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Amir Mufti (Amir)
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Post Number: 37
Registered: 7-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 4:12 am: | |
Hi Guys,
Have any one of you caught a decent size fish from Creek park.
I have been fishing at Alseef and do manage to get some thing, but have been to creek part a few times but only managed small fishes.
thnx |
shahzad (Shaz)
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Post Number: 15
Registered: 6-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 10:27 pm: | |
hi zahid,
good catch.keep sending your reports.if u'll try near mina new port area or near ras-al-akhdar so u have more chances to catch the bigger one.in this season couple of years back i have seen some big stuff on these spots.
take care..........shaz |
Syed Ijlal Hussain (Ijlal)
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Post Number: 148
Registered: 6-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 8:29 pm: | |
LOL 
Hello Zahed,
Congratulations on your first barracuda! Hope you catch many more.
Regards,
Ijlal |
M Zahed (Mazmazmaz)
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Post Number: 41
Registered: 6-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 8:58 am: | |
Haahahaha.
Eagle-eye Joerg. Being my first Barracuda, I wanted to give it a taste before I went home and fried it.
MAZ |
Joerg (Joerg)
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Post Number: 29
Registered: 8-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 8:01 am: | |
Do you where so hungry that you bite the fin?
By the way, I think Pranap is in vacation. |
M Zahed (Mazmazmaz)
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Post Number: 40
Registered: 6-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 6:33 am: | |
Hi all.
Ijlal: Nice catch. How have u been.
Pranab: Whats up. Why havent u been active like before.
Anyways Im back, missed fishing. Caught this during the weekend. Its not that special, but is my first Barracuda. A Pickhandle Barracuda.
Actually, I caught 2 and missed another 2. The one in the pic was caught with Sardine bait and my second with a Rapala.
http://img228.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo0188ld5.jpg
I also got a strong bite on another Sardine bait and lost the fish between the rocks, believe it was Grouper or Snapper.
See u soon. |
Syed Ijlal Hussain (Ijlal)
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Post Number: 147
Registered: 6-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 4:11 am: | |
Hey Shahzad,
Cool down yaar! I believe it is his first ever king, so let him be excited, and let him be the Scrooge himself. Who cares? Are we not catching good fish? I also believe he has never seen a 10 kg kingfish, but I can tell you from my experience, his fish is under 5kg. It is definitely smaller than the one you caught from Musaffah, and we did weigh that fish at 5kg.
I have been trying to be nice to him and did congratulate him on his recent catches but he never had the decency to say a single kind word when I posted mine. Why should you expect anything nice from a person who does not display any traits of being a gentleman, huh?
Cheer up pal, the weekend's coming up soon!
Ijlal |
shahzad (Shaz)
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Post Number: 14
Registered: 6-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 2:17 am: | |
hi udupa,
thanks for your INFORMATION.now i realized why u waited so long for this monster.
because the purpose of this forum is to share the information and help each other.and v r doing the same and also in the future.so its not mean that my or any other angler fishing is stopped due to without your information.
last weekend me, ijlal and another friend went to AL ARYAM and v caught lot of fishes queen, grunt, emperor, flat head and some other species.that spot is 75kms from Abu dhabi.but i m not scared to tell the spot.because i believe GOD IS GREAT IF YOU WORK HARD WITH HONESTY 'LL GIVE U FRUIT.
ok keep your spot secret v r not taking out all fishes from your spot.
send some more so called MONSTER reports from your secret spot.
take care...............
shaz |
dave Holley (Daveh)
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Post Number: 25
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 11:27 pm: | |
Hu Udupa, Did you mean 9 or 10LBS not KG's
As for the location of this catch. I am sure there are many more like that one and is'nt the purpose of forums like this to share knowledge and info.(even locations!!)
Anyway nice catch and I hope you catch more
Tight lines Dave |
udupa kanadiga (Udupa)
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Post Number: 34
Registered: 5-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 12:31 pm: | |
the shizle shazzle(shaz) is tht i did wait for this monster for loong time..OOOOOH u meant weight..round 9 or 10 kgs..n if u looked hard nuf u'd kno it wasn caught on lure...
n im not gonna tell u where it was caught....especially u ijii cuzz thats a seecccrreett
hahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahah
really nice barracudda joerg...n well taken picture too. congrats..
uduu |
Joerg (Joerg)
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Post Number: 28
Registered: 8-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 12:02 pm: | |
Ja, right it was a castmaster. There are good because you can cast far out. |
Syed Ijlal Hussain (Ijlal)
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Post Number: 146
Registered: 6-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 11:24 am: | |
Joerg,
Is that a Kastmaster you caught the 'cuda on?
