INDIANANGLER

Hello everyone !I got another opportunity to visit Bahrain and to to do what i love ..fishing .This is my third visit and bang in the middle of my vacation.Last two years i managed to catch palm sized fish on prawn and squid.This time i planned to catch something different.First four days i tirelessly threw spoon lures from the shore .I varied my retrieve with pauses but didn't hook anything.The lures were chased down by the occasional seagull and also had some follows by ballyhoos.I also rigged up a ballyhoo with a single circle hook .The whole fish was eaten except the head and the hook!Next two days rigged ballhoo with two hooks but no takes.Today i planned to live bait breams from the shore.Live baiting was done on a fish finder .The one bream i hooked with a 3/0 circle tail end.Three hours went by and only the front part of the fish was bitten.Then today afternoon i was catching bream when i boat went by and i lost my hooks ,swivel and weight thanks to the boat propeller .went back home to re rig again.I once again live baited bream on two circle hooks but sadly the fish was attacked from below. .I have been dreaming of coming here for the last two months but the fish here seem to outsmart me each time Please do advice.Watching the birds dive into the water is a real treat .

Rjm,

If the bait doesn't get sucked in, then it might be a small fish.

I see that you are from Pondicherry. I suggest that you fish that Jetty in Cuddalure by tossing some poppers and swimming plugs like Halco Laser Pro 160 mm in Pilchard or a Tilsan Big Barra in Redhead from the end of the jetty. I'm guessing there are some monsters out there. I might give myself a try sometime in Feb 2013. And BTW, for the situation you were describing, try bucktail jigs with pork rind trailer and try to match the size of your lure with the bait present. Cast the jig and let it drift in the current as it falls and hold on ....

Cheers, Maruthu

Your bait is eaten by crabs and small fish the reason being the you live bait was dead and on the ground. The way you have hooked the bream will not keep it alive for long, use a fine fire mustad bait holder hook and a treble on the tag end making it a 2 hook rig. hook the bait just below the fins and dont pierce a large hole in it carefully shove the hook. use a float to keep you bait floating at subsurface, using some lead should also help you keep the bait floating at a desired depth.

Thanks teritex..will try and get it .Thanks Maruthu , I will be there in february.