First Forum Trolling Fishing Competition - 12th July

[Gazzetta]

Will fish be counted somewhere on land and maybe some sort of presentation ??  Keep us updated The_Gaffer.

Chris 

[shanook]

who else from the forum thats tasking part in the competition..... i hope to be there on my own as my partner is working cant make it....

[camkev]

Hi Gaffer,Is there still a place for me on your boat for next sunday competition?Tks

[The_Gaffer]

Camkev - sent you a PM

[Gazzetta]

How much competitions will be held tomorrow ?? The All clubs and the interclub ?

Good luck to the ones participating 

Chris 

[The_Gaffer]

Tomorrows competition is the all clubs competition. It starts at 4.00am and finishes at 2.00pm.  All boats will have to come ionto B'Bugia and alongside the jetty for count and weigh in.  Good luck to everybody!!!!

[shanook]

good luck to THE GAFFER and PAULINE TUNA have fun guys.

[Jonathan]

I'll be out too tomorrow in the conmpetition on a Buccaneer 16. Feel free to call me on the radio (ch6 - call sign Jonathan) or call me on 99882615 if anyone needs anything or feels like a chat.

[Gazzetta]

Good luck 2 all !!!

Chris 

[bigboy]

Goodluck guys you will be representing the mff aswell in this competition

Also Johnathan pass on a goodluck to Manuel. Will you be representing Msida or Marsamxett ??

[Gazzetta]

Any news ??
It seems it wasn't a very good day !! 


Chris 

[Jonathan]

Some news re today's fishing competition - the results were very very very dismal to say the least. Regarding MFF boats, Gaffer & DJS got 2 fish and lost another each - Gaffer after a short 15sec strike and DJS right at the boat I was told, we got 1 fish and Shanook, like most of the boats on the water got none. There was also virtually no activity in the area - no frantic seagulls, no fish at the surface (though one guy reported seeing such fish) and Gaffer also reported no activity on the fish-finder. The main highlight I would say was Frankie (call sign Jorluc) from the MArsamxett club who caught a 27kg tuna (looked like a Yellow Fin but no sure after Skip's previous posts re Yellow Fin versus Blue Fin). I wonder whether it was the bad currents or just that we're late in the season and the fish have moved away. After today, I doubt it whether we'll go again for alungi this year or whether today signified the closing of this season. What do you think about this?
BTW Bigboy we represented the Marsamxett club. I don't believe there was anyone representing Msida, but there was one boat (Farfett) representing Gzira.

[shanook]

Yep right on the dot Jonathan. We were Mff Poor catch and MFF jeankarl both of them on thier first Alungi trip (sorry guys we didnt hit anything but thats fishing). Catch was extremely poor and sparce. I know someone caught 5 which is really good. I kept in the vicinity of Filfla but it seemed that the fish were staying furthur out. On the 25 mile edge it was slow as well.
No Jonathan the fish might still be there again as Alungi come in Big shoals and if its not hot enough they move on, if its hot they linger a bit but still move on. Catches start getting less as there will be small lampuki and other bait fish for eating. But today it seemed like an empty water as there was no action whatsoever.
That tuna that was caught should be a BFT not a yellow fin as yellows are not found in the med. What makes one think it s yellow fin because some of the fins are yellow but that does not make it a yellow fin.

OPPS forgot to add we caught a nice big nylon netting which made Poor Catch test out his new rod and reel. Poor Catch came out the winner LOL.
well done to all who took part.

[DJS]

Yes, it was poor day all round.

It started off well though, after arriving on the scene at 7.15am I got a strike straight away, it felt like something bigger than normal as it made 7 or 8 runs taking alot of line each time. After a 15 minute fight I had managed to bring it within 50 metres of the boat when the double hook came out of its mouth. Caught 2 before 8am then nothing for the next 3 hours. Talking to Jonathan and Skip at the time, it seems that it went dead everywhere mid-morning even though lots of shoals of fish were showing up on my fishfinder. Got another strike on my way back, not a very big fish but I lost it near the boat. M'hemmx taghmel!

Alot of people on the VHF radio were blaming the current, I guess there could be something in this as there was a full moon last night.

Hope we do better next year

[EmicMalta]

not nice to hear this but this is all about fishing. What you mean about saying the current???  There was too  much current? I think much more cos of on the moon.