Cheers,
Ijlal |
Joerg (Joerg)
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Post Number: 27
Registered: 8-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 11:15 am: | |
Every fish is nice, or?
My daily catch:
[URL=http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg0363lv8.jpg][IMG]http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/9075/cimg0363lv8.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] |
Syed Ijlal Hussain (Ijlal)
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Post Number: 145
Registered: 6-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 9:31 am: | |
Udupa,
Nice fish! Do you mind sharing some details with the rest of us?
Cheers,
Ijlal |
shahzad (Shaz)
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Post Number: 13
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 7:28 am: | |
hi udupa,
its a great catch.did u weight this monster?what was the plug u used.excellent catch.where u caught this? keep it up.
shaz |
udupa kanadiga (Udupa)
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Post Number: 33
Registered: 5-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 6:21 am: | |
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/5483/uduujh0.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
cool match today..we really opened up a can of whoop ass..
caught this guy today mornin..n didn hav to pay a penny..rite outta my backyard..keep it reall ha ha
uduuu |
dave Holley (Daveh)
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Post Number: 24
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 1:44 am: | |
Guys,
I am clearing out some of my old fishing gear, most of it is crap but there may be some things that may be of interest to you. If you would like to come and see the stuff then give me a call on 050 2156977. there are plenty of old reels, lures etc.
I live in Sharjah
tight lines Dave |
tim (Zappa1968)
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Post Number: 6
Registered: 10-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 12:04 am: | |
Hi all,
Had great days fishing at offshore sailing club breakwater. 3 great catfish, largest 14.5lbs all caught on ledgered squid at distance.
Anyone else catch on the weekend???
Cheers
tim |
Joerg (Joerg)
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Post Number: 26
Registered: 8-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 11:22 pm: | |
Found on Souk.com
http://www.souq.com/item.php?id=2445458&list=search&pos=0&search_keys= fishing+trip&page=1 |
Syed Ijlal Hussain (Ijlal)
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Post Number: 144
Registered: 6-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 10:31 pm: | |
Hey Guys,
Whatever happened to you all? No posts, no plans, no reports? C'mon guys wake up, weekend's here!
Tight lines...
Ijlal |
Mad Seadawg! (Ijlal)
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Post Number: 143
Registered: 6-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 9:01 pm: | |
Hello Dave H.
Thanks for the generous offer, we will certainly consider a trip as soon as YFT's arrive. Please do post pics of the sails and marlins.
Regards,
Ijlal |
dave Holley (Daveh)
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Post Number: 23
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 7:48 am: | |
Guys,
Apologies for the delay in posting as I have been a tad busy
It seems that you all have different views on my pricing. I simply do a few charters to keep the boat running and do not treat it as a business. There were a few questions about yellowfin tuna. Thay have not started running yet (fujairah) but last year we started catching them around end november. However there have been a lot of Dorado and a couple of Sailfish caught aswell a 2 Marlin.
Hopefully I will have the boat at Fujairah marine centre next week.
The fishing off this coast (Ajman, Dubai etc) is pretty poor although there are a few kingfish around.
If anyone fancies a trip out then I'll do a trip for 400 per person max 2 people. Don't expect to be going out on a Hatteras!!
tight lines
Dave |
Owais Ahmed (Owahm)
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Post Number: 18
Registered: 9-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 3:46 am: | |
Dear Ijlal
You r only being modest, this being a trait that Allah Loves. Bless u
Regds
Owais |
Mad Seadawg! (Ijlal)
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Post Number: 142
Registered: 6-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 10:30 pm: | |
Hello Amir,
No, I never went to the "khadda" (continental shelf) back in Karachi as it was beyond my resources at that time, so never had a go at the billfish or big tunas. The fish I did catch on 20 lb line was a cobia weighing 123 lb and I had posted a link to the photo on this forum a few months ago.
Thanks,
Ijlal |
Mad Seadawg! (Ijlal)
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Post Number: 141
Registered: 6-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 10:19 pm: | |
Dear Owais,
I do pull peoples' legs sometimes for the sake of adding spice to the forum and I do fight back when somebody tries to be over-smart, but in reality I am a very humble person.
