Birthday Bass Bash and a Wedding

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Re: Birthday Bass Bash and a Wedding

Post by purple5ive » Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:09 pm

he has caught them before guys !!!
and yes they are a beast of a fish, something i haven't caught yet even though i grew up where they are..

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Re: Birthday Bass Bash and a Wedding

Post by Lightningx » Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:52 pm

Would love to catch one of those too.
Should take up my friends offer to go over there to target them.
Hopefully one day :)

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Re: Birthday Bass Bash and a Wedding

Post by smokin_reels » Fri Jun 22, 2018 2:13 pm

Nude up wrote:I thought mahseer rang a bell it’s a fish grows pretty big too. I don’t think you’re travel rod will cut it for them
There are a few strains.
one in the Himalayan Mountains
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And a couple in South India
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I grew up fishing for them, they are an endangered species now , habitat destruction and poaching.
All though I never caught anything larger than 30lbs, I dont think Ill ever top that PB from when i was a pup.

There are still some places to chase them though for those with time and local knowledge.

When I go there i catch fish upto 10lbs on a 2-4 and Bream lures and get dusted fairly regularly, Open jigheads , mangled hooks.

Below is a clip from the glory days in south india,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVK_xwrUfj0

Below is a clip from a more recent trip by some anglers in the Himalayas for the northern strain,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-RA5O1M2_c



I am very passionate about these fish , love em.\
They'll eat dough baits, dead baits, live baits, lures, fly.

This is from the last time I fished for them
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There is always more to learn , fish to catch , places to see and friends to make.

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Re: Birthday Bass Bash and a Wedding

Post by Lightningx » Fri Jun 22, 2018 2:36 pm

Some awesome fish there mate.
Thanks for sharing the links!
Cheers :thumbsup:

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Re: Birthday Bass Bash and a Wedding

Post by smokin_reels » Fri Jun 22, 2018 2:48 pm

Lightningx wrote:Some awesome fish there mate.
Thanks for sharing the links!
Cheers :thumbsup:

Anytime LX , enjoy :thumbsup:
There is always more to learn , fish to catch , places to see and friends to make.

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Re: Birthday Bass Bash and a Wedding

Post by smile0784 » Fri Jun 22, 2018 7:23 pm

Congratulations on your wedding.
Great report

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Re: Birthday Bass Bash and a Wedding

Post by Bayrock » Fri Jun 22, 2018 8:10 pm

Congratulations, and thanks for the excellent write-up.
I love American black bass fishing, nothing better than that bucket mouth inhaling a twitching surface lure at first light.
I was very lucky to catch the trifecta of smallmouth, largemouth and spotted bass in one day on a trip to Hawaii.
smallmouth fight harder than largemouth but don’t grow as big, I caught a 4kg Florida strain largemouth in Zimbabwe. It grabbed a topwater black rubber frog in 30cm of water through a bed of grass. I’ll never forget that fish bursting through the grass and launching itself into the air to engulf my lure. They are incredible fish to catch.
And mahseer, been on my bucket list since I was 8 years old. Closely related to the barbus species we had in south africa, very powerful. Beautiful and noble fish they are.

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Re: Birthday Bass Bash and a Wedding

Post by Lightningx » Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:15 pm

Wow that would have been exciting to watch to the fish take your lure like that :thumbsup:

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Re: Birthday Bass Bash and a Wedding

Post by matari » Sat Jun 23, 2018 7:28 am

congratulations mate! :a_goodjob:

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Re: Birthday Bass Bash and a Wedding

Post by Basti » Sat Jun 23, 2018 11:14 am

congrats again man, very nice report

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