bait and is running the support from the men is incredible she admits its strenuous but the strength to fight comes from the adrenalin rush you get her biggest catch an 86lb nile perchbangalorebased bopanna has fished in belgium and holland but his largest catch was a 35lb mahseer in the cauvery fish he reveals are of two types predatory fish caught on lures that imitate wounded bait fish and nonpredatory ones like carp caught using bread paste and earthwormsjunaid 37 from hyderabad was introduced to fishing 12 years back by a friend and has never looked back his threeyearold son is somewhat of a veteran himself junaids haunts are thailand and hong kong and his favourites are silom catfish and snakehead bungsamran in thailand is one of the worlds most prolific freshwater fishing venues and 23 days there can get you recharged he says the snakehead is caught using spinners attached to the line these are artificial baits which spin attracting the fish the silom catfish though is caught using baits of bread worms and crabsbut why go abroad when india has so many rivers and a good coastline poaching and pollution have played havoc with fish populations say anglers abroad conservation is taken seriously says chenoy there are fish ladders structures around dams to facilitate natural migration where its allowed to spawn plus the waters are quite clean there in fact hardly 12 of fish is killed for sport the rest is for commercial purposesso will you rise to the bait too shobhajohntimesgroupcom