If you go to the Baga end you will see a shack called Boscos, it is one of
the bigger shacks. They have their own boats and if you talk to Pedro (very
fat Goan), he will take you out on a fishing trip for a few Rupees. I went
last year and gave them a few of my old rods, Pedro still liked to use a
piece of coconut shell with some old line wrapped around it. When fishing
off the boats you use a minimal amount of lead. The locals only use medium
sized nuts or bolts to hold the bottom, uptiding has yet to reach Goa!
Catches vary and I caught catfish and rock fish, well that is what Pedro
called them. Both these fish have nasty poisonous spines, so caution is
needed. I used king prawn as bait. Beach fishing is also quite good, again
using king prawns and a little squid that they gave me from Bosco's Shack.
You can see the locals using the casting nets, and I ended up buying one for
around £20.00 and that included an hours worth of lessons. Not a bad price
since these nets take around three weeks to make by hand. I will be back at
the shack in February for three weeks. Their rainy season is very good
fishing, and locals say they catch enormous cat fish to around 30lb. Let the
news group know how you get on.