Any catch reports of Alongi for this year worth writing about. are they here?...heard some were caught on a trip to lampedusa last week, about 60Nmiles off Malta.
I have not heard of any catches yet by recreational fishermen, but that does not mean they are not out there, its just a case of people waiting for catch reports to come in before they dare go out on an Albacore trip, which is significantly more expensive this year. The best way to find out is to give it a shot, i'll be going out next Tuesday and maybe this coming Saturday.
Wow Mike, same as me...I'm out on Saturday then back out on Tuesday again!!!
Great, good to hear, see you out there !
good luck guys... Hopefully it pays off and you get a few strikes!
I will be going out tomorrow and I will let you know how it goes! Gluck guys and enjoy!
Mayer what channel do u keep the radio on I will give u a call in the afternoon. I hope to be in B'Bugia launching the boat.....
Should be out as well on Saturday, coming down the East Coast from Xemxija to the SE grounds.
I will be on Ch 67 to test it out as it will be the official tournament channel for contacting the Tournament Director and Support Boats on the day.
Should be out Saturday too. I'll try to test it for you Nick (providing I remember the channel no. :)
I should be out too on Saturday hopefully sea will be good and have some hits as well, tight lines to you all.
Hi shanook, I will be on a charter so would not know the channel...
Good luck guys....hopefully my boat will be down by the weekend and will manage to be out too...
dont worry Mayer, have fun mate
Hi Guys, we went out this morning from Wiedilghajn but Alongi did not want to bite. We trolled maybe for 2hrs but nothing. However early in the morning we had great fun bottom fishing where we caught over 20 Bazuk and a nice cintorin and also a nice merluzz. Good fun!
Prosit Mayer. A friend of mine was out today, trolled 20Kmiles out from shore. No hits whatsoever. Seems bite is slow this year. maybe the sea temp is still slightly low towards the coast of malta, and one has to seach beyond the 20kmile mark maybe sea temp is slightly higher!!
as long as u enjoyed it MAyer than it was worth it.
Prosit Mayer, just goes to prove that in these early days might as well carry your bottom fishing gear to make the trip worthwile.
Also worth bearing in mind your skipper was under pressure to get you and company into some fish Trolling for Albacore even in the peak of the season may not yield any strikes in the earlly hours, many times I have chased Albacore and had no strikes until late morninig and in most cases multiple strikes, it's a matter of perseverence but in your skipper's case he used good judgement and went for plan B.
alongi are here caught three and lost another one few meters from the boat. largest one 13kg the other 2 round 8kg we were trolling along the second ridge anyone else had any catches?
Went out today , landed two nice Albacore around 10 Kg each. Apparently it was a late morning bite for us, as both fish were caught within minutes of each other at around 10:30 am.
Shall we post the pics we took offshore Giudo ? :D
Yesterday caught two as well and it was around 10.30am. One was 8kgs and the other 6kgs
We got one late morning Saturday just before 1pmaround 3nm out from Freeport . Was only around 6kgs so catch and release, but at least my wife got to see the whole process.
We spent around another 90 mins trolling after that on first ridge but no strikes.
Went out this morning and got one late morning around 9:30 about 17 nm out. Sea state was confused.
Tried 2day early morning for around an hour only but no strikes. Well I just went out 3 miles from cirkewwa. Its more that I tried my new gear :) Btw this was my first attempt for alungi :)
Try 4.5nm out (1st Ridge) bearing 253 degrees from Cirkewwa point.
Then follow a bearing of 190 degrees and you should be over the 1st ridge moving left and right intersecting it.
Thanks skip :) I will also try going out from gnejna to go limits of filfa, or is best to go out from the south area? is there a good slip way as im from mosta :) Thanks mate :)
There's are 2 excellent slips in St. Georges bay, birzebbuga. However gnejna is fine and you're in alongi territory within 20 to 30 minutes.
Thanks Gaffer :) will try from gnejna then in few days time as next week full of work :)
Anybody out for Alungi tom ???