I hereby declare publicly this fish and any other fish I have caught in my life have all been gifts from God, and no achievement of mine. Ask people who have fished with me...
I appreciate your post but the fact remains I am not anybody's guru so please do not embarass me by saying so. The fact is I continue to learn everyday and still feel I know very little. I may have had more experience and based on that I shall continue to help you or anybody else on anything I know about but will never accept that title as it makes me feel an imposter.
hope you and all others understand what I mean.
Best regards,
Ijlal |
Amir Mufti (Amir)
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Post Number: 36
Registered: 7-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 9:50 pm: | |
Hi Ijlal,
My cousin Ali was telling me that you were one of the few persons in Pakistan who had caught a big marlin or tuna with a very light tackle in think a 20 lb line or something like that.
Can you share this story in details with us.
Regards
Amir |
Owais Ahmed (Owahm)
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Post Number: 17
Registered: 9-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 9:01 pm: | |
Hi,
Ijlal Congrats, a lovely monster of a fish. you must have enjoyed yourself. I Declare You My Guru From Today.
Regds.
Owais |
Mad Seadawg! (Ijlal)
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Post Number: 140
Registered: 6-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 10:40 am: | |
Rami,
I am not sure if this one touched 40, more likely nearer to 32-34. Since we had a long way to travel back to Abu Dhabi, and one of our team members had to go to Sharjah, we took all the fish to Dibba fish market and got it cleaned and cut. We did try to get it weighed but their scale was good for 10 kg only. when we put the fish on it, the pointer moved to 9kg again after completing its first round. It was getting late, otherwise we would have cut it into smaller pieces and weighed the individual pieces.
As for the fight, you know these fish are not the strongest of fighters but the first runs are blistering fast. I think I had it by the side of the boat, ready for gaffing within 2-3 minutes. I was using 20 lb tackle, and a 5-6 lb of drag is good enough to break the back of these fish on the initial run.
If you think this was a tournament winner, you should have seen the kingfish lying at the Mina that morning - Probably brought in by some commercial fisherman, man it would have tipped the scales past 80!
Thanks,
Ijlal |
Mad Seadawg! (Ijlal)
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Post Number: 139
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 10:03 am: | |
Hello Casper, Dave, Rami,
Thank you for your compliments.
Actually I did post a report on Sunday regarding my Dibba trip; apparently, nobody noticed, probably linked it to previous (last year's) pictures that were posted in response to Udupa. Kindly scroll down the page to my post of November 4 and you will get all the details.
Best luck to you all on the coming weekend!
Regards,
Ijlal |
Casper (Casper)
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Post Number: 38
Registered: 10-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 9:29 am: | |
Hey Ijlal... Fantastic catch .. Well done mate !
Could you let us in on what technique you used and the type of lures etc ... what area were you'll in ?
Casper |
Rami Tamimi (Rtamimi)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 6:29 am: | |
Ijlal,
Very nice catch, that's a quality smoker king. How was his fight and how many times did he run?
by looking at the picture i can say it's in 40lb range if not evern more. this fish is a tournament winner for sure.
Nice catch |
Mad Seadawg! (Ijlal)
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Post Number: 138
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 2:17 am: | |
Dave,
It's the same fish I reported a couple of days ago. I only received the pictures today...
Tight lines...
Ijlal |
Dave Delbecq (Daved)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 1:20 am: | |
Ijlal - beautiful catch mate.
Where you trolling? |
Mad Seadawg! (Ijlal)
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Post Number: 137
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 1:08 am: | |
Guys,
Here's a picture as promised earlier. I will post more later...
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z156/Ijlal2/03112007204.jpg
Cheers,
Ijlal  |
Fishpals (Fishpals)
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Post Number: 38
Registered: 9-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 7:21 am: | |
Hi Pranab,
Trying to complete the spin jigging rod before my next fishing trip with the Daiwa Kix 4000. The lures are waiting...
fishpals |
Dave Delbecq (Daved)
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Post Number: 30
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 5:11 am: | |
Hi Bart, yes it looked very much like that one.
