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OFFSHORE ANGLING => Offshore Fishing Reports => Topic started by: Ifish on November 18, 2010, 12:18:01 AM
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After a spectacular drive through the mountains, leaving the sky-scrapers of Dubai behind and stopping for a photo of the odd camel, we arrived the border post. A policeman waved us through after a quick passport check, we were now in Dibba, Oman. It’s a quiet town. From the border to our hotel the goats outnumbered the people by about 5 to 1 and there were weren't many goats...
We were met at the hotel by FC and Keegan from OceanActive who promised a good days fishing the next day. Having done enough research and seen the evidence on various internet forums, YouTube etc, I was confident they weren't just talking a good game.
We left the next morning at sunrise and it wasn’t difficult to see how rich these waters were. We drove past school after school of tuna on our way to the GT spots - it was teaming with fish!
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A school of big milkfish were scared off by the first few casts and after half an hour or so my first GT was on. The deep burn set in fast and after a painful battle, the fish was landed, photographed and released….
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Not long after and nowhere near long enough to recover from the previous fish, a bus exploded from the depths and the reel began to sing….with FC's help on the drag and a 250hp Suzuki in gear, we managed to stop the fish from breaking us off. There was a welcome distraction from the pain when a local in a nearby boat hooked a sailfish on his hand line…..He landed it with far less effort than I was putting in on the GT which was still somewhere under the boat. A few minutes and photos later the fish was back in the water and I was in pieces…
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We managed one more smaller GT and decided to take a break. The heat was intense, the GTs had gone quiet and my arms were about to fall off. We dropped a few lures off the back and did a spot of trolling. I had just about got comfortable when a Sailfish took off on one of the rods. A good fight on a light rod and a few spectacular jumps later, the fish was on the boat. It was nursed back to health and released - high fives all-round….
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Heading home, we threw poppers at a few schools of tuna. They were pretty shy and quick to disperse. We did get one that was not fortunate enough to make it back and we enjoyed some fine sushi that evening.
All in all a fantastic trip and without doubt the best fishing experience I have had. A massive thanks to the Nick, FC, Keegan and the rest of the team from OceanActive for organising the trip.
If anyone is thinking of going to the Musandam, stop thinking and go…its unreal. And if you don’t catch fish, its still some of the most remote and dramatic scenery you are likely to see from a boat.
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Hi ifish
Super report and pics - the colours on that stick/swimbait in first pic look amazing - what is it ? Fourth pic down a brilliant example of using rods backbaone to put max pressure and the pic with someones back to the camera is very novel - first on the net I reckon - good stuff !!!! (clap)
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Great post Ifish. What species of tuna were you seeing/catching? Did you see any longtail tuna? What depth of water were you plugging in for GT's, was it mainly over reefs, or around visible structure, protruding from the water?
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Great stuff Ifish!!! :sml:
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Awesome man...... great to see you in the corner on leaning back and keeping pressure on the Buss GT.
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Great stuff!! Glad to see Keegz made it down there in the end , good lightie!
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Thanks Guys.
Shamwari - Can't remember the brand, but they were big floating stickbaits and poppers.
Tommo - the tuna were longtail. The GTs were right up against the cliffs, v deep.
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Congratulations great report, photos and fishing. Those GTs are awesome fish to catch.
Tight Lines
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Super report and pics - the colours on that stick/swimbait in first pic look amazing - what is it ?
Absolutely awesome stuff Ifish, what a fantastic trip, and some incredible fish, and superb images!!! Like Shamwari commented, I love that one of the guy holding the GT from behind...
As to those poppers and stickbaits, from the pics, I think those that are in that image are both OTI lures... the popper is a Komodo I think, which I'm not 100% about, but I'm pretty certain that the Stickbait is an OTI Phantom....
OTI Komodo: http://www.jignpop.com/komodo.aspx (http://www.jignpop.com/komodo.aspx)
Popper in pic is on the bottom left of the colour chart
OTI Phantom Stickbait: http://www.jignpop.com/phantom.aspx (http://www.jignpop.com/phantom.aspx)
Stickbait in the pic looks to be the black one...
Awesome report, thanks for sharing.
Nepps
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Awesome report...
I am still sad I could not afford the trip with the boys to the Mussendam while I worked in Dubai... :sadd :sadd
Maybe one day I'll get there...
Did visit Dibba and did a some light lure fishing from the side...
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Brilliant stuff Ifish! One day when I'm big! Musandam is on the bucket list...
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Howzit Gents,
What an awesome days fishing that was, well done Ifish you put some serious pressure on those gt,s! (clap) just to answer some of the guys questions.
