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Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) => Reports & Expeditions => Topic started by: Nick Bowles on June 05, 2013, 03:12:28 AM
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It has been a long season with a lot of fishing and a lot of fish caught a lot of fish lost! We have had some amazing experiences and met some amazing people. We have had highs and have had lows but with anything in life we have carried on enjoying ourselves to the max and this has paid off on many fronts.
Musandam has been producing some amazing fishing and the season has run longer than normal and will still run for another 3-4 weeks, but we hatched the idea to go back to how we originally ran our early GT trips in Oman and that was running a live aboard up in the Musandam. This was how we originally did our longer trip in Oman many years ago and still one of the most enjoyable trips you can ever hope to do. A traditional luxury dhow many miles from civilization with no mobile or internet, pure bliss! Then add a good dose of fishing and some great company and food I don;t think you could wish for anything else.
We wanted to end off the season on a high especially with Southern Oman ending prematurely and our fishing cut short with weather. So the idea was hatched to do a live aboard with 2 of our center consoles. We put the word out and the trip was booked and confirmed! A bit of planning and finally the day arrived we all met at the Fishing Port in Dibba to board the live aboard and head up into the Musandam.
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The dhows moored up in the Dibba Fishing Port
The team consisted of Trevor, Gary, William, Alex and Mark. From the Ocean Active side it was myself, Jon, Damon, Anura, Cam, Khalil and Mohammed, so a proper diverse group! After a few intros everything was set and we headed up into the sunset sitting on the upper deck enjoying the evening breeze with a few splashes of happiness! The banter carried on late into the night with dinner and then a few good stories. Finally with a pending day of hectic fishing everyone started fading to get some rest but a few straggles kept the midnight fires buying!
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Trev and Jon inspecting the rod!
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Al Sayyad 2 being tied up behind the dhow for the journey
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Al Sayyad 1 following the dhow!
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Sundowners on the upper deck
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Awesome dinner underway.
Next morning early the game was on and after a quick breakfast everyone was on the boats and heading out into the Musandam. Jon, Alex and Mark on Al Sayyad 2 and Trev, William, Gary and myself on Al Sayyad 1. As always a bit of friendly competition and banter! We were going to fish lower down the Musandam with the other boat fishing the top and around the far side. We started off in a couple of places with not to much luck. We came to one of the points and there was a good current and on the first drift I was winding in my Gamma 200 the last few yards to the boat and the water exploded under the lure and fish on!! William followed quickly behind with another hit and unfortunately the line parted. I was using the Carpenter Prototype and with a lot of power under the hood the fish came to the boat quickly! Good to be on the board and after a few pictures the fish was released.
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Jon, Alex and Mark with Flaming Damon trying to get into the action in the background!
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Red Reaper in action
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A nice feisty Musandam GT on a Gamma 200 Flyfish
We did a few more drifts and finally headed out to some of the islands and again not to much except a few barracuda aka smelly bobcats! With the sun high up we headed back for a few of our favorite haunts! With a strong pulling tide William put in a cast with his light set up and had a shoal of fish chasing the lure and hooked up! After a great fight on the lighter tackle William landed a good fish. Next Gary was up and this as his first GT trip and he was learning the ropes! Gary hooked a fish in the middle of the current and it gave him an excellent introduction to GT fishing, it bashed him into the gunnel then the current banged him into the gunnel then again the fish! Was like a heavy weight fight, the punches kept on flowing, but Gary never gave up and finally got a badly hooked fish to the boat for his first GT! A great achievement in tough conditions! A few pictures and the fish was released.
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Taxed by a barracuda on light gear!
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William hooked up on the Terez
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Great fish on the lighter gear in strong current
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Gary putting up the fight of his life!
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Not the biggest but well earned!
After a few more drifts the current started to die so we decided to head for some light tackle fishing and headed back towards the dhow! We came to one of the small islands and started throwing a few small sticks and swim baits and the fishing went wild! The boyz were into fish every drift with hits and hook ups followed by screams of joy and disappointment! A great way to end the morning session! After our fill of fish and with the heat starting to head up over 40 degreesC we decided to head back to the dhow for a swim and lunch.
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Hooked up on the Aerocast
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Small feet coming to the boat
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Trev and Gary with a double up on 30lbs gear
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Gary and William on a double up on queens
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William with a nice queen on light tackle
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Gary with a queen
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Trev in on the Aerocast
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Trev happy with his queen!
We got back to the dhow for lunch and Jon and the boyz arrived back and had an equally great morning session with a few more bigger GTs and also a heap of fish on lighter tackle!
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Mark in action trying to fight a GT, I think the fish must have just come off or hit the lure, love the facial expressions!
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Mark getting the hang of things!!
