Okuma Coastal Boat Friendly - 10th Feb

[robby017]

List of participants:

    Boat:                        Skipper:                           Crew:

1) Aranciata                  Robby017                         Camkev, Maltembu  (all crew - still to confirm)
2) Alalunga                    Bigboy                             Fortuna and Perla 165
3) JosRay                      Luke Feroci
4) Eagle One                  Skip                                SimonG, Gareth and Skip's nephew
5) Ninja

[skip]

Long range forecast for the 10th isn't looking very good guys

[bigboy]

on sd weather it looks fine nick

[skip]

Yeah you're right, would help if I looked at the right day, was looking at the 5th!! oops - now I'm happy again!

[bigboy]

ejja nickyyy

Where are we leaving from Anyways my boat will be in the sea so i will have to leve from msida !!!

[skip]

we'll discuss on Friday but we're looking like meeting up somewhere like the entrance to St. Georges or St. Julians Bay for some shelter giving people a chance to launch from somewhere on the East coast and then heading out from there. If we remain just a few boats we can always pull alongside the jetty near Banis in St. Julians.

On Friday we'll need to designate the fishing area, clarify the points system that will be used (fish weight x species multiplier), but basically we will be working on overall weight. Something like tumbrell with have no multiplier whereas something like a Dentex will have a 5x multiplier for instance (just examples). All fish will need to be legal and above minimum size. Return by 17.00 as boats will need to make their way back to their respective slipways etc.

[bigboy]

fair enough

Seems like you will be jigging mela nicky

[ForTuna]

List of participants:

    Boat:                        Skipper:                           Crew:

1) Aranciata                  Robby017                         Camkev, Maltembu  (all crew - still to confirm)
2) Alalunga                    Bigboy                             Fortuna and Perla 165
3) JosRay                      Luke Feroci
4) Eagle One                  Skip                                SimonG, Gareth and Skip's nephew
5) Ninja
6)--------                     Fortuna                            ForTuna ( crew to be confirmed)

[bigboy]

List of participants:

    Boat:                        Skipper:                           Crew:

1) Aranciata                  Robby017                         Camkev, Maltembu  (all crew - still to confirm)
2) Alalunga                    Bigboy                             Perla 165
3) JosRay                      Luke Feroci
4) Eagle One                  Skip                                SimonG, Gareth and Skip's nephew
5) Ninja
6)--------                     Fortuna                            ForTuna ( crew to be confirmed)

[robby017]

List of participants:

   Boat:                        Skipper:                           Crew:

1) Aranciata (?)                Robby017                      Mundinu  
2) Alalunga                    Bigboy                             Perla 165
3) JosRay                      Luke Feroci
4) Eagle One                  Skip                                SimonG, Gareth and Skip's nephew
5) Ninja
6)--------                     Fortuna                            ForTuna ( crew to be confirmed)

[bigboy]

Guys was having a chat with nick about the competition.

The points are going to work out this way:

Common fish like tumbrell, kubrit etc will have no points multiplier so i.e. 1 point per 100g this is due to the face that these fish are caught in abundonce.

Fish like Dentex, Pagri, sargi, AJ etc (within minimum size requirements) will have a 3x multiplier i.e. 3 points per 100g.

It is a must that all undersized fish should be released!!!!

From my point of view as I was talking with nick, this time of the year is not the best time for bottom fishing. As for trolling the main species that are common to encounter are tumbrell, kubrit, plamti and barracuda.

The fishing methods which will be allowed in the competition are Bottom fishing, Jigging and Trolling.

Competition will start off @ 11am in the mouth of Marsamxett harbour and will end at 5.30pm at st julians (Banis Jetty).

Since we are a small group it is much easyer for us to cooperate with eachother.

Anything else that you feel should be discussed can be posted here and then we will discuss them on Friday evening.


Come on Guys lets make this friendly competition a day out at sea to enjoy ourselves. I also emphasize that all Skippers make sure that their boats are equipped with safety equipment in case of an emergency.

Need anything on that day my number is 99385795, or else give a shout on the vhf channel 6 - Call Sign Bigboy

[robby017]

kieku tajjeb nispiccaw san giljan...... nispera nirrangaw is sibt bigboy.......

[The_Gaffer]

Guys, hate to soud such an alarmist...however Windfinder.com is forecasting a Westerly wind F5 to 6 on Wednesday 10 February.  Better start thinking of rescheduling (weekends please - so the Gaffer can participate) . 

[camkev]

Even F7 at 1.00pm

[skip]

Definately does not look good. How about Sat 13 or Sun 14th as alternatives? If not we'll have to let this one pass