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Shovelnose
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 Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 1:09 pm Post subject: The Chembarambakkam Chronicles |
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A half day trip is happening tomorrow to the Chembarambakkam Lake near Madras. The people confirmed as of now are :
Prasoon
Balaji (Myself)
A friend
We have place for 3 more people. In case anyone is interested, PM me ASAP.
The iternary :
Departure : 5:00 Am
Reach CMBKM / Start ollecting : 6:00 Am (Remember, Prasoon's driving. Thats why I posted an hour as the driving time. In reality, its less than half an hour)
Wind up collecting : 11:00 Am
Breakfast : 11:30 Am (Nothing herbivorous)
Reach home : 1:00 Pm
Confirm now to experience Prasoon's wondorous Flintstone's like driving and braking. |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 1:19 pm Post subject: Re: The Chembarambakkam Lake |
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Good luck...looking forward to the pictures   |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 1:28 pm Post subject: Re: The Chembarambakkam Lake |
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Balaji,
Good one
Did you miss the great Mohan First Night songs?
Message from PC : "Chembarambakkam lake was created in the 10th Centuary by the Cholas"
Regards
Prasoon |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 2:17 pm Post subject: Re: The Chembarambakkam Lake |
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All the best. Are you going to take the earlier route or the one that we took.
I'm not sure if you will find Horadandia on the route you took last time. |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 2:29 pm Post subject: Re: The Chembarambakkam Lake |
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Beta :
We have a 'guide' with us this time. I will land some of the Mystus from there this time. Else, may lightning strike Prasoon. |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:05 pm Post subject: Re: The Chembarambakkam Lake |
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| Would like a few Horadandia if you guys do manage to spare some |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:25 pm Post subject: Re: The Chembarambakkam Lake |
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| Good luck and have a safe trip :-) |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:27 pm Post subject: Re: The Chembarambakkam Lake |
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Beta :
We have a 'guide' with us this time. I will land some of the Mystus from there this time. Else, may lightning strike Prasoon.
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Let the Knights show you the light |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:40 pm Post subject: Re: The Chembarambakkam Lake |
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Beta :
Exactly.
I spoke to Prem and he refused to come unless the lake offered Central American Cichlids. I haven spoken to the Barilius Tormentor yet. |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:48 pm Post subject: Re: The Chembarambakkam Lake |
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Balaji, who's doing the fish catching job?
Dont come back without Badis. |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 4:11 pm Post subject: Re: The Chembarambakkam Lake |
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| Shovelnose wrote (View Post):
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Beta :
Exactly.
I spoke to Prem and he refused to come unless the lake offered Central American Cichlids. I haven spoken to the Barilius Tormentor yet.
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Barilius Tormentor won't move his ___ since he got the Horadandia. |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:37 pm Post subject: Re: The Chembarambakkam Chronicles |
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Without further ado...... the first of hopefully many chronicles to come from the Chembarambakkam Lake. For more info on the lake click here : Chembarambakam Lake
Only Prasoon and me went on this trip and we were accompanied by Marcus and Chinny, a coupla friends. Chinny by the way is into snakes and is working on the snaked around Chennai at the moment. I guessed this when he stopped his vehicle and ran back hurriedly to pick up a roadkill.
Prasoon managed to wake up on time and picked me up at 5:00 Am. He promised English music and played some music he got from Sai. Sai , if you are reading this, I seriously think you need help. 4 hours of Techno with Daft Punk and Akon (what a disturbing voice) thrown in here and there left me gasping for breath.
We met Marcus and Chinny at Guindy at around 5:45 AM and proceeded towards the lake.
A few pics of the story so far :
Quite a nice view aint it????
The first spot. I know it doesnt look like much. I had collected here a few months ago with the other Madras guys. I was not in a position to collect as I was severely dehydrated. I just sat in the car.
L-R : Chinny, Marcus, Me taking a look at the snake and 2 local people out to prove old age doesnt necessarily mean obesity.
Disclaimer : I dont have a beer belly at all. Its just that a sudden gust of wind blew and inflated my shirt. Seriously.
