fishing for Alungi

[bmamo]

Try to use klamari as well as regards to lures.

[ciantar]

Steve : what exactly do you mean by surface lures? i had one fish lure ( the shape of a fish) without a weight but which is supposed to go down on its own ( due to shape ta palletta f halqa) .

[ciantar]

Bmano: re klamari ; how do you rif them ? do you still use lead

and in general are you using one or two leads on the line ?

[shanook]

i think u should first get used to using different artificial lures rather than go for live klamari.....
Alungi can be easliy caught with artificial lures...,google pictures' straight running lures, popper lures, albacore soft/hard lures.etc and u will see what they look like.
these type of lures dont have a lip.
then there are small lipped lures,  these do not dive deep but just keep under the surface (when we say deep its about 15feet)

[Jonathan]

I finally managed to take and upload a picture of the baitfish that alongi were feeding on. Can anyone identify the species?

[cla144]

It looks like mediterranean horse mackerel.

[digger0579]

or lacci

[ciantar]

Thanks for all your feedback , one other think the line i am using is coloured not xlief transparenti , is this any good , i always thought that the end of the tracer should be as invisible as possible ?

[digger0579]

The more it deosn't show the better, but I've been told by a fisherman that Alungi,swords ,pastardell and these kind of fish they don't boder what line you have.

[shanook]

its more what vibration ur line with have with the water rather than the colour.......usually alungi realize that there is something wrong is when they are already hooked

[bigboy]

They all have big eyes !!!!! thats what i always say !!

[The_Gaffer]

The don't have big eyes for nothing.  On those days where the bite is slow, rest assured that these small considerations like, line, vibration, trolling speed and direction, currents ect may very well contribute to a hook up or coming in empty handed.  Alongi are sometimes known to be line shy.  However, out with some friends 2 years ago fishing for alongi, one freind really insisted on bringing his own gear.  His gear consisted of one rod, a penn multiplier which was at least 40yrs old (it still had an ebony made reeling handle) .90mm line (I'm not kidding) and a plastic brown squid lure.  The guy insisted I troll it in the spread.  20 minutes into the troll, guess which lure gets hit 1st by an alunga?...Exactly, my friends' lure rigged with .90mm line!!!!...so much for high tech lures, momoi diamond .40mm line, extra fine swivels, ect.  No sooner had we gaffed the fish, we redeployed and 5 minutes later, wham...double hookup, again his lure gets hit!!
Bellahni ha nghidlek!!

[TOFTOF]

Guys has anyone been out for alongi, recently

Just launched the boat recently and want to catch one ?

[skip]

That sucks....16th July and they've already gone

Perhaps with the high air and water surface temps they have moved to deeper waters up near the 3rd ridge?

[The_Gaffer]

I heard that they've set up camp just outside the 3rd ridge.  Some people were out on Saturday, and have caught alongi.  Others reported no catches.