Khudree mahseer in the Wild

[headbanger_jib]

In one of my trips to south karnataka

one of my friends spotted a huge shoal 300 or so 2'-3'ers

anyways heres a pic

 

[japaneseboi]

wow thats stunning!

 

[chonhzilla]

wow!!!!!

 

[krichardson]

Did/will you collect some of these,are you even allowed to?

 

[peewee]

what a sight!

 

[pupumole]

bet that was one of those "kelah sanctuary" that they set up for tourist eh? but beautiful indeed

 

[gangster]

Cool pic!

 

[kendragon]

The water is so clear. Awesome sight.

 

[headbanger_jib]

Did/will you collect some of these,are you even allowed to?

we were collecting fish alright, but not the mahseer
we were in search of some
glyptothorax,
then the garra surendranathanai,
then some carinotetraodon sp.
we also found a channa which was quite similar looking to the channa orientalis

this is also the place where the well known etroplus canarensis is found.

bet that was one of those "kelah sanctuary" that they set up for tourist eh? but beautiful indeed

not a kelah sanctuary
here the people fish and eat mahseers and as well sell them, but right now they are avoiding fishing as the affluents from a nearby govt factory was poisoning the fish

 

[chonhzilla]

thats sad.