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Mark one tired dude after an epic fight! Nice to catch a fish on the new OA sticks from Heru, black was the business!
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Alex in the mix with Mark repaying the helping hand!
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A nice Oman GT
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Light tackle action!
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Queen
After a swim, good lunch and a quick sleep everyone had rested the already weary muscles and were ready for the afternoon session. With summer coming the days are nice and long so the plan was to fish until late around 19.30pm. With everyone loaded on the boats we headed out to our chosen fishing spots. We headed a bit further afield to try a few areas we thought might hold some bigger fish. We came to one of the points and set up our drift. I was casting off the stern of the boat and the other guys were upfront, we had seen a big shoal of fusiliers (GT Candy!!) but they started getting nervous and as luck would have it they were off the stern, I put in a good cast with a Gamma160H (favorite lure!) and worked the lure back into deeper water, the glass water shattered and a big fish hit the lure. I set the hook several times and the fight was on! The fish peeled off a good amount of line and it was a good up and down battle, I moved around to the bow and worked the fish up to the surface, a big number plate showed out of the gloom and a big Musandam GT came to the surface. We landed the fish took a few pictures and released her to fight anther day! Great to get a good fish on the board.
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Al Sayyad 2 heading out after lunch!
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Happy with a solid Musandam GT
We did a few more drifts and the fishing went a bit quite, we fished around a few more points then headed to one of the shallow reefs with a pushing current ripping over the shallow reef! Perfect water! I was on the stern again and had a good few hits and the hooks did not stick. I finally put a cast out along the shallow reef and was working the 160 back to the boat when the water opened like the parting of the seas and a monster climbed all over the lure!! I set the hook and the fish headed straight for the boat, I was using a prototype reel that I've been testing and the retrieve is fairly slow and I was trying to wind the line and get tension on the fish, finally as I got tension on the fish next to the boat, the fish turned straight under the boat around midships and flew up current! I was bent over the gunnel trying to clear the line from the bottom of the hull not to cut off the fish, but the fish was peeling line at an alarming rate. I was not able to palm the reel as I was half over the side and then the line went slack!! The fish had reefed me! Then the laughing started! It was quite a comical moment and goes to show no matter how long or often you fish for GTs you are always going to be taught a lesson somewhere along the line!! One of the reasons we love it so much!!
After the initial comments and laughter died down we got back to fishing. Trev was starting to get a bit vocal that he thought we had put something on his lure as he was not getting any follows when on both sides we were getting follows! But true to form, Trev being the ever patient and persistent angler put in a point perfect cast into a small cove and as the Gamma 120 came out in to the open water and current a fish hit the lure!! Trev set the hook and the fish obviously had no respect for its elders as the fish took off like a scolded cat! We had seen it was a GT but with the amount of line and speed the fish was taking we thought it had morphed into an angry GT. Trev was putting the Endless Passion 85/36 to the full test! Finally Trev got the fish under control and worked the fish back towards the boat! A really great fight on the EP and in strong current. Trev carried on pouring the pressure and finally a nice GT came up next to the boat to be landed! A good few high 5s and a few pictures and the fish was released.
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Trev putting the heat on the EP85/36
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I think the fish might have been putting the heat of Trev here!! EP85/36 still one of the most amazing rods!
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Big Musandam GT, well deserved!
After a bit of a rest and lot of banter we headed back into position and on the next drift William hooked into a fish! Again the fish peeled a good amount of line and William put the Race Point 200 through its paces and a smallish badly hooked GT came up to the surface! A good fish but this one fought way above its weight class!
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William bending on the RP200
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Not the big one we were looking for but a GT is a GT!
Finally as the sun started to head towards the horizon we headed back to the dhow enjoying the cliffs and harsh scenery of the Musandam, this place is one of the starkest but most beautiful places in the world, hardly touched by civilization due to no roads, mobile signal and development. We arrived back to be greeted by our live aboard waiting with cold refreshments and food to charge the batteries.
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Heading back to the dhow
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Sunset in the Musandam
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Our floating home in a quite secluded bay!
Jon and the guys arrived back on Al Sayyad 2 with laughs and stories of fish. They had another good session. The best of the fish Mark caught and he was truly introduced to GT fishing. Mark and Alex are jockeys in Dubai and are very fit well built guys. But I learnt a long time ago that strength and fitness levels don;t count to much in GT fishing! Maybe slightly but not like most other sports! Mark hooked into a good fish but this fish was a demon fish and worked Mark to the last gram of his being!! At stages Alex was telling me it looked like Mark was riding a horse as he was bent over and had his legs bent and his arms out front of him trying to hold onto the fish, then he was on the ground and then Damon had him by the shoulders with his knee in his back trying to straighten him up, then finally when he had no more gas in the tank and wanting to hand over the rod Alex told him he could see the fish and only a few more pumps!! Obviously a small white lie!! But Mark powered through and finally landed a great fish which is his biggest to date!! The awesome part was how happy Mark was and the pure adrenaline lasted for many hours!! Absolute joy!! The best comment was that he said that theGT was a harder fight than riding a 500kg horse!!
