01-25-2009, 02:05 AM
Thanks for the welcomes guys. The fish over there are called "Mahaseers" or "Maseers", and most people agree they're a kind of carp- but you're right, they look pretty different from the ones I've seen in the US. The one I put up in my first picture is a type called the Golden Mahaseer- it's longer and slimmer, and the ones we caught were typically 20-30 pounds. Here's another one that's a Chocolate Mahaseer, and looks a bit more like the ones in the states. If you know anything more about them, I'd be interested in learning more. Apparently, the old British army officers who were in India in the 1800s used to go up to the rivers and fish for these Mahaseers, and their journals are really some of the best information available about fishing up there on the Subansiri, Siang, and Brahmaputra rivers.
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