Hey all...anyone heard about any Lampuki in season already?
I heard that there are some around, but i assume they are still very small...we should give them time to grow a bit i guess....
its illegal to fish them before the 15 of August. - You should ask this question after the 15th of August Mate.
At the moment cimi have not yet been deployed too
Tell you the truth that's what i knew...after Santa Maria...that's why i was asking...in any case, they will still be small...i'd rather leave them to grow a bit...
Thanks Granitu
Jista xi hadd jidli jekk tistax tkala konz tal lampuki min fuq frejgatina b Registration MFC.Sintendi wara il 15 ta Awissu. Grazzi.
le habib konz tal wicc ma tistax supost min fuq mfc
tista twaddab li trid
MFC jew S konzijiet tal wicc skond il ligi ma tistax tuza...ovjament il konz tal lampuki jaqa ma dawk tal wicc
konzijiet tat tonn tal ispati u tal alungi ma tistax twaddab biss. il bqija tista tkala konzijiet li trid.
big jien nafa li konz tal wicc ma tistax titfa u ma jiedlekx ghal xhix......tal lampuki mhux ma tal wicc jaqa??????? kieku ahjar ghax jien ghandi wiehed ta 25 sunnara u tantx kemm niehu pjacir bih. (iva ghandi tal 250 imma wisq xoghol)
U daw l awtoritajiet mhux kollox ihalluk taghamel jew !!!!!!
Filkas mhux terqu qamtej taht l ilma shanook ;) ma jibqax tal wicc eeeee :P
Tal pixxispad saru jerquh 80 qama fil fond allura dak tal wicc ukoll hahahaha ???
hahhaha tajba BIG lol........kemm studjat tajjeb l'Universita lol.....ghal li jista jkun mhux Ligi hux.......x cuc hu avukat ????
eeeee sihbi lili jghiduli li jien sajjied haxx*j !!!! tghid ghala ?
minn jaf forsi ghax ghandek wiehed kbir.........konz ta fejn sejjer b'rasek :) :) ???
Guess the season is open now!
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120810/local/traditional-blessing-opens-lampuki-season.432323
not open yet, it will open on the 15th...till now they can only lay down their FADs (cimi) which sometimes takes up to 3 days for those having a long rimja.
did you know that the stone slabs were used "as weights for the nets"...this is all new to me...lol ara vera ma jafux xqed jghidu ta. the stone slabs are only used to anchor the FAD, the lampuki net cannot be anchored...its a king of purse seine net which lacking the purse line
any lampuki caught? none from myself
nope
Anyone caught any today ?????
Caught some nice ones yesterday.
(http://maltafishingforum.com/talk/gallery/5/318_17_08_12_9_23_30.jpeg) (http://<img%20src="http://maltafishingforum.com/talk/gallery/5/318_17_08_12_9_23_30.jpeg"%20/>)
What size are they imma? are they still small?
No, decent size, check out the pic
Yeh...decent size they are...prosit Gaffer...time to plan some days off then! Hope we get some good catches this season...last year was a bit dry...
Hbieb, ic-cimi tad-dilettanti tan-naha tax-Xghira u WIed il-Ghajn din is-sena mhix se jintefghu jaqaw?? ???
guess everyone was using them and not paying up... otherwise one would not be asking that question ???
Hello hbieb,
Nhobb is sajd bir rixa,pero min jurini kif ma tantx nsib.Jista xi hadd pls jghidli kif narma rixa tajba ghall lampuki? xi hxuna tal harira ,tul,jekk nuzax comb u x nuza bhala lure jew rixa.norbot u namel xi rixa naf xi haga.U kemm nsuq pls?
Grazzi
Aw siehbi, rixa tal-lampuki ma tridx hafna erf. Xlief .40mm b'tul ta 15metru, swivel T li tiftah fuq tnejn u zewg truf wiehed ta metru u wiehed ftit aktar bi xlief .30mm. Fit-tarf ghamel "Octopus lure" zghira b'sunnara go fiha. B'hekk ghandek zewg lures jigru wara xulxin. Hawn min jaghmel double hook u treble hook, pero ghal lampuki ma tantx togobni ghax titlifa, b'single hook daqxejn wiesa insibni nitlef inqas. B'hala speed 4 knots mhux aktar. Jien natik parir tmur tixtri xlief lest kif qed nghidlek jien umbaghad ahdem bhalu.
Grazzi siehbi.grazzi hafna.U bhala post tghid immur l inhawi tal gnejna jew inaha lohra ta bugibba?
Ghal Lampuki jew tissieheb f'xi club u thallas il-mizata halli tkun tistad fuq ic-cimi taghhom, jew inkella dejjem fittex positijiet fejn jingabru il-lampuki bhal per ezempju Fish Farms, Zubruni, u xi affarijiet ohra li jzommu fil-wicc. Umbaghad qisu min-nofs Settembru l-hemm tibda tistenna xi lampuka tidhol ma l-art. Jien gieli qbadt min taht l-irdumijiet ta Malta u Ghawdex fejn ikun hemm ftit fond, u anke f'bahar iktar baxx ghalkemm din ta l-ahhar aktar rari. Fi tletin qama fond, lampuki qbadt.
tajjeb.Mela ghalissa jaqbilli nfittixa aktar ill barra mela.sewwa qed nifhem? il gimgha idehla behsibni immur .issa naraw.grazzi hafna.
bo minn fejn tnizzel.....bhala xolfa lesti mhur s ghand 'ta Bormla' il mosta u jienek zgur.
skond irih.daqqa minn naha ta bugibba u gieli mil gnejna.
jekk tridu l lampuki tridu ssiefru hbieb...
mela issa nixtri ajruplan ukoll.
Quote from: Granitu on August 19, 2012, 16:09:45 CET
jekk tridu l lampuki tridu ssiefru hbieb...
ma hemmx alfejn, pero b dawn id dniefel kolla tibza qeda
qed jinqabdu xi erba tghid?
ilbierah qbadna zewgt tuzzani sbieh..... u m'hemmx ghalfejn issiefru :)
biss tridu tesperimentaw ghax mhux dejjem imissu fuq l-istess kulur u kwalita ta rix!
jekk jibqa bnazzi dil gimgha immur niprova.mbad naraw xjibat il bambin.
ahna biex qbadna mic cimi ta bbugia kelna mmoru xi 12 il mil
Jien alija mux worth it al 24 lampuka tmur 12 il mil. b 6-7 mili immur al acciola jew xi denci.
