fishing for Alungi

[The_Gaffer]

cant wait to see the Video Joe..........I made the mistake of not getting the camera. So sorry no photos no videos ( i am kicking myself in the butt at the moment).

Nick's your man there Tony - he came all equipped, cameras, videos, underwater camera!!...the works.  I know there is some very unique footage of a strike, line peeling of the reel, and the eventual retrieve.  There's also footage of the tripple hookup, which incidently, only minutes before, Nick was asking me what would we do if we got a tripple hookup!.

[The_Gaffer]

Hi Gaffer,

I have a petecraft 17 sports, One time you passed infront of me .

What time was that - Early in the morning, or later on in the day?

[digger0579]

at around 10:00am infront of filfla

[ForTuna]

Hello Benri I managed to land 12 alungi yesterday within 4-6 miles off Filfla.

[shanook]

the nickname seems to suit u well LOL........well done Renald

[caldaland]

stop catching alungi! there would be nothing left for the competition!

[shanook]

hey we are the scouts for the competition now the members of MFF know where the bites are so go get them guys.......

[benri]

Yes I must say Valletta was useless yesterday as I landed 6 of the 7 close to shore and only 1 in the far away spot
I really enjoyed it out yesterday and bites were in abundance.
@Shanook - Any news re your engine?

[malliadan]

are you catching them from the surface? we cought ours from the surface but i was talking to some fishermen and told that they were biting mostly at a depth of approx 90m

[ForTuna]

malliadan I had all strikes on surface lures. I trolled for about an hour or so using rapalas but no strikes at all. had 8 strikes till about 9 am , landing 7 of them. The rest I caught them from 11am till about 13.00.

[baghira]

I had 6 of my catches on rapala, so both up and down....... but not at the depth mentioned.
I guess it is impossible to troll at 7 knots at a depth of 90 meters.
Good choice Norbert ;-)

[ciantar]

Hi Guys im brand new to this type of fishing and am setting up for it, any tips hints help? .....

[shanook]

ciantar i am practically packing up i will keep some lures but in the near future i will put some NEW lures for sale, first choice will be is here on MFF.
Re rod and reel have a chat with Norbert he can set u up. Dont overkill I saw an alutecnos and its an overkill for Alungi. Its true u dont know what will hit ur lure but if u reason that way the rod was way tooooooooo weak for that type of reel. So u have to match rod and reel.
re lures there are lots of lures u can go for (they have to catch u first then the alungi) there are soft, surface, shallow diving, deep diving, poppers, surface skimmers etc etc. What i can tell u is to buy a Cedar plug (no mattter if u like it or not) then whatever catches ur fancy but have some dark and some light coloured lures.


I dont know what boat u have and what type of spread u want to have but let go for a 3 spread that is u troll with 3 rods. (THIS IS MY OPINION ONLY) we can argue till tomorrow on what I am about to write.
I prefare straight runners for the simple reason that u dont always drive straight, and when u turn with deep divers (lipped lures) there is a high tendency to get tangled. I prefare to have add a weight to the middle lure so that it dives under a bit and on one side a popper, flat head or jet head and when u need to turn u always turn on the side where u have the popper etc.
I prefare soft lures as u have more chance of hooking a Pastardella than hard lures.

[fisheye]

Hi Ciantar I am not the most suitable to give you advice since I landed only one and lost another three last Sunday including some of my best feathers and soft lures . But here what I will opt for. A 30lb-50lb trawling rod with Shimano TLD-25 or similar filled with some good quality 40lb mono or braid. Than you will need the end tackle mostly 140mm  or 180mm magnum sinkers or floaters there are various trade name to choose from Yozuri, Rapala's, Maria's ecc. My preferred are the Yo Zuri Sashimi 3D Hydro Magnum and the x rap magnum they can be trawled at high speed up to 12knm if needed. Soft lures and feathers are without any doubts as good as hard lures if not better In my humble opinion Williamsons have the best, my favorites are the jet feathers and flash feather rigged with 80lb leader. Rubber squids are a good choice as well. Others here can give you other ideas and choices but the final decision should be yours. Good luck, have fun and stay safe.            

[The_Gaffer]

@Ciantar - do a search for Alongi using the forum search facility.  There are ton loads of information on rigging, set up, tackle (Rod + reel) areas, speed, presentation...its all there mate.