went fishing for the second time for lampuki. at one time we where some four boats going around in 30m circles but it seems i was the only one not catching. I was using some 3 white plastic clamari with a small bead weight in there "head", was using fairly thin lines etc. Is my set up wrong? should i use another setup?
did you get any strikes???
no not even that.
Toxictuna....are you sure it was Lampuki striking?.. it is not usual that all 4 boats get strikes . Whereabouts was this?
toxituna why were all ur lures the same colour. try different colour on a line ans if u start getting strikes on a particular colour change all ur lure sto that colour. If u have 3 lures say red, white and blue. then u should have a set up with 3 whites, another with 3 blues and another with 3 reds.
You could have also tried to put a weight on ur line try to go deeper.
Apart from all this did u wash ur hands with fragrant soap in the morning as that affects as well. Best thing is to rub ur hands in sea water before u touch the lures. sometimes even opening the gas tank can spoil ur lures.
Interesting about the gas tank, and a very good point Shanook. These last 2 years I kept my plastic lures in the same cupboard as the Fuel Tank, and the boat spends a day at sea in the sun. Will definitely take them out from there as now that you say it, it might explain why I am more succesfull with friends when I take lures from home, than when I am with the boat.
actually i oversimplified before. we had two lines and one had some purple lures. The gas tank thing is true. In fact i try to fuel up the day before the trip or at the end and leave the fuel in portable tanks. Does any one use real squid strips
, i would liek to know how to set them up?
ciappinu if they were with the fuel the best thing to do is throw them away lines and lures. Ayway I always change my lures and lines at least every two years. Fish seem to like the smell of new plastic.
I change mine every season. Also i change leaders each time we go out
You can notice that in most occasions,when you use a new lure you get better results.Thats what happens to me especially in squid fishing.
with the bites i have to change them every time i fish
the problem lies in the fact that you touched some fuel fumes, if you putv your hand near a fuel tank it is more than enough
keep with you the brownish posidonia that really removes fuel smell. and vary the lures and colours, sometimes the stranger the lure the better
What is the brownish posedonia?
And is olive oil good to wash the lures from sea water and not repell the fish?
Hi,can anyone tell me were i can find some fads closest to imsida?Pls send pm tks.
hi camkev,im sure you can find some near "ghajn tal-hesselin" after a good night's rain! lol!
the brownish posidonia is the one near jetties and "hafiet"(boulders)-submerged
you will identify it very easily, it is of maroon kind in yellow and smells nice, always works removes odor very easily!
it is an alternative to soap for me, as soap is polluting at sea
Granitu that is a great suggestion. Soap is polluting the sea. I live on the strand in Sliema and as I am fishing early in the morning, I watch several boat crews (won't mention names, but the biggest ones) throw buckets and buckets of soap overboard that they use to wash the decks... (I hope it's some eco-friendly product). Of course they are not the only ones. To everyone: most sunlotions are terrible for the environment too. For example they screw up corals and the zooxanthelle that are in symbiosis with them.
yep funny enough they discharge the bigle water when inside the harbour, and nobody tells them anything
Is .35 handline good to use for lampuki?(for tomorrow)
as a leader, yes! all .35, i wouldn't!!!!
sure its good
no man it will hurt your fingers.
go for 0.80 handline and minimum 0.50 leader.
that's the way to prepare for good catches.
else you should be losing more time and end up catching less than others who are more practical.
right placebo
tks placebo. ;)
camkev, wake up early and be there at exactly the first light of day.
try to find an FAD all for yourself and hope for good luck.
tks placebo,we were leaving port at 6 am.
be in the sea by 5am and try be on FADs at 5.30am or 6am.
the thing is that you have to be first on FAds. Once there are more people around you and the more boats going round an FADs they scare the lampuki after sometime and will not keep getting bites.
ok will do!!
I find 80mm a little to thick for lampuki. True, when there are many they bite, however sometimes it can make a difference. I personally buy Higher quality, but thinner lines. Normally a .55mm and .40mm for the leader.
Anyone caught any lampuki today?My father went out and did not catch any!:( I shall be going tomorrow any suggestions where is best in the south?
