New Members - Please Introduce Yourselves

Mike · October 26, 2009, 18:01:14 CET

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and it looks very interesting and informative.

I live in Siggiewi and have 28 years of age. When I was a kid I used to go fishing in front of our house in M'Scala, with a normal rod and we used to catch a handful of small fish.

Last week I decided to purchase a normal rod and a reel rod, and some tackle to start spending some time, instead of staying in bed in the early morning. Due to the fact that I live in Siggiewi, can anyone suggest and interesting spot in Ghar Lapsi or in the vicinities, where I can at least enjoy some fishing. Of course I understand that there is nothing guaranteed, but at least I won't go in a spot where definitely no fish are present.

Thanks in advance guys.

Granitu · October 26, 2009, 22:05:04 CET

by the sea is a place... lol

lapsi is good

robby017 · October 26, 2009, 22:48:46 CET

Quoteby the sea is a place... lol

lol....... although its a joke......... it is also true as you do not know where a nice fish may decide to lurk around..... trial and error is the key to success.... look for places with the natural habitat of the fish you are after

, as in don't expect to catch deep sea fish, in 1 meter of water on a sandy beach....

Mike · October 27, 2009, 11:36:24 CET

nice one granitu

, and thanks robby

robby017 · October 28, 2009, 00:10:49 CET

np

whatever you do...... never use very thick tackle for shore fishing..... the fish are super witty

action · November 04, 2009, 10:06:52 CET

Hi all My name is Max , From Tiverton Devon UK. I have not been fishing for 28 years so am a bit rusty, I will be in Malta in april and May and would like to go fishing again and make new friend while there, I found the forum on search engine, A forum member Noz has been very good to me with advice on fishing in Malta and said what a great team of people you are MAX

mike.d. · November 04, 2009, 18:07:05 CET

welcome, you have had advice from one of the best, a true gent, ( noz ).

sir j0hn · November 05, 2009, 18:34:38 CET

Hello action maybe you could pass on those tips to another old Brit who is coming out this Sunday for a fortnight in Bugibba. Rods, reels and tackle are packed in hope of catching one or two from the harbour wall.

If anybody has some free time and is heading out from there we will help to pay for the fuel/boat if we can tag along.

action · November 05, 2009, 19:36:41 CET

Hi sir john my tips on fishing would do you no good at all, in fact if you depend on me you may as well stop at home.if you can get in touch with Noz/ Norman through the forum Iam sure he will give you good advice. Any way good fishing.
Max

noztheviking · November 05, 2009, 22:17:33 CET

HI MAX AND SIR JOHN HAVE SENT YOU BOTH MESSAGES ONLY TOO GLAD TO HELP OUT TO IF I CAN NO PROBS THERE , AND IF I CANT HELP THEN I AM SURE ONE OF THE CRACKING PEOPLE ON THIS FORUM WILL HELP YOU OUT AS THEY HAVE DONE WITH ME IN THE PAST, GOOD LOT ON HERE, CANT WAIT TO GET BACK THERE AT CHRISTMAS, AND NEW YEAR, SOD FREEZING MY SELF AT HOME HERE IN BRITLAND

skip · November 06, 2009, 14:54:07 CET

Noz, can you please avoid writing in caps. It's taken as shouting

noztheviking · November 06, 2009, 20:46:11 CET

certainly skip did not realise i had pressed the caps locked button, hand slapped taken will not happen again sorry

sir j0hn · November 06, 2009, 21:48:11 CET

Just sent Noz a PM and I hope we can meet up with him and others during our holiday.

Spirit of Jason · November 15, 2009, 10:29:58 CET

Hello Guys
New to the forum and new to sea fishing, any help or advice would be greatfully recieved.
I am from the U.K. moved out here to lovely Malta, Feb this year.
I have done some fishing off Blackpool with one of my mates, which is completely different to the fishing here.
I have bought myself a Carver 280, with twin mercruser engines, giving me around 410hp and she is moored on the pontoons in Tax'biex.
I retired early, so I thought I would treat myself to a half decent boat, (something I have allways wanted) and do some fishing.
Are there any fishing marks that are recognised to yield some decent fish, or is it case of trolling around until you hit some fish.
I realise there are some deep waters around Malta, so I had a look on e bay and saw a Miya Epoch Command CX-4 Big Game Electric Reel, which I thought was very reasonble priced, so I sent for it, a second hand reel that looked nearly new in the photographs.
The seller was in Japan and once I paid for the reel he dispatched it by EMS, a few days ago, it arrived in Malta on Friday, but is being held by customs, I have to pay €15 because it has come from a country outside Europe and also I may have to pay VAT/duty on the reel, I just hope they dont rip me off.
As I say any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

skip · November 15, 2009, 11:48:42 CET

Hi Russell, welcome to the forum.

Well done on the boat as you say why not treat yourself

You'll be able to do some serious offshore fishing and you can challenge The Gaffer at next years Alungi competition in June

Trolling wise the West coast is the most productive running along the various ridges just out from filfla. Deep bottom fishing I would stay on the West coast for now and experiment with spots.

If it's come by EMS you're paying €15 for them to process the clearance on your behalf and deliver it to your house, much easier than going and queuing!! They will then take the invoice value plus shipping and work around 5% duty and then 18% VAT on top of that as charges.

Before you sign for the package when the delivery guy comes, open and check everything thoroughly especially as you're likely to see Brown tape with Dwana ta Malta written in red (Customs) so you want to make sure that everything that should be there, is there BEFORE signing!

They won't rip you off but work off the invoice values.