Min ha johrog, personalment n naha taz zurrieq ghadni ma sibtx hafna lampuki. Lejn n naha ta san tumas, anke jekk ma tefawx cimi wied il ghajn, emm iktar lampuki specjalment lejn il fishfarm. Filodu sibt li hu l ahjar.
pero size sabih ghal dan iz zmien
hekk smajt jien ukoll li lejn dak il fishfarm qed jaqbdu xi haga. qatt ma mort lhemm jien. jekk innizel minn bbugia hemm il boghod ghalih?
Quote from: Granitu on August 20, 2012, 11:02:59 CET
ahna biex qbadna mic cimi ta bbugia kelna mmoru xi 12 il mil
Jien alija mux worth it al 24 lampuka tmur 12 il mil. b 6-7 mili immur al acciola jew xi denci.
Min ha johrog, personalment n naha taz zurrieq ghadni ma sibtx hafna lampuki. Lejn n naha ta san tumas, anke jekk ma tefawx cimi wied il ghajn, emm iktar lampuki specjalment lejn il fishfarm. Filodu sibt li hu l ahjar.
pero size sabih ghal dan iz zmien
hekk hu. Jien kull darba li hrigt qbadt kaxxa, imma xhin tara il fuel li tahli ma hux worth-it. Hrigt il bierah u nfaqt fuq 40euro u qas messa. tmur darbtejn al pjacir imma wara kollox trid tara kemm tonfoq az zikk ta lampuki, u jien andi mutur ma jahliex.
Bhala sajjied dilettant, qatt mghandek thares lejn kemm tiswik biex tmur ghal sajda, u tikkompara mal-qabda. Ma tistaz tikkompara hekk. Mela inti l-fuel biss tiehu inkonsiderazjoni?...il-hin, l-irkaptu, sahansitra il-prezz tal-qoxra ukoll. Le hbieb, id-delizju dak li hu. Tonfoq il-flus biex tiehu pjacir, u mhux biex tifdi s-sajda, ghalinqas hekk niraguna jien. Kullhadd jaghmel budget ghal fuel. Jien dak il-passatemp tieghi. Nistad. Miniex sajjied, imma dilettant.
bil flus li nfaqt sissa ad delizju kont nixtri lampuki al hajti kolla, u kiku ilni min taht, pero bhalek nahsiba gaffer dan delizju.
min aspett ihor tajjeb li ma johorgux in niss ax ikunaw aktar fish alina
Ahjar 40ewro petrol ghal gurnata bid-daghjsa u ma taqbad xejn milli xi 40ewro tabib! Mhux hekk! Li Alla jtik is-sahha u tmur gurnata bahar diga bizzejjed. Li tabad gratis.
dak veru li qed tajdu, imma tipo dajes taghna, li naf min hemm min jonfoq 4 darbiet iktar ma tistax tajd li hu worth-it. Tmur tiehu pjacir darba, tnejn, pero nbad ma tistax toqod tonfoq dawk l spejjes kollha fuq lampuka. Jien nqabbel ma dajsa min dawk iz zaghr li ghandu missieri. Dajsa li tohrog bil mod, tmur taghmel gurnata taqqad u forsi tehli 10euro diesel.
Jien ma narax al flejjes li tonfoq fuq lures u rix, ax jekk tiehu hsieb dawn iservuk, pero il fuel illum ghola u minajr ma trid jkollok tati kas.
Hemm id differenza ax fl ahhar min l ahhar, wiehed hareg 4 darbiet u l iehor hareg darba.
kulhadd jahsibha skond il but tieghu.min ghandu mhux problema il fuel alih.jien biz zghir armajt ghax ma naffordjax xi 40 euros kull darba li nohrog.trid tara kollox.l ewwel il familja u il bzonnijiet mbad idelizzju.dan lahhar isajd qed narah li gie qisu competition.kulhadd ikabbar lingenji biex minalih jigi liahjar u mbad jissallab ghall fuel.naf hafna dilletanti armati bdaghjes zghar u jagbuk bil hut li jaqbdu.
Itolbu ghan naqra maltemp ghax il-lampuki li ghawn diga taf tikteb u taqra.
Naqbel perfettament mal-argument lil-but kollox. U kulhadd ghandu jara l-but tieghu. L-argument tieghi kien rigward jekk hux worth it li tonfoq xi 40Euro biex taqbad lampuka. Jekk dan qed taghmlu ghad delizju, allura altru milli worth it, jekk qed taghmlu biex taqla lira, allura nghidlek le habib, mhux worth it. Li naghmel jien huwa dan. matul ix-xhur tax xitwa, meta l-lanca tkun il-boatyard, ghandi ruxmata laned tat-30 ltrs, u noqod infaddal u nimla. Biex b'hekk, meta jasal is-sajf, ghalinqas ikolli mas-700 ltr diesel ga mixtri. allura id-daqqa ma nhossiex daqstant!. Mhemx taghmel, imma bil-lanca tieghi, harga ghal Alongi jew Lampuki malajr tigi tiswa mal 200 euro!!!
I agree guys, we are not fisherman but we fish cos we like to do so...its a hobby. It can be an expensive one, but that's the way it is. One has to budget for this, and do accordingly. But i'd rather spend €40 or more, spending a day out fishing, (and relaxing), rather than on anything else! Being out there on a boat, in peace, and away from all the hustle and bustle is enough in today's world! Insomma...this week im gonna try to go for Lampuki...we hope for the best!
meta tohrog ghall lampuki tinsa kollox ghax il hsieb ikun li taqbad.meta tibda taqbad u tiehu gost tinsa kollox.il problema meta ma taqbadx.jien lahjar li sibt meta ma naqbadx nigbed lejn ghajn tuffieha .ghax hemm ikun hemm erba lampuki friski.,
Gili tant tinsa kollox meta tkun ed taqbad li jispiccalek il fuel ukoll :P
Trolled half day yesterday evening around fish farms and other ships in the vicinity 6nm range.....