Jahasra kev inti ghalxejn nejdlek lilek imma ma tismax minni ;)
Lestejtlek ir-rix u kollox biex tmur u taqbad erba hutiet ;)
Tibdilx harira ax kif inhuma armati ghandek taqbad il hut ;) :) ;) :D
Ok siehbi,tajjatx mijaj ;) :)
najjat ax haqqek hux :P
jekk taqbad ada irrid insajajr lampuka ee jien :P
L-ahhar updates li ghandi dolodu inqabdu 40 lampuka min fuq dik id direzjoni ;) 25 minnom ma cima wahda
translate please.
guys....... now that it is a bit early..lampuki are mostly caught from east.. south east... in a week or two...it will be mainly caught from the west side. Then from the east side you would be lucky if you get a cerviola. This is how I know it.... Once they hit the west coast... that's it. So its useless saying direction this and direction that. At the end of the day, Lampuki is so fast that they can move miles in a few hours. This is why when u hit a fad , most likely that the lampuki will move on to other waters. It is NOT because hey are afraid.. it is because they do not find their way back to the fad..or they find another fad.. or find a shoal of bait fish.
..and Placebo..the way I know from our old fisherman is that lampuki usually jump out of the water when they hear a boat closing by because they "jifirhu bina" .... hey are happy to see us... at least this is the word of old fisherman..
not always steve.
most of the times you notice them jumping out of the water and see activity around the FAds but other times it is so quite and you also start getting bites.
Today we headed out on hurdsbunk,when we arrived there we saw around 40 boats going crazy around the fads.We headed out of the tuna fishfarms which had about 30 more boats going round them.We couldn's see any fads out ther and then headed NE.As we went along we saw a lot of action of tunnies on feeding frenzy.We managed to find a line of fads of about 10.There was no sign of lampuki there but we managed to catch a dozen of tunnies whic we released.Then we went for a swim near portomaso and went back in.At least we enjoyed the day,the crew were fantastic...imnalla kien il mundinu!!!
ibata bil posta :P fantastic ax ma kontx hemm jien ??? :P
To all who go fishing for lampuki by sea, please be carefull mostly near blata tal-melh (bahrija), to any sings of long lines for lampuki which can be visible by a red flag folowed by coloured balons.
Today there were 2 or 3 driving a white dingi, when they saw the long line they slowed down and after a few sec they speed through it cutting it in half. They did not take any care and kept on going. it was for sure not done by mistake!!!
Please be carefull evrey one have to have fun fishing!!
Thank you
.....Be carefull, I know most people that go there and there are some who wont hesitate to shoot at the boat so when you pass from that area just keep your watch.
it s not good to use them but when they do these things them make you feel like to really empty the gun on the rib. Pitty that we are not anymore in the western
Having mono and nylon stuck into the propeller is not a nice thing, you will be asking for trouble. Definetly the nylon will tear all seals causing salt water to get in the lower unit and gear oil will seep out. So whoever did that he will be lucky if he made it back home.
more they have to be more carfull because when hunting season opens, there are a lot of hunters that go fishing and tkae their gun it them, end its not a nice thing to hear lead whjistling by your boat even if you are far out there is a method where lead still reaches you in high speeed!!!
If he did it not by mistake than he deserves it! because everyone goes out to have fun and catch a fish so we should respect eachother.
the guys with the imrejkba only use the coastline for fishing, the guys with the boats have the whole ocean to fish....
KevingG the lead will be hot so ribs will still be punctured, and yes the majority all carry their shotguns.
Whats the best time to go out for lampuki?
I know that in the morning its good but is it also good to go in the evening from 5pm to 7pm?
it is also good!
most prefer the early hours and sunset hours but any time will do.
just when the lampuki gets a little more clever sunrise and sunsets are ideal.
today while diving we saw some 6-8kg lampuki. Never meet that size in this time of the year
the lampuki are all different in size, we saw some smaller than vopa and biger for this time of year but still not intresting in klamari lol went bk home empty lol
saturday went out about 8 miles from filfla had two strikes but nothing aboard. fished for the pilot fish and also nothing. meet others who just caught one. so kevin your not alone. Ps we hadnt anything to fish for the pilot fish so we tried biscuits with raisens and figs. ;D
Simon next time try with a shiny spinner (metalla), for me last Saturday made a lot of differance.
Apart from lampuki, tunnagg and fanfri is there anything you can troll for at this time of the year? eg. some pastardella...
Stick to lampuki benri and dont complicate things ;)
Pastardell are too complicated
caught plenty lampuki this season (for once in my life).... would like a challange for something new!
this year has not been so good in catching lampuki for me neither...
