Giles Hits Oman….

[Giles]

I am fishing the small group of islands here:

Drive up from Salala yesterday was spectacular:

Off we go fishing (as it turned out just casting - no fish..

It was extremely windy and the boat ride back from the islands was 2.5 hours.  I was lying on a bean bag at the rear of the boat and I swear I thought the crew were pouring buckets of water over me the whole way back.  I got a tad wet.

Proof that people do catch.  These are successful lures left behind by previous fishermen.  If you can see weights on any of them, that is the weight of the GT that the lure caught….

[GoBruins]

I just got back a few days ago from Oman! Really beautiful place.

[Giles]

That last pic, is that near to Salala?

[GoBruins]

No it's in the Hajar Mountains. On the way from Al Hamra to the small village of Hat. I didn't make it down to Salalah but someone at the airport said it is amazing. Have fun Giles!

[steelworker]

Great shots!

[Madame Buttonfly]

Giles of Arabia! @Finkster you may just have ruined my memories of an epic movie!

Apparently Oman is also great for diving (I dream of being underwater watching the lovely fishes whilst Giles dreams of catching the poor little buggers!)

@Giles hope you're having a good day, we're coping without you 

[Seul]

@Madame:

…we're used to coping without you 

[Finkster]

@Madame:

Giles of Arabia! @Finkster you may just have ruined my memories of an epic movie!

:o

'Giles of Arabia' comes in peace! .. no dead Turks … only a few slaughtered GT's, etc.   

[No.88]

That last pic brings back childhood memories of Ras al Khaimah / Al Qir on the northern tip of the UAE, and Khor Fakkan on the eastern side. Stunning scenery, and I agree a beautiful part of the world.

[Giles]

We get chauffeured to and from the dock in some style…

[Madame Buttonfly]

Just took a Skype call from a VERY excited Giles… watch this space...

[Giles]

A 40Kg plus GT is a GT fisherman's dream….

45Kg

A 60Kg is a pipe dream.

Today, I did both (in the right order):

60Kg

Needless to say, I have a load more images and a 10minute vid of me playing the 45.  It makes for some humorous viewing….(yes, I was completely and utterly fucked......)

[Finkster]

First 'war wounds' ?

Congrats to the capture 

[Madame Buttonfly]

Bless him, he's on Cloud 9:  "it's a fish of a lifetime", which presumably means he won't ever want to go again, having reached such a pinnacle

[Giles]

@Finkster:

First 'war wounds' ?

Unfortunately, I do not have a video of how that happened.  But I had to move from the middle of the boat to the back to play the fish.  I was slightly off balance and the fish made a run, I ended up on my knee's being pulled off the boat, I had to be grabbed around the ankles and be pulled back in.  True story…

[sabergirl]

WOW. What a whopper! Two of them. Impressive.

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[Madame Buttonfly]

I'm taking the crew down to The Brewpot for beers to celebrate Giles's great fishing achievements!

[Cutlasshound]

Bloody hell!

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[Giles]

More.

Once the fish is safely in the boat, which with fish this large is a 2 person job, we keep them wet & oxygenated by pouring water over them and their gills…

We then place on a carrying/weighing mat & weigh, and measure…

And that info is recorded and the fish is then tagged with that info.  The tag is the blue thing just forward of the dorsal fin…

And returned…

The lure post 2 large GT's…

(notice that I have removed the barbs from the hooks to cause as little damage to the fish as possible…)

Bonus pic.....I'll have your fingers you bastard.....

[Giles]

@Madame:

I'm taking the crew down to The Brewpot for beers to celebrate Giles's great fishing achievements!

I need a beer.  No booze here….