Fishing on sikka il bajda

[Searay]

Hi everyone...im new to this forum and i must say that ive found it really interesting. prosit lil kulhadd. ive been going fishing on the sikka il bajda for a couple of years now and have caught some nice fish using shrimps. however using shrimps can get a bit disappointing coz you can start catching small fish and i want to start experimenting on other bait. other fishermen suggested hniex tal-imperjal and bibi...anyone tried these baits on the sikka, and did they give good results? thanks

[Simon G]

if you fish at night yes during the day try sicc or clamari

[shanook]

what are u thinking of catching from sikka l'bajda. Are there some big fish there? the largest i caught was a Hmar ta 1kg. never caught anything big; Arajjes, brieqex, tragni, ruzett, pagell dawk.

[Aab131]

Where is the Sikka l-bajda??

[Jonathan]

Sikka l-Bajda is around 1.5-2 miles North East off Mellieha Bay

[LapsiBoy]

if u realy want to try to experiment ..prepare a xlif with big hook and no sinker  and hook up maby a whole cuttle fish (sicca) or maby whole bait like lacci or sardine....and leave it drift gently to the bottom ..by the time u can stay bottom fishing as usual...ive tried it a couple of times in my area and has always produced something ..sometimes a nc dentex or maby a grouper etc

[EmicMalta]

its hard to get a grouper on the Sikka il bajda. Maybe a dentex but for a grouper I only say some few ones less then 1kg. Lot of nets over there. SArgi sometimes there is but should be with some current.

[Searay]

Thanks for all your comments and suggestions...tomorrow im gonna give it a try...will let you know how it goes

[shanook]

searay i called u on channel 10. Passed by sikka l'Bajda around 11am

[Searay]

Damn it shanook...i had to go in early and was in xemxija by 10am! How was it? Caught anything? i went trawling for an hour, before actually fishing on the sikka and caught a 3kilos baracuda on a rixa tal-lampuki!!! You wont believe it, i had a rapala especially for baracudas on each side of the boat and had a rixa tal-lampuki in the middle close to the boat and it got hooked on it! The sikka yielded the usual stuff, nothing great. Do you usually keep it on channel 10?

[shanook]

well either channel 10 or 6.  we didnt stop on sikka bajda but went out on about 8 miles for a spot of bottom fishing which didnt yield anything.

[busumark]

shanook you didnt catch anything again i think its because of the hammer

[Gazzetta]

Hammer . . . . 

Chris 

[busumark]

shanook knows what it means its the weight hammering the bottom. last time we went i think that we were going to find oil.

[shanook]

gazetta when bottom fishing we are usina a weight of about 1kg. we lift it off the bottom but with the rocking of the waves it keeps hitting the bottom like using a JCB so we say hammering the bottom