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Hello all,
Have just returned from a trip to India, spent a couple of weeks fishing in North Goa. Did most of the fishing with lures at night over the week either side of the full moon.
The fishing was done from the beach at the mouths of rivers where sandbars are formed due to the long-shore drift. These bars seemed to attract barramundi and mangrove jack which would run into the estuaries with the tide. Great results were had by all 3 of us in the party mostly on bomber long-A style lures and swimbaits. The locals took one look at our braided lines and soft plastic lures and made a unanimous decision that they " won't work". It did'nt take long before they came round to our way of thinking and had their mits in our lure boxes though!!!
I am going to attempt to post some piccys of the fish we caught which is a new thing for me, so bear with me, and I'll try my best to get some up there to share with you all.........here goes.....
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g65/samwadman/P1010063.jpg
If it worked then that is my 19lb barramundi!
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http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g65/samwadman/2.jpg
We also did some lure chucking in the freshwater too......this is one of the beasty mahseer that I managed to bag. These guys really pull your string.....
Thanks for the pics, looks like a cracking holiday
well done
well done m8 i allways stay in anjuna had a few small sand sharks running along the beach just trying to get some line back on the reel india is a magic place boom shanka mate did you go to eny fill moon parties bamboo jungle or disco valley tight lines captin chilum
Hey Captin,
There were no full-moon parties going on while I was there. The Goan police have enforced a 10pm music curfew with heavy penalties requiring some serious baksheesh if you get caught. The local communities seem to have finally had enough of the parties and the extras that are associated with them. It's a double edged sword really as the parties and party people were bringing alot of money into the local community. This has now stopped and the whole 'trance scene' appears to have upped sticks and moved on. There were however a fair few parties over the xmas + new year period which had a blind eye turned to them! It seems the good times can't go on forever though!:clap2:
Hi Captin, I have been to a few Bamboo forests, disco valleys and Coco beach affairs! some five years ago now though! but I am going back out in about a weeks time for a couple of weeks.
Samfish,
Great fish you have caught there, can you let me know where and on what methods you caught them on as I would love to catch a Barra anywhere near that big, and in the past I have stayed in both north and south Goa. (5yrs ago)
Cheers guys
Mahoo
deangonsalves
05-04-2006, 07:19
amamzing catch there !! could we have more details as to where exactly in North Goa did you hook with the barrmundi etc...
cheers
Dean
Hey Dean + Mahoo,
I was staying near Harmal in North Goa. It's a nice spot - well chilled!
Our fishing was done from the shore around here and from the many river mouths that are to be found along the coast. The estuaries are the best spots by far.
We were targeting them with lures on a medium/heavy spinning outfit using Fireline in the 20-30lb bracket. The trick is to fish at night using shallow diving bomber/minnow type lures and swimbaits or rubbers on jigheads. It's essential to fish one week either side of the full moon as the tides are then best to push the Barra up and into the river mouths. 2 hours each side of high water is best!
The moon is helpful as it is the silhouette of the lure going over the fishes heads that triggers a response. Their eyesite is phenomenal and they home in on the lures with no problem. If there is no moon due to cloud, this reduces your chances. However the weather is usually clear during the dry season so it should not be a problem. You can forget it during the monsoon as the water colours up and the fish are harder to catch!
Dont bother with wire traces, it knackers your presentation. Tie an 800lb mono leader with a uni to uni knot to your mainline and this is enough to prevent the abrasive pads in the fishes mouth doing too much damage. You will probably need a new leader after each fish though!!
There are many rivers reaching the sea along the Goa coast line and we had success from 3 different estuaries. The fish are found all along the coast, just get yourself to any rivermouth and you have the old bottleneck effect working in your favour. There were some nice rivers reaching the shore down in the south aound the Patnem/Palolem area.....
Hope this helps!
Sam.
Just hail a local taxi and ask the driver to drop you at the nearest river mouth. They know all the spots, they will even hang around and bring you home later for a couple of hundred rupees!
Hi Samfish, good advice there that I will be sure to put to good use!
I am going to hone my stealth approach to perfection - so I can sneak away from the girlfriend when the moon is high and the fish are biting! :kissing: failing that, I am sure that a bottle of honeybee or romanov slipped into her mango lassi should do the trick.