2 tunnag catch and release.
Hit 2 lampuki but none of them caught.
It really gets boring when you have not catches....and you think twice whether to go again or not.
Obviously I am saying so due to the fact that it is not my main hobby, spearfishing is, so I always have an alternative.
Jekk tahseb li xi darba ha tigi min fuq, bil hut li taqbad tista tmur u tbiegh d dghajsa my friend l iktar kulhadd itiha l hin kollu u jdawwrulek c cimi bix xibka li lanqas ma jkunu taghhom ara x cans andek.Erba t'ijiem ohra lanqas cimi ma jibqghu jitfghu ax vera l bahar nixef.Li tinzerta qabda tajba darba fi stagun ga tkun lucky ahsipara li tahseb xi darba ha tifdi.
Quote from: baghira on August 22, 2012, 08:31:16 CET
Trolled half day yesterday evening around fish farms and other ships in the vicinity 6nm range.....
2 tunnag catch and release.
Hit 2 lampuki but none of them caught.
It really gets boring when you have not catches....and you think twice whether to go again or not.
Obviously I am saying so due to the fact that it is not my main hobby, spearfishing is, so I always have an alternative.
Baghira, you were in the right area. I suggest that you venture a little further out, like 8-9 miles. You will catch more believe me
Jien dil gimgha kolla mort ghal lampuki u aqas biss messa ma hadt pruvajt bil lixka u anka bir rixa clamari bojof u kollu ghal xejn... tahsbu ki ed nghamek xi haga hazin ?
What locations are we talking about guys? Cos i heard different versions...some people caught Lampuki, some did not. Some even caught a lot! And from the south areas as well as the north. Im going tomorrow for the first time...issa naraw!
Quote from: dedin on August 22, 2012, 16:37:42 CET
Jien dil gimgha kolla mort ghal lampuki u aqas biss messa ma hadt pruvajt bil lixka u anka bir rixa clamari bojof u kollu ghal xejn... tahsbu ki ed nghamek xi haga hazin ?
fejn mrt trejjex, kemm kont il-barra....ejja nibdew minn hawn
Quote from: The_Gaffer on August 22, 2012, 16:57:14 CET
Quote from: dedin on August 22, 2012, 16:37:42 CET
Jien dil gimgha kolla mort ghal lampuki u aqas biss messa ma hadt pruvajt bil lixka u anka bir rixa clamari bojof u kollu ghal xejn... tahsbu ki ed nghamek xi haga hazin ?
fejn mrt trejjex, kemm kont il-barra....ejja nibdew minn hawn
Jien mort inrejjex mal fishfarm ta barra min zonqor point mux dawk li emm ma lart tal munxar halli tifimni.
Gaffer in nannu u z zijju remew cimi jew ?
Quote from: bigboy on August 22, 2012, 22:24:36 CET
Gaffer in nannu u z zijju remew cimi jew ?
Ija ta, hemm qedin, l-istess post tas-sena l-ohra. Tifhimni int!
tas soltu ? taz ziju nikol jew ?
Quote from: bigboy on August 22, 2012, 22:39:30 CET
tas soltu ? taz ziju nikol jew ?
Ija ta, u hemm tan nannu Lonzu ukoll
Quote from: dedin on August 22, 2012, 17:43:04 CET
Quote from: The_Gaffer on August 22, 2012, 16:57:14 CET
Quote from: dedin on August 22, 2012, 16:37:42 CET
Jien dil gimgha kolla mort ghal lampuki u aqas biss messa ma hadt pruvajt bil lixka u anka bir rixa clamari bojof u kollu ghal xejn... tahsbu ki ed nghamek xi haga hazin ?
fejn mrt trejjex, kemm kont il-barra....ejja nibdew minn hawn
Jien mort inrejjex mal fishfarm ta barra min zonqor point mux dawk li emm ma lart tal munxar halli tifimni.
Sewwa. Ha nghidlek, trid tuza naqra dik li nsejhula 'power of observation'. Osserna naqra xinhu jigri madwar. jekk tara li hadd mhu jaqbad xejn waqt li qed idduru mal-gageg, aqqbad u imrah naqa iktar il-barra. Sib xi vapuri ankrati u dur mahhom, xi kultant issib xi kaxxa ghaddejja u dur dawra mahha ukoll. Jien, l-ikbar sajda lampuki pi qatt ghamilt f'ghomri, ghamiltha ma palett xi 10 mili l-bara mill-port il-kbir. Mhux talli laqqat xeba lampuki minn mahha, imma laqqat il-fanfri kollha li kienu qed jirghu tahta.
Jien dis-sena record....ghadni ma hrigtx wahda fuq ic-cimi u diga qbadt aktar lampuki mis-sena l-ohra (Mhux ghax kien difficli naqbad aktar mis-sena l-ohra!). Bhal din is-sena jien qatt ma rajt, lampuki mal-art fl-ghoxrin t'awwissu u f'ghaxar qamiet ilma u diga qelbet in-nofs kilo.....
I went out this morning...trolling near cimi in the north...there were a lot of fish around, but they were very hesitant, and did not bite much. But between 7am to 11am we managed to catch 43 fish...which is not bad at all. We had many misses, fishes getting away, and many fish teasing us. It seems they were not much interested, or like one of us said earlier this week: "il-lampuki taf taqra u tikteb"!!
I agree with Gaffer, the biggest fishing i ever made was from a wooden pallet, only 2 miles out...it was like mary poppins' bag....the fish could not stop coming!
biex nkomplu mat topic ta qabel...... kemm tiswa il lampuka?.... aqbad kemm il euro fuel nfaqt u id dividi kemm il kilo lampuki qbadt... Jien bhalissa qieghed madwar il 10eur il kilo
Mistoqsija semplici jekk jogoghbkom quddiem san tumas tefaw cimi ta delettanati din is sena?
grazzi
milli ed nisma aw bahar mifquh bic cimi u bil hut.... issa naraw jien ada sejjer al pixxispad u mat triq nirhi rixa forsi tmess lampuka u naqluwa dak il hin :)
Tried again yesterday afternoon....gnejna area near land.....
