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Title: The sportsman's book for India
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918, ed
Subjects: Sports -- India
Publisher: London, H. Marshall & Son
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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ackle, the tackle to be used for them should be finerthan what I have described as suitable for bahmin,but must be quite as strong. They appear onthe coast towards the end of the monsoon, andare to be caught all through the cold weather.They are not so susceptible to the influence oftides, and will take often the bait all day long.The chief controllino; element in their case is thepresence of the shoals of sardines. These are attimes difficult to locate. One very good guideis the presence of the sea gulls. If the shoals ofsardines are about, the gulls will be busy. Thisfishing is invariably carried on from a boat, andthe rod described for bahmin will answer verywell. The line may be the same, but a longersingle steel - ware trace is preferable. Swivelsmust be fitted, and the bait, if a sardine, shouldbe threaded on a piece of stifl brass-wire. Thehook should be a Limerick, 6/0 to 8/0. Whenstruck, they go off with a terrific rush, and throwthemselves out of the water repeatedly. Though
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FISHING 295 they fight brllHantly, they seem to have no greatstaying power, and when once hooked theyshould seldom be lost, as they can be followedup by the boat. A good, sharp gaff shouldalways be at hand, as from their length they aredifficult to get into a net; and as they are asmall-scaled, tender-skinned fish, they present nodifficulties to the gaff. The smaller examplesare excellent eating, but when they grow largethe flesh gets coarse and oily in flavour. Khokari.—This fish deserves to be ver)^ muchbetter known than it is. It is a full, deep-bodiedfish, something like a perch ; the body is oblongand more or less compressed. It has resplendentscales, high shoulders, a small and shapely head,and very powerful tail and fins. In colour itranges from a bluish silvery sheen on the backto a golden colour below, and in season the finslook as if they were of beaten gold. In size itranges from 3 to 80 lbs., and very ordinary fishrun from 15 to 35 lbs. Its distribution through-out India

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