Walkabout local patch Vaulen

A quick walkabout around a local patch 10mins walk down the hill. It's got some nifty fjord view with awesome potential for cloudy sunrise shots, moody evening clouds and morning fog. Even the waters hold quite interesting subjects like fish frys, shirmps, crustaceans and the like. The shallows are also spawning grounds in mid-late summer.

Milkyway, darksite North India

 

Milkyway, darkside North India

 

Milkyway in not so darksite North India

 

Delhi Birds in 39 deg C in the shade

Summer Holiday Delhi, India

China, India and Africa were to three destinations I wanted to go to after university. Through work after university I managed to get Seychelles, and Mauritius ... that was the closest I've ever gotten to Africa. And I sailed for two weeks on a seismic research vessel from Singapore to Seychelles, so that was the closest I have ever been to India. And as far as China is concerned, I quit my job after having gotten a multiple entry visa to China via Shenzen.

Almost thirty years later, India came up again ... what better way to tick it off my list other than committing to a summer holiday to India. So off we went to our first India holiday.

Makerell has cometh (with Anisakis)

I stopped fishing for almost 3 years now but I can remember exactly when I stopped. Most likely as the fishing wind down the drone activities pick up ie. buying, flying and building. I have also been making some shallow underwater recordings and that must have led me back to the water and thoughts of makerells and fishing for them.

So I went to my hotspot in Hundvag near where we used to live. A couple of weeks prior to that the natural buying instinct in me had ordered a bunch of new shiny jigging lures, a 15ft surf rod, a Daiwa saltwater fishing reel and a rod tripod which incidentally I have been looking to buy for quite sometime. Though none of these purchase had anything to do with fishing for makerell specifically it prompted some shopping.

Managed to cast and sink my lures on three occasions within three weeks. The first outing was too windy and cold so only managed a couple of casts before ending the session. The week after was more serious, I landed 3 large makerells which looked good for eating initially but later proven not to be so.

Apparently all three large makerells was infected with Anisakiasis, a condition caused by Anisakis worm. Very interesting life cycle for a tiny 2 cm translucent worm that I never saw with my own eyes before. Your hear about it now and again in fishing circles. Typically I avoid venturing into the inner cavity of the belly of the fish, this time I decided to be a bit adventurous after noticing some swimming things in the sink. Oh boy ... did I get educated fast on Anisakis.

Although it did not impact the meat (I didn't see any worms wriggling about in the flesh), the thought of having Anisakis eggs and larvae inside me put me off the idea completely from the original intention of grilling the makerell for lunch. All three caught were quickly frozen for bait for some other fishing occasion.

The third occasion over the same weekend I went with my daughter and we landed 4-5 makerells of slightly smaller size, they were promptly released back into the ocean.  The thought of having to gut them and watch the wriggling Anisakis in their stomach cavity deterred me from bagging them afternoon snacks.

It's good the be out fishing again after such a long break ... but the Anisakis though ... Eww!