How heavy was the rod you were using? I may have to purchase one of the Shimano travel jobbies as they look ideal.
Also what were the other fish in the picture? some sort of snapper? I have heard that Barra make fine eating, did you indulge?
very excited now as all I caught before was Morays and small snapper from the rocks!
Many thanks
Mahoo
PanamaJack
05-04-2006, 15:06
Hi Samfish (& others)
A fascinating series of postings - great fish! And a real 'thinking angler's' view of an approach to their quarry. I guess that's really the first time I've ever seen anyone make mention of predators silhouetting bait against the moon. How about other factors though, such as, erratic vibrations in the water? Do you consider they also have an effect?
In terms of Marlin I'd always considered that given moonlit nights they were more likely to feed at night. And, where ever possible, have planned trips to correspond to the 'dark phase' of the moon. Skippers I've spoken to though, whom I trust, are often very sceptical of it having any effect. They point to their long term records that show catch results averaging out.
Then you always have places like St Thomas, in the Caribbean, where catch rates are significantly higher over the August and September full moons.
So perhaps they're a range of other, more subtle factors at play? But I have to say, in the meantime, whilst limited to week trips I plan to stick to the 'dark phase'.
Back to the Barramundi though. I know that [B]Indian Angler[B], who I think is currently in the Andaman Islands, is particularly keen to catch a Barramundi. So he might well join in the thread.
And he's similarly caught those magnificent Mahseer on the Cauvery. In our Club - Sportfishing Club of the British Isles - the best we've recorded was a 101 pounder. But I suspect that one was taken on the classic 'dough ball' allowed to deliberately snag on the bottom. The way you target them with lures sounds much more exciting - certainly enabling them to demonstrate their full fighting potential.
Dave
PanamaJack
05-04-2006, 15:44
That concept of targetting predators at night with lures silhouetted against a fullish moon made me think a little more about some of my experiences.
I suppose it started in Turneffe Atoll - on Belize's Barrier Reef - where, and from memory, this was a 'dark phase' we were casting to Horse Eye Jacks that were harrying bait silhouetted by an electric light on the end of a jetty. Using american-style jigs we caught nothing until we started to 'speed wind' and get the lure to create a surface wake. Then they started nailing them! Although our biggest catch that night, hooked up just 30' off the jetty, turned out to be an 8' Crocodile! That was foul-hooked at the base of the tail. Great fight on 12lb test!
Then, and I suppose it was after that experience, when we were again targeting Horse Eyes drifting, at night, along the side of a moored tanker off Ascension Island (South Atlantic). We were targeting world records, and I was using an 8 weight flyrod with a 6lb class tippet. Again got a hook up whilst 'waking' a small weighted 'Crazy Charlie' - a Bonefish fly. You need very sensitive fingers with an agressive jack strike and just a 6lb tippet. But again light, certainly under the bulk of that tanker, didn't play any effect in the strike.
Oh, unfortunately, after a 30 minute fight in what was a 118' of water it proved to be one of the Black Jacks and not a Horse Eye. Unfortunately there're no fly records for Black Jacks!
I guess the other instance I've experienced with 'waking' flies is skating sedge patterns for trout in this country. The strikes certainly are dramatic!
Dave
Hello Mahoo....
The rod I was using was my trusty travel rod from shimano.....one of those
"jobbies".
It is the 'Exage STC travel rod' and the 280 model. It breaks down to 6 pieces and comes with a handy 50cm carry tube that straps nicely to a backpack for travelling or fits in a suitcase. It chucks lures up to 2oz with ease and has no problem dealing with powerful fish and lunging runs. It even copes with light bottom fishing too.
The other fish in the picture were mangrove jacks which the locals refer to as 'Red Snapper'. They are very good to eat but not as good as the Barramundi which the locals call ' white snapper'. I personally rate the barramundi as one of the finest edible fish around. We had it cooked traditionally in a tandoor oven over hot coals + marinated in tikka spices. Absolutely delicious!!
Best of luck if you make it back out that way again, and watch out for those Morays!!!!!!:)
Dave,
I'm sure the barramundi use vibration to help them home in on their next meal, how much they rely on it I'm unsure of though.
