Popular fishing vloggers are making a splash on cyberspace

Popular fishing vloggers are making a splash on cyberspace

Source: thehindu

12/15/2020

“It’s my cameraman’s number that I have given on my Facebook page. Otherwise people keep calling to meet me in person!” says Abdul Sami, 34, with a laugh. The Guntur-native is getting used to attention after he started a fishing channel, Abdul Sami Fishing, one-and-a-half years ago.

The business of fishing vloggers is booming, with subscribers running into lakh and millions. Kerala has the largest number of these vloggers, followed by Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra.

“The huge Malayali presence is because of the different kinds of water bodies in the state, such as sea, lakes, rivers and ponds. The numbers have increased this year, post the lockdown,” says Midhun Surendran from Kozhikode in Kerala, who runs Mallu Angler (101K subscribers) and is the admin of a Facebook group of fishing enthusiasts.

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