Shore fishing Red Sea

[Hooky]

Going on holiday to the Northern Red Sea on Tuesday

 

Just wondering if anyone knows wether it would be worth packing a spinning rod and a few lures?

 

I plan on getting out on a boat as well...

 

Any advice greatfully received.

 

TIA

 

Alan

[Vagabond]

Get afloat if you can. We had a scuba diving holiday there some years ago, and the number and size of the fish just offshore was unbelievable.

 

Did not fish much - I remember trying bait from the shore, and getting a variety of seabream. The main hazards were the swarms of bait-robbing Arabian Pinfish (a small, very small, seabream). With so many small fish about some preds must be lurking - so yes, try the lures. With wire traces, as barracuda may lurk out there.......

 

Bottom fishing in deep water must be favorite though - we saw a lot of biggish groupers, emperors and snappers when diving. A diver was eaten by sharks about a fortnight after our visit.........

[Hooky]

Thanks for the reply Vagabond, what did you use for bait?

 

I think the use of divers for livebait is banned now.....

 

 

When you went a few years ago, do you remember roughly how much the boat fishing trips were?

 

Thanks again,

 

Alan

[Norm B]

Get afloat if you can. We had a scuba diving holiday there some years ago, and the number and size of the fish just offshore was unbelievable.

 

Did not fish much - I remember trying bait from the shore, and getting a variety of seabream. The main hazards were the swarms of bait-robbing Arabian Pinfish (a small, very small, seabream). With so many small fish about some preds must be lurking - so yes, try the lures. With wire traces, as barracuda may lurk out there.......

 

Bottom fishing in deep water must be favorite though - we saw a lot of biggish groupers, emperors and snappers when diving. A diver was eaten by sharks about a fortnight after our visit.........

Depending on where you go the fishing can be useless or great, both from boat and shore.

Rocky headlands are best for everything from baitfish to dorado and barracuda. Casting bait from shore onto the bottom often produces big rays and moray eels, as well as grouper and snappers. Boat fishing with lures will produce dorado, barracuda, kingfish or wahoo, not sure which they were, using bait on the bottom, some places are very deep, will get big snapper and grouper and maybe sharks and rays. Didn't pay for boat as my host provided it. Watch out for sea snakes and scorpions ashore.

[Hooky]

Thanks Norm B,

 

Going to a place called Taba, which is close to the Israeli and Jordanian border, in Egypt.

 

Looks as though the boat fishing may be the way to go

 

Having caught Baracuda and Dorado previously, I can't wait!!

 

Alan

[Norm B]

Thanks Norm B,

 

Going to a place called Taba, which is close to the Israeli and Jordanian border, in Egypt.

 

Looks as though the boat fishing may be the way to go

 

Having caught Baracuda and Dorado previously, I can't wait!!

 

Alan

That area's good for boat fishing, a collegue was there last year on business and he got an invite out in a yacht.

They trolled lures at about 4knots and caught various fish but didn't think to use some of them as bait on the bottom so he can't comment on the chances.