in river krishna.

Cheers

Salauddin

Ponga - Red Tail cat fish of 18 kg caught at Srisailam

Dear Friends

This fish was caught on spinning on a very thin line. Caught by Lin D Silva at Srisailam.

It take a great talent and effort in landing such monster fishes on light tackle.

Lin is indeed one of the seasoned anglers of Hyderabad.

Cheers
Salauddin

Piranha in Andhra Pradesh

Dear Friends,

Here is an article in today's Deccan chronicle about Piranha in our waters.

http://epaper.deccanchronicle.com/articledetailpage.aspx?id=2868147#

We reported this very long back to many people plus on this blog sometime in 2013.

http://deccanangler.blogspot.ae/2013/04/piranha-in-andhra-pradesh-india.html

Large number of Tilapias are alreay a threat to our existing fishes plus these piranhas are going to make situation worst.

Government has to take some necessary steps to control the breeding of such fishes and ensure a balanced eco system.

Tight Lines

Deccan angler

Snakehead, Murrel, Channa marulius of Kotepally, Vikarabad.

Dear Friends,

Kotepally lake is an amazing among all the places i've fished across Andhra, Telangana and Karnataka.

This lake has some monster fishes be it Catla, Rohu, Wallago or Snakeheads. I caught my life's first murrel at Koteplly. This lake was build on the forest area and there is  road in middle of the lake.

You can see this article on how to catch a murrel / Snakehead / channa marulius. 
 http://deccanangler.blogspot.ae/2013_11_01_archive.html

This fish was caught using the famous hyderabad fishing spoon.

Unlike in other places like Karnataka, Nagpur, and north India, It is very tough to catch a murrel in lakes and rivers of Andhra Pradesh due to massive netting done by fishermen.

Ather our team member had caught this fish at Kotepally and this is his first snakehead.

Cheers
Deccan Angler

Ather with his first murrel

Sengal, Shovelnose catfish, Singhara - Salik Khan of Hyderabad

Dear Friends

These fishes are from the catfish family. In Hyderabad we call it as sengad, singhara in north India and shovelnose catfish across the globe.

This is a predatory fish and bottom feeder. It take all kinds of dead and live baits required you set the bait at the bottom. We enjoy catching this fish at Madhav reddy canal rapid waters because you got to be very alert while setting the hook.


All these fishes were caught using earthworms. We have been catching these fishes at Madhav reddy canala since very long time using earthworms.

Salik bhai caught all these fishes at Madhav reddy canal.

Cheers
Deccan Angler

Monster of Gulbarga - Labeo Rohita, Rohu, Carp

Dear Friends,

These pictures are just awesome because of the size, the strenght and the best part of this is the location.

These fishes as you can see are some of the biggest as recorded since long time.

There is news that anglers are catching fishes of this and maybe much more bigger.

I request my fellow angler to record their fish with size and a photograph.

Younus Khan, this guy a die hard angler, sometime he even lands up to far far locations on his bile across Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring lakes in Karnataka.

These two monsters, laebo rohita, rohu were caught on bait made from rice barn and wheat flour.

These pictures ar gift for our eyes.

Cheers
Deccan Angler

Trip to Pocharam Dam, Medak, Andhra Pradesh, India

 

Monster of Nagarjunasagar Dam

Dear Friends,

Here is one of the super report from Satish John who caught this fish at Madhavreddy Canal.

This was like 4 feet long. It was about 5 kg.

The rod reel was combo of Shakespear Wildcat with Shimano reel.

This fish was caught on Hyderabadi Spoon.

Cheers to Satish John

Deccan Angler

Big Wallago Attu / Waluga / Pathen / Malli / Ikan Tapah of Srisailam, India.

Hello Friends,

This fish was caught by Mr.Prahakar Reddy, with his first day at angling he cuaght a very big monster.

It was just a super trip with loads of fun !!!

Cheers
Deccan Angler

Super Trip to Manjira River, Andhra Pradesh.

Dear Friends,

It was just an another wonderful trip to Manjira river in Medak.

We caught 3 fishes of super sizes.

Video coming soon.

Cheers
Deccan Angler

Murrel of Karnataka 4.2 kg

Dear Friends,

This monster Murrel / Snakehead / Channa Marulis was caught at a lake near Bidar in Karnatak.

Mohsin bhai caught this monster on our  super duper spoon lure. It was around 4.2 kg.


It is not very easy to catch one such murrel, it takes a tough man to catch one, specially in waters of Andhra & surrounding lakes in Karnataka.

Many of the rivers & lakes are badly netted and most of murrels are shy animals and these fishes are familiar to all the methods of fishing.

We have to be very careful while targeting this species. The dress you wear has to match with surroundings and so many more precautions to be taken in the process.

They are smart fishes and catching a murrel means you're a hero for the day.

The best time to fish snakehead is either morning or evenings, though you get them in an part of the day.

There is a good list of what can be used to catch these predators. Hers is the list

1. Spinners
1. Aglia silver plain and dressed - size 4 and , these work best.
2. Bluefox - size 4 & 5
3. Spoons - small and big
4. Cleo spoons
5. Frogs 
6. Small rattlers like rapalas make would do.

More inputs in coming posts.
Tight lines
Deccan Angler

Monster Catla - 36 Pound - Srisailam dam, Krishna River

Dear Friends,

Here is yesterdays catch report from Krishna river by my brother Kaleem and his friends Hafeez Bhai, Khader and Faisal. This fish was caught on rice bran as bait.

Hafiz bhai caught this monster catla of 36 pound.(18kg)

Apart from this monster other fishes caught were 12 Rohu of size between 3-4 kg and one singhara of 4 kg which took the rice barn bait.

 Hafiz Bhai with his Prize catch

Monster of this season !

Dear Friends,

This was an amazing trip of the season. With me were Sultan Masqati, Shakeel bhai, Umar faoorq and Junaid.


All the fishes were caught on Spoon lure.

Cheers
Salauddin

L-R, Shakeel bhai, Sultan Masqati, Junaid & Umar

 

 

Monster Fish - Kotepally

Dear Friends,

After a long long gap we got a chance to visit Kotepally lake at Vikarabad.

These are the few catches of the day.

It is a cooler place compared all other fishing spots in and around Hyderabad.

We have see many rainy Sunday even in the month of may.

Cheers
Salauddin