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Username: Keyur
Post Number: 34
Registered: 4-2007
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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Tuesday, May 01, 2007 - 9:42 pm: | |
Hi Jamie,
It's good to know that someone willbe coming here to dubai & actually prepares himself before he gets here. I made a mistake of coming here & then getting my tackle together.
Anyway, The rod that you have is good enough to fish here. However, that too depends on what kind of fish you are looking to catch.
Most of us here in this forum catch fish to eat. Not sure of the others, but I usually catch just sufficient for myself & release the rest. The juvenile fish & the large fish are released back into the water.
Some of the species available here in Dubai from the 'COAST line' are Barracuda, Spangled emperor, khofer, silver grunts, queen fish, king fish, rays/kite fish, snappers, breams, grouper etc. There are different locations for differnt fish here. I have personally seen GT's, but have not been able to catch them.
I'm sure you are aware that there are different lures for different fish & sometimes we use live bait too. Any type of lure is available here. However, I have been unable to find poppers here, but have learned from another site on how to use regular lures as poppers, which I still have to try out.
I would advise you to use atleast a 30lb mono line as it is quite easy to lose your line if it is anything less than that, once the fish dive down it would shear against the rocks. The size of the fish we catch here varies from 100gms to 10+kg. So, one cant really predict what one might catch.
If you intend on going out by boat (which is quite expensive) then its a whole new scene.
Regarding the license, one will have to come here first, get your residence visa stamped in your passport, get your employment/labour card, get a place of your own (house) as you will require your house agreement copy along with the local water & electricity bill.
The minimum docs required for a fishing lisence are: (all scanned documents)
1) Photograph
2) Passport copy with visa page
3) labour card/employment card
4) Housing agreement
5) DEWA (water/electricity) bill
6) Driving lisence (not compulsory)
7) Car registration (not compulsory)
This lisence will be valid only in Dubai & not in the other emirates. People do fish without a lisence sometimes & get away with it. But if they are caught, they are fined, fishing gear confiscated & they could be arrested too. There are loads of rules / laws in the UAE & it is always a safer bet to know the rules or be with someone who is aware of the rules/laws of the land.
A very good & informative site is <www.indianangler.com> There are people from around the world (mainly india)with Decades of fishing experience & could advise you on catching various species of fish in various locations around the world.
In case you need any more assistance you could contact me when you get here.
TC & all the best for your trip here. Here's wishing you tight lines & screaming reels.
Warm regards,
Keyur |
