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Title: Swordfish
Post by: 148148 on October 19, 2009, 15:21:10 CET

Does the season open November 1 or 30th? Just got back from Tunisia, they must never stop the season as they were selling swordfish the size of snapper

Title: Re: Swordfish
Post by: 148148 on October 20, 2009, 02:46:13 CET

surely someone knows

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Post by: busumark on October 20, 2009, 08:16:30 CET

the swordfish season starts on the 1 dec. the season should be closed in all the Mediterranean

Title: Re: Swordfish
Post by: 148148 on October 20, 2009, 16:01:40 CET

Cheers, but no, plenty of swordfish in the Tunisian market of Sousse all caught very small and they wont be growing and swimming to Malta

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Post by: busumark on October 20, 2009, 18:02:49 CET

the reason that they closed the season for these two months is that at this time a lot of small swordfish are caught. but if the other non European countries continue to fish for them nothing will be achieved from this close season

Title: Re: Swordfish
Post by: Perla 165 on October 20, 2009, 20:13:26 CET

jilhqu jikbru fxarejn imma ? mhux xorta jibqaw zar ?

translate.

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Post by: Kevin G on October 20, 2009, 20:42:35 CET

the swordfish will be frequent in maltese water in november? and will be far out or they will pass near land?

Title: Re: Swordfish
Post by: 148148 on October 20, 2009, 21:13:39 CET

How far out do you need to be for them? And how close to land as an alternative

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Post by: LapsiBoy on October 20, 2009, 23:20:09 CET

I know people who catch swordfish from land..they come close in deep areas

Title: Re: Swordfish
Post by: Kevin G on October 21, 2009, 15:23:20 CET

last june we saw 1 jumping out of sea was a nice sized estimatied about 10-15kg only few meters from land. does the water temp effect them?

Title: Re: Swordfish
Post by: MartinB on October 22, 2009, 20:43:17 CET

I saw a fully grown one too early in sept. about 100-150m offshore,it was chasing lampuki and sounding on the surface with just its dorsal fin showing every 50m (and it was one hell of dorsal fin too!) or so & approx heading towards gozo...Not that you need the fin to find it though,with all those lampuki jumping out of the water in front of it!!! :o
Actually it messed a very good days fishing for me,but was an awesome spectacle to witness on the otherhand! Never seen one that big so close to land before. ;D

Title: Re: Swordfish
Post by: bigboy on October 22, 2009, 21:07:06 CET

Daqt nibdew nilliskawlu bil lampuki l pixxispad fi zmienu :P

Title: Re: Swordfish
Post by: alfadelta on October 22, 2009, 21:15:19 CET

Kane ara we have to go once for swordfish ta, it is one of my dream to catch one

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Post by: bigboy on October 22, 2009, 21:18:08 CET

Not with your boat imma ta ghax jigbruna :P

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Post by: alfadelta on October 22, 2009, 21:26:52 CET

it has to be a ptf or so?

Title: Re: Swordfish
Post by: bigboy on October 22, 2009, 21:44:56 CET

MFB or MFA mate ;)

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Post by: alfadelta on October 22, 2009, 21:48:26 CET

hrrrmmmmm ok found one we can go out for the day.....

Title: Re: Swordfish
Post by: chrifene on December 07, 2009, 15:02:11 CET

Hi Guys,

I was surfing on the internet and watching some videos and I came across this very interesting video about sardines being attacked by stripped marlins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2kQF7eWkIs

enjoy!
Cu.

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