One bite. tunnagg catch and release..... nothing more...
@ FREEDIVE
u biex inzilt sad dezert? mela armajt xi bastimet gdid?
Jien naqbad xi kannol bil-krema :-( Qatt ma kelli luck maghhom il-lampuki!!!
mela mhux wahdi maghndix luck mal lampuki.ghax nhar l erba filghodu mort lejn linhawi tal gnejna u lanqas lampuka. ghada nerga niprova minn bugibba areas.kull sena hekk. nohrog kemm il darba biex forsi ninzertom darba.
Jien ghada wkoll minn San Pawl nohrog. Nixba ndur fil-vojt u ma nehux messa.
Illum morna u qbadna tlettax kolla iqarbu il kilo...mac cimi ftit kien hemm u kinu zghar hafna.
tghid hawn xi hadd bhali diletant tas sajd u l hut ma jhobbux? jien nohrog ghax meta nhoss il messa u il gibda tal huta qalbi tghidx kemm thabbat u taghgel.u issemilix qasab. fuq idejja nkun irridha ir rixa.il problema li hut ghalija ma tantx ikun hemm.ghall lampuki xinhu lahjar xi lure bhal yozuri jew xi haga hekk jew bil klamari tal plastic?
illum qbadna 13 ahna u helsilna xeba hut
Hrigt ilbierah u qbadna 29 lampuka ta kull qies :) Torta tal-lampuki tajba gejja :) Imma it-tunnagg sar idejjaqni wisq - kull darba li naqbad wiehed sirt inqisu lampuka mohlija!
Il-bierah hrigt bejn is-siegha u s-sebgha , sahha ta hut ma kienx hemm wisq.
Qbadna 12 pero kelnha hafna mess irqiq u ma jehel xejn. Uhud milli qbatt ghadhom veru irqaq, xi 3 kienu iqarbu il-kilo.
Out this morning with my daughter's husband. We managed to land about 4 dozen Lampjuki, various sizes, and we hooked so much more and they managed to get away. Also released ton loads of small tunnag.
(http://maltafishingforum.com/talk/gallery/5/318_25_08_12_5_33_05.jpeg) (http://<img%20src="http://maltafishingforum.com/talk/gallery/5/318_25_08_12_5_33_05.jpeg"%20/>)
We also managed to do a good deed while out today. We saw a sea turtle caught up in the FAD rope. We approached it gently, lifted the whole thing onto the bathing platform, cut the rope that was twisted around one of the turtle's flippers, and released it back. I have a few pics which I'll upload, and a short video of the release. :)
here is the link to the video 'tortoise release'
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151070486334900
Gaffer...were abouts where you though? As this morning we where 12 miles outside Bugibba i caught nothing, when only last Thursday we managed to land 43 :-s Am confused!
@aidenxuereb: We were further north.
Further north is always better! But today it seems there were no fish at all. Thursday you could see them jumping out of the water... getting all excited. Boq! Will try again next week again now.
By the way, prosit for saving the turtle.
@Aidenxuereb: Sea was full of tunnag and tumbrell. lampuki were plentiful too, though they were not biting right. I don't know how many times we lost lampuki...for sure we lost much much more than we caught.
Not where we where Gaffer! Seems the fish went closer to Comino being the weekend! But re the misses, that happened to us too on Thursday...we lost A LOT...they came, teased a bit, had light bites, and got away. Not to mention those which came inches from the boat and got away in the last few seconds. Strange though, even lures; we used 4 different types, and all seemed to work, least though the traditional squid with feathers strangely enough.
Well done Gaffer for the healthy catch and more than that for the 'Good Deed'.
Nice catch and rescue! My old friend is visiting me right now. A real fishing fan. We tried a lot of ground fishing but didn't catch anything worth to keep. We would like to try trolling now. I have a trolling rod and some artificial lures.
I heard it's good to troll around the floats/rafts which give shade to the lampuki. Does anyone know where the best spots are? If you say in the north, how far from shore do you mean? What's the best time of the day?
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampuki_netting
What do you mean? You think the wikipedia article is crap?
@alsnorro: yes it is, with a capital P. whoever wrote that piece for wiki has no idea whatsoever about Lampuki fishing.
What is your strategy then?
Quote from: AlSnorro on August 27, 2012, 12:46:55 CET
What is your strategy then?
Alsnorro, the operation is simple. The setup which the article refers to is commonly known as an FAD (Cima in Maltese), or Fish Attracting Device. The contraption is very simple. At the surface, a 2'x1' float is attached to a nylon rope which is anchored to the bottom of the sea using a stone slab. Just one metre below the surface, one or 2 palm tree fronds are attached to the nylon line. There is absolutely no weaving involved. These fronds serve a dual purpose. They provide a false sense of security to the lampuki from bigger predators during the night, and they also provide shade from the scorching sun during the day. Professional fishermen lay over 100, even 200+ of these FAD's (Cimi) in a straight line from about 8Kmiles from shore, always moving in an outward direction. The fishermen work these FADs during the night. They will slowly creep up to an FAD, momentarily flash a strong light to see if there are any lampuki sheltering under the palm frond, if the amount of lampuki sheletering under the FAD is enough to warrent the fisherman to surround the FAD, they will then proceed to use a purse net and catch whatever is sheltering under the FAD. They sometimes do use one artifical bait, rigged up, and will pass by the cima. Once they hook-up, all the other lampuki under the cima follow the one that is hooked up, they then proceed to release the net, surround the lampuki, and haul in.
Quote from: The_Gaffer on August 25, 2012, 17:39:51 CET
Out this morning with my daughter's husband. We managed to land about 4 dozen Lampjuki, various sizes, and we hooked so much more and they managed to get away. Also released ton loads of small tunnag.