Tommo- The tuna we mainly getting are the longtail, they are really full up here in the musandam mostly we get them between 5-12kg, we got a real donkey yesterday which i wll post pics of shortly, must be close to 40kg!!There have also been some really big yellowfin around 50kg class fish. we are mostly fishing up against the mountains, also some sea mounts and prodruding structure which have awesome under water structure, ledges and drop offs, Gt Heaven to be honest!
Nepps- You are 100% on the lures, the stickbait is an oti phantom and the popper a Komodo
Shag, yeah i made it hey, and the fishing is really mind blowing, nothing like im use to back home, there is also good potential for marlin up here, the guys have been hooking into them not to far down the coast!unexplored marlin waters, im sure that will get you going.
Guys seeing as Ifish started this thread, i will continue putting up reports of what we getting under this topic, and i have a few awesome reports lined up for you guys to enjoy!
Cheers
Kegan
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Howzit Gents,
What an awesome days fishing that was, well done Ifish you put some serious pressure on those gt,s! (clap) just to answer some of the guys questions.
Tommo- The tuna we mainly getting are the longtail, they are really full up here in the musandam mostly we get them between 5-12kg, we got a real donkey yesterday which i wll post pics of shortly, must be close to 40kg!!There have also been some really big yellowfin around 50kg class fish. we are mostly fishing up against the mountains, also some sea mounts and prodruding structure which have awesome under water structure, ledges and drop offs, Gt Heaven to be honest!
Nepps- You are 100% on the lures, the stickbait is an oti phantom and the popper a Komodo
Shag, yeah i made it hey, and the fishing is really mind blowing, nothing like im use to back home, there is also good potential for marlin up here, the guys have been hooking into them not to far down the coast!unexplored marlin waters, im sure that will get you going.
Guys seeing as Ifish started this thread, i will continue putting up reports of what we getting under this topic, and i have a few awesome reports lined up for you guys to enjoy!
Cheers
Kegan
Hey mate,
good to hear from you, keep the reports coming bud.
Re the marlin, got passport will travel!!!
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Hi Guys,
As promised I have a few reports lined up for you, We had some guys from khazakstan come over and stay with us, hoping for that elusive 50kg gt, which most of us dream of!!
The first day started off with a beautiful musandam sunrise, it wasn’t long before we found some tuna feeding on the surface, a few throws later and the guys managed to bag a nice dorado aswell as a few longtail tuna, arguably the best sashimi around.
After a few more tun and a couple of dorries we moved onto the gt spots, first drift and the saltiga dogfights were singing, sergey managed to bag hi,self a nice gt of between 15-20kg, Next drift vitalik went tight with a good fish which pulled really hard in the screaming current, goodfish of about 27kg! we managed a few smaller gts during the day, on the way home we stoped off at another spot and the guys had good fun with the queenfish, they managed to land about 10 in half an hour, these fish are really good fun and give an awesome account of themselves on light tackle.
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Sorry guys slow connection, the pics are coming!!
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Day 2
The day started out in a similar fashion to day 1 were we managed to get a few dorado and some more longtail tuna, after that we spent some time jigging for the reef dwelling species and managed to get a few awesome fish including a nice barracuda, after a quick stop for a swim and some lunch the current was once again pumping as you can see from the pic and it was time for the gts, the guys had a good afternnon session and managed two double ups and a few nice size fish.
I hope you guys enjoy the pics, ill post some more reports soon.
Cheers
Kegan
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Incredible Waz. Great post man and what a place. The water looks crystal.
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Nice post gents, some really good fish coming out that part of the world and then the amazing scenery to top it off.
Great stuff
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Incredible. Thanks for sharing.
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Hi gents........
That's a cool report Ifish,we got a trip booked for late Jan,can't wait..........!!!!!
Hoesit Keegan,kannie wag om te kom hengel nie,het gister met Nick bevestig vir die 28ste Jan...sien julle dan!!
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Awesome photos...
Its a pity I could not hook up with Nick and the guys when I still worked in Dubai.
At that stage just could not afford the trip...
If I ever get back there its on the top of my to do list.
The guys tell me that these deep water GT's are the strongest fighting GT's in the world. They just dont stop and I have heard Nick talking about 50kg's class GT's coming out or lost next to the boat.
