This blue mahseer is fat! My first thought when seeing it was it is either really full or it is pregnant. But upon closer look, it appears to be a male so it’s most likely just having a big buffet.
Before this fish, I had just caught another mahseer casting at roughly the same area, released that fish, trekked upstream about 30 steps before casting to the opposite bank and boom! a powerful take from this fine fish that shocked me.
Had to chase it downstream as it took off like a freshwater version of a bonefish with my line all caught up in the undergrowth between the fish and myself.
After some drama it was safely landed and released to put on more weight.
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You must have caught a very full carp then. Fishing them in the river looks challenging in itself. Hopefully, I can learn from this and use it as basis to effectively fish them in one of my trips.