(http://maltafishingforum.com/talk/gallery/5/318_25_08_12_5_33_05.jpeg) (http://<img%20src="http://maltafishingforum.com/talk/gallery/5/318_25_08_12_5_33_05.jpeg"%20/>)
We also managed to do a good deed while out today. We saw a sea turtle caught up in the FAD rope. We approached it gently, lifted the whole thing onto the bathing platform, cut the rope that was twisted around one of the turtle's flippers, and released it back. I have a few pics which I'll upload, and a short video of the release. :)
here is the link to the video 'tortoise release'
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151070486334900
Gaffer which part were you as on sunday we rearly got a bite?
cought only 4
@digger0579 - As I said, I was in the north. You have to really run around, as Lampuki do not stick to one place. It is a migratory species, and as such, it is all the time on the move.
Hi guys...seems that lampuki season is going to be poor yet once again. And the only few cimi which are full of them are quickly encircled by individuals with nets leaving nothing at all for the amateurs :/ I have been on the cimi tad dilettanti ta san pawl (I have a permission to fish on these fads) and they were completely empty. Later on I got to know by a fellow fisherman that these cimi where encircled earlier on that same day.
To catch a few I think one has to spend a whole day running about to try to locate some cimi which have not yet been encircled..
Kris forget going far out this year..... lampuki are very close to land.... we've caught them in 0.5 - 5nm range and in good numbers and nice sizes :)
@ bigboy
But when did you go out last bigboy.
il bierah rajt il lampuki fejn il gzejjer ta san pawl ma l art.il bqija jien ma rajtx wahda mkien dawk lakwati .s issa mort xi tlett darbiet u adni bla lampuki. is sibt messewni xi 3 imma helsuli.
@ bigboy gd to know that at least there are some running about
was out yesterday...went way out... not one bite from puki even though we caught plenty last week.
Smajt li qabdu il-lampuki il-bierah...mil-wied ta L-Imsida!!
lampuki? donnha kwieta l affari.
Quote from: bo on September 06, 2012, 06:23:45 CET
lampuki? donnha kwieta l affari.
dil gimgha valley road kien tajjeb ghas sajd... :)
Ftakar li meta jkun r rih l lampuki hafna drabi tkun batuta
Quote from: Granitu on September 06, 2012, 08:59:40 CET
Quote from: bo on September 06, 2012, 06:23:45 CET
lampuki? donnha kwieta l affari.
Ftakar li meta jkun r rih l lampuki hafna drabi tkun batuta
Propja mhux tkun batuta, imma id-dilettanti ma johorgux. Allura rapporti ta qbid ma jkunx hemm.
ahna hrigna 15nm u qas messa il gimgha lohra...shabi marru dil gimgha u qabdu 15 il wahda...pero mawx il kwantita u nahseb skond il gurnata
Il lampuki dejjem tones
Ghawn HAFNA HAFNA HAFNA kubrit, Tonn u dnifel...... tistaw tinsew il-lampuki vicin l'art.
True..
Went last saturday north direction out 17 miles.....
Not a bite....
ghal kubrit pero hawn siegha gost, veru terga titlaqhom ghax mhux xi huta tajba ghal ikel. imma almenu tiehu naqra gost.
Il kubrit kbir bhal issa?
ija
il-bierah qbadna 4 u kolla kienu fuq 10 kg
mal fishfarms ta barra ed jmissu l kubrit ??
u kif ed tistaduh
IVA......Tuzax snanar Kbar ghax gew tal fisheries il-bierah fuqi u kelli nurijhom biex qed nistad.
ixtri naqra kavalli jew lacci u good luck ;D
@ digger0579 - Il kubrit kien kbir jew il-lampuki??
U kif taghrfu il-kubrit mit-tonn?
Quote from: aidanxuereb on September 10, 2012, 13:16:24 CET
U kif taghrfu il-kubrit mit-tonn?
Jekk tuza snanar u medda rqiqa - .60 -.80 t tonn jaqta jekk imissek - Prob jghawweg s sunnara jew tfaqqa l harira. Kubrita ggiba anke jekk fiha glieda tajba.
Issa, l kubrit bhala huta ghanda iktar denb mit tonna - T tonn hu iktar matnazz u jitla fil wicc... l kubrit izomm iktar fond normalment. Apparti minn hekk, l kubrita ikolla dots taht zaqqa u fuq dara ghanda graphic tatoo mghamula mill bobby ... joking apart qisa tatoo minn dawn ta new zealand
Ehh qed ssaqsu wisq mistoqsijiet :p . Morru u ppruvaw issa mux sajda difficli. Zzomux brazzoli hoxnin u snanar tas sharkijiet ghax jahsbu hazin fikhom. Jien meta waqqfuni anke ma sunnara li ghandi mwahhla ma ganc qabdu u hafna nejk u hela ta hin ghal xej - imma jaraw lil min jaqbillhom
Grazzi Granitu. Qed insaqsi ghax qbatd ftiti li ghalijja dheru kubrit, u kif ghadt inti, facli ittellahhom, u tatoos kellhom wkoll!
il- Kubrit....kellu bzon naqbad lampuki ta 10 kg ;)
il-birah il kubrit jaqbes fil wicc kien, jigri wara xi bait fish.
2 weeks ago the kubrit i caught was small...does it grow that fast?!
le ta, lol.
Imma l hut ikun emm t tfal, t teenager, iz zghazugh, l adult u n nannu u n-nanna ;)
U xi kultant il-buz-nanna u nannu ;D
u jkun hemm min hu bodybuilder ukoll!
Din is-sena wkoll, bhas-snin ta' qabel, lampuki xejn ghalija, la mal-fishfarms tat-tonn u lanqas mac-cimi tad-dilettanti :-( M'ghandix luck maghhom.
min wara l meltemp li ghamlit ghebet il lampuki pero fil bikri hadna pjecir :)
Jekk tridu il-lampuki.... morru il-pixkerija ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: malvizzu on September 12, 2012, 15:08:54 CET
Din is-sena wkoll, bhas-snin ta' qabel, lampuki xejn ghalija, la mal-fishfarms tat-tonn u lanqas mac-cimi tad-dilettanti :-( M'ghandix luck maghhom.
Malvizzu ha tixjieh qabel!!!!! qed teqirdek il lampuki....isma minni cempel naqa is SEDQA jew l APPOGG u ghidilhom bil problema :)
hahaha tajba ren.....
malvizzu ghamel kuragg ghax mintix wahdek.jien ukoll qatt ma kelli luck mal lampuki. kull sena nlaqat xi haga zghira imma disena ghadni bxejn. u biex nkompli ninharaq qbat 2 u helsuli.ilbierah u illum xtaqt hrigt imma ma stajtx.
