Spearfishing competition by the MFF members

[Seahunter]

Emic, Mario told me that 99.9% he`s coming.

[EmicMalta]

emic, giovanni, robert, ivan, seahunter,mario, buddagrass -  counting (7)

[markcam]

After I met you today in the sea, I remembered to tell chris    count us in. By the way, is it a singles competition or couples ?

[EmicMalta]

for safety reasons it will be safer to be by couples. Also as I saw yesturday both of you are strong at the moment and your catch was very impresive due that there was no fish around.

We went down too late so only had 1 good hour to fish and nearly at the dark shoot on a bcuda but went out of spear (I was "trying to" filming it)

Also  very nice leccia mark, was a pitty for your cousin but things that happen. Last week I lost a 12kg aj cos shoot it bad, so know how it feels when you on the surface after loosing the chance


emic, giovanni, robert, ivan, seahunter,mario, buddagrass, markcam, schranz -  counting (9)

[markcam]

How I'd love to come across a big Aj, that would make my day.  If I'll miss it, that would be another story    Sorry to hear that you missed it.  Thats what I told chris, that for sure there will be another chance. Looking forward for the competition, especially the BBQ, cause I havent eaten grilled fish this year 

Since you mentioned the leccia, let me share the pic. 

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Holy c**p that's quite a fish. Never seen one before, what size do they normally grow till.

[EmicMalta]

nice one. i never saw one, just 1 of a kg.

I think that budagrass had saw them that couply but he had some problem that I don t remember.

Hey budagrass look where they are

for the competition will be fun especially for those who is their first one. As for safety we will have a dingy and trying for 2 boats, and as for the BBq will have 2 "geasers" waiting for us

I don t know cris how he was but mine was my fault, I didn t  shave my face and on my second aspetto the mask was full of water and with the bait seing it getting afrain, and then I saw it coming from the blue (was maybe 15mtr drop off) head on, and when it turned I shoot a long shoot with the 105 and in fact I had penetrated it well nut only 3cm from the upper fin, so I blowed in the mask as soon as I shoot and sawe the shoot. Went up and saw  the fish to the ground and was afraid to take it up,  the spear tuched the rocks at a bottem of around 30mtr and saw the fish getting away. My heart stopped.

That day after 5 mins made a caduta on 3 x 6kg  ajs too and the same, water was getting in the mask and as I was my head down coudnt see well and I missed the shoot. Then they stayed with me until I loaded and as I loaded they disappear

went another time but only a 2.5kg one I saw and was in open water but was shy to come. Maybe today I meet them up

[EmicMalta]

Holy c**p that's quite a fish. Never seen one before, what size do they normally grow till.

its 7 kg. Really nice and its rare to find in our sea. In maltese they call it serra hoxna. As I go nearlly each day I only saw 1 in my life

emic, giovanni, robert, ivan, seahunter,mario, buddagrass, markcam, schranz, simonG-  counting (10)

[markcam]

If Im not mistaken, they call it strilja emic.......Mhux han meriek, cause I don't know for sure.  They grow very big, infact the record of the biggest one landed is by a local (dunstan) ....40 kgs

I had heard a similar story of someone losing an Aj like you did, apparently you should never let it hit the bottom.  I should start fishing deeper, maybe Ill come across one, one day.   Remember to shave before you dive, so the fish will see you attractive 

[EmicMalta]

yes thats one of my favorite pics. Really nice one. Its the biggest ever saw.

here even I taught it was a strillja but bigboy was wright and even arti2

http://maltafishingforum.com/talk/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=1411


http://maltafishingforum.com/talk/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=1050


and this is a strilja

http://maltafishingforum.com/talk/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=1100

yesturday I saw 1 of around 1kg but didn twanted to come closer

[markcam]

Its very visible that they arent the same species, in fact the strilja that you are refering to are not good to eat. Does anyone eat them ? 

Thats why I like calling it Leccia, but people tend to have a habit to call the leccia/serra hoxna a strilja.

[EmicMalta]

even the strija i never eated it so cannot say but the laccia I saw it for sale even at miracle foods. Nevver tased it but i think ifits not caught from a port its good to eat

[markcam]

It's a very tasty fish to eat, I have tried it and it's delicious.  It does not matter if its from a port or not, because the fish migrates and does not vacate just one single area and also eats other fish, so I dont think it will effect the taste of the fish.  When your dealing with fish that are not migratory and dont eat other fish then I agree with you that the taste is different (example Sargi)

[EmicMalta]

i agree with what your saying but the difference in smell it can be seen. I dont like to fish a lot in ports but sometimes I do. Over ther the fish that I catch and even the octopus have differnt smell and tast than those caught like lapsi.

[markcam]

It's true, Fish caught in open waters tend to have a darker colour, but I never tried smelling them  .  I'm off to do some errands then off for a dive.  Maybe we'll meet up again in the sea