Hi guys! :D
My name is kris and i am quite new to this forum...only a couple of weeks. First of all great forum!! I've been trying to catch some cudas with lures.
I've tried yozuri crystal minnow orange/yellow:
http://www.yo-zuri.com/Products/ProdMinnow/CrystalMinnow.htm
I've tried another one from the rapala series, it's got green and black on the back, and yellow with orange on the bottom.
The problem is that the best i can get is barracuda chashing my lure for a short time and then for some reason they lose interest. :'(
The tackle that i am using includes a spinning rod with spinning reel of the olympus brand. Main line 0.30/0.35mm. Normally i also use a wire trace attached to the lure.
I've tried different techniques like reeling in pretty fast, slow and very slowly, reel pause reel pause etc...but for some reason i still cannot get it right.
The places i tried spinning where tas-sliema quddiem il-knisja tan-Nazzarenu, tas-sliema wara it-tgi fridays, marsa, u valletta hdej il-pixkerijja.
I've took a good look on the barracuda sections on this forum and saw the suggestions from MartinB about type of lures.
Can anyone give me some tips on what i can do pls? Maybe i am doing something wrong...like wrong lures or the line is too thick or because i am using a wire trace...
I normally go to spin either very early in the morning before sunrise and before sunset.
Any help is greatly appriciated!! :)
Tnx a lot guys!!
Kris
hi kris,
first of all it is normal that a barracuda chases the lure and does not give a bite,probbably sometimes they seem to see the line or they dont get fooled by the lure.your main line is good with a .35mm diameter.Normally i attach the lure directly to the line and that is all but some friends of mine use a small swivell usually black in colour attached to the lure.
Regarding lures i think any lure is good as long as it is not too small.I normally use 13cm or 14cm.Both the yozuri and the rapala are very good.I have found that barracudas often prefer the most coloured lures like the red head, firetiger and the clown and yes try with different speeds and almost everywhere is good for fishing barracudas.
Keep on trying mate,you are on the right track and sunrise is better than sunset i think,but start spinning much earlier.
spiru
Thanks spiru for the fast reply! :)
Do you think i should include any poppers when i try to spin for barracuda? And when you use lures 13-14cm in size, do you use them in open waters (like cirkewwa) or are they good as well in harbours??
Kris
HI EVERYBODY,
THIS IS MY FIRST DAY IN THIS FORUM AND I LIKE MOST FISHING FROM SHORE FOR MULLET AND SPINNING FOR BARRACUDAS.I CAN TELL YOU KRIS THAT WHEN I FISH FOR CUDAS I ALWAYS USE 90MM OR 100MM I FIND THAT THEY ARE THE BETTER SIZES. ;)
hi spitec!!
Welcome to the forum!! :)
Does the barracuda get spooked cause of the thickness of the line your using?? Do you fish in calm weather or in strong winds?
regards,
kris
HI KRIS,
I NORMALLY USE LINE 0.25 AND MAKE A SMALL SWIVEL TO ATTACH THE LURE[100mm AND 90mm I WAS SAYING FOR THE SIZE OF THE LURE]I FISH IN ALL CONDITIONS BUT I PREFER A LITTLE BIT WINDY.
hi spitec,
ic ic i got mixed up before lol :P any places you find good for spinning for barracuda?? (of course if your willing to share any secrets ;):P)
I USUALLY GO TO CIRKEWWA OR BUGIBBA BUT IT HAS BEEN SOME TIME I DON'T GO NOW.I FIND THAT THE BEST MONTHS FOR CUDAS ARE NOV-DEC.EARLY MORNING AND BEFORE SUNSET.
What lures are popular for barracuda?
Poppers? surface or diving lures?
ABOUT POPPERS I DON'T KNOW I NEVER TRIED THEM BUT THE OTHER 2 ARE BOTH GOOD
Hi sptec and kris, welcome to the forum. I'm also new to the forum and its very worth going through some of the sections were one can find alot of information.
About what kind of lures one may use for barracudas are the floating red head, firetiger yellowish green with black striped back and silver mck. