fishing for Alungi

[dedin]

I went saturday and sunday but i didn't caught any alungi!!!

[camkev]

Went out last Saturday and caught 4...They are still there

[shanook]

sea temp was really hot...... way to hot for alungi but there is a spell of colder weather although we dont feel it much ....its there and the surface temp has gone down by a degree or two.this affects the cycle of life as well as how the currents work.
They are still there go get them guys...( I am on commission with the fuel division and the gov to make u guys use petrol/diesel)....hey one has invent how to make a cent nowadays......

[Moonwalker]

Was out yesterday on the second ridge from 6am to 9am. Cought one and another managed to escape.

Then tried some jigging and inciku but seems I need more practice for this type of fishing.

[simonc]

Hi Guys,

I was trolling for Alungi on the first ridge Yesterday from 6am to 11am not even a single strike. Was trolling with three rods, surface Lure, diving lure and a teaser in the middle. Nothing!!! I trolled all the way from Gozo passed Filfla and back. All the boats I saw showed the same signs of no strikes.
I saw some boats in the distance which I calculated was the second ridge however they seemed standing still and I presumed they were deep see fishing.

[shanook]

u trolled from gozo and u stayed on the first ridge??? i would have tried between first and second ridge and on the way back if i dont get a strike i troll the outside of the third ridge......

[Searay]

I was there on thursday and caught 2. Between 1st and 2nd ridge. I got the impression that the fish are moving in outer waters.

[ganni]

I tried to explain this to many people but it seems to be useless...most think they are drop offs, as you well said they are just contour lines showing the 100m, 200m, 500m, etc. contour lines

[Moonwalker]

I dont go alunghi fishing much but I have caught some in the open water where the bottom is just flat.
Can those that go for alunghi more often confirm that they are more to be found near the ridges (real ones) rather than the open water?

[aidanxuereb]

So where are the ridges exactly?

[Gogo]

Yes those lines on maps etc are mere lines to mark the different depths of the seabed. To see ridges one has to follow the seabed by a depthfinder. If you travel behind Fifla perpendicular to land going outwards, the seabed is relatively constant at first but suddenly starts to increase with a sudden drop from about 150 fathoms to over 300 fathoms just in a few meters.  This is a ridge similar to the Dingli Cliffs or Ghar Hasan Heights as seen on land. It is a drop off to deeper waters. Further out South West off Fifla there is a similar area decreasing in depth at first then a sudden drop to areas over 500 Fathoms.

Use your depthfinder then all is clear.

Gogo

[simonc]

Maybe I was misunderstood, I was referring to the first drop off. The depth was between 300 and 400 meters. It was the first drop off before the valley floor. There were much more boats trolling this area then on the drop off further south west of filfla.

[The_Gaffer]

I'm making available a pictorial which clearly distinguishes where are these famous ridges everyone keeps talking about.  The drop offs Dr.Joe (Gogo) refers to are more basins than ridges.  All those who have 3D capabilities on the fishfinder can easily distinguish these basins at the approximate areas Gogo indicated.  These basins are also good areas for Alongi, however the main fishing grounds are nearer the ridges.  

[simonc]

Thanks Gaffer, I always thought the third ridge was the other side of the valley, I would have gone quite a way out for the third ridge had it not been for you. Thanks a million. lets hope there will still be some alungi left for next time. I cross from Gozo to Malta every day for work, so i get to see the sea in this area every day. Yesterday and today there was quite a bit of rough sea and large swells, lets hope this will cool a bit te surface temp and lure the alungi back closer to the surface.

Thanks again much appreciated 

[Moonwalker]

For me the 3rd ridge is the other side of the valley too in the range of 15nm from the coast.