This weekend, on saturday morning, we were out on the first fads (tad-dilettanti) off the northern east coast (out from Xemxija)
Using rapala and dip lures and the traditional rixa and red and white squid.
Not a single bite! Spotted some lampuki under a FAD but no bites, they just swam by... We were out from 6am to 10am.
Now... the wind had just switched from NE to NW overnight and the swell was still NE. Then after that we were off to the Sikka tal-Bajjad, for bottom fishing. And again it was not as active as usual, very few bites. Maybe a total of 7 or 8 insignificant fish.
Anyone think/believe the current/wind that had just switched (and things had not settled in yet) could be one of the reasons? This because there weren't that many boats out fishing, not even on the 'sikka', so it felt like other ppl knew there wouldn't be much action, and we were the lonely morons with rods in hand!!?

Thanks for any replies.