Musandam Oman with Robson Green Extreme Fishing Challenge

Nick Bowles · September 28, 2012, 02:02:57 PM

A while back we were contacted by some of the team of the Robson Green Extreme Fishing Show. We had a few chats as the show was coming to UAE and Oman. We gave our 2 cents worth about the fishing in this area and what to do and slowly a bit of a plan started forming. A few more weeks went by and we finally got a game plan together for Robson to fish the Musandam.

The plan was to do 2 competitions against our Omani Captain Hassan, one new western style fishing with rods, reels, poppers etc and then second to fish local tradition style with handlines. All was set and we decided the best approach would be to use a liveaboard dhow so we could stay up at the top of the Musandam plus enjoy the amazing sceneries the Musandam has to offer while relaxing in luxury!

I was not sure what to expect with Robson as I had watched quite a few of his shows and really enjoyed them but still I was not sure! We all met up in Dibba in the Fishing Port and straight from the beginning everyone got on very well and Robson is a great guy and loads of fun and to top that off he can really fish! I thought we would throw poppers around for a short while and then try something else but he fished the whole day in about 40 degree heat and did not miss a beat! We unfortunately did not catch any big GTs but we ended up getting a few GTs and having a chance at a decent sized fish that pulled the hooks.

I thought filming was easy, I was badly mistaken, it is a long process and a lot of bloody hard work! The team was great and worked hard but we also enjoyed relaxing on the dhow with a bit of swimming around Red Island and a few drinks in the evening with the sun going down over the mountains. Priceless!

I must say it is very difficult to stick to the script when you are targeting GTs and there are monster Longtail Tuna busting 100m away and we had to leave them in peace and quite! Very hard indeed...........But I must say we stuck to the plan and managed to get a few GTs out and so got the required shots to make a great show!

The last day Robson went in Hassans village to meet his grandmother and have some tea, then took Hassan on with handlines fishing for tuna. Quite a difference for fishing on Al Sayyad to fishing on a local fishing boat!

On the way back to base this afternoon Jon and I could not resist a few throws at some of the points and managed to get a nice queenie on jig and I caught a nice Geet on the 711MH with the Hots Pink Stickbait. A really awesome lure and swims like a demon!!

For more information you can check out Robsons website http://www.channel5.com/shows/extreme-fishing-with-robson-green or you can check out our Facebook www.facebook.com/oceanactive or follow us on Twitter on our trips around the globe https://twitter.com/OceanActive

Cheers,
Nick

Packing a few rods for the trip at our lodge GT House

Our house for the next few days, a 78ft Liveaboard Dhow

Leaving the port