fishing for Alungi

[ganni]

@ shanook, well at first I was thinking you were refering to our reels but then when I saw the comment on the rod I assured myself you werent referring to our tackle an alutecnos size 30w reel is way too much for alongi however for the +100kg fish it is well balanced I guess.

for albacore an alutecnos 12 is way more than enough... you will also be on the safe side when the real fish hit the lure, proven

[The_Gaffer]

Tajba Gann!!

[shanook]

Gann i know that you wouldnt make the mistake of not matching rod and reel so of course i was not referring to u............mmmmmmmm....+100 kg fish well if u have a permit then i suppose u will need it otherwise its a no no that is if u dont like to french kiss the fish.......CKR  catch kiss and release.

[The_Gaffer]

Joking aside...we've all been out for alongi this past week...have you seen or witnessed any surface activity of some sort?, bird activity?...what about jumpers?...also, I was told in the beginning of the season that alot of BFT were about, and so I was told to spool up with some serious main line...( I didn't anyway, I use 40lbs momoi diamond)...I haven't seen any evidence to back up that claim.  I also didn't witness any activity of any sort, birds, bait or jumpers...just the tell tale signs of bait fish on the sounder at 9mtrs, and much bigger blotches right underneath the signs in about 15-20mtrs.  Thats all the evidence I'm seeing, which suggests that the fish are around!

[Jonathan]

I can confirm seeing many alungi jumping at the surface last Sunday in the area where we were fishing. They seemed to be feeding upon some small baitfish but I couldn't figure out exactly what these baitfish were. I have taken a video of them jumping but it's poor quality with quite some camera shake and poor resolution upon zooming. However, we got no strikes in the vicinity of surface activity and the 7 strikes that we got, of which we landed 6 (with the 7th sliding out back into the sea through the boat's open stern after coming off the gaff on board .... grrrrrrrrrr....) were all in areas with no apparent surface activity.

[bigboy]

Anyone got any strikes from the gnejna area ?

[shanook]

yes BIG from gnejna just go in the direction of ''IL Ballun'' in between the first and second ridge.......got a tripple and double hook up from there..........if you need i send u bearings........hey it doesnt mean that u will catch from there !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fisheye]

Next Friday weather permitting will be there again hopefully will do better than last Sunday. Maybe some of you will be there as well.

[benri]

@Jonathan - The baitfish was imsell, about 5-7cm in total length. 2 alongi were full of them!

[bigboy]

I asked shanook because i will be in commino next weekend and it isnt that far from there for me to go with my boat since i do not have speed

[busumark]

I would rather stay in comino bigboy you can catch something better there   

[shanook]

I WILL NOT COMMENT WHAT BIG CAN CATCH IN COMINO.............

[bigboy]

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[shanook]

@Big.....just to get to the point of fishing u have about 12 miles then there is another 8 mile trolling area........this is going to take u quite some time........is it worth the hussle??.....go to comino then if u want to go for alungi go on a cost sharing trip..........dont ask me as i am in bugibba.........try Benri.....

[bigboy]

Shanook, I have 5 miles for the first ridge, i deploy 2 rods and a handline, then i cross to the second ridge (another 4.5 miles) am already in front of gnejna on the second ridge then i troll downwords, then back up Not such a big deal for me