First Forum Trolling Fishing Competition - 12th July

[shanook]

something is wrong with the fuel both diesel and petrol. Ramio (diesel) had to take off the fuel pump and service it. He also emptied his tanks. thats quite a job. Visa has problems with revving up engine works ok in lower revs but once he pushes gas the engine just wont take it (to me it looks like fuel starvation). On Sunday morning I saw three others coming in 1 towed and the other 2 came in slowly.
I use the 'tights' filter but if anyone knows about that funnel i will get one. Oh by the way the 'tights' apart from being worn by woman, used as a filter it can also be used as a 'Vee belt' in case of emergency. So there Oh yes if u want to rob a bank or something u can wear it on ur head...

[skip]

In fact I heard that a guy got confused last year and wore a V-Belt on his head instead of the tights whilst trying to rob a bank!!!

[shanook]

heheh i like it LOL

[DJS]

We didn't think about weighing the fish either, by the time we got into Msida it was already 3.30pm, the ice in my cooler box had all melted as it kept springing open and the three fish we were keeping Mario's small cooler box were getting pretty fried in the sun too.

The main cooler box was very heavy though and we had to unload one fish at a time using all sorts of acrobatics getting from the boat to the land, much to the amusement of the spectators on the quayside.

Still, apart from the engine problems it was a good day out, maybe we'll have the chance to group fish again before the end of the alungi season.

[skip]

Dave, thanks for the pics. Mario's got one on the scales, let us know how big it was :p

[DJS]

Nick, the fish on the scales was the biggest we caught on Saturday weighing in at 9.2kgs already gutted (so we guess it was over 10kgs). We gutted all the fish on the way back to Msida.... what else can you do to pass the time when you're travelling at 5/6 knots due to engine problems!!

[bigboy]

I Can immagine the type of show you gave out DJS :p As you had ample Space between the boats to show off ax Karmnu l ginger hallilek l ispazju:P I heard from my friend Who has the new petecraft boat besides Karmnu that you made a nice alungi catch

[DJS]

Yes, it was nice to have so much space for my little boat between two 36 footers, though I think Karmenu is probably back by now from his swordfishing trip. Probably one of his fish will weigh the same as all of our alungi put together!

Nice Petecraft Boat , spoke to the owner on that Saturday when we were unloading. Is it only used for tourist excursions? as it looks more like a sturdy professional fishing boat.

[skip]

Winners Prizes:

1st Place DJS - Wins a 6 Lure Pocket case, a Boone All Eye Rigged with 6/0 Mustad hook in Pink/White &
                      Boone Mahi Jet Rigged with 7/0 Mustad Hook in Pink/White

Runner Up The Gaffer - Wins Boone Mahi Jet Rigged with 7/0 Mustad Hook in Pink/White

Well done guys, Skip

[bigboy]

Yes, it was nice to have so much space for my little boat between two 36 footers, though I think Karmenu is probably back by now from his swordfishing trip. Probably one of his fish will weigh the same as all of our alungi put together!

Nice Petecraft Boat , spoke to the owner on that Saturday when we were unloading. Is it only used for tourist excursions? as it looks more like a sturdy professional fishing boat.

The petecraft boat is a 46 footer not a 36 ekk jrid jisimek tejd sammy :p Yep it shal be used for tourists mainly bbqs, commino trips, Diving and occasional fishing trips. It does some impressive speed for its size as it is now doing 25 knots with some modifications to the boat's equipment. His Brother has also a beautiful luzzu a 36 footer. You might have encountered him maybe in msida or in the harbour the luzzu's name is Delfino.

Speaking about karmnu they didnt do so well i think in comparison you did much better than them. They only caught 10 small swordfish in 2 'kalati' (Nahseb bilkemm gabu haqq id diesel u l liska ). We Shal Start out swordfishing from next week as we put down the skuna today.

[shanook]

Well done skip the prices a really fantastic.
well done DJS and Gaffer for going out on the agreed fishing day.
So does Gottie have to give up his Albacore king title and surrender it to DJS? :)P
I hope gottie still talks to me after this :)PP

[skip]

I think he may well have to shanook. Not heard from gottie lately, not even sure if he's been out fishing, but I think for the size of boat and number of rods and as further proved in the friendly competition DJS was certainly the Albacore King for that event and the past couple of weeks.

[DJS]

Well what can I say Skip, not only did we have a great day out but we find ourselves actually winning this prestigious competition!! Although on the day only two teams took part in this first MFF event, as it turned out we didn't really fish competitively at all more collaboratively... I think that's how it should be.

MFF committee - it was a very nice gesture to award such great prizes, but I'm sure I speak for The Gaffer team as well that you really didn't need to, as apart from engine failures both teams evidently had alot of fun on the day.

Hope the alungi season continues for at least the next couple of weeks so that everyone can have the same opportunities of catching the bigger alungi now they've grown a bit.

Well I'm not sure about the title... Gottie will definitely not speak to me. It's taken me a number of years to prise out of him some of his secret fishing techniques and places when we used to work together.

Bigboy, seems like Karmenu is not having a great season this year. A few weeks ago he sustained a back injury pulling in what he thought to be a big BFT but which turned out to be a huge ray which he had to release back to the sea.

Anyway, many thanks MFF from the DJS team, it has certainly brightened up what has otherwise been a pretty bleak week.

 





 

[skip]

They're just a small token prize as mentioned, plus I know that you lost a lure in Pink/White!! Plus given they were the productive colours on the day thought it was fitting to get some Pink/Whites which arrived at the post office today, will pick them up tomorrow!!

[The_Gaffer]

I can definitely say that it was a fun day for the gaffer team also. We thouroughly enjoyed it, not withstanding the fuel problems we had. Thanks to DJS, we were able to increase our catch from 2 to 8 when he kept in contact with Jonathan. Now we also have the interclub tournament on Sunday, the MMF will be represented there with team the Gaffer including Nick and SimonGn and Jonathan with another and also Shanook and pauline tuna. Hope it turns out great for everyone involved