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Mark bracing himself!
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A very hard earned GT!!
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Alex was also in the action!
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A good way to end the day!
The start to the trip had been fantastic and some good fishing. The second day to follow with a true monster on a small stick!
Cheers,
Nick
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Nick,
It was a great weekend. Great company, great location and great fishing.
Looking forward to Part II (and I was there!)
Trev
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Howzit Trev, Really enjoyed the trip with you and the guys, was loads of fun and a few fish as a bonus! Great way to finish off the season! Round 2 is on the way!
PS the hat still looks great........
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Are you on the payroll yet Trev?
Cool trip report guys, can't wait the other instalments!
Nick,
It was a great weekend. Great company, great location and great fishing.
Looking forward to Part II (and I was there!)
Trev
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Sam,
I am the payroll!
Trev
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I think Trev owns at least one of the boats by now!! We just bring him along for his hat!
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Big guy,
Jealousy is a curse.
Trev
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Awesome trip and glad the weather is still cool.Letting us all fish well into June.
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The Musandam has been great the last few weeks and we hit a sweet spot with the dow trip. May pace myself more on certain aspects next time though.
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Trev, I just can't help myself!!
Jon and Cam, shot guys for all the hard work to get the trip up and running! Cam next time curfew midnight!!
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Nick,
Memo to self...................
Trev
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Buy new hat.........
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Sorted but you'll have to put up with Indiana Jones
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LOL! As long as you don't bring a 30inch knife onto the boat!!
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It's the bull whip you have to worry about
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Now you just talking dirty!
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Day 2
Day 2 we woke up feeling a lot more rested with a good early nights sleep! Although there were a few sore muscles and a few GT Viagra (Voltaren) handed out! A good breakfast on the upper deck as it was getting light follwed by a mad rush to get on the boats and head out. Great thing with the live aboard we can get onto location before the sun up! We stayed on the same boards as yesterday with a bit of competition building for the trip!!
We had decided to head around the top to were we had see the big fish the day before! On the first drift I had a good fish hit the Gamma 200 but the fish didn't stick, I recon fishing is a big case of the Law of Averages and I had a good run on the last few trips so I was lined up to drop a few, but still frustrating! A couple more drifts and we started to fish the shallow reefs and I had a smallish fish come up and hook up, after a short fight I had the fish to the boat and very happy to land a fish. I then landed a nice queen and the fishing was really starting to heat up!
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Getting ready to go on Al Sayyad 1
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First fish on the day to get us on the board.
Then William casting off the bow had a big fish come up right next to the boat and smoked his fusilier lure which would turn out to be the lure of the day! He hit the fish a couple of times and the Race Point 250 bent double and the fish took off for the shallow reef. William put on the pressure and a strenuous fight followed! William worked the fish back towards the boat but the fish was not going to give up to easily and fought right to the end, but finally William got the fish to the boat and Cameron leadered and landed a very nice GT. This was Williams biggest GT and after a good few pictures the fish was released.
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William bending
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Epic battle
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Love this picture, everyone crowding to see the fish, the boat almost pulling off an eskimo roll!
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Awesome Oman GT in big current, not easy!!
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Friendly shower and cool down!!
After some high fives and excited chat about the fish and the fight we were back in position and did another drift. At the back end of the drift in about 50m of water a big kingfish came flying out the water again in Williams lure, luckily the lure hooked the fish on the side of the mouth and took off again down the current. William got the fish under control and he fought the king to the boat with a lot of excited banter about dinner! Cameron landed a very nice king and was another PB for William! He was on fire!
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Bending on a king.
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Great fish on stick bait and mono leader!
After a few more drifts the current started to slow down and we headed out for a bit of jigging to wait for the current to turn but the smelly bobcats came onto the scene and after loosing a couple of lures we decided to start heading back towards the dhow and fish some closer spots. We arrived to do the first drift and the current was pulling nicely. On the first drift we did have any action till William again had a take close to the boat and the fight was on. I saw the fish and it had a huge tail and looked like a queen but just much bigger! Even on the GT gear in the current the fish gave a great fight and a monster queen came to the bought! One of the biggest queens I have seen. It must have been 15kg+ and had a head the size of a big GT! A few pictures and the fish was released! Another PB for William!
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William bringing the monster queen to the boat
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Fantastic fish!