Din is-sena mhux li kienet xi wahda specjali. Bejni u bejn missieri kull ma qbadna kienu 13-il cervjola, lizz, 3 sawrelliet u serra. Is-Sibt li ghadda kien l-ghar ghax 6 sighat inrejxu u lanqas messa u l-Hadd 5 sighat ohra biex qbadt cervjola. Ma tantx naghmel kuragg anzi pjuttost xhin nohrog filghodu nkun diga nofs qalb. U probabbli l-gimgha d-diehla ntella' d-dghajsa u addio aktar sajd :-(
bilfors ed tamel xi haga hazina malvizzu ta !!!
Ma nafx Kane. Jekk hawn xi hadd jista' jilluminani nkun grat hafna. Speed normalment bejn 3 / 3.2 knts. Lures uzajt sew minnows, sew rixa bajda, sew bicciet tas-sicc. Leader ta' 2 qamiet 0.18 jew 0.22mm fluorocarbon. Fil-bahar nitlaq 15-il qama (bil-leader b'kollox). Inrejjex San Pawl il-Bahar mill-Barracudas, hdejn l-iskola, Fekruna, Mistra, nibqa' tiela' sal-Ghadira u taht l-Ahrax tal-Mellieha. Gieli bqajt tiela' sal-fishfarms ta' Kemuna. Indur mal-fishfarms tat-tonn u anke fuq xi 4 cimi tad-dilettanti.
3 - 3.2 ga ghandek l ewwel zball kbir hawnekk !!!!!!! ahna kolla nsuqu bej 4 u 5kts.
Al lampuki l ahjar li nsibu huma qarnit tal plastik ikun fihom pulzier u nofs u issa anke 2 pulziri ax kibret. nuzaw ukoll u nsibuwom tajbin id delta eels.
al mac cimi fera 3 iqjiem 0.40mm u 9 qami 0.60mm
al miftuh al lampuki namlu 4 qami 0.40mm u 20 qama 0.60mm b kolox nitilqu 24 qama warajna.
Meta mmur irrejex malart fis sajf ma nsibx ahjar min rixa tal kahli bajda ta 2 - 3 pulziri tul marbuta b harira 25. 6 qami 0.25mm umbad 20qama 0.40mm. ma jintuzax swivel u qas comb ma dan l armar u l ammont ta speci li qbadna hekk huwa bla numru ghax min kollox qbadna u anke hut ta sahansitra 4 kilos gibna. jien inhobb narma ukoll b qasab fini fis sajf u bil braid.
Lisbah speed al kollox narah ta 4.5kts.
malvizzu jien nahseb li ghax ma jkunx hemm hut.ghax jien dawk lakwati hraqthom ndurom disena u anqas lizz ma qbadt.xi sentejn ijlu mill mistra ghall taht liskola ta san pawl kont qbat lizzijiet u anke isena lohra.forsi jien qed naghmel xi haga hazina wkoll mela.jien dejjem nwahhal fir rix,mbad meta jkun hemm il hut naqbad.jien nixtieq nsib xi benefatur u jghalimni ftit,ghax gbajt nqum kmieni u niprepara ,biex mbad nohrog nrejjex u nidhol bxejn.jien mandiex kobor biex nohrog nistad u kultant nissogra hajti ghax nohrog aktar milli jmisni ghall qoxra lghandi.
allura bigboy, meta tarma bla swivel u issuq 4 knots ma timbaramlekx il harira? jien nrejjex fuq idejja mhux bil qasab u meta nsuq 4 jew ftit aktar gieli timbaramli.met tghid qarnit tal plastic iggiefiri il klamaretti/. u delta eels xinuma? skuzani ghax saqsejtek imma nixtieq ntejjeb naqra isitwazjoni tas sajd tieghi.
l brim tnaqqsu imma qatt ma taqtghu
imma bi swivel tista dejjem ttela ftit u tirranga kollox malajr
Sibt tajjeb hafna li r rixa li tkun lejn l medda ntija comba ta 12 grms u ta wara 7 grms - Tnaqqas hafna l brim ghax r rixa ma jkollix lok biex ddur ghal brim
Naqbel hafna mal-kummenti ta' Bo. F'kummenti antiki tieghi fuq il-forum kont ilmentajt li kien ikolli hafna brim, u dan bi 3 knts. Irrimedjajt xi ftit billi ghamilt swivel ohra mal-lure apparti dik bejn il-fergha u l-medda. Gieli anke fuq harira 0.40 ikolli brim.
Klamaretti kif qal BigBoy uzajt kemm-il darba, u kuluri differenti, homor, roza, silver, bluni, izda qatt ma qbadt xejn fuqhom. L-ahjar li sibt huma hut tal-MegaBait jew grub (dudu tar-rubber) abjad. Jien dejjem fuq idi nrejjex.
Rigward hut fil-bahar, nahseb Bo ghandu mitt elf ragun. Lejn San Pawl il-Bahar, il-hut spicca. Meta nara fuq Mr Fisherman postijiet bhal Freeport, il-Port il-Kbir u ohrajn fejn jinqabad hut ta' daqs sabih, anke meta nara ritratti ta' xi whud mill-membri fuq il-forum jew facebook, nasal nikkonkludi li l-akwati taghna spicca ghal kollox.
Jien l-istess gbajt inqum kmieni ghal xejn u ninkalja fix-xemx biex lanqas tiehu messa. Bo jien dghajsa t'14-il pied ghandi b'mutur wiehed u l-istess ma nissugrax nohrog esagerat il-barra.
Jien ma nafx b rixa bajda qatt ma jkelli brim..... u min gie mijej jaf li ma jinbarbumlix lili ;)
Saqsu daqxej lil fortuna xi jsarraf ir rix abjad ;)
M'ghandix dubju Big mill-kapacita tieghek :-) Izda min-naha l-ohra fejn tmur trejjex, ma nahsibx li tigi lejn San Pawl hux?