The fact that the locals will not fish without the moon may help point us in the right direction. The locals swear blind - " No moon, no fish ". They have alot of faith in the moon lighting the way for the Barra. The most successful lures all happened to be white too, indicating they are picking up on the highly reflective nature of these baits. Also we found that a very slow and steady retrieve seemed to do the job as opposed to any sort of erratic or jerky pull-throughs.
This to me would mean that the barra are happy sighting prey from below and using the darkness, element of surprise and turn of speed to jump on their prey as they amble on by. It would appear that they are not picking out injured or sick prey in preference and may be why the erratic/jerky/sick fish type of retrieve was not so successful. I feel the vibration/lateral line detection would enable them to pick out injured/erratic prey more easily, but this did not seem to be the case. They seem quite happy to sight and jump a prey fish as it scooted over their heads silhouetted by the moon as in our nice steady retrieval technique.
Any thoughts??:unsure:
stonefish
06-04-2006, 00:12
Fabulous photos and I must congratulate you on some excellent fish there, Samfish. What was the name of the resort where you stayed? Did you use a local guide or did you go by your instincts?
I'm off to the Gambia this friday for a week's fishing but I'm going to have to put Goa at the top of my holiday wish list. Looks fab and I just love Indian food.
Stonefish,
We stayed in the village of Arambol, north Goa. If you check the earlier posts in this thread you can find out more about the spots and techniques which you may find useful. There are no fishing guides in the area that I know of, so we mostly just went for it ourselves. The best advice we got however was from talking to the locals, many of them can be found handlining on the rocks and are full of useful information. Also the taxi drivers seem to know the word on the street and whats hot and whats not! Give em a try!
I wish you best of luck in the Gambia! Are you targetting any species in particular??
I was there about 5 years ago with my girlfriend, we booked a trip out to sea to try some lure and bait fishing but it was too rough on the day we had booked. We ended up fishing in the sheltered waters of a large river estuary instead. My girlfriend outfished me by about 30 fish to my 12!!!! They were all shapes and sizes and some of them pretty spikey and unwelcoming!!!! We tried for some predators using the smaller fish we had been catching in hope of a barracuda but it was not to be our day! None the less, it was great fun catching loads of species I had never encountered before.:clap3:
Estuary Perch
07-04-2006, 14:47
Samfish, Well done, excellent fishing.
Barramundi are one of my favourite fish to catch and over here in Sri Lanka too we have some super estuary fishing. I have been angling for these fish for about 35 years and have found that on days that these fish readily take surface lures they also take live prawns that 'hug' the ground and present no silhouette - proof that Barramundi have excellent eyesight even at night.
It is very common here to land many fish over a short spell when they are in feeding mode which lasts only for about 1/2 hour. On these occasions it is not rare to have a strike on almost every cast. However, on certain days they will just not touch your lure.
Did you catch more than one Barramundi that day ?
Will try to post 2 photos of one evenings Barramundi catch here.
PanamaJack
07-04-2006, 16:10
Hi Sam
I do hope I've got the title right, and the plural's not 'stimuli'.
Any rate I was reading an article yesterday evening in the IGFA yearbook, entitled 'A Matter of View'. It definitely needs a subsequent reading or three! Certainly with just my 'O' level in Biology taken 45 years ago!
The main focus is on Largemouth Bass, beloved of American freshwater anglers. But somewhere in that weighty tome, covering things like 'Temperature Effects on Motion Detection' and 'Colour (my angliziation) Spectra', there might be some interesting, practical applications for us. Give me a while to make sense of it. Otherwise there'll be a copy 'winging through the post' to you for interpretation!
Dave
Hello Estuary perch!!
Nice to hear from you! Looks like you've got yourself a few good spots down there in Sri Lanka!
On the night I had my fish, there was another of 18lb landed by a good friend and a couple lost!! They do like to throw the hooks, as I'm sure you're aware!!! All that head shaking and leaping leaves my nerves in tatters!!
I also find the feeding spells to be in short bursts, if you are'nt in the right place at the right time then barramundi fishing can be a real struggle!
We fished a period of ten days over the full moon and there were five days in the middle when the moon was fullest where the fishing was particularly tricky. May have been the fact that the tide was pulling too hard. It was seriously pushing through over these days, making lure presentation tricky and the fish finicky! As the moon was decreasing in size we found the fish to be on the bite more consistently.
