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For Guys (Including Me )who thought Toman (Channa micropeltes ) is not found in India.....

The discussion ws on this Thread ( http://www.indianangler.com/viewtopic.p ... ight=toman ) & http://www.indianangler.com/viewtopic.php?t=789

There's a Good News.....

One of My friends from Thailand had caught couple of Medium size Toman from Around Mangalore Area yesterday....

When told abt this ....Didn;t believe him ....thought it could be a Common Snakehead (Channa marulius)....

But when he sent the Pics.....Had to believe.....

Earlier was told that He had caught some Big Tomans from that Area,but didn;t have the pics...

So All the Snakehead Anglers who wanted to Target Toman ,
Don't Have to go to Thailand ,Malaysia or Hongkong anymore....

Attaching Pics

Hi,

THis is just too crazy. Thanks for the info. Considering the fact that there are so many different types of Murrels I wouldnt be surpried if this one is a variant / or a new one!


Jeen

There are well documented reports of Toman from Kerala but the fish in the photo's doesn't have the colours to convince me just yet.
That said, I don't know at what size the colours start to show and this could be a juvinile.

hey viper,

great going..

is that caught on a popper..

regards,
pranav..

Thats Interesting

Maybe we are too late & Toman might be already in our River systems,

Couple of weeks back...had been to Upstream of galibore with My friend to do some spinning for Murrals & he had hooked onto a Gaint Fish, was a very Big Snakehead fish of more than 4ft length.....right in the Middle of the River near a Big Rock,had straighten all the trebles of the Size 6 spinner with custom Hooks.....He swears that its not a Mahseer, But ws the Big Murral with Funny Colors,not the usual....

Hey guys,

Read this..
[Channa marulius: This species is a large snakehead with adults commonly reaching lengths of 120-122 cm (Talwar and Jhingran, 1992). In Maharashtra State, India, it can reach a length of 1.8 m and a weight of 30 kg, and was observed to reach a length of 30 cm in 1 year (Talwar and Jhingran, 1992).]

Link: http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/Snakehead_circ_ ... inued.html

Santosh

Beautiful murrel loved the color on the first pic.

Thanks for sharing Viper

Want to see more catches of this type...

Thanks and Regards
Arish

I may have got there first . And distribution definitely in the Muvattupuzha river draining south of cochin. Read the full story right here !
http://www.indianangler.com/viewtopic.php?p=58869#58869

She was just below 3 feet and 4.55Kgs.