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Title: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: ForTuna on May 15, 2009, 18:07:55 CET
Guys,

For the past month I got to know via MFF that there's quite a few of you who are interested in this type of fishing, however we all know that we are very limited when it comes to fishing spots... and we lack of good catches.

I was wondering if any of you would be interested in going for a weekend to Sicily to practice this type of fishing, definitely their beaches are much bigger and the chances of nice catches are much better.

I was looking at the weekend from Friday 18th to Monday 21st September ( public holiday ) so this a long weekend.

Anyone up for it ?




Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: PK47 on May 15, 2009, 19:12:41 CET
I always wanted to practice beach casting, this proposal is interesting, i might think about it ForTuna
Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: Granitu on May 15, 2009, 20:39:55 CET
sure i come, but down there it is much more difficult in summer.... just like malta :-\ :-\
Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: ForTuna on May 15, 2009, 21:29:09 CET
Hi Granitu , may be u re right but... keep in mind in italy schools start earlier than Malta and we're talking about night fishing I dont know how much they re used to have bbq's on the beaches .
Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: craus on May 15, 2009, 21:37:28 CET
hey guys if you're interested in fishing in sicily I am in the process of organising a trip there for a few days. It will include loads of fishing and the like. I have contacted admin(skip) and have his permission to post a thread very soon. If you like I will take your names down and let you know the details probably next week but first I have to finalize some things with both MFF and my sicilian contacts.
Just to whet your whistle a bit, it will consist of approx 4 days in the north of sicily. staying in a very nice 3* hotel with bfast and dinner. We will go sea fishing and freshwater fishing. It will include a fishing guide for 8 hours of fishing daily, hire of gear and tackle.
we will be fishing for black bass, trout,chub, etc(depending on season) and sea bass, amberjacks, bluefish etc

the more the merrier, because I can get discounts on bulk bookings of 10 pax or more.

If you guys are interested send a reply on this thread and i will get in touch soon.
Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: Granitu on May 15, 2009, 21:46:45 CET
they are used to have parties for sure but to our fortune there are unpopulated small beaches which can give out some real wild awrat.. like let's say 4kilos in mid afternoons. i've seen them on other forums and quite impressed, to say the least;D ;D ;D.

the problem is they are difficult to access but we would find a way for sure.. i have some friends too from sicily which would help s out for sure
Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: ForTuna on May 15, 2009, 21:48:00 CET
well we can always hire a big 4x4 !!! so we can do some offroading too haha !!
Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: craus on May 15, 2009, 22:04:11 CET
Quote from: Granitu on May 15, 2009, 21:46:45 CET
they are used to have parties for sure but to our fortune there are unpopulated small beaches which can give out some real wild awrat.. like let's say 4kilos in mid afternoons. i've seen them on other forums and quite impressed, to say the least;D ;D ;D.

the problem is they are difficult to access but we would find a way for sure.. i have some friends too from sicily which would help s out for sure
I've done some fishing in sicliy and seen first hand the fish they catch. UNBELIEVABLE!!! They throw back anything under 1.5kgs. I've seen them throw back bream that a normal maltese angler would feed his cat with for a month.

And for those that have never been abroad fishing in coarse water I can tell you fly fishing is the dogs balls. Nothing better than catching trout and salmon on the fly. Or a massive pike/zander, bass swallowing your lure and dancing out of the water as you reel it in.
Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: Granitu on May 15, 2009, 23:04:23 CET
whatever happens i'm in, you know how much i'm in this technique fortuna...
Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: ForTuna on May 16, 2009, 14:19:05 CET
Great :) i'm already gathering some info re-accomodation/transport .....a colleague of mine knows some who rents properties very close to the sea....we might find the right one at a good price will keep you posted
Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: robby017 on May 16, 2009, 15:01:34 CET
i'm interested...... intellaw imrejkba maghna imma guys...  ;D  forsi jahsbuwa xi klandestini  :D
Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: ForTuna on May 16, 2009, 15:05:19 CET
hahaha tajba robby .... mhux zgur juzawha l imrejkba hemm!!! forsi nghalmuhom xi haga ... zomm go rasek ukoll  li probabilmet cath and release se jkoolna nghamlu sakemm ma jkollnix  xi cooler tajjeb...
Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: ganni on May 16, 2009, 15:40:31 CET
tintuza ta limrejkba litalja, probabbli ahna tallimna minandhom mux huma ha jitallmu minghanna  ;D
Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: ForTuna on May 16, 2009, 19:49:16 CET
Grazzi ta  li-info GAnni :p haw xi volontier iehor!!!! sa 4 ukoll tajjeb gahx nixtieq nikru vann ghalina :D jekk inkunu 8 nikkru 2 hehe
Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: robby017 on May 16, 2009, 20:06:10 CET
Quoteprobabilmet cath and release se jkoolna nghamlu sakemm ma jkollnix  xi cooler tajjeb...


ahseb hekk

bbq dak il hin.... fresh... mmmmmmmmmmm how good.....
Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: bigboy on May 16, 2009, 20:10:09 CET
halli alik rob :P
Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: robby017 on May 16, 2009, 20:34:36 CET
nahseb jien.... wahdi!!!!!! mux ser nippunta subaja imma..... meta semmejtlek il lampuki min mas sunnara al fuq il bbq, bdejt iddub bigboy!!!! ikkoregini jekk sejjer zbaljat.... halib ikunu, u tghoma tal genn.....
Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: Granitu on May 16, 2009, 20:55:35 CET
i've already tried what you are saying robby, with some imniges you can imagine what delicacy
Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: suffrun on May 17, 2009, 13:08:39 CET
this is a very interesting proposal which I might consider joining.
Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: ForTuna on May 17, 2009, 13:38:00 CET
Any one is welcom suffrun :) the more the merrier!!!
Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: PK47 on May 25, 2009, 20:40:49 CET
may i make a suggestion? before going to sicily can we organise a Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting day or night in malta?
Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: Granitu on May 25, 2009, 23:46:22 CET
in summer nearly impossible. let you note all the barbeques in malta, there will be so many disturbance that nearly no fish will be around.

i go spear-fishing and many a times saw mnieges far out- i think they hate all the noises and activity around

plus you seem to forget all the ropes around the bays limiting our casts
Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: PK47 on May 26, 2009, 20:18:38 CET
u r right granitu, sorry but as u see i got no experience
Title: Re: Beach Ledgering / Surf Casting in Sicily
Post by: ForTuna on May 26, 2009, 22:46:49 CET
PK47 just to give you a better idea of when you should practice this type of fishing, ideally one should start going down fishing from a beach from end september to december-early january. If the sea is rough , it's even better ...