Do you do your fishing at night by the moon?
Do you have success by day?
How do you present your prawns and other baits to the fish?
Would love to hear how you catch 'em there!
Regards,
Samfish.
DAve,
Would be keen to read the article, keep me posted!
Sam.:)
Indian Angler
11-04-2006, 07:43
What an excellent post. Congratulations Samfish, some very nice fish you have there. I've been dreaming about Barramundi for some time now and haven't hooked into one yet. I got a call from a couple of guys who do alot of estuary fishing south of Goa, saying the night fishing's going to be excellent over the easter weekend. I've just returned from the Andamans and with a huge backlog of work and the possibilities of a new girlfriend. Also realised that there's no way I can go and the barramundi have slipped through my fingers again!!
South goa, Easter weekend, excellent fishing for barra.
Yipee, that's exactly where I'll be! :)
Indian Angler
11-04-2006, 10:05
Hi Mahoo,
Take a look at this link:
http://www.mobilegeographics.com:81/calendar/month/3612.html
I used this site earlier and its pretty helpful. Gives you a forecast for the whole month, so atleast you have a rough idea of when to set out, so you're at the right place at the right time.
Let us know how it goes and tightlines!
Thanks Indian Angler that will come in very handy indeed, just what I needed. I go on the 13th so that ties in with the full moon very nicely and the late night tides.
How did you get on in the Andamans? Did you manage to tame some Dogtooth and GTs?:boxing:
Indian Angler
12-04-2006, 11:16
Hi Mahoo,
Things went well in the Andamans, alot of fish esp GT. Caught 1 dogtooth tuna I think,while trolling at night, so am not too sure. Lots of seer, grouper, barracuda etc. We were very handicapped with the boat we had. Should be heading back in November, to fish some more new water.
I'll post a catch report in the next couple of days.
Indian Angler
12-04-2006, 17:14
Hi,
Just saw DaveIrving's post with the pics.... one of the tuna we caught was a small dogtooth tuna .... say 6-8lbs. Its the same fish
Akshay. Glad to hear that you got stuck into some decent fish. With just the one Doggie, it sounds as if you struggled with the jigging though. Can't wait to hear what you were doing that worked for you.
Indian Angler
14-04-2006, 10:56
Akshay. Glad to hear that you got stuck into some decent fish. With just the one Doggie, it sounds as if you struggled with the jigging though. Can't wait to hear what you were doing that worked for you.
Hi Ken,
Good to see you on WSF. That one doggie was an accident :) . It was landed on a halco L190 deep diver and was caught while we were trolling on our way back. We did struggle with the jigging and gave it up quickly. The primary reason being its a pointless exercise with out proper electronics on board. We found places like Minerva Ledge which is on the drop off and supposedly perfect.
Its back to work for the next 6 months.... my bank balance has reached an all time low:unsure: Anyways the weather also turned as we were leaving. I'll look at heading back again in november.
Yep, I know what you mean. I've got 7 months or so of solid work ahead of me but I'm already priming my boss to expect me to be away long term through next winter.
Singapore (buying tackle), Thailand (a silly session or two at Bung Sam Lan), India (Barramundi, Mahseer and possibly the Anamans or Lakshweep) are very much on the agenda along with a finish off in Africa if it can be arranged.
It'd be cool if we could finally meet up for a fish somewhere along the way.
BTW. My mate Scott would have been in the Andermans at the same time as you, did he ever get in touch ?
Did you get chance to chase those Marlin or were you (understandably) caught up with throwing poppers on the reef ?
Indian Angler
14-04-2006, 15:26
It'd be cool if we could finally meet up for a fish somewhere along the way.
BTW. My mate Scott would have been in the Andermans at the same time as you, did he ever get in touch ?
Did you get chance to chase those Marlin or were you (understandably) caught up with throwing poppers on the reef ?
It would be cool. There's no better place than the Andamans. Will mail you in a couple of months, once I know my plans for sure. Lets meet up there. By the way if you're going to Sing to buy tackle get in touch. We just bought a whole lot of stuff from there (Tiagra, Stella, plugs etc...), at a pretty decent rate. I used the Shimano Twin Power this time and its a really nice reel. You should check it out.
