A beginner's experience

LapsiBoy · June 15, 2009, 21:54:41 CET

Thats no big deal man ! it happens all the time, but what diameter line where you using maybe its too thin.
No fish

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seawolf · June 15, 2009, 22:38:35 CET

it was 0.80.

fish-noob · June 15, 2009, 22:45:18 CET

lizz attack ?

LapsiBoy · June 15, 2009, 23:19:06 CET

no lizzijiet arent caught on konzijiet. maybe you where stuck to the bottom and cut, maybe moray eels especialy if you find some knots in the line or also it could be puffer fish! they are one of the most common culprids!
Or maybe they where toothy fish such as dentex

Peprina · July 15, 2009, 08:16:27 CET

Well, I wanted to update you on my fishing experience. I am still at it. On most weeks I go two to three times at least. I have now started going between 8 and 12 pm. The day before yesterday I caught 16 fish (Vopi), most of them in half an hour! But now I have competition: my brother and his family have heard me rave so much about fishing that they have started to join me, so now there are another five fishing rods around me and far more screams and shouts from 5 kids when we manage to pull something. The kids are having a whale of a time. They have started to catch their own and that makes them really proud (and me too). When my neice caught her first fish she pulled it out of the water, handed the rod to her dad and ran over to me and her mum to let us know. Now who'd have thought that I'll end up giving fishing lessons! I am now spending more time assisting them to untangle their lines and to help them hook bait than fishing. It's quite funny to see them fishing all in line. And it makes me so happy to see them out in the open away from their computers and electronic games.

Yesterday though was very slow compared to the last two weeks. There were a lot of very small fish and we were not catching anything. I guess the small fish were nibbling at our bait and so you don't really get a bite. The surface of the sea was also a bit choppy and it was a bit windy so may be it was difficult to notice that the fish were biting? I tried throwing bread at the surface to bring the small fish up, and hopefully attract some 'larger' fish to the bait. I managed to catch a sparlu and a vopa that way. Eventually around 10pm we caught a few vopi.

Today we're going to try somewhere else. So if you see 3 or 4 adults with 5 kids I've given you fair warning!

shanook · July 15, 2009, 08:50:26 CET

AND that my friend is what fishing is all about. You have discovered the joy of fishing..........seeing the family united and having fun in the open air ........nothing beats that. Well done.

placebo · July 15, 2009, 14:20:08 CET

keep it up! wonderful

mulett75 · July 15, 2009, 17:06:09 CET

Carry on fishing!!!!Carry on enjoying!!!!Carry on cathing

redbus9 · July 15, 2009, 18:21:08 CET

As you say paprina,the kids today just want to play with their computers or gameboys or mobile phones.Its far better for them to go fishing with you in the fresh air and also their starting to learn not just fishing,but about nature,the difference in the sea,the weather and the way it affects life in general. Well done and keep it up.

Peprina · July 16, 2009, 00:09:32 CET

Hello redbus9, I am very curious to know if you catch anything decent from Marsaxlokk. Let us know the result once you go, unless you've been already.

mulett75 · July 16, 2009, 11:33:12 CET

From Marsaxlokk normally we catch some good sized mullet. Presently they were catching some "SAWRELL TAL IMPERIAL" as well. Both fish gives you a good fight to be brought in and also fun

suffrun · July 16, 2009, 13:14:09 CET

its always interesting reading your writeups.... keep at it.

redbus9 · July 16, 2009, 19:08:50 CET

Hi Peprina,blueskip and myself are planing a night fishing trip to marsaxlock in september hopefully to catch some BIG morina.We will be fishing where the fish stalls throw all the guts of the fish into the sea.If you want to join us with your family for a few hours in the evening you are more than welcome.

Peprina · July 17, 2009, 01:05:33 CET

Just let me know and we'll be there. Today I went to Gnejna. There were a lot of bobbin which however we could not catch. They kept coming for the bread we threw and then they quickly swim away but they never seem to go too close to the hook. I tried with prawns and with bread. They seemed to prefer the bread. Two boys told us they catch them with a net. So then I fished for some vopi. But I have to say I was hoping for something more there. An old couple had the line set up different to what I've seen before. They had a big bobber, and quite a big weight, with the hooks above the weight. But to say the truth nobody was catching much whilst I was there. So I'll be very eager to see you experts fishing for some big fish.

redbus9 · July 17, 2009, 01:22:29 CET

Hi peprina I would never call myself an expert in whatever I have done,whether it be my work or skills.What I would say that I have experience in various things including fishing. Infact I believe personally that anyone who calls themselves an expert is just trying to hide the parts that they don,t know. I have met a lot of people over the years who have a lot of knowledge but they have never classed themselves as experts in whatever field they worked in.Glad you will be able to meet up with us at Marsaxlokk.