Hi guys Huntingman here heading over to malta in 17 days and counting down .Staying in st. julians want to do lots of fishing .Q ? CAN I hire gear whenim there and can anyone let me know how much it costs to hire a boat with all d gear to suit about 8 people. thanks in advance. :D :D
Hi and welcome to the forum. Don't think anyone rents rods etc though I will speak with Misterfish and see whether he offers anything. Might be something the forum could look into providing in the future for people travelling down.
A boat for 8 isn't going to be easy or cheap! A boat for 4, maximum six would run at around Euro 466.00 for a full day with all the gear, but I'm not sure if anyone has a larger boat for eight. The Gaffer might be interested in cost sharing out his boat with your group but again 8 might be an issue.
What might be more do-able is two boats with 4 each but it won't come cheap.
Hi Guys,
Yes Skip, 8 would be too crowded on deck. 3-4 would be right. The fishing gear is available, but I only have 1 deep sea electric reel. then again, in 17 days, its just gearing up for Albacore season, however you'd be 10 days short of the real strikes. Let me know your thoughts, and we'll take it from there.
tnx guys 2 boats would be d way to go cant wait.
hi, lads huntingman on d way arriving sat 24 th may around lunch time wats d shore fishing like at nite/ :)
Offshore still hasn't warmed up so I would think carefully before chartering a boat if you want to do trolling. If you're interested in deep bottom fishing then should be okay.
water is warm enough i am starting to encounter the palagics again ;D ;D ;D
a couple of more days like this and the fish will be buzzing.
Going for big ambers tomo keep you posted
Simon, Sea Temp is 18C , wouldn't say it has warmed up! Should be around 21/22 at least.
tnx lads, hope to meet up wit some of you over the next week tight lines.
Surface sea temperature is already over 20 degrees this year, so quite warm compared to last year.
Interesting, last time I saw thought it said 18C. 20 is promising
Quotewater is warm enough i am starting to encounter the palagics again
a couple of more days like this and the fish will be buzzing.
Going for big ambers tomo keep you posted
In point of this fact i had a hell of a fish on,3 days ago (21st) which i literally spent approx 2hrs fighting with my rod bent double (which is a very heavy beach caster rod) but i eventually lost it due to the swivel failing when i had to really screw down the drag because it was heading straight for a bottom-longline marker bouy about 20m out which some idiot left in the sea a month ago instead of cutting it off,when he was unable to pull up his longline...grrr >:( >:(
It was a case of damned if you do or damned if you dont!! even worse i didn't get to see what it was at least!!
However from the feel of it on the take and where my lure was when i hit into it (mid water) it might have been a BIG amberjack or a Huge kubrita/plamtu.Sick as a parrot doesn't even cover it! im suprised im not sprouting feathers :'(!!!!!
N.B the bouy is no longer there i was still so p***ed off i took revenge on it yesterday with a shotgun!! ;D ;)
If anyone gets a huge fish with a Halco 55g Lure in its mouth let me know LOL!!
lol gd one, issa l huta tmiss :D :D
in january when bottom fishing, we had a similar hookup with a 30 mins fight and no fish...... then fun part is that we couldn't get any line back and the reel is not the same after the stress..... we were in two and the fish tired us both, while she got away on a 0.40 line just cut from the middle of the rig. probably from its breaking strain, drag didn't work, it took too many line in one go... duhh
That is why you have to have an excellent reel with an excellent drag system cause if you don't use it , you lose it ;) ;)
Well if the drag wasn't working properly then your line or something is going to go..like you said its worth it in the long run investing in a good quality reel,especially for spinning!
I know what you mean about stress i had a lineaeffe reel which did the same thing to me on a lampuka..long story short it ended up thrown away!
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Essential fishing equipment.....NOT
i wasn't spinning that day but surely i was not using a quality reel. now i am taking a look at a range of new reels. i experienced such thing once while spinning once. i guess it was a big plamtu but the reel i was using was cheap and small.
i am only considering shimano now as they are the leaders. the areo technum is nice but costy, but i guess it is a one time investment(for bottom fishing and cliffs)
Have any of your guys tried the Shimano Spheros FB range of spinning reels. They have my interest as they can do some crazy drag settings similar to a conventional trolling reel with a reasonable amount of line. They're also not that expensive.
the one i am looking for skip has an instant drag system that it turns in half. some bada** reel but even the price, a hefty tag of 270 euros. also the shimano super ultegra xta is very interesting and at a 175 euros (hefty too!). they are no beginner reels but their drag system is the best and in many opinion's the most durable reels,
Skip are you mentioning the japanese line reels. check them out friends, they are really ahead of everyone especially the firebold, a reel used for jiggig.
Those Shimano Spheros FB are nice looking reels skip! look very similar to the penn spinfisher!
and as you said they have a decent spool capacity :)
Those are the ones yep. Haven't seen any locally as they don't seem to be in the Shimano Europe 2008 catalogue yet. The FA's where in the 2006, but the FB's only just came out in the states. Maybe they will be in the Europe 09 catalogue.
They cost $129.00 for the 14000FB or 18000FB model which hold around 280 meters of line.
nearly nothing that is in the japanese market is in the europpen market, if it is well it would be the leader in europe and a common in japan. those japanese do have some insane technology! :o :o
They definetly make some awesome fishing tackle!!! :) its a pity the Shimano Spheros FB's aren't in the european catalogue yet as ordering them from the U.S. will incur duty carges..but im due for a new reel & to be honest with the lampuki season coming up i might not wait till next year :) wanna try & get one on a popper!!
Martin, the 14000FA's were on sale for $89 last I saw and was seriously tempted to get one. I didn't because for Tuna popping/jigging that I wanted it for, the std drag wears out quickly and there was an aftermarked kit to use carbonex drag washers plus a bearing to replace the bushing in the handle.
The FB's have the new drags and were better, and not that much more money when you factor in the upgrade kit. For most fish, not tuna/alungi reckon the FA's would be fine in stock form. you might still find some FA's on sale.
Thanks skip! but like you said there isn't that much of difference price wise between the FA'S & FB'S and id prefer the added insurance of an excellent drag system,so it looks like im gonna go for the FB 'spose might have to fork out a bit extra on import/tax...nothing new there ;D