Ask your mate Scott if he landed a 18kg spanish mackerel (seer) ?:) If he did then I know where they were. Small islands, news travels fast!! Didn't get a chance to go across, as we were out from dawn till dusk and returned exhausted everyday.
Nothing on the marlin front this time..... Maybe in November:) Yup... :black_eye got hammered by GT.
No idea what he's caught mate. We've not heared from him since flew out there on 01.04.06.
Maybe that's because he's staying on a small island with no internet access (He does like to rough it) or maybe it's because he decided on a little adventure fishing on one of the closed islands and the natives shot him with bows and arrows - it does happen.
He actually had all of my poppers and a pile of minow plugs off me before we parted company so he should be kitted out for a good laugh - and if the GT's are biting, I doubt we'll hear much from him until his Indian visa runs out at the begining of may.
BTW. I've had smallish GT's on poppers from the rocky headlands in both Goa and Karnataka and I hear that more and bigger fish move in near the monsoon.
One place that I particularly want a shot at though is a reef that has waves breaking over it at low tide in north Goa. Unfortunatly, I;ve not had chance to hire a boat from one of the local fishermen to give it a go yet. If it turns out any good when I do, I'll give you a shout and maybe you wont have to go quite so far for your adrenaline fix....
Hello Mr Ken,
I got an e-mail from Scott yesterday. He's spent a week fishing the Andamans and had success with coral trout, trevally, barracuda and a couple of other species. They were mostly smallish and the best fish of note was a trevally of about 4/5 kilos which he said was ' great fun ' . I bet it was too.....
It was not him who had the chopper spanish mackerel though, although I bet he wished it was!
Only bit of bad news was the fact that while grouper fishing offshore at night he got a clonking bite, wound down, struck and then snapped his Harris poacher rod!!!!!! Lost fish and very unhappy chappy! C'est la vie!
He's heading back to the main land now and off in search of some fresh water beasties.
I'm off to Australia tomorrow evening to see whats in a lure munching mood out there. I'll post progress reports on the Oz and New zealand section of the international angler section. It's the thread called 'fishing east coast of australia'
Good bye and tight lines amigos!
Sam.:boat:
Estuary Perch
17-04-2006, 10:23
Do you do your fishing at night by the moon?
Do you have success by day?
How do you present your prawns and other baits to the fish?
Would love to hear how you catch 'em there!
Regards,
Samfish.
Sam.:)
Hi Sam,
Sorry for the delay in responding. I have been on the North East Coast of Sri Lanka (Eastuary Fishermans paradise) the last 6 days with no telephone connection, electricity and needless to say no internet.
To answer your questions, I have had the most success with Barramundi under the following conditions. Just after Sunset or just before dawn, coinciding with the 'change of tide' where the flow is not very strong and almost still and the moon in the sky at between 20 deg to 50 degrees - either rising or setting.
The period considered best by the local fisherman here is from 4 days before to 4 days after full moon.
Most of my success casting at estuaries has been after dusk but I have also caught many Barramundi, at times one would never dream of fishing at the estuary, by trolling way upstream of the estuary in the mornings shortly after runrise and on a few occasions even around noon.
There is no hard and fast rule regarding presentation of lures for these fish - I find that it really depends on the condition. For example, if I am fishing shallow rock lined estuaries (the best for Barramundi) I would use a shallow swimming floater plug. On the West Coast of Sri Lanka where the rivers are much deeper we have had great success casting the deep swimming 'trolling' lures for this fish. A slow retrieve however works best.
The reason for a large percentage of thrown hooks is due to the fishes large and toothless mouth which is made of a glass like substance in which a hook cannot be securely set.
Live bait, either Grey Mullet or live Prawns is the preferred method of catching this fish by the local native fishermen. It is very successful. The Prawn (one very much alive and recently caught) is hooked (single hook) just under its spike (on its head) or carefully by the tail so it swims about lively and cast out into a deep pool near the estary and allowed to sink down to the bottom where it scrambles around on the bed. It can also be trolled very slowly behind a small boat or canoe. Unlike the fierce thud when hitting a plug, the Barramundi sort of suck in the Prawn and one hardly feels a twitch and I have lost quite a few prawn to these fish having not felt anything and having the prawn stolen from the hook.
