Spearfishing help - Malta.

tigricek3 · August 17, 2012, 18:52:59 CET

Hi,
I've been in Malta for the past 2 months and been spearfishing for the last month, and i love the sport. However im still struggling to catch any bigger fish. Ive tried areas such as st pauls islands, places around Marsaxlokk, around paradise bay, south of golden, ghar lapsi etc... are there any areas that you would recommend where i could make a big catch?

Thanks for any tips and tricks or places

caldaland · August 17, 2012, 19:53:03 CET

what kind of fish are you looking for, so we can give you the coordinates.

baghira · August 17, 2012, 20:05:46 CET

hahahahahahahah good one..........

caldaland · August 17, 2012, 20:10:19 CET

trust me to be funny.lol

tigricek3 · August 18, 2012, 01:26:09 CET

To be honest anything bigger than 50 cm and edible, dont care on what fish it is

you guys gotta have some good spots

and tips how to get them, since i have a feeling that when i have a speargun with me they sense it and all swim away

EmicMalta · August 18, 2012, 07:30:35 CET

Quote from: tigricek3 on August 18, 2012, 01:26:09 CET
To be honest anything bigger than 50 cm and edible, dont care on what fish it is you guys gotta have some good spots and tips how to get them, since i have a feeling that when i have a speargun with me they sense it and all swim away

you have a good feeling then

rixa444 · August 18, 2012, 22:07:13 CET

You've chosen the wrong island my friend!! There's no fishes here, neither big nor small!

CARP3R · August 19, 2012, 13:19:39 CET

The fella comes on here for advice and all you guys give him is sarcasm........Nice!!

caldaland · August 19, 2012, 15:58:36 CET

asking for fishing spots in malta is not exactly asking for "advice".giving good spots over here is taboo.ask anything else and advice would be duly given.

lazyfisherman · August 19, 2012, 20:38:59 CET

Not a spearfisherman myself, but even for the more experienced and expert spearfishermen, fish over 50 cm long are not in any way a regular catch - fish greater than 50 cm in size do get caught but they are the exception rather than the rule in Maltese spearfishing - and most other types of recreational fishing at that (except perhaps for offshore trolling or deep bottom fishing).

tigricek3 · August 19, 2012, 20:53:54 CET

Ooh didnt know places are such a taboo

let me rephrase it a bit then, I dont have a boat, so i cannot go out long distances, is it better to spear fish close to the shore? or swim at least some distance away from shore? Also, what works best, getting to the bottom, and sitting and waiting, or hunting under rocks and swimming around? Im looking for any advice, that might be a given to you guys, but I might not know about

thx

baghira · August 20, 2012, 08:10:46 CET

You won't find much help mate here...... It's a too vast subject and many things are related to the species of fish targeted, type of equipment, time of the year etc etc ect............. Years of experiance are needed to gater some specific information........which might result in a fish over 50cm of length every now and then...

Best you watch videos on you tube and gather some info from Marco Bardi's video's for example... They areb taken in the med.........so quite like our seas...