Quote from: bigboy on September 13, 2012, 12:47:26 CET
Meta mmur irrejex malart fis sajf ma nsibx ahjar min rixa tal kahli bajda ta 2 - 3 pulziri tul marbuta b harira 25. 6 qami 0.25mm umbad 20qama 0.40mm. ma jintuzax swivel u qas comb ma dan l armar u l ammont ta speci li qbadna hekk huwa bla numru ghax min kollox qbadna u anke hut ta sahansitra 4 kilos gibna. jien inhobb narma ukoll b qasab fini fis sajf u bil braid.
Allura kif ma jkollokx brim u lanqas tithabbel jekk ma jkollokx swivel u allanqas comba zghira. Jista' jkun li forsi ghax id-dghajsa tieghek wiesgha bizzejjed li meta ddawwar ma tithabbilx. Jew wahdek tkun qed trejjex? Jew b'qasab twal biex tkompli tbieghed rixa minn ohra.
Jien u missieri konna nithabblu hafna peress li d-dghajsa dejqa minn wara. L-ahjar metodu li sibt u li rixa minnhom naghmillha comba zghira u meta nkun qed indawwar nigbed il-medda kollha l-gewwa sa l-iswivel sakemm niddritta u mbaghad nerga' nitlaq.
Malvizzu, qabel il-maltemp qbadt skoss minn naha ta san pawl izda nhar it-tlieta 2 biss! Nasal naqbel mal bigboy li qed taghmel jew tuza xi haga hazina! Il-problema li tellajt ilbierah imma jekk alla jrid stagun iehor jasal u ejja wahda mieghi forsi flimkien niskopru x'jista jkun qed taghmel hazin!
@Malvizzu - Importanti li tbieghed ix-xolfa tar-rix minn xulxin. jekk kont qed taghmel hekk, bil-fors jithabbillek! Il-Lampuki dis-sena kienet mhux hazin ghalija. Jien ukoll hrigt nhar is-sibt, sad 9.00am kont ghandi ma hadtx missa, hlief ruxmata tunnag u tumbrell, kollha catch & release hlief it-tumbrell ghal lixka. Fil-hdax missewni tnejn sbieh u gibthom, umbghadd rega kollox kwiet. B'kollox qbadt erba.
Kien hemm drabi fejn bdejt nara hafna Lampuki, imma ma riditx tmiss. Ipprovajtilha bil-hajja ukoll. Ghalxejn. Jien wahhalt fil-kurrent. Rih is-sibt ma kien hemm xejn, imma kurrent kien hemm hafna mill-art ghal barra. Jista jjkun ukoll li tkun mgerxa, mismuta per ezempju. Gieli taghmel hekk il-lampuki, tkun hemm, u ghar ragunijiet tahha ma tmiss. Issa nerga mmur ghalija darb' ohra, umbghadd naraw.
malvizzu fuq idejna xorta ma nithablux. inti meta ddur iddurx bsahtek hux huda at tul.
jien nhobb narma brixa wahda ghall lampuki .tghid qed naghmel hazin? ghax meta nitlaq rixa bitnejn jew tlieta meta tmisni il lampuki ndum biex nehl ishom u brixa wahda ntella u nehlisa malajr u nerga nitfa .xtahsbu?jien bdinghy nistad allura nkun mohhi fsunnara wahda biss.
Jien dejjem b'rixa wahda nistad ghal lampuki
Jien kont nistad b,sitt rixiet ghal lampuki u Iktar iva milli le li kont naqbad sitta sitta imma minn seba snin l'ghawn qed nistad b'wahda Jew tnejn ghax Sahha ta hut ma fadalx.
Fejn hu dak iz zmien meta ma konniex nohorgu mill port biex naqbdu il lampuki
jien narma 5 qami 40 ,swivel u 15 il qama 50 . nitlaq 20 qama , bkollox u gieli wara il 5 qami naghmel comba ta 10 grammi.fitarf jew klammarett roza brixa bajda go fih .jew lure tal yozuri ,jew klamaret abjad u gieli mar rixa nilliska bicca klamar u meta nilliska nsuq aktar bilmod.qed naghmel tajjeb?isnin ta qabel dejjem laqat xi lampuka imma disena xejn.biex nkun ghidt kollox 3 darbiet ghadni hrigt ghalijhom.
@bo ixtri bobbin tal plastic u improva bih. Ma nhobx nilliska mar rixa ghax town hazin. Jekk trid tuza lixka sannar lila dirett u uza running hook.
gieli iliskajt hekk ukoll .grazzi shanook. mand min lahjar li nixtri bobbin? hemm xi daqsijiet jew kuluri?
bobin ma hemmx kuluri griz u silver.......minn ghand ta bormla il Mosta LOL
mela ghada imur ninvesti fil bobin
Nahseb ta Bormla ha jispiccawlu ghada bir riklam li ghamiltlu Shanook! lol
@benri. mghandux ta bormla.
hahaha tajba benri.....opps diga spiccawlu lol jien irrid nixtri ghax fadalli xi wiehed biss u ma tantx inhobb inkunn minghajru...
Went out for a quick troll yesterday afternoon.... was targeting tumbrell but i found a drifting FAD and when we passed by it.... hehe hence the photo below !!!
(http://maltafishingforum.com/talk/gallery/5/227_16_09_12_9_13_39.jpeg)
proset Kane (bigboy). Qed tara kevin (Malvizzu) minn jorqod ma jaqbadx hut!
Ara niccajta man qieghed, ghax naf kemm qed tipprova.
;D ;D m'ghandix dubju Joe. Il-weekend li gej l-ahhar cans ghalija ghal xi lampuka ghax imbaghad intella' d-dghajsa u nergghu inroddulha salib. M'hemmx x'taghmel!!!
Malvizzu.....kurzita !.... inti filghodu tohrog ???
Ghax ma tiprovax tohrog darba mit 3pm l hemm ??? Personalment dejjem ippreferejt is sajda tal lampuki wara nofsinhar jien
@malvizzu .din ta wara nofsinhar smajtha mand xi tnejn ohra li marru ahjar minn filghodu.jien qatt ma mort dawk il hinijiet, pero ha naghmel mezz u njpruva.