To quote from a book "Tales of the fish and people of the Ceylon estuary":quote "This fish is an adept at filching bait. It will take a prawn off a hook so easily that the angler will experience only the slightest touch; 'pick pocket' he was named. Another bewildering habit it has is to move up fast in the direction of the unwary angler causing the line to go slack." unquote.
fishbloke
27-10-2008, 10:13
Any one done any good on mouth of baga river if so whats to be had?
Any of the rivers (and there are many of them) along the Goan coastline are definitely worth fishing although I cant speak for the Baga personally. Generally you can expect to find catfish, travally, baracuda, mangrove jacks, barramundi, groupers, morays and possibly guitar fish and sand-sharks if you are lucky and more besides. Try to find the quieter, more out of the way places for your best chances.
abishaifernandez
29-01-2009, 04:30
Hey Sam, was wondering if you could upload a few pics of the spinners and lures you used to reel the barra.
Cheers,
Abishai.
http://anydarnthing.blogspot.com/
this has set my imagination off nicely! thanks for this post, old though it is! One thing though, how did you find living expenses in Goa? Was thinking of heading to Thailand/Vietnam/Cambodia for some fishing, but it seems the seas are a little lifeless out that way. I think I may be right at home plugging in estuaries. Cheers!
Hi all-new to the forum - mostly a river fisher here in the UK-however heading off to Goa tomorrow-I fished it this time last year but in the wrong place (palolem) but will try other places this year - I hear a boat in Agonda is a good idea and the river behind the 5 star hotel in Patnem is a good place.
Cheers
Mark
bloodyworm
01-03-2009, 22:49
Hiya, just found the forum and we go to Goa, Cavelossim Beach 21 March for 2 weeks, I fish the rivers and lakes here but fancy some light beach/estuary fishing while there, any tipos on tackle to take plus baits to use and best times to fish, cheers
Hiya, just found the forum and we go to Goa, Cavelossim Beach 21 March for 2 weeks, I fish the rivers and lakes here but fancy some light beach/estuary fishing while there, any tipos on tackle to take plus baits to use and best times to fish, cheers
If you check back to the beginning of the thread all the info regarding times, tackle and location can be found. Best of luck to you.
this has set my imagination off nicely! thanks for this post, old though it is! One thing though, how did you find living expenses in Goa? Was thinking of heading to Thailand/Vietnam/Cambodia for some fishing, but it seems the seas are a little lifeless out that way. I think I may be right at home plugging in estuaries. Cheers!
Hi John,
Living expenses in Goa are very cheap especially if you get off the beaten track a little. It is possible to live very well for very little.
Regarding Thailand/Cambodia/Laos - My brother is currently travelling in those very countries and has been there for 5 months. he travels with his lure fishing gear and is yet to catch anything from the sea!!! The inshore waters seem to have been thoroughly raped out there. I'd give it a wide berth.... Tight lines!
Thanks man. I had a feeling Vietnam, Cambodia would offer poor fishing. Might have to get off to India soon...Thanks for sharing
dano the fisherman
16-11-2009, 11:33
hi there,can you forward me any info on fishing in goa from the beaches and on a boat. i will be there from boxing day onwards. does the tackle shop(champs) sell lures , bait or terminal tackle. any help would be gratfully recieved. danny morris
hey ya
i am from goa , i usually go to dona paula and miramar river mouth to fish but rarely use lure , mostly prawns and sardines ...i would like to meet up wit you guys sometime and go fishing together i know a few spots more ..kee in touch guys heres my mail kuraikar at gmail dot com
AK
R send of no where
13-12-2009, 20:15
hi there,can you forward me any info on fishing in goa from the beaches and on a boat. i will be there from boxing day onwards. does the tackle shop(champs) sell lures , bait or terminal tackle. any help would be gratfully recieved. danny morris
We took our own lures in Nov/Dec 07 and again in Jan 08 and glad we did as I cant recollect seeing any fishing tackle anywhere in the Calangute area, but because we had everything with us we probably were not as observant as we could have been?