I must have caught the Daddy Mac of all Needlefish as my one was roughly 1m50cm in length. Caught on bright yellow rapala by the way. |
Bartosz S (Bart)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 2:17 am: | |
Dave,
Think you mite be reffering to one of the larger species of needle fish (or gar fish?!)found here... check the link if its the same one?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needlefish
ive seen them grow big to around 5 kg further offshore... theyre quiet aggressive and careful handling them coz they can swing round and give you a nasty bite!
haha looks like Rami has proved me wrong about the lure! do let me know if u get some good results with it please...
tim both the fish you caught are good fighters but as far as i know their not great eating fish... just my personal opinion though and im sure some of the guys mite disagree..? |
Dave Delbecq (Daved)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 2:04 am: | |
Lads years ago I caught a fish in Bahrain which, to this day, am not sure what it's called!
It was about 1.5m long and very much looked like a barracuda. The difference is that it had 'needle-like beak' and not the usual barracuda thick-set lower jaw. It was a heck of a fighter though, and jumped up several times. Probably the most beautiful fish I ever caught, and I almost felt guilty afterwards.
Any of you know what I'm talking about?
D. |
Mad Seadawg! (Ijlal)
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Post Number: 136
Registered: 6-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2007 - 11:37 pm: | |
Hello Tim,
The second picture is one of the sting/whip rays; however from the picture you have posted, it is difficult to identify the exact specie but be careful when handling these fish. The spike on the tail is poisonous; a sting is very painful at best and fatal at worst. Remember Steve Irwin "The Crocodile Hunter?"
The first fish as pointed out by Bart is the common sea cat we get over here though I am not sure about the exact name.
Just my two cents..
Ijlal |
tim (Zappa1968)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2007 - 10:25 pm: | |
Any takers on the fish identity parade???
Thanks Bart for your reply, most helpfull. Would really like some more info from some of the other members.
Thanks
Tim |
RONALD DSOUZA (Ronald)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2007 - 9:48 pm: | |
Hi Ijlal,
When I read your lines “ Just finished having a mixed plate of fried kingfish, grouper, grunt and goatfish, yummy!” my mouth started watering. Lucky you.
Good Luck.
Hi Tim, welcome aboard.
Regards,
Ronald. |
Dave Delbecq (Daved)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2007 - 9:42 pm: | |
Hi Rami,
Yes, that's exactly it (Williamson not Wilkinson). I really look forward to testing it now that you say it's effective for Kings. Any other tips related to that are, of course, welcome.
Cheers mate.
D. |
Ijlal (Ijlal)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2007 - 11:55 am: | |
Rami,
You are welcome pal. Do let me know in advance, though. You can PM me the details - My email is given in my profile.
Regards,
Ijlal |
Ijlal (Ijlal)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2007 - 11:51 am: | |
Dave,
Yep, all of the fish listed are top quality table fare. Just finished having a mixed plate of fried kingfish, grouper, grunt and goatfish, yummy!
Cheers,
Ijlal |
Ijlal (Ijlal)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2007 - 9:35 am: | |
Udupa,
Are you in AUH? Your corniche pic seems to suggest so. When r u going to Corniche?
AND WHO YA CALLIN DOGG! YA KNOW I CAN BITE NASTY, AND YA KNOW I AVE MAJOR ISUUES! BE CAREFUL MAN! |
udupa kanadiga (Udupa)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2007 - 7:54 am: | |
iji nice fish dogg,but iz u kinda off r sumthin..i go fishin alone n use the cam on my phone.so how the hell am i supposed to picture me in the pic??if you dont mind tagging along n documenting my fishing ur more than welcome...
nice trevally btw...but i still think u hav major major issues
cheerio
uuddduu |
Rami Tamimi (Rtamimi)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2007 - 7:40 am: | |
Dave,
That lure is a trolling ribbon fish made by williamson. it's very effective for kings.
While fishing for smoker kings, it's alway better to use live bait. and the best is a live ribbon fish using wire and tribble hooks. If ribbon are not available, Then I'll try the lure. But the action on the live one is much much better. During tournament season, the price of live ribbbon fish sky rockects by live fish dealer selling to tournament anglers.