Quote from: bigboy on September 17, 2012, 14:38:28 CET
Malvizzu.....kurzita !.... inti filghodu tohrog ???
Ghax ma tiprovax tohrog darba mit 3pm l hemm ??? Personalment dejjem ippreferejt is sajda tal lampuki wara nofsinhar jien
Qisni smajtha x mkien din.................
xi trid tghid biha din ???? eee ija bilhaq ax anke inti hux tipreferi wara nofsinhar :P
Iva dejjem filghodu hrigt inrejjex. Hafna drabi minn xi l-5.30am sal-11/12/13pm. Wara nofsinhar rari nohrog ghalkemm gieli hrigt f'xi l-5pm.
MELA L HARGA LI JMESS PROVA ITLAQ FXI 3PM U HU CANS...... DUR MAZ ZUBRUNI TAL FISHFARM TAT TONN U FITTEX ERBA CIMI
u meta tkin diehel erga durhom il fishfarms ghax jaf tlaqqat zewg lampuki...
Wishful thinking. Izda nippruvaw ;D
awn xi hadd ghandu ghal bejh xi tumbrell pls mux kwantita kbira, kemm nejd imur darba bil konz jien. bdw nixtrih mux bxejn qed nitlob. filkas ibatuli pm pls. grazzi
ibatli n numru tijek PM
jekk jkelli inbelik
grazzi big boy, adni kem batlek pm, nispera li jasalek.
liema hi lahjar site tat tbassir tat temp ghas sajjieda ?
Bhala rih l-ahjar li nsib il-windfinder u bhala jek ux shab jew xemxi inhobb nuza il maltairport.com/weather. Apparti minn ek jekk trid realtime u live weather update em din mill-mellieha http://www.it-temp.com/
thanks kris
jien narahhom kollha normalment umbad nihu average...... kin hemm kazi meta tah bnazzi u gie maltemp u drabi ohra semmih maltemp u sebah bnazzi
http://passageweather.com/
Try this I find it quite good with heat foot print, wave hight ecc
naqbel ukol ma bigboy...gili marru kompletament zmerc ir-rapporti tat-temp ukol. Fl-ahhar mill-ahhar qabel ma tkun hrigt em barra u tara b'ghajnejk stess ma tistax tajd x'ha ssib.
lahjar tibda hiereg umbad wiehed jara u...jekk il mewg jibda jaqbez id dajsa lahjar ma iddumx hafna tistad haha
xtamel eee aw mhux kullhadd ghandu vapuri biex johrog hemm barra
il bierah hrigt dort dawra taht lirdumijiet ghall xi lampuka,pero lampuki ma sibtx. kubrit kien hemm.hadt ftit pjacir ghax qbadt 4, u messewni xi 2 ohra.il lampuki qaltli please try again later.
Bongu hbieb...anyone out for lampuki these last few days? Caught any? Went out twice, but lampuki seem to be playing hide-and-seek...boq!
Went out on Sunday but no Lampuki seen nor cought ??? ???
Guys...any lampuki being caught? Spoke to many people and it seems they are VERY scarce. I went out 3 times myself and caught very little. Not sure what is wrong...
TVM this morning interviewed a pro fisherman from M'Xlokk about this season's Lampuki catch. According to the pro, catches are few. According to the pro, they haven't even managed to balance the expenses incured in depolying the FADs. I also spoke to a friend of mine yesterday, who told me that pros are going out 100 to 150 Kmiles to get a decent catch, which is about 30 boxes!
I'm out tomorrow, for Lampuki, so we'll see.
no lampuki near land, yesterday from 200 hooks between 2 people not even half a lampuka was caught.
200 hooks using l-imrejkba? and which side of the island were you on, the east cost, grand harbour side, or the west coast, dingli cliffs side?
...i think he was in a well!!
200 hooks between 2 people 100 hooks on my long line and 100 hugs on the other, dingli area.
Guys I'm going out for lampuki on Sunday weather permitting , any advice on locations , I go out from marsaskala San tunas bay ? Thanks
@ DuncanPisani - stay home...it's better...no lampuki around!
I was at home these past 3 weeks cause I couldn't go out , but on Sunday I'm all set for a good day of fishing I hope :)
Its always good to be out there, but i, just telling you cos there are no lampuki...i was plannign to go out today, but id rather earn money that spend it for nothing. Mhemx xtaghmel, a very weak season of Lampuki this year. I heard that professional fisherman are going out for 4/5 days, 100 miles and over to maybe catch 20 boxes...which is ridiculous.
you can never say when you'll find the fish, so just go out and enjoy your day, surely better than a day at work
I went out 3 times and caught a few, but it is very weak this season.
Any ideas where maybe I can fish for a plamtu ?
still early for plamti m8
Ok thanks mate
Out this morning with Calle from the forum and some friends. We only managed 3 lampuki, albeit one rather large one, all landed on a 10Lbs rod and 10lb line, one Hurraba, and a ton load of baby BFT which we all released :). We lost quite a few lampuki, one vey big one, which kept taunting the lure, striking at times, without actually hooking up.
All in all, and from what is being posted here and zero lampuki catches, I'm happy with the result, and we really did enjoy the day out. Out again tomorrow for 'you know who' :P
hrigt daghlodu u qbadt 3 lampuki .ghallanqas mhux xejn.
Which areas did you go guys if you dont mind answering
@Duncanpisani .jien ndur u nfittex .gieli hrigt minn san pawl u spiccajt fejn filfla.il bierah hrigt mill gnejna u tlajt lejn filfla u ma hadtx messa wahda.ghall xil 11 jiena u diehel lura rajt xi 9 lampukiet u mariditx tmiss. imma bqajt nitama u qbadt3. u kull wahda kollha brixa differenti.nahseb li illum [is sibt]jinqabdu lampuki fdal bnazi.
Thanks bo , issa naraw ada mela forsi nkun lucky u nsib xi haga :)
Ghada ser jaqla r-rih
Ek qisu :( , issa naraw memx tamel filkas nintefa al tal qih jekk ma jkunx em kurrent jew nintefa nrejjex issa naraw