Mangaluru: Anglers, now not only from Karnataka and Kerala, however so far as West Asia and Portugal, got hooked with their fishing rods stretched out over the salty breakwater here to snatch the prize catch.
As many as 110 anglers from throughout India and in another country took part in the nation’s first ‘entice only catch and free up salt water fishing contest’ at the southern breakwater of New Mangalore Port Trust that got underway early on Saturday.
For 76-year-old Alfred Joao Fernandes from Portugal, angling in Mangaluru was reminiscent of his younger days when he enjoyed fishing in his motherland.
“In Lisbon, my native land, excess pollution has kept fish away from the achieve of anglers and small fishermen. The transparent waters and nice climate here make for a perfect angling carnival and I'm absolutely loving it,” he told STOI.
For Fernandes, the senior-most angler in the festival, being in Mangaluru was a digital déjà vu, courtesy the Portugese conquest in this city. He was overjoyed to grasp that a huge collection of other folks from the Catholic group here shared his surname.
UAE citizen Mohammed Shabbir, who runs a tourism company, mentioned he travelled all the approach to Mangaluru along with his six other buddies only to take part in the festival. The seven buddies have set up two backpacking tents on the shore, mentioned they liked the pristine waters here and would pass all out in baiting as many fish as conceivable.
The two-day angling championship is organised under the joint aegis of New Mangalore Port Trust, All India Game Fishing Association, Mangalore Anglers Club and Panambur Beach Development Authority. In order to win, the participant must catch a fish weighing no less than 1kg, which the volunteers will weigh throughout the next 90 seconds submit which it is released again into the waters.
Two fish – five.50kg and 4.50kg – have been the largest catches up to Saturday night time.
As many as 110 anglers from throughout India and in another country took part in the nation’s first ‘entice only catch and free up salt water fishing contest’ at the southern breakwater of New Mangalore Port Trust that got underway early on Saturday.
For 76-year-old Alfred Joao Fernandes from Portugal, angling in Mangaluru was reminiscent of his younger days when he enjoyed fishing in his motherland.
“In Lisbon, my native land, excess pollution has kept fish away from the achieve of anglers and small fishermen. The transparent waters and nice climate here make for a perfect angling carnival and I'm absolutely loving it,” he told STOI.
For Fernandes, the senior-most angler in the festival, being in Mangaluru was a digital déjà vu, courtesy the Portugese conquest in this city. He was overjoyed to grasp that a huge collection of other folks from the Catholic group here shared his surname.
UAE citizen Mohammed Shabbir, who runs a tourism company, mentioned he travelled all the approach to Mangaluru along with his six other buddies only to take part in the festival. The seven buddies have set up two backpacking tents on the shore, mentioned they liked the pristine waters here and would pass all out in baiting as many fish as conceivable.
The two-day angling championship is organised under the joint aegis of New Mangalore Port Trust, All India Game Fishing Association, Mangalore Anglers Club and Panambur Beach Development Authority. In order to win, the participant must catch a fish weighing no less than 1kg, which the volunteers will weigh throughout the next 90 seconds submit which it is released again into the waters.
Two fish – five.50kg and 4.50kg – have been the largest catches up to Saturday night time.
Anglers revel in clear breakwater during country’s first-of-its-kind event
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December 01, 2018
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