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The most common fishing technique with a hook and a fishing line is used in Kerala's backwaters too. The most traditional form of fishing. You could have seen this anywhere else in the world anywhere in the past 5000 years! The most basic and traditional form of fishing... This is also how they fish in Kerala. The most unique thing is that you actually see the man getting a bite and pulling in his fish, in this clip! The Kerala backwaters are a chain of brackish lagoons and lakes lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast (known as the Malabar Coast) of Kerala state in southern India. The network includes five large lakes linked by canals, both manmade and natural, fed by 38 rivers, and extending virtually half the length of Kerala state. The backwaters were formed by the action of waves and
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