I took my Shimano 12ft 2.75lb t/c rod, you should have seen peoples faces in Mumbai and Goa airports when I was walking around with a big 6ft 4inch black rod tube. The porter we had said he was being asked if it was a weapon I was carrying?:oops:
I took a Shimano Bait runner loaded with 20lb mainline and 50lb leader. I should thank Virgin for all there assistance in getting my rod to Mumbai, the tube was plastered with fragile labels and it was first thing on the baggage reclaim, excellent service by them, and indeed Jet Airways who helped us with our internal flights.:clap::clap::clap:
Anyway, we fished the River mouth just north of Anjuna on three seperate nights, again with full moon, I only had one take and it was on and off in a flash, it was a fish as the scratches on my new lure will testify!
One thing I did find was that I got an imense amount of help from local fishermen, they did ask if I had any mono they could have? Both times I wound my line onto cardboard and gave it too them, if you have any old line at home? Might be worth taking it, they will always be pleased to receive it.
No more Goa for us, after 9 years it's time for a change, Goa is not like it used to be sadly.:cry:
BCflyfisher2012
06-10-2010, 22:15
Is there a fishing license required for fishing in India? I am heading over to the southern part of the country (will be moving all over the place) to study for a semester and plan on packing the fly gear.
thanks
B
worldfisher
08-10-2010, 18:26
Hi,
There's no permit or anything required for sea fishing in India. Freshwater fishing is a different story and it will pay to check beforehand about regulations for the waterbody you want to fish.
All the best, scott
www.worldbiker.blogspot.com
Skalliwag
11-10-2010, 21:10
http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac295/skalliwag/Goafish2009076.jpg
20 ib Barramundi
Hi guys
Just before going on a family holiday to Goa last year
Christmas 2009 I read Sam’s post on this forum and
After some research and a lot of luck I also landed
A 20-pound Barramundi, in the north of Goa .
The fish was caught on a Storm Thunder stick lure,
I am hoping repeat my Goan fishing trip this Christmas,
So thanks again Sam and the forum.
Oldham_Andy
11-10-2010, 22:09
Great fish, I am out there in March for a few weeks, where abouts did you catch it ? I know North Goa pretty well so any info would be usefull. I was thinking of South Anjuna and Ozran Vagator beach towards Big Vagator.
Skalliwag
13-10-2010, 16:36
Hi Andy pm sent
GADGET MAN
23-10-2010, 11:19
HI ALL
Going to the above begining of november just wondering if anyone has fished here and suggestions of spots plugs soft baits eft any help would be much appreciated.
Skalliwag
23-10-2010, 23:37
Hi Gadget man
I stayed in Candolim last year, if you walk on the beach north
For about 15 minutes you will come to a river inlet at the end
Of Baga beach, one side as rocks and the other sandy.
I use shallow running lures like the Xrap 14 mm.
There are a lot of great traditional Goan restaurants here to!:offtopic:
:victory:
GADGET MAN
30-10-2010, 13:48
Hi thanks very much for your help
Oldham_Andy
31-10-2010, 10:15
HI ALL
Going to the above begining of november just wondering if anyone has fished here and suggestions of spots plugs soft baits eft any help would be much appreciated.
I hear the rocks round Aguada prison at Sinquerim just through Candolim is good but very snaggy. A local has told me to fish the bridge at Nerul also but using bait, I will be there in March and plan on giving these places a try, let us know how you get on it would be much appreciated.
fihingingoa
08-05-2011, 09:55
can you show me a picture of the lure you use.. and where exactly did u catch thi fish?
Spitfire66
08-05-2011, 13:14
http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac295/skalliwag/Goafish2009076.jpg
20 ib Barramundi
Hi guys
Just before going on a family holiday to Goa last year
Christmas 2009 I read Sam’s post on this forum and
After some research and a lot of luck I also landed
A 20-pound Barramundi, in the north of Goa .
The fish was caught on a Storm Thunder stick lure,
I am hoping repeat my Goan fishing trip this Christmas,
So thanks again Sam and the forum.
Cracking fish - well done!
No im from Goa,Benaulim i use soft plastics and crank
baits i catch nothing
in the river so ........... even the locals say they dont work
At the siolim bridge the local men say "we use a artificial worm and a jighead we catch nothing "
and they say if we attach a swivel the fish get scared of it
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