Collecting
The Spot
Still collecting
The first dip (read wild gyration) of my trusty old hand net yielded 2 Mystus specimens. And more dips kept adding to the number. They Mystus are likely Mystus bleekeri or an extremely similar looking species. The range of Mystus bleekeri was extended to Tamil Nadu a few years ago.
And yes the Badis badis from around here was collected too. Around half a dozen were collected by the end of the trip. Some were a nice red in colour. They are currently with Prasoon.
The other species from the first spot:
Channa gachua
Pseudosphromenus cupanus
[i]Caridina gracilirostris (???)
Mahindra bumpyrideensis
Puntius dorsalis
Oryzias dancena
Rasbora daniconius
Esomus danricus
Puntius ticto
Lepidocephalichthys guntea
Etroplus maculatus
No prices for guessing what this is!!!!!!!!
Hemochromis bimaculatus
Mystus cf.bleekeri (???)
Subcker Cat / Pelco / Scavenger Fish / Rocket Fish / Alligator Fish / Tank Cleaner
Other species sighter here :
Glossogobius giuris
Gambusia
Any others I missed????
We then decided to move towards another spot and took a look at a fisherman's catch on the way.
Jalebi!!!!!!!
Notopterus notopterus
Glossogobius giuris
The view from the top of the reservoir.
Another view from the top of the reservoir.
A view of a random guys derriere while he was busy packing his fish. Prasoon is responsible for this shady pic.
We were just locating the nearest fast food from the top to grab breakfast though it looks like we were doing something significant.
We headed for breakfast not to a food place but to a small shady spot . Marcus had bought a lotta food for us. Thanks for that. Bread, omelette's,jam,butter biscuits etc.
After a longish break, we headed to the spot. Expectations were high as the first spot had been quite fruitful.
The spot
A small pond next to the spot.
Another small pond next to the spot.
A photo that signifies absolutely nothing.
Collecting
Muddy waters
What plant is this???
Ehirava fluviatilis
The long trudge back home. The river bottom was just slush. Slush and nothing else. Just goddamn slush. It was impossible to walk. The other 2 were used to walking here and hence walked quite comfortably while I was on my way to my muddy grave.
Oreochromis mossambicus
Notopterus notopterus
A third spot yielded :
Mystus Sp
Puntius orphoides (A new record in India or just Tamil Nadu??? )
Puntius vittatus
Chela cachius
Esomus barbatus
Rasbora cauverii
Puntius chola
Puntius sophore
Puntius sharmai
Puntius filamentosus
Amblypharyngodon mola
Aplocheilus
A snake which Chinny tried to catch and almost landed face first in the water. Prasoon entered the water here and he sunk in. Really, truly and seriously. he just kept sinking and thats when he realised he needed to go on a diet. Awesome timing.
Any others I missed???
Done with this spot, Prasoon and me decided to wrap up as we had promised to have lunch at our respective homes.
This plot was foiled as we stopped at the nearest shop for some cold beer and the next closest biryani place for a few biryanis with Prasoon forcing / encouraging me to blaspheme and eat biryani.
Thus ended the great saga of the Chembarambakkam trip. The greatest way to finish a trip. Meat and beer.
More trips on their way soon. Watch this space for updates on the same.
Special thanks to Marcus for showing us around and for the fish ID's and especially the breakfast.
Signing off for now with this.................................................................
Another pic that holds absolutely no significance at all.
Take Outs :
1) Definitely worth a lotta visits.
2) All the usual Chennai folks who missed this trip will get some rather rude messages from me sometime soon.
3) One condition for the trip is that it has to end the method illustrated above. |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:48 pm Post subject: Re: The Chembarambakkam Chronicles |
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| Awesome write up catman! Are you serious you never found any CA's in there? |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:57 pm Post subject: Re: The Chembarambakkam Chronicles |
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niiiice
show us the mystus, i really doubt u found any, cause when u are around, most of them just go underground
i was surprised with a subcker man found in the local water body and the hemichromis bimaculatus was also a crazy find, how the hell did they find their way there ????? |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:26 pm Post subject: Re: The Chembarambakkam Chronicles |
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| Good long fauna list & nice pictures+writeup too. |
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