Oman light tackle

[Robert Tapert]

HI

I am going with a group to Oman at the end of Nov. I want to pack some light tackle gear. Any recommendations on lure selection to go with 20 to 30 pound braid?

thanks

rob

[Peter Olesen]

Hi Robert

The Shimano Waxwing 88 mm worked very well there in april. As did the Strike Pro Baby Buster - it bloody caught everything including smaller GT's and bonitos! Unfortunately I didn't bring any of them. I just stood there watching my buddies catching on them! For brim the smaller poppers worked well and the queenies did seem hungry for whatever was presented - I got a really nice one on an Orion Bigfoot 25.

When are you going?

[Mark Harris]

Hi Robert

A star of both trips I have made was Orion Mister Joe 35 grams. Ed Nicholas also loves this lure and made me leave the one I had left with him   as his own stocks were all gone. 

Also Shimano Ocea Pencil in the 150 mm size. That probably means that similar lures like Smith Baby Runboh and the small Tailwalk Gunz would go well.

[Brandon Khoo]

There is a big difference in size between a Mister Joe and a Baby Runboh. The bream there will take a Baby Runboh!?

[Scott Maybury]

There is a big difference in size between a Mister Joe and a Baby Runboh. The bream there will take a Baby Runboh!?

The bream there grow to 8 or 9kg don't they??

[Mark Harris]

I was not referring to bream in isolation Brandon  .

That being said I caught a bream on a 150 mm Ocean Pencil..... that's a touch bigger than a Baby Runboh! The bream are very large.

Relative lengths:

Baby Runboh - 145 mm
Ocea Pencil - 150 mm
Mr Joe 35 - 130 mm

I am sure smaller lures like Peter mentions also do well. Casting might be an issue though if you are fishing PE3.

[Rob Langridge]

G'Day Robert

I would recommend you get yourself some of the Maria Duplex in the squid colour IKG. These heavy weighted minnows are 31g & 18g & are 80mm long and they make for a super long cast and have an excellent wobble & roll action.

Cheers Rob

[Chris Tan]

These are the lures I would bring next year:

Bigfoot, sride, pintails, roosta, some light jigs and spoons, plenty of soft plastics and definitely the Mr Joe

And a few squid jigs!

[Brandon Khoo]

I'm going to catch one of these bream, stick a tiny vibe into its mouth and take a photo against a really plain unidentifiable background and then post it on a bream forum claiming I caught it near Tom Ugly's Bridge! The next weekend, there are going to be a hundred anglers there

Chris, do you think they will take a big crankbait?

[Mark Harris]

You are evil Brandon  .

For what is worth Brandon, I fished twice in Oman  for while with a fairly large Eco-Gear crankbait ((once for big Bluefish and once for targeting Bream), caught nothing and went back to stickbaits.  Some of that might have been my own general lack of familiarity with using crankbaits.

[Chris Tan]

If those monster bream are in a feeding frenzy, I think they might. But I'd rather use the smaller stuff. It's really exciting seeing them come up from a reef and pack attack a little roosta!

[Brandon Khoo]

Damn, I wanted to fish for them with snakehead gear!

[David Noble]

Bunch of soft plastics. Maria Duplex, small Tailwalk gunz, oversize vibes / blades that can work the water column.
Don't really get the bream scene here, but those big fella's look very cool. Agree with Brandon, extra points scored for tormenting our domestic bream fisho's.

[Brandon Khoo]

I reckon we would have a hundred anglers down around Tom Ugly's the following week!

[Chris Tan]

Not sure if you want to try your toman gear...one of these fellas might bust you off. This one took a liking to my 190g bigfoot

Damn, I wanted to fish for them with snakehead gear!