Good Luck
Ijlal,
I might be visiting Abu Dhabi in 3 weeks or so. I'd like to go fishing with you. |
Bartosz S (Bart)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2007 - 7:22 am: | |
Tim ,
The silver fish was a catfish! duno the exact species name but i bet sum1 will let you know. In my opinion one of the hardest fighters in the sea! Ive seen them get well over the 5kg mark and im pretty sure they get bigger. Abundant in the local waters ... careful for their spikes though. One on either side and one on top ... they can be nasty! |
Bartosz S (Bart)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2007 - 7:19 am: | |
Ijal,
Nice catch man... specially liked the travelly. good job |
tim (Zappa1968)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2007 - 6:25 am: | |
Hi all, hope u all had good weekend.
Question, please can someone identify these fish for me?
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff175/zappa1968/DSCF0928.jpg[/IMG]
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff175/zappa1968/DSCF0925.jpg[/IMG]
The silver fish was a real hard fighter!!! great fun. Are they common to Dubai?? and what sizes can they go to??
Cheers |
RONALD DSOUZA (Ronald)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2007 - 4:06 am: | |
Hi Ijlal,
Congrats !. Good pictures, good catch. Keep coming.
Thanks for the information’s too.
Best of Luck.
Ronald |
Dave Delbecq (Daved)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2007 - 3:44 am: | |
Ijlal,
Sounds like you had a blast! Are all those fish edible (I know kingfish is)? |
Ijlal (Ijlal)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2007 - 1:24 am: | |
Dave,
The golden trevally was caught on squid. All the 'cudas on X-Raps.
Cheers. |
Ijlal (Ijlal)
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Shahzad and I went out of Dibba alongwith a couple of friends yesterday. The sea was choppy with intermittent light rain and there was little surface action in the morning apart from a sporadic burst of small tuna breaking the surface. We, therefore, resorted to drift fishing and caught four Groupers (Hamour) two weighing 2 kg plus each and two about 1 kg each, one Silver Grunt (Naqroor/Nagroor) of 3 kg, one flounder and many goatfish (Sultan Ibrahim.) Later in the afternoon, aound 3:45 – 4:00 PM greater bait activity was observed and a kingfish weighing around 13 - 15 kg struck my Rapala CD-14 (RH), which was brought to gaff within 2-3 minutes. All in all it was a good days fishing considering the conditions were far from ideal with the prevailing low pressure and all.
Will post pictures soon.
Thanks,
Ijlal |
Dave Delbecq (Daved)
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Ijlal,
Some great catches you're showing off there!
What bait did you use? |
Ijlal (Ijlal)
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Udupa,
Everybody has seen a barracuda or a grouper; what makes it interesting is the angler holding it, which also provides some perspective to estimate the size of the fish. Now I don't know why people shy away of showing themselves to other members on this forum. I am member of many forums and everywhere people are proud of showing themselves off along with their catch.
Here's what I mean:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z156/Ijlal2/6122301-PB.jpg
or this one,
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z156/Ijlal2/Image052.jpg
and this too...
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z156/Ijlal2/Image035.jpg
Hope you understand what I mean...
Cheers,
Ijlal |
Dave Delbecq (Daved)
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Hi Ijlal,
No it's a 'ribbon fish' and I think it's made by 'Wilkinson' or some such name. I haven't got it with me but I'll double check tonight. Either way it looks pretty convincing! We'll have to see though. |
Dave Delbecq (Daved)
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Hey Bart,
Yes I know what you mean about it being 'soft rubber' but it looks pretty darn solid - as you say, we'll have to see what happens.
Barracuda was about 5lbs so no monster I'm afraid. |
Ijlal (Ijlal)
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Are you referring to the Mann's Stretch 30+ Sea Snake?
Haven't used it but should be able to induce a strike - Just as any other properly made lure would. |
Bartosz S (Bart)
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BTW how big was the barracuda? |
Bartosz S (Bart)
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Hey Dave,
Yeh I know the lures you mean. Havent tried them myself as they seemed rather big and sumhow just didnt seem like they would work to well... but I may be wrong so let us know how it goes! Another thing that comes to mind is that thier soft (rubber?) right? A king or cuda will destroy them after one strike and if i remember they werent cheap... however mite be wrong again haha so try them out and let us know how it goes....
Cheers, Bart |
Dave Delbecq (Daved)
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Hi All- Question!
I bought 2 rather special looking lures yesterday. Basically they are long, plastic-made 'ribbon fish' with obviously a number of hooks attached along the body. They look a bit like long eels, but these are made of soft plastic and blue and white, about 45cm in length. The idea is to troll them at medium speed (say 4knots) and they are supposed to dive deep and swim in a snake-like fashion.
The manufacturer really recommends them for barracuda, YFT and others. It's made in the USA.
Has any of you used this sort of lure in the past and is it any good? Personally I can't wait to try it!
D. |
Dave Delbecq (Daved)
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Hey All,
Went out with the boat on Friday afternoon for a spot of trolling. Grey skies and fairly choppy seas meant we were in for a bit of hard work. Managed to bag a barracuda which I guess wasn't bad considering the conditions. Caught on Rapala Magnum (blue & silver) 2 miles out of Mina Zayed.
I have to say I didn't take a camera with me, but I'm sure you'll take my word for it.
D. |
RONALD DSOUZA (Ronald)
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Hi Pranab,
I hope you're having a good time. Did you go for fishing in Goa. Hows your family.
Good Luck, enjoy yourself. See you soon.
Regards,
Ronald. |
PRANAB (Seaexplorer)
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hi guys ,
Seems there are a lot of fish around in dubai waters . chua , kit , keyur i did not see any posts from you guys . Where are you all too busy fishing . I am still away in goa would return around middle of this month and hope to catch you all .
regards |
Desmond Lobo (Teritex15)
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Sorry guys busy with da airshow 2007 business till the 16th nov. no fishing till then. Catch you sometime later
Adios |
Atef Oowais Ali (Atefoowais)
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hey guys. i went to kalba today morning at about 3am and fished at the mangroves over there. its really a very beautiful place to camp. on one side yo8 have the beach which is very neat and clean and looks almost untouched by man. the sea is very clam mostly but i still dont recommend to swim there. how ever its an excellent place to fish. on the other side there is a river that runs from the sea into the lagoon. its truely a spectacular place to be. if you are interested in visiting that place do call me for directions. 050-5397283. oh by the way the distance between the river(mangroves) and the sea is roughly 200m how ever due to sandy terrain the walk is a bit tedious. you have proper roads in between the sea and the lagoon to travel as its a 2way lane.trust me its a really cool spot. and oh yes about the fish i didnt catch much my self but there were others there catching baracudda and good size sherris... |
udupa kanadiga (Udupa)
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heyy chris
caught at the corniche on a rapala floater..reel is an abu cardinal n rod is a shimano exage..the fish actually followed right up to the shore...saw him take...had to muscle him so he wudn get into the rocks..dont really kno why he ballooned..guess its a side effect of being dead.
iji thanks 4 the lesson sir..next time i promise i'll pay more attention to myself than my fishing like u always seem to do..do u hav issues r what. |
Ijlal (Ijlal)
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Hey Udup,
Nice fish there, but why don't ya show your ugly mug? Nice fishin' pictures should have the angler hold his his/her catch proudly.
Cheers! |
chris e (Abucatcher)
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nice fish, but i have a few questions...
where did you catch it?
when did you catch it?
how did you catch it?
what rod is it?
what reel is it?
nice catch bro. i would say it was caught in deeper water, because the swim bladder expanded, but judging by the pic it was from land somewhere...
was it caught on bait or lure?
i recently caught three in abu dhabi with a rapala taildancer HT color from the corniche, but they were only baby hamour.
tight lines
chris |
udupa kanadiga (Udupa)
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whaddduuuuppp
nother nice fish..this guy turned into lunch however...
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/478/friday2109fd3.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
n come onn iji...chickennnnn |
Casper (Casper)
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Arguing ??? didn't see that one comin .. Hey there owais .. if you're referring to the fishing boat price , that wasn't an argument at all. I was referring to the ajman price and ijlal was referring to the fujairah price .. thats all :-) No arguments ... We're all friends here, aren't we ? Enjoy your weekend guys . |
Owais Ahmed (Owahm)
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hi guys
i have been viewing the forum for a few months now, and it seems to me that most of the time we are arguing about trivial things and tring to put the other down. For godsake guys start acting like men. These Trivial Argument are nolonger entertaining either. |
Casper (Casper)
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Hi Ijlal. Thanks for the note, but i was referring to dave's email that refers to Ajman and Ajman is AED1000 on the website.
Casper |
Dave Delbecq (Daved)
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Hi All,
Well the weekend's coming up and I'm heading out to Abu Dhabi again tomorrow for an afternoon of trolling.
Wishing you all a very successful fishing weekend!
Cheers
Dave D. |
