MFF ORIS Comp: Discussion

[Spirit of Jason]

Great news, thanks Nick

[benri]

good luck people. Let's keep it safe, fair and friendly :-)

[mike.d.]

good luck to all.

[skip]

Good Luck guys, see you tomorrow

[bigboy]

Good luck my friends

[alfadelta]

Morning All, all set and ready. lets just hope for some good catches. good luck

[baghira]

Ajma hej irrangajtuni........
WOW what a set up........
Qlajt xebgha bahar, u hlejt skoss petrol ghal xejn
I got slammed by the sea and wasted petrol for nothing

Mela mhux suppost kellna naqbdu l-alungi illum,,,,,,,,,,,,,
We were supposed to catch Alungi today
Ma kinux jafu li gejjin ahna illlummmm!!!!!!!!!!!
Didnt they know that were coming todayyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!
Min kellu javzahom!!
who had to advice them!!

Awguri lil min rebah insomma.
Well done to the winner
Jien xtaqt qbadt wahda ha nghid hekk Imma..
I would have liked to catch one but.........

Upps sorry translation.........
Bla bla bla nothing interesting in what I have said guys....
Just joking....

Cya all and bye bye ORIS.................ORIs ..............I will stare at it in the shop's showcase now......

[Moonwalker]

Jien nahseb minn gol freezer qabduhom ax il bahar vojt kien! Lanqas messa wahda

[camkev]

Jien smajt li xi hadd qabad sitta  

I heard someone caught six

[busumark]

ahna kull ma kelna zewg messiet u harbu t tnejn

we got two strikes but they didnt hook

[benri]

jiena lanqas messa wahda :-(
I didnt have a strike

[skip]

ORIS Alongi Competition Official Results

1st Place - Francis Mercieca and teammate Joe Carabott 6 Fish Total Weight 48.2kgs - Largest Fish 9.5kgs

2nd Place - Kevin Borg 4 Fish Total Weight 31.9kgs - Largest Fish 9kgs
3rd Place - Christian Aquilina 4 Fish Total Weight 31.7kgs - Largest Fish 10.0kgs

4th Place - Joe Cassar 3 Fish Total Weight 29.1kgs - Largest Fish 10.5kgs
5th Place - Michael Albanozzo 3 Fish Total Weight 25.6kgs - Largest Fish 10.2kgs
6th Place - Edwin Cilia 3 Fish Total Weight 19.2kgs - Largest Fish 6.8kgs

Winner of the Biggest Fish - Joe Cassar 10.5kgs

[LapsiBoy]

That's a nice ammount of fish caught well done so there must be some alongi out there.

[shanook]

hi ppl, a short summery of our experience.....
We met at 3.30 am at Marfa jetty inspection was carried out professionally by Mr Michael Xuereb. We stayed by the jetty till the Mr xuereb gave us the go ahead to start the competition.
We proceeded at a safe speed and then revved up to 20knots to the fishing grounds.
We had a full moon and the sea was calm enough to maintain those speed and yet be able to see a safe distance.
We arrived on the second ridge and spread out the rods.... At 7,30 we got a hit but no hook up immediately after the rod bent and the ZZZZZZZZZZZZ of the reel sprung us to action......actually this strike got us napping we were totally unprepared, Visa abandoned his driving chair and grabbed the rod, Okuma was reeling in a lipped lure and i was scrambling for the hook, with the boat making a nice turning....
we settled in and ready for the fish which came alongside, hook ready and as soon as I went for it the fish took a sharp turn and dove down with Visa bent double on the side to clear the propeller.......Visa let out a @#"@#$#@## and the fish was gone.....bye bye Oris......
We kept trolling and even made another pass in the vicinity but nothing. We kept to the second ridge and then tried further out but to no avail. We saw a lot of boats flying the Oris flag as well as the MFF flag.
At 11.00 we started trolling closer to shore and in the direction of home, at 11.30 approx we called ORIS 1 to inform our intention to retire from the race and head for home.
The wind and sea started picking up and there were force 5/6 gusts of wind. The sea became somewhat rough.
We headed for Gozo to refuel and then back to bugibba.
It was a nice event pity that the fish (as baghira said) dont seem to understand that they are supposed to come after the lures and get hooked OH well...maybe a briefing by MFF for Alungi participation is in order, open to members and non members of the ALUNGI family.....
This brought to an end a much anticipated event....Well done to ORIS for the sponsorship and WELL DONE to MFF for the organisation and carrying out of this competition, last but not least Well Done to all participants. I enjoyed it as usual and next year ....................

[Moonwalker]

Wow thats some alonghi then that got caught. Well done to the winners.

Now that the competition is over is it possible to know rough locations of the bites and type of lures preferred today?