Since starting my hobby for fishing with my boat, I have only caught one good sized pastardella (marlin) while trolling for lampuki. I think it was a matter of luck however I will never forget the experience in getting it in my boat and then having photos !!!
what lure were you using? a lampuki lure?
I do not think that it is a matter of luck. Try to change the way you are fishing, e.g. the lure, the lenght of nylon you are trolling, try to add a piece of lead and so on. Expriment, do not wait for the fish, make the fish come to you. Tease them. My experience last year. Lot of lampuki but did not want to bite. We had a piece of sicca on board, "Grampa", when we hooked it with our line, the lampuki did not want to stop, untill it got eaten all. My advice is try and keep on trying.
yes but are there any particular lures (eg feathers) to troll for pastardella? or maybe rapalas etc?
if someone catches tumbrell and would like to sell some, pls send me a pm,
Thank you
I have a big hammered metalla. It is like the scale of the fish. I find it very effective for pastardella and even swordfish.
how big
pastardella was about 5 feet. Caught in late September off Gozo/ Dwejra point, while trolling for lampuki with a red plastic lure.
need to clarify. how big il metalla! sakemm mhux ta 5piedi
The metalla is about 6 inches
il pastardella kienet ta x hames piedi bhala tul. Qbadta b rixa b klamar tal plastic ta kulur ahmar.
Mullet75 did you use the Squid on a trolling line ? Or did you use any other method ?
I used the squid on trolling line. Its like when troling for cervjol.
Is there a special way to troll for cervjol ?? cause sometimes you find really nice shoals with FADs or " zubruni " but seems that it's impossible to get a hit from one of them, useless using small squids, minnows, metals, live calamari etc !!!
Chris 8)
bicca sicca jew klamar ...... slow trolling
jew inkella jigging b metalla zghira.
Try grubs gazzetta I always managed to catch with them.
jiena bdejt it topic ghax ma stajtx naqbad lampuka. illum mort dawra tajba... ma nafx kif ma rajt il gaddafi... xorta ghal xejn . hin minhom rajna lampuka gejja ghal lixka imma dabret rassa. Kenna messa wkoll. imma dak kollox .. xorta ghadni bil guh... jien qed narma klamar daqs 2" wiehed car u wiehed skur u metala (2" wkoll). comb xejn. Qed narma hazin??
kemm qed thalli boghod min mad-daghjsa? Nahseb la qed tara il-hut gej ghal liska qieghed vicin wisq.
ismani habib, jien il birah hrigt xi sitt mijli fuq ghawdex hu kul ma qbadna lampuka wahda. imma mbad rid it tumbrell hu amilna sajda tumbrell. ic cimi kolla palma biss. lanqas hanzir 1 tahtom.
Toxictuna sihbi, mhux ha nejdlek fej tmur jew xi trid taghmel imma haga nejdlek. Int qighed isifer u adek ma qbat xejn, jin nistad ma lart u mac cimi ta lart u dejjem qbat xi haga.
Jien mort l-ewwel darba u qbadt l-ewwel wahda li qatt qbadt b'kollox qbadna 3 u marrulna xi erba inkunu gejjin bihom.
L-isbah wahda imma jaqbad wahda missieri, itellahha god-daghjsa taqbez wahda , naqla daqqa go halqi biha, taqa fuq saqajja u tibqa sejra l-bahar!
Ridt insaqsi lil xi hadd x'size ta snanar l-ahjar jew kpapar?
lum mort fuq il fishfarms ta san pawl u tajc kemm rajt lampuki jaqbzu u listess messa wahda ma kellijx. kamari bojot uzajt ax blu u homor at irid nixtri. kif inzilt fuq lart intqajt ma sajjied u qalli bhallisabiex taqbad bis sicc maqtuh forma ta huta , ifimni il forma tal huta rajta naqa zejda imma darb ohra niprova u nara xjigri u nibatilkom. is sabiha hi li amilt xi 3 sijat ndur u naqat flistess bicca peress li hin kollu jaqbes. minjaf id dajes li kienu addejijn kemm bdew jejdu minjaf xjaqbat dak il broxk bix baqa em. mur ajdilom li fish fingers ha nsajjar illejla.
lum mort fuq il fishfarms ta san pawl u tajc kemm rajt lampuki jaqbzu u listess messa wahda ma kellijx. kamari bojot uzajt ax blu u homor at irid nixtri. kif inzilt fuq lart intqajt ma sajjied u qalli bhallisabiex taqbad bis sicc maqtuh forma ta huta , ifimni il forma tal huta rajta naqa zejda imma darb ohra niprova u nara xjigri u nibatilkom. is sabiha hi li amilt xi 3 sijat ndur u naqat flistess bicca peress li hin kollu jaqbes. minjaf id dajes li kienu addejijn kemm bdew jejdu minjaf xjaqbat dak il broxk bix baqa em. mur ajdilom li fish fingers ha nsajjar illejla.
30 cima Lampuka wahda...........ma xmisthija............
Xarukaza eeeee. Il lampuki mac cimi tana qeda :P
guys.... used to hear my l father-in-law say..'hallija ha taghmel ix xita halli tikber il lampuki',,, 'let it rain as the lampuki will grow in size'. Its obvious it has no direct meaning however anyone can confirm or comment!
Arti 2 hanejdlek is sabiha tijej, naqbad lampuka, ndahal sikina frasa bix noqtola u nizvina wara xi minuta fil gewlaq taqbes u titlaq il bahar!!!
Stevea when lampuki are not being caught from land I don't go anymore until a good rainfall that changes weather condtion (sea/air tempreatur) than go for lampuki!!
I found it very good catcing lampuki when raining!! we shelter from rain and lampuki party in the sea!!
ara induromlokx big boy ta .........lilek narak gej mill boghod ghalkemm inti lili tarani mill boghod ukoll :)PPP
ghawn xi hadd andu il coordinates tal fish farm ta barra birzebbugia.
On Saturday we caught some nice lampuki, tumbrell, cervjol and loads of tunnagg (released). From what i can understand I was on Bigboy's cimi since all the lampuki are there! :-) Sorry mela bigboy and happy birthday!
Out on Saturday with my son and daughter's B/F. We caught some decent sized Lampuki and Cervjol (AJ) and a tank full, all 50lts of it, Fanfri.,....we stopped by one Cima, and the fanfri went crazy...So did we, we have shared them with fellow boaters on the pontoon, family, neighbours, and the freezer!!!. Also hooked into some tunnagg, which we gladly released. Alll in all, a good day's fishing. So for the following weeks, its baked fanfri, grilled cervjol, more baked fanfri, and some lampuki in between as well.!!!!
Will give the Lampuki trolling a break, and concentrate on some deep sea fishing now. Then go for Lampuki in 3 weeks time, when hopefully they'll have grown bigger, and the fight will be more enjoyable
Prosit Gaff,,, what time did you pack up?... usually I hit at sunrise and head home at abt 10.30..
10.30 am...lol
prosit gaffer :) Min fuq tan nicole jew ? :P
jekk kont fuqom mort tajjeb bilfors ax dawk dil gima tal festa allura ma hadmux :P
Quote from: stevea on August 31, 2009, 14:11:48 CET
Prosit Gaff,,, what time did you pack up?... usually I hit at sunrise and head home at abt 10.30..
Actually we started late, around 9.00am, and headed back to port by 2.30pm
Quote from: bigboy on August 31, 2009, 14:31:09 CET
prosit gaffer :) Min fuq tan nicole jew ? :P
Le, ghadni ma kellimtux.
Guys sorry I didn't attend to your bbq but I had to wake up early on sat and it was worth it!!! Caught 82 lampuki and also some fanfri but didn't catch any cervjol!!!
this morning alot of lampuki next to SPB fish farm. Caught six and lost two.By 10am they disappeared.
Well done my friend.they are getting closer than.
spitec they are always like that a the beginning they congragate near the fish farms. But they get harder and harder to catch they learn fast i suppose. If u go early morning u have a chance of catching some lampuki there.
If I had a boat and space where to put it! But I will see if my friend will be going because he has one outboard and we don't take risks to go much further out.
today im going to south east to try for them cause they told me that is where they are caching most. go round the farms and the ships. hope for the best. my setup done fresh yesterday is 3 klamar 6cm followed bu metalla with klamar piece at the end , for fragrance aue de fishy. in the meantime i do conz tal lampuki with sardines. will post results yes or no later.
Jiena mort it-tnejn qbadna 4 u wara ma riditx taf ghalkemm kien hemm xebgha lampuki.
Wara indunajna ghalxiex! Kien hemm it-tonn jattakkha. Hin minnhom hareg kollu kemm hu mill-ilma. Barra minn hekk kellha xebgha hut zghir x'tiekol!
Nahseb hzienet naqra tghallmet sew!
anyone tried jigging for lampuki?... will try it out myself next time out (probably this weekend). Saw a film on u-tube the other day in which the guy actually caught some nice lampuki (think it was somehwere in South France)...didn't keep the link. Anyway, it definitely makes sense to jig for them.... x'tahsbu l ahwa?
If you find it have a try steve I think they will go crazy for a small shiney jig.
no lampuki for us today from land :( ma rajnix wahda!!!
Hi Spitek... will tell you how it goes after I'v tried it out...
i got some on jigging.
it was great to catch some without consuming fuel. it was nice. i used a small metal jig and i also got some small cerviol.
i used a spinning rod for tip action. When dorado is abundant on an FAD anything works. Even if you trail a piece of squid on handline.
The problem now is finding that FAD full of lampuki !!!!!!!!!!!
caught nothing yesterday went to birzebbuga farms and tanker then drove up to SPB farms to try my luck but nothing . better luck next time
aw xi had andu xi andu ir rimja ta cimi ta deletanti ta san pawl il bahar? illum mort u kulma mes uma 1 u xhin gibnija idritat is sunara lol u telqet.. ax kont qijad brixa ta carvjol, xhin gibnija mal kajjik kien em erba ohra jigru waraja izda ma kinx em xorti li naqbduha bqajna infitxu ic cimi u ma sibnix. umbad bqajna hergin u sibu rimja u qas messa tlajna sa 8 wahda u zarmajna lol ax qas haq ix xemx li qaljna. ehhh..
anyone catching lampuki mscala area?? got none yet
I heard that one caught about 7 boxes near the ships at herds Bank. Is that correct Mr C ;D otherwise not many catches reported in this area.
Hehe it was me my friend!!!! I told you that herds Bank is full of lampuki ...
Naf Cedric ;D. Qieghed in number 1 hemm isfel cheers and keep it up ;)
Quote from: digger on September 03, 2009, 17:36:01 CET
Had some luck with lampuki today caught around 33 start catch around 3 iles out returned around 11 as were sall got swore at and called idiot for My trouble by couple of nice guys then went to fishfars south no lampuki after an hour found buoy full cervjola caught 12 returned hoe happy.
Nothing to be embarrassed about putting back undersized fish. You did the right thing, Kudos to you! Tell the idiot who swore at you to go and get an education and to screw himself.
Quote from: clutch_kick on September 08, 2009, 23:28:19 CETTell the idiot who swore at you to go and get an education and to screw himself.
If he doesn't return undersized fish he already IS screwing himself !! ;D Unfortunately the downside is he's screwing the rest of us at the same time too >:(
well said martin.
LOL......I think some people better write in Maltese!
tried to go fishing yesterday.... sea had massive swells... left at 6 am and returned 8 am just in time for a heavy shower at Xemxija... no strikes nothing ... miserable weather!!!! What annoyed me was the clouds and rain as these can be v dangerouos at sea. Remember once got caught in a thunderstorm ...... and lightening strikes around you.. took off the radio aerial and ran for it. Guess this is the weather we will be getting now... but am sure the rewards will be there ghax the fish will have incresaed in weight... (and wittiness!!!)
just in time for when i launch my boat :P
Quote from: ciappinu on September 09, 2009, 08:24:57 CET
LOL......I think some people better write in Maltese!
Tigi ahjar bil malti hux?!! LOL :)
went out today. few tunnag (which I released) no Lampuki strikes. could only spot one fad as there was some waves. pity had to come back in early as 2 sailors were sick!!! At least met Camkev today which was a pleasure
Nice meeting you too!!!When you want we go out together...najdu lil bigboy ax dak kapaci!!!
meta trid, we just have to wait for the sea to calm down!
waslu! fl'ahhar qbadt il lampuki, 2 mhux hazin, u fl'ahhar qabel kelli ntellaiddghajsa !!YAHOO
do you know if someone caught any lampuki this week??
aw ara tgergru mil birah fuq il lampuki :P
kiber il lampuki ?
ghax issa daqt jispicca hux ghax dak tal passa ,u issa jibda is sicc u il klamar u il lampuki tikber u tohrog hafna il barra