We set up another drift and Trev called that as we were at Popper Rock he was going to put on a popper and was going to catch a big fish! As always a lot of ribbing came along with the decision but true to form Trev put on the Hammer Head Popper and let rip. A couple of pops and the sea opened up with a couple of angry GTs hunting down the popper and hitting it several times! Trev got the hit and set the hook on his trusty Monster Hunter 80H! The boat was drifting towards a 3m reef and the fish was tearing off line, some nifty boat work by Cameron got the boat turned aroun in a 6knot current and we managed to get the fish out into deeper water, but the fish had not stopped peeling line and even in 60ms of water it was still heading for the bottom. The strong current making it very difficult for Trev but he stuck to his guns and carried on putting the pressure with a few encouraging worlds from the team. Finally after a long tough fight Trev brought a great fish to the boat and Cameron landed the fish! Awesome fish and fight. A few pictures and she was released to swim another day!!
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Trev letting fly!
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Deep burn!
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Happy not to be getting a dose of the deep burn!
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Big Black Musandam GT! Awesome fight and fish!
Things were starting to get a bit hot so we headed back to the Dhow for a swim and lunch. A really great morning. We got back to the boat and Jon and the guys followed us in with a lot of shouting and whooping. When the boat came into range of the dhow we could see Alex holding up a monster kingfish!! Absolute beast!! The guys came up alongside and we could see the size of the king! Alex had been fishing up against the cliffs with an Ocean Active 80gr stick bait and the king had hit the lure in about 2ms of water and Alex thought he was into the biggest GT ever after seeing the shine, but as it got close to the boat Damon saw it was a king and landed the fish very swiftly!! Great fish and amazing to catch it on a 80gr stick and mono leader! Really great day for kings! The guys had caught a couple of kings and some GTs with Mark and Alex loosing a couple of very big GTs!
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Alex lying with his king!
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Alex and Damon
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Big fish!
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80gr working for Alex again!
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Damon, Jon and the guys arriving back at the dhow.
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Lunch and a bit of a prize giving. Trev winning biggest GT and a Hammer Head I-Cup! Look forward to seeing Trev throwing it!!
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Team picture!
After a good lunch and a few fishing stories told around the table we packed up and started fishing and heading back towards Dibba. We caught a few more queens on light tackle but no more GTs. Then on the way back t the marina I looked over at the other boat and there Alex and MArk were sitting on the gunnel of the boat riding the boat like it was a horse. Both the guys are jockeys and this is definitely one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time and lucky I was skippering a boat if it was a car I think I would have hit the barrier!! Finally we got back into the marina and our trip had come to an end! Many thanks to all the guys on the trip for making it a great trip! It was an awesome way to finish off our season, although we are still fishing another few weeks this was our last official trip and now it is all starting to plan for next season with a lot of new things happening and we look forward to making a few more memories!
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Alex and Martk riding the boat home!! I think Alex won by a length!!
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Enough rods to fish for a year!!
Next season we are going to be running live aboard trips every month starting in Sept and ending in May. These trips are how we first started the longer trips in Oman and it was great to do one again and we look forward to the next trip in Sept which is already almost fully booked. If anyone is interested in one of the live aboards give us a shout or check out our FB www.facebook.com/oceanactive
Cheers,
Nick
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Big guy,
What a great couple of days and the liveaboard bought a whole new dimension to an area I thought I knew relatively well. Fishing familiar places at unfamiliar times of the day brings a whole new dimension with it. That kingfish (spanish mackerel) Alex caught I christened the 'coutasaurus', and it just goes to show that when the Musandam turns it on it's not a one trick pony and can show a clean pair of heels to most fisheries in the world.
William (H4L Lures) illustrated this to great effect and showed us all great fishing skills in posting his PB GT, Spaniyard and Queenie all in a morning and here's a guy who has fished extensively in other 'renowned' fisheries.
Many thanks to you and Jon, Cam and Flamin' for putting it all together, ably supported by Khalil and Mohammed.
Trev
PS Hate to tell you this but about 2/3 of those rods and reels are yours
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Hi Trev, Musandam is a very special place and is where it all started for us and finding GTs in Oman. It is always like coming home when I fish the place and it is only 1.5 hours from Dubai and in our backyard. The place is always unpredictable and you never now whats going to happen, but it has a bit of everything from light tackle to big GTs to sailies to kings. The live aboards is something we going to get back up and running and will do at least one a month, so should be a good few more trips! Great way to fish and adds a whole different experience. Very relaxing and get to fish early and late while still have a good lunch and arvie sleep!
I think a good portion of the rods were yours..........Going to be a problem to fish together if we bring all the toyz in the future!
Cheers,
Nick