Hey all
Just got back from an action packed 4 days fishing with Ed at No Boundaries Oman.
This was one of the first proper GT trips i have been on at to say it was AWSOME was an understatement.
We were awoken every morning to a full breakfast and boat packed ready to go, all we had to do was get in the car to drive to the ramp. Apon launching the boat it was a very lonnggg hour of drive to get out to the islands where we would begin fishing for GT's.
Hallaniyat Islands is truly a serious destination with serious GTs thriving in different type of terrain to test anglers to their limits. We were fishing on shallow reefs, sheer cliffs, exposed wrecks and rock piles in the middle of the ocean, absolutely fantastic and breathtaking!
These islands provides plenty of fishing spots, spanning over 50 miles between the first and last island. Besides GT fishing, the light tackle action is equally first class with Shari (Spangled Emperor), Jacks, Queenfish, Golden Trevally...
Ed is an awesome skipper who knows how to find fish, we caught fish everyday when other boats came back with poor results. Despite having rough weather and green water on the first 2 days we still average at least 4 GTs a day with equal number of fish lost due to bad terrain and as many hits that did not result in hookups. Prior to the trip when Ed said he would guarantee a 40kg GT, I seriously thought it was bullshit!!... (sorry about that Ed). We not only had a 40kg but at least 3 GTs over 50kg and not to mention several monsters that were lost to unforgiving terrain, the hits were so violent and the sheer speed and torque from the run left no chance to angler and tackle, they simply ruled the reef!
If you intend on doing a trip to OMAN for serious GT fishing i wouldn't look anywhere else then No Boundaries, it was so Professionally and we were really made to feel at home. I will deffinately be going back again next year, probly for 6 days.
Here's what was used:
Reels - Stellas and Saltigas
Rods - Temple Reef GT78-10, Temple Reef GT 710-8, Temple Reef Black Devil 200 Custom, Hammerhead Faube 78ML
Lines - Varivas Max GT PE8/PE10 Varivas GT SMP PE8/PE10
Leader - Varivas Shock Leader 170lb / 200lb
Hot Lures - Meron Ya Spirits, Fisherman Long Pen, Plendel Court, Hottest lure - Hammerhead Tobi 123 & FCL Labo CSP
