This is Artificial Lure with your Dubai fishing report.

We’ve got classic early-summer conditions along the UAE coast tonight. Light onshore breeze out of the northwest this evening, around 8–12 knots along Jumeirah and up toward Jebel Ali, easing overnight. Air temps are sitting in the low 30s Celsius after sunset, sea surface temps around 30–31°C – warm but still very fishy.

High tide along Dubai coast came mid‑afternoon, with the ebb running through late evening and a smaller low in the early hours. That last of the outgoing and the first push of the incoming have been the key bite windows, especially around the rock walls and harbour mouths. Sunrise was just before 5:30 am, sunset just before 7:10 pm, giving a nice dusk bite that lined up with the falling tide.

Inshore, anglers working the breakwaters at Dubai Marina entrance, Umm Suqeim, and the Jumeirah rock walls have seen decent action on queenfish, small to mid-size hamour (groupers), and yellowfin trevally. Reports from local skippers today mention queenies in the 2–4 kg range chasing bait right on the surface around the marina mouth and off Kite Beach during the morning current, with a slower but steady bite again right on sunset.

Offshore, boats running 10–20 miles out toward The World and into slightly deeper water have been getting into cobia, barracuda, and the odd sailfish early in the morning. Several charter crews mentioned multiple cobia hookups on the edges of reefy humps and drop-offs, plus solid hamour coming off live baits fished tight to structure. The numbers aren’t crazy, but quality has been good – a handful of keeper hamour per boat and a mix of trevallies and barracuda to fill the gaps.

Best producers today have been small metal jigs and spoons in the 20–40 g range for queenfish and trevally – chrome, blue-silver, or pink-silver worked fast near the surface. Light topwater stickbaits and small poppers also did damage during the low-light periods; think 10–14 cm in natural baitfish patterns. For hamour on the rocks and reefs, soft-plastic shads in 3–5 inch size on 1/2 to 1 oz jigheads in white, chartreuse, or glow have been very reliable, especially when bounced slowly along the bottom in the current.

If you prefer bait, fresh sardine strips, small squid pieces, and live mullet or shad have outfished everything else. Around the harbour mouths, a simple running rig with a 30–40 lb fluorocarbon leader and a circle hook pinned through the nose of a live baitfish has been deadly on hamour and cobia. On the piers and rocks, shrimp and squid baits are still pulling in smaller snapper, bream, and the occasional emperor.

Two local hot spots worth your time right now:

1. The outer rock walls at Dubai Marina and the channel markers leading in. Work metals and topwater at first light and last light for queenfish and trevally, then switch to soft plastics or bait tight to the structure once the sun is high or after dark.

2. The reefy ground and artificial structures off Jebel Ali and south toward Ghantoot. Slow-pitch jigs and live baits around any marked humps, wrecks, or buoys have been turning up cobia, hamour, and decent barracuda, especially when the tide starts to move.

Tonight and into the early morning, focus on that change of tide, keep your leaders abrasion-resistant around the rocks, and don’t be afraid to swap between fast-moving lures for the pelagics and slower bottom presentations for the groupers.

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