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Hi Guys,
We had some Italians come over and fish with us, a really nice bunch of guys and good anglers too, although the GT fishing was a little quite, the guys did manage to get some good fish one in particular of about 40kg, the fish measured 132cm x 87cm, so she was on the “skinny” side, this size fish earlier on in the year when they are a bit fatter would be closer to 50kg, she had the length but not the girth…
We did however manage to get stuck into the sailies, we managed to get 4 fish, all good size, I must add that all these fish were caught whilst casting stick baits and poppers, two fish were caught on stick baits and the other two followed them in and we pitched live baits at them, this kind of fishing really gets the adrenaline pumping..
We also did some jigging and got a good size cuta, what was strange for me was that we were getting the hits in 95m of water, we could see the fish sitting quite close to the bottom, from my experience this is really deep for cuta.
Enjoy the pics guys, and have an awesome Christmas
Kegan
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WOW! Some spectacular catches! Brilliant stuff!!
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OOOOOOOOOOOOO ek kannie mee wag vir die 28ste Jan nie..........!!!!!
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Hi Guys,
Happy new year to all, i trust you guys had an awesome december period with lots of bigfish..i thought i would post some pics for you guys to enjoy.
We had a couple of guys stay with us for a few days and they managed to get some great fish,one in particular was a couta of 1,85m, we got this fish on jig in 95m of water it must be pushing 40kg. the guys also went double up on good size gts and also got some other species to add to there tally, whats intresting is the pic of the emperor and the rock salmon, have a look at the size of the stickbaits they are eating, and the bites are really aggressive.
Tight lines gents
Kegan
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I'm speechless. Vismal, jy het my groen van jaloesie!
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Man that place really sucks.....
BECAUSE I AM NOT THERE <: swr
Great pics mate, makes us all that are land locked want it even more.
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Manne.... daai is darm n m@#r$e couta,jammer man Safish,maar iemand moet dit doen!!!! :hehe:
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Very Nice, you make me Green with envy
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Good day from the desert.....
Went fishing with the boys from Oceanactive on Friday,the fish was not on the bite,but we managed to get 2 strikes and landed both fish before a massive storm came out of nowhere and chased us away.
Thanks Keegs for the a lekker weekend and a good day on the water. :gt:
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(clap) (clap) (clap) Awesome fish!! :win:
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Awesome Vismal....having the time of your life there!
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Nice,
When was the last time you guys had a "shamal" in the UAE?
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Dankie manne, ja die hengel in Oman is goed,het n trip aan volgende maand in die Suide vir 3 dae ek sal n report skryf as ons terug kom,dis snaaks jy vra oor die Shamal Gerhard,hier is n helse stofstorm in Abu Dhabi op die oomlik.
Groete.
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Dankie manne, ja die hengel in Oman is goed,het n trip aan volgende maand in die Suide vir 3 dae ek sal n report skryf as ons terug kom,dis snaaks jy vra oor die Shamal Gerhard,hier is n helse stofstorm in Abu Dhabi op die oomlik.
Groete.
Net wind of reen dit ook?
Ek onthou in Jan 2008 to daai stof/sand storm oor die golf gekom het en mens vir 3 dae lank net vaal lug gesien het...
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nee net wind,maar in Oman het dit Vrydag lekker gereen saam met die sterk wind
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Lekke man.
Geniet die volgende trippie...
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Dankie man,sal julle op hoogte hou.
Stywe lyne
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Hi Guys,
Its been a while, hope you guys are having a awesome easter weekend, and for those fishing the cuta classic down on the south coast, goodluck!! i hear the leading fish is 24kg caught on protea south.
We managed to get one of our biggest fish of the season measuring 132cm lenghth 110girth, works out to 50kg+, the waters warmed up and the fish are really active, we see sailys everyday, cuta on stickbait regularly and plenty tuna and queenies.
Enjoy
Cheers Kegan
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(clap) ...congrats waz , thats a proper size GT , what tackle did u get it on..?
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some of my own catches on 50lb
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Awesome catches!! (clap)
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Nice work as always Keegan... that SMith KGS of Nick's has probably caught more tons of fish than any other rod on the planet by now!!
Saw Sami and Nick's latest report and nearly shat myself.. 8 fish over 50 kilos in 3 days fishing... without a doubt, thats gotta be the finest GT fishing every experienced for sheer size of fish!!
Stoked to see the DarkStar/Ocean Active Heru Poppers and Stickbaits smashing some beasts up there as always!
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Here's the full report of that trip.... truly epic fishing!!
http://www.gtpopping.com/forum/index.php?topic=3730.0 (http://www.gtpopping.com/forum/index.php?topic=3730.0)
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Mooi man Keegan dis awesome visse,kannie wag vir die volgende trip nie,well done. :resp: