Malta Fishing Forum

FORMAT:
- Singles
- Pole Fishing, Spinning, Casting (Open)
- Maximum one rod at a time
- No Treble, or double hooks, except on lures.
- Maximum 2 hooks per line (eg. Paternoster Rig)
- Any type of bait can be used, but if you bring fish with you they must be declared before starting.
- Each participant is to have their own keepnet or bucket for keeping the fish alive before weigh in.

VENUE:
- Primary: Zonqor Point
- Backup: Same area, further inshore near pool

TIME:
- Meeting at 06:00, fishing start time 07:00
- Duraton: 5 hours

PRIZES:
- Trophies for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Place
- Trophy for biggest fish (min. size 500g)


RANKINGS:
- Fish Only
- Total Overall Weight (No Octopus, Squid, cuttlefish etc)

ENTRY FEE:
- €6.00 for Standard online members
- €4.00 for Premium and VIP members

mulett75 taking part

placebo confirmed

camkev-confirmed

Sorry but will not make it this time niether as I will be abroad till the 11/11/09. Just missed it , mind you it will be better for the other competitors as that is home for me. Fished that area regularly with the catch & release practice. Make sure you do not completely catch all the fish as I will not have anything to catch when I get back. Good luck to all taking part.

i'm in owenbullu

F*** i think im gonna miss it by a few hours...... i'm planning on arriving sunday from abroad.... so, am hoping i'll at least make it for the finish.....

i think keep nets might a little problematic at zonqor?...should we bring big buckets as well to keep fish alive?

btw i think im in.. :)

yes its good to have big buckets....

How is the bottom there and depth?And what type of fish you catch?Cause i never fished there!!

mmm...bottom is rough.... you can get easily stuck as 4 depth it depends but 2.5 3 meters in close range is average

as for fish there is quite a variety....apart from the normal tal qiegh there r some good spots for kahli/zabri.nice and sized marzpan

I confirm that there might be a problem with the keep nets, especially if the sea will be a little rough. In cases like this I use a big bucket or try to find a big hole with water and put the fish in there.

5 guys confirmed so far......hoping we get some more confirmations to make this event fun

can't make it guys that date :'( already taking part in another competetion  :'( >:(

Count me in

Btw since this is my 1st competition. If fish that I catch die do they still count? And why is it difficult to keep nets over there, is it because there is a bit of distance between the sea and shore?

Of course they will still count!!I think the nets because there are rocks and when it's rough its difficult to keep the fish in the nets!

I would love to fish, this would be my first competition in malta and would like to get to know some of you guys. I fish mainly around birzebbuga and never fished at marsascala, so if anyone has any information as to what methods and baits work best, it would be very helpful (if you dont mind giving all your secrets away) ;)

I can tell you that there is not much difference from Birzebbugia to Zonqor Point. Normally we use shrimps, (live or frozen), worms and crayfish. These normally are used for casting. If you use a pole all the above are still good but one can add the bread. As regards methods one can use the pater noster rig for bottom fishing. One has to be carefull as the bottom is a rocky one and one can easily get stuck to the bottom, so prepare extra rigs.
For sure if you have any other kind of method just try it, I am sure it will work.

I am in  

if any one is good at catching xilep using the green weed grass which grows on the rocks at ZP, this competition should be a piece of cake. went diving last week and saw many dozens all well sized. some people fish for xilep in this area using this weed, the best point being the very point of zonqor point. Also saw some nice sawrell schools.

i'm confirmed

COME ON GUYS, LETS HAVE SOME MORE OF YOU FOR THIS EVENT.

8 and counting...

Skip, my father will be joining and another 2 probably

Can someone advise what's the best method to fish there?Like a 6mtr hand rod is enough?Most of us never went fishing ther so a bit of help would be very useful...dont worry placebo and mulett75,one of you is going to win it for sure.but it will till be fun fishing with most of you!!!Another thing is that we need more members to join in,i am sure that there are more who can come.Instead of asking were and how you fish maybe you can join us and learn someting from each other  ;)

I think that this time of year the best fishing at Zonqor Point is for zabri and xilep and and maybe sargi  if the sea is a little bit rough .the most important thing is that you are in the right place(fil lok fejn ikun hemm ir rima).A rod from 7 to 9 metres must use if the sea is little bit rough (jekk ha tistad ghal tal wicc).If the sea is calm try bottom fishing.Another problem very important if you don't wake up early you will find people fishing on the best spots and also you will find guys with the (terrieha) Good luck to all

@camkev my intension is not to win but to fish with some forum members and tio see otjher participating and have some fun. If you want during the competition stay next to me and I can show/tell what my intentions will be. Btw I can tell you know. I will have abouit 3 to 4 casting rods (ghal tal qih). nothing special but I can assure you that at Zonqor point there is a lot of fish such as (briqex, gharajjes, sparli and even mrazpan). A pole will be standing ready besides me as sime time small mullet will cime to suface.
If you want more info, please ask

re the landfishing competition, will it be at the tip of ZP or further to the left along the front shoreline... i.e. heading to Xaghjra?

i'm very new to fishing and although I was considering to take part (just to have a better idea of shore fishing), I still cannot make it next Sunday... but maybe i come to have a look for a couple of hours...

thanks

the weather doesn't look good for next sunday,N to NW Force 5/6.How is zonqor with wind blowing force 5?Is there a safer place in the vicinity?

yes, one of the bars would be a safe place, lol.

lol @ mike.d

NW 5/6 will be pretty rough..as a safer place we go go inward to the port at m'scala but its not as good as zonqor

Windfinder is showing force 7 at 10am now with rain...uffff always the same!!

is the windfinder accurate?

If the weather does not permit to fish over there we will find another sheltered place.

owejja kev tamilx ekk !! :/, mela tidejjaq tixarab xi ftit :P ?? haha. jking man lofl

u jekk ma tixarabx it tir bdar rih  loool

Kev qed titkellem qisek xi cikkulatu man :D kun ragel!!!!

Im taking part too :)

Confirmed so far:

mulett75
placebo
camkev
owenbullu
Reelin
alfadelta
Destination Sea
fish-noob
Fortuna

As you can see this is going to be a small event, would be nice to have some of the spinning guys join in even if just for the fun and experience of getting together.

I think it's a disgrace having only these members taking part!!Can't beleive it there are so many fishermen in this forum!!

Kevin as always in nies tas soltu! Would love to see to outcome if it had to be someone discussing the hotspots!!!!

ejja guys come on!

this should be a great event ..... not just a fishing competition but a good excuse to share more the experience.

Competition is a great challenge. There are no exact plans in fishing it's just getting the best out of the place you're fishing in.

we need more participants to make such events bigger.

i will give it ago, put my name down as well,

More?

As I said earlier , I would of loved to be there especially in my local fishing area. But I am not going to be in Malta till the 12/11/09. Good luck gents

For those inexperience for an event like this, I would like to give some hints on a competition like this.
1) Bait - be sure that you will have a good mixed bait with you, eg Shrimps, worms, bread, and other bait such as live bait. One has to think that if any kind of fishing is not giving results, one has to shift to a different kind of fishing.
2) Rods- If possible try to have more than one casting rods. This will enable the fisherman to swap rods, especially when one loose the tackle due to the rocky bottom.
3) Poles- Bring with you any poles that you have. One might start fishing with a long pole and than can change to a smaller obne to fish for eg vopi.
4) Since over there the bottom is very rocky bring with you a good supply of weights of different sizes. You do not have to use heavy ones. The bigger the weight, the bigger chance to get stuck.
Other thing is that you even bring with you ground bait. If weather not permitting we go to another place where one might fish for eg mulett.

A competition like this is like one goes to many different methods of fishing in one day, so try to think of any kind of methods and be prepared.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL

Many thanks for the info and tips Mulett75 i'll make sure to stay near you on sunday for more tips :-)

thx mulett appreciate ur help to us all beginners ;)

if all maltese fishermen were as witty as mulett75,the fish  population would be wiped out within a year! kidding! lol

Tks Mulett,can someone advise the exact location please,where we are going to meet ??Tks :)

as far as i know, there is a carpark there, at least i hope that i am referring to the same place

Shall we perhaps meet somewhere more central and then we follow each other down. I have no idea where I am going!

I'm not sure if I can make it yet but will confirm tomorrow.Please advise where we are going because of the strong wind and where we are gone meet because I never went there and I don't know the area.

Hello skip & all,

I am very new to this forum, and very new to fishing, but I would like to give it a try just for the fun of it, with a simple 7mtr hand pole, as I am not very well equipped... i.e. just the very basics!!  :-[

Actually I am coming to learn from you all, rather than competing.

Please confirm if you are meeting at the carpark or other place...

I don't know ANYONE of you as I am still new...!

10X

Camkev, by any chance you are the nephew of Derek?

i think if we meet in the carpark it will be good.

yes ppl .... it's good to come give it a try........

use mainly paternosters as mullet described and have different pole rod lengths available.

you will see how much you learn the way of getting the best out of your peg.

hope we all have fun and do not worry too much about the weather... we'll see in the morning and decide if the weather does not permit.

after all that's what a bunch of fisherman is made of .... people who challenge the elements of nature and fish.

tight lines to everyone.

good luck to everyone who are participating tomorrow!!

Altough , I will not be taking part due to I will abroad at the moment , I would like to add another suggestion to what Mullet 75 stated above especially for the ones that are going to be using casting rods. Highly recommended to take a few running floats to as believe me I have seen people that came fishing there & do not know the area & had 6 lost tackles in 6 casts so that is 100% snag on the rocky bottom. depends how far you cast I would say put the stopper about 6mtrs to 7mtrs up the line if say you cast 30 to 35 mtrs out. Maybe a couple of divers can volontere to collect the tackle after the competition. lol Good luck gents.

Everyones is saying about lost tackle and how rocky it is!!Why dont we fish somewhere else???It's no fun like most of us never fished there you have to change the tackle every time you cast.If it's that rocky i will stay fishing with a hand pole,no problem for me,it's just fun and meeting other guys from the forum is great  ;)

i went there fishing once with a friend for an hour, i did not lose any tackle but it sure is a snaggy bottom. the water is quite a way to reach so maybe that's why someone mentioned a barrada is not ideal. even netting a fish is hard. i think there are few places that are good for alot of people to fish with a hand pole, and there is a risk that these would already be taken by that time. for me anywhere you want to go fish it is no problem. i personally prefer using the reel instead of the pole.  and having said all that, i am not from that vicinity and as i said i only went once for an hour. it could be that there are better places to stay in zonqor stess ;)

Where are we going to meet and what time please?Can we meet somewhere central for the north guys like near San Gwann church??

When you say San Gwann church, you mean in San Gwann?

Thats it unless you are meeting at  San Gwann  cathedral to hear mass before so that you catch all the fish ;D

I see you at Zonqor. if i wake up >:(

kev, meet you in front of your house at 5.30am?

Yes ok antoine,cu tomorrow morning!!

Guys Placebo and Mulett75 know the place well and have kindly let us put up their mobile number in case you get lost and need directions:

Charles: 99456088
Adrian: 76476448
Skip: 99802843

I don't know the place but you can call me just in case!!

Let me give you some directions. When you get to Marsascla head for the church and then to M'Scala waterpolo pitch. Keep going to the end of the road where one can see a parking place on the lefthand side. I will be there waiting for you.

See You

ok Kev, see you tomorrow

F... I just broke the tip of my rod,the one i use for running float,now have to switch rods and use the one for bottom fishing as for running float and the one with a thick tip for bottom fishing.I wasn't geared up properly for shore fishing but will do so in the near future!!At least my handpole is still in one piece!!!....Me,alfadelta,skip and fortuna are meeting at 5.30am near San Gwann Church in SAN GWANN!!Cu all tomorrow guys..and good luck to all!!

Well done to all,I am very sorry that couldn't make it but hopefully will be next time.

I think we have to do something as Mulett is winning all land fishing competitions..........Placebo, spitec and all those who like to fish from land, u have to start getting ur act together to unseat Mulett

Well done charles........

Will try to stop[ him next time.What you should do shanook is during the comp go near him and ask him to show you how to tie a hook,how to use a running float etc,don't give him time to fish!Tell us a little bit about the competition fish caught,place where competition took place etc.

Thanks Shanook. It was great to fish with some of our members. Although I expected more over there at the end wasn't so bad. I enjoyed it and next time !!!!!!!!!

next time you come and throw mulettu in the sea shanook....

thanks to all that joined, sponsors, to skip and photographer :) hope there will be a next time.

had fun ..four next time  :D

Photographer is my fiance, BG on the forum, who very kindly woke up with me at 4.30am!! to come along, hehe!

kudos to ur fiance {"_"} m8.

on another tone, a comment that i heard today from a member of the forum. Awareness on fish sizes and keeping them alive should be tackled in a different way. If all fishermen would replace the buckets with keep-nets (where possible) it would improve the rate of live fish thrown back in the sea. Why doesn't the fisheries start by giving free keep-nets :) that would be a positive starting point if they insist to start with the recreational fisherman.

Well done to all :) Qed tara kev placjajt mat tajbin int :P Prosit ukoll lil Charles u Nelson it tnej li intkom sajjieda tajbin ukoll :)

Well done for the organisers and im sorry i wasnt able to be present for this event but arrived in malta yesterday late and was very exausted, well hope to meet next time :D

Thanks skip for eveything. Thanks also to your fiance for the set of photos that were taken.

Thanks skip for an enjoyable day and prosit to Mulett, Placebo, Camkev and OwenBullu

Hi Guys, well done everyone! was the competition still held at Zonqor?

good job mullet you won again. maybe for the next competition there will be a special prize to beat mullet maybe more competitors will take part.

Competition wasn't at Zonqor. we met there but as there was a mixed experience level and it was pretty rough it was decided to relocate to a more sheltered place. Was held in Kalkara Creek on the Birgu side though.

Quote from: fish-noob on November 08, 2009, 19:15:16 CET
on another tone, a comment that i heard today from a member of the forum. Awareness on fish sizes and keeping them alive should be tackled in a different way. If all fishermen would replace the buckets with keep-nets (where possible) it would improve the rate of live fish thrown back in the sea. Why doesn't the fisheries start by giving free keep-nets :) that would be a positive starting point if they insist to start with the recreational fisherman.

From what I heard, it seems that European legislation needs to be clarified. What I did note that when a fish swalled a hook, Mulett75 would simply cut the line and not try and dig the hook out of the fish. Hook disolves or is passed through and less stress is placed on the fish.

yes, i do that if she swallows. more because I haven't gotten round to learning how to use the disgorger properly. unless you are using stainless they will dissolve in a few days / weeks.

Great day had fun though I wished that there were good sized fish. A note on the disgorger..... Normally I use it to take out the hook but it's near impossible to keep the fish alive while you are digging in it's stomak, immagine yourself as the fish, I don't think that you'll injoy that. The best way is to cut the line.

had a good time guys...though my catch was REALLY poor...but it was nice meeting you all

well done to everyone who participated! what kind of fish species were caught?

Yes it was fun  ;) I caught a lot of zabri myself,was fishing with korea worms,shrimps and farka.But most of the catches were mada on worms!!It was nice meeting all of you guys.Well done to the organizers and to the photographer!!  ;)

Suffrun, my catch was a mixed one. If you see the photos you can see Sparli, tird, gharrajes, brieqex and even mrazpan

welldone mulett,someday i will challenge you myself! just joking!

When you want we go and fish togheter, not compete but what I call Sjada Tal Hbieb. Evey body is welcomed.

that ORIS cap was great tks

Nice offer, like an informal workshop so to speak to learn the different techniques. It was very interesting watching you all fish and seeing how one needed to have different types of rods for different techniques and styles, and even the variety of bait.

Quote from: placebo on November 09, 2009, 21:27:22 CET
that ORIS cap was great tks

We have Alfadelta to thank for those as he kindly co-sponsored the event as official time keepers. I've been drooling over their watches online recently!

regarding fish types, i was fishing with a running ledger, using koreano, just caught a pagru (xiber) and sparlu same size approx and a trilja which escaped and a bunch of micro burqax :) i second the nice cap and watches :) would make a nice christmas pressie :D