I recently spent a weekend fishing offshore the east coast of Oman in the Indian Ocean. We flew into an airport in Salalah, Oman and then drove about 4 hours north to a place called Ash Shuwaymiyyah. There are some islands about 25 miles offshore which are considered the best place in the world for really big GT's (giant travelly) up to around 130 pounds. A British guy who grew up in Dubai fishing the area set up a camp there called No Boundaries and the hard core GT fishermen keep him pretty busy throughout the season. This was my first time to fish for them and unfortunately, we never saw a GT but caught many fish that were all new to this Gulf of Mexico hand. I think we ended up with over 25 different species of fish. Here are a few.
Queenfish
Yellow Spot Trevally
Spangled Emporer
The only GT we saw during the trip .
A few of the wadis along the coast.
Really cool wadi with an oasis. The guide said they sometimes sit down there in the evenings and watch the game coming down out of the mountains into the oasis.
Queenfish
Yellow Spot Trevally
Spangled Emporer
The only GT we saw during the trip .
A few of the wadis along the coast.
Really cool wadi with an oasis. The guide said they sometimes sit down there in the evenings and watch the game coming down out of the mountains into the oasis.