After pitting my wits with dwindling marine life in UAE, I have finally managed to land three fishes...
I have an Abu Garcia’s Enticer Beach 400 with casting power up to 90 grams, and two Berkley’s two piece Cherrywood Graphite - casting power not more than 35 grams. Only story that I had to tell was that my 5 year old had almost landed a barracuda… on my part I nearly netted 18 inches long Garfield (that to which had somehow managed to get hooked to a retrieving line!).
After over a million unanswered fervent prayers at Al Khalid lagoon, Mamzar (Sharjah side), and Al Khan beach, morning of February 24th found us exploring Ajman waters. It was just like any other outing – some bites but mostly irretrievable tackle and generous feed for fishes… as usual I found my self pottering around the rocks to make up for some lost lead… when my rod started to rigorously tap. Soon I landed a golden brown, around 14 inches long, fish called sheri in local language. The second was about 12 inches looked like sheri but was silver coloured. The third catch was around 30 inches long and some how looked like a catfish – at least it had barbels. It gave a fair fight and resisted my all attempts to cox it to the nets.
My luck is changing, Amen!
