Gone fishing!

Sundays are supposed to be lazy and I did not look forward to it really, another boring day in the office, or so I thought. Lakpa Tamang in our office was going fishing and suggested I join him, I did.

Tamangda has ealier discovered new fish species and records for the State. He also has detailed information pertaining fish ecology, including what each species eat, where and when it breeds and has about three years of data about fish populations in streams around Itanagar. I suggested he publish a book since he has collected and preserved specimens of 48 stream fish species.

But one thing he does not have is formal educational qualification; a degree, and he happens to be our office clerk! The world is full of paradoxes indeed.

This fish seemed to be stuck to this pebble, we released it back in the stream, hope it lives on.

This was the fish catch for the day; Tamang da often returned individuals which were young and also did not catch species that were relatively small. In all he caught about 35 individuals of 7 species. We returned back, and it was not a boring Sunday afterall!