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Nick Bowles

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Southern Oman season starts with Ocean Active
October 09, 2013, 08:04:20 PM
In the off season we have done a heap of work to get the boats refurbed and sorted out for the coming season. The boats were stripped down and then cleaned, painted and everything remounted. The engines were totally overhauled and ready for the new season. Cameron and the team have done a great job and good to be able to control the work being done on the boats and a big achievement to have the boats back into the water!


Using cranes to move the boats, all stripped down.

Salalah is not the easiest to work on boats but the guys all helped and was a great attraction for the local fisherman watching us work on our boats!

Nearing the end and remounting all the equipment.

Engines being delivered.

Sea Hawk 1 and Sea Hawk 2 refurbed, re-powered and ready to head for our island home by sea from Salalah!

After a lot of work and preparation we got the Southern Oman season started off with a bang! Jed Chamberlian, Russell Domingo, Greg Kurten and Neline (Rassie) Erasmus doing the first trip of the season. The khareef looked like it was calming down middle September but this was just a tease and we were all a bit concerned that the first trip would not start but we managed to get the guys out and fish for a few days before the weather turned bad. Luckily being based out on the island we did not have to bash through big seas and could run a few hundred meters and start fishing!
?The fishing was tough in the conditions and also raising fish but the guys landed a good number of GTs and lost a good number waiting for their return next October!??All the guys caught their PB GTs and a heap of other smaller species. Well done boyz!!??Rods Used:
Race Point 200
Carpenter EP86/40 ?Hots 79XH


Team picture in the marina in Shuwaymiyah before running 30 miles offshore to our lodge on the islands.

Early morning start before the suns up the guys were out on the water, ready for action!

All weather gear!!

Russell bending on his new EP86/40

Russell with his PB GT

Jed bending on a big fish on a Hots 79XH

Jeds PB 135cm donkey!

Russell back in action

Fiesty little geet!

Jed with another good Oman GT.

Rassie with his PB GT. Very chuffed!

Team picture the guys heading out early morning

Cruising on Sea Hawk 1

Sea Hawk 2 with Capt Saud.

Greg bending on an early morning sunrise GT on his custom Race Point 200

OA Cubera does the trick.

Fat Oman GT

Greg bending again on a big fish.

Gregs PB GT of 135cm

Russell with a smaller GT, don;t see to many this side in Hallaniyat!

Double hook up and land!

GT Team picture!

Loads of smaller Trevally on the light tackle.

Nice sized Yellowdot

Another Yellowdot.

We have been a bit late posting the start of the season but since then a heap of fish have been caught including a couple of fish in the 148cm/60kg range. Will post as the pictures come in. For more up to date info you can check our FB www.facebook.com/oceanactive

Cheers,
Nick
Last Edit: October 09, 2013, 08:55:13 PM by Nick Bowles

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A few more pictures from the last couple of weeks Southern Oman with a wide variety of species. Quite amazing out around the islands you never know what you going to catch next! Light tackle, heavy tackle, jigging, popping, all a bit of a lucky packet! The number of AJs at the moment is staggering with 20+ AJs in a session.


Getting ready on the upper terrace of the lodge.

Brett bending on the jig!

Brett with a AJ

Trev with an AJ

Double AJ trouble!

Alex with a decent AJ

Big Blacktip Trevally, one of the hardest fighting fish pound for pound!

Geet

Even the smallest GT will take on the biggest lure, sometimes wonder what goes through these little guys minds!!

Best eating fish in the sea, Spotted Grunter! We normally catch these in estuaries on fresh prawn, Southern Oman we catching them on jig! Crazy!

Barry bending on a big boyar which hit the lure against the rocks, pouring on the pressure!

Bus Bohar Snapper!!

Yellowdot Trevally!

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That's a fat Bass! Reckon it was the one I caught last time! BARRY BASS!

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That fish! Looks familiar!  :o  ;D


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Luke I think it is now Barry Barracuda Bass! Proper Chunky Monkey fish!

Chris, Nice fish! We get the same here on the flats we call it a moff grunter similar specie, awesome fight on light tackle and fly!
Last Edit: October 11, 2013, 05:38:33 PM by Nick Bowles

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I still have nightmares about being cut off by those fish Nick.. there are some GTs there that are just not meant to be caught. Or you need some serious luck to land them. We donated 9poppers in 3days to some seriously big fish. what an experience though. cant wait to get back there next year. Cannot describe the addrenalin rush seeing a 50kg GT hitting a popper 5metres from the boat.

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Howzit Russell! Was awesome to finally get you guys out on the boat and the first of many trips! Those big GTs will live on in nightmares and dreams for a long time! Amazing seeing the power and speed, proper GT Adrenalin! Those big ones is more luck than anything else, he is the boss most of the fight! Look forward to round 2 next month!

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Nick
Last Edit: October 13, 2013, 12:19:03 AM by Nick Bowles