|
|
Post by dtromp on May 8, 2014 11:31:58 GMT
It looks like I will be heading to Rakah late June or early July, with the family to follow shortly. I love fishing, and am wondering if there are any areas close to camp that permit fishing (though the hot weather may delay my hobby). From the satellite images, the area immediately adjacent to camp looks too shallow. Thanks for any tips!
|
|
|
|
Post by gareth0127 on May 12, 2014 15:27:52 GMT
There is a lot of good fishing to be had in the shallow waters here. Especially if there is a reef or rocks. I cant be more specific about khobar but at RT there are a lot of people fishing from the beach or from kayaks within 100m of the shore
|
|
|
|
Post by dtromp on May 12, 2014 16:24:27 GMT
Thanks gareth...I can't wait to explore the area.
|
|
Maursh
Senior Member
Posts: 169
|
Post by Maursh on May 12, 2014 16:45:10 GMT
You cannot go into the water around Rakkah. Firstly you cannot access the beach - the land is not part of the Rakkah contract arrangement. Secondly there is considerable land reclaimation going on around Rakkah. This has disturbed groups of electric eels in the water and it is dangerous.
|
|
|
|
Post by dtromp on May 13, 2014 11:59:17 GMT
:!: Electric eels? Knarly. I guess I was hoping for someone to have knowledge of an area of coastline in Khobar where folks are allowed to wet a line. Not necessarily right outside the door.
Thanks for the feedback!
|
|
|
|
Post by vpainter on May 24, 2014 20:30:18 GMT
You can go to Half Moon Bay and fish.
|
|
|
|
Post by subasio on May 31, 2014 13:38:58 GMT
Is there any opportunity for game fishing? Tuna? What sort of fishing do you find at Half Moon Bay?
|
|
Wutz
Senior Member
Posts: 143
|
Post by Wutz on Jun 4, 2014 3:17:53 GMT
People that have power boats at the Half Moon Yacht Association do go game fishing. I've not seen charter fishing boats from Khobar/Dammam, but then again I haven't really looked.
Judging by what shows up at the Dammam fish market (all local and very fresh fish), there are small tuna, mackerel and very large wahoo (called Kingfish in the market). Also lots of bottom fish such as hamour (grouper), various snappers and flounders.
Wutz
|
|
|
|
Post by dtromp on Jul 30, 2014 6:22:01 GMT
Ok, so I decided to try some early morning fishing at Half Moon Bay (Aramco Beach). Unfortunately, it doesn't open until 7! So I turned my fishing trip into a scouting trip for next time. There were a ton of local families on every stretch of public beach. I stopped at a couple of public areas along the Khobar Corniche, and saw some stressed-out schools of baitfish jumping at the surface. Since this usually means something bigger is trying to eat them, I took this as a good sign. I continued up to the Dammam corniche, where there was some good looking spots around Coral Island.
Will update after I actually fish :lol:
|
|
|
|
Post by EireSA on Aug 30, 2014 6:59:27 GMT
Did you actually get to fish since January? I'm interested-like fishing myself and would like to go spinning / plugging for those big fellas.
Living in Rakkah - excellent camp, very grateful to Aramco for placing us here
|
|
