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Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) => Reports & Expeditions => Topic started by: Saltywater Tackle on December 10, 2010, 09:46:59 AM
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Musandam have always been a special place for me ever since I set foot on this place.
From the cliffs that meet the sea to the smugglers that are running along the coast,
I have to say that this place have a charm of its own,
Despite the good size GTs and the challenge that the terrain offers, I consider Musandam my holy city when it comes to GT fishing.
This is my 3rd trip to Musandam in 4 years.
The plan was to fish with Wahib and David as I had fished with them on my first trip to Musandam and since that time we became very close friends and mates,
Unfortunately David gets stuck in London with his plane due to a snow storm that hit Europe, so it ended up just Wahib and me,
Nick from Ocean Active picked me up to join Wahib for a quick bite and off to Musandam we went.
We fished for 3 days with rough conditions as the water temperature dropped and the water turned more greenish.
We managed to hook nice size fish but luck was not on our side,
Wahib landed a nice fish estimated between 38kg to 40kg according to the chart, he had the fish in less then 5 minutes and everybody thought it was a shark until it start moving the boat,
That was the highlight of the trip and the biggest fish landed on the first day, that was his biggest GT ever and what made him happy is, he caught it on his new Smith Komodo Dragon rod.
Unfortunately the lion jaw *a particular spot in the area* did not produce the same quality like before but we still jigged a couple of fishes here and there,
Our second day was really slow with 5 hits with no hook up, I was using barbless hook for the entire trip while targeting GT and that made me think for a second to change to barbed hooks but I kept on pushing my luck and I end up paying the price!
On our 3rd and last day Nick was pushing as fast as he could to catch the right tide, made it to the fishing ground as early as possible and it took less then 10 minutes to see Wahib getting smoked,
He landed an estimated 25kg GT followed by myself with 3 hook ups and 0 landed, the first hit was a black GT that literally cleared half of his body out of the water but unfortunately turn unbutton and so did the 2nd and the 3rd hit, we saw colors on my last fish to come unbutton 10 feet away from the boat,
We moved to a different area and Nick point to us where to cast,
It took Wahib 1 cast on his Orion Crazy Dog to disappear between the rocks with a singing reel; the GT fought like a beast and reefed Wahib.
Out of no where the long fin tuna start busting and we decided to give it a try, I cast my Moutoukenmaru only to see it going airborne with a missile attached to it,
The kingfish manage to leave a nice mark on the lure after catching our eyes with its spectacular aerial display.
To summarize the trip we had a great time and as always the service and effort that the guys from Ocean Active provided us is second to none,
I would like to thank Nick and Captain Keagan for the hospitality that they showered on us,
We will be back!
Tackle used
Rod: Smith komodo dragon
Race Point
Carpenter WV & SP78H-SHP
Sevenseas Big Pop
MC-Works
Hots
Lures: Craft bait, Hammerhead, Moutoukenmaru, Orion
Line: Jerry Brown, Sunline, Varivas
Tight lines
Sami
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Some quality pics there Sami,
Looks like it was a great little trip. 8)
Pete
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Hi Sami,
Good to have some news and pictures from Musandam
'll be there in few weeks with Nick also . Happy to see that some GTs are still ready to be caught ; less of 5 minutes for a 38-40kg that very unusual for Musandam; GTs are incredibly strong there I suppose that David was very very disapointed to can't share the trip with you at last time
Bruno
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The more I see of that area the more I fall in love with it. There is some beautiful scenery are ound there. Great photos anf great fish guys. I'm jealous! :D
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some great scenery and wicked flat water, plus nice fish = awesome
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Looks like a great little trip - bit of sunshine too!
Was that Mr Foyle that was meant to make it out with you?
Snow has killed the airports here - even London has been shutdown :/
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Looks like a great little trip - bit of sunshine too!
Was that Mr Foyle that was meant to make it out with you?
Snow has killed the airports here - even London has been shutdown :/
Hi Alex,
David Canales from Spain was suppose to be on the trip, as for Mr Foyle i fished with him 2 years ago in Fiji, great guy :)
Tight lines
Sami
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Hey Sami,
Great report as always.
Take care man & hope to fish with you again soon.
Tight lines Dave
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looks like a beautiful location, good report guys!
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Hey Sami, great report.
That scenery is just "spooky!" It's like you are fishing on the moon.
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Very nice report and incredible area Sami. That's a great looking boat also, big and comfortable...
Cheers David
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Hi Sami,
Good to have some news and pictures from Musandam
'll be there in few weeks with Nick also . Happy to see that some GTs are still ready to be caught ; less of 5 minutes for a 38-40kg that very unusual for Musandam; GTs are incredibly strong there I suppose that David was very very disapointed to can't share the trip with you at last time
Bruno
Hi Bruno,
Nick from Ocean active told me that you are fishing Musandam again, i hope to hear a good report from your side ;)
unfortunately David couldn't make it but i am sure he will join me in the future,
that GT get hooked up in shallow water so he didn't have a chance to make it to the current and the deep water, lucky Wahib!
Tight lines
Sami
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Hey Guys,
thanks for all your kind words!
Musandam is a great place to visit and one of the most beautiful destination that i ever visited.
hope you guys will be able to fish Musandam in the future :)
Tight lines
Sami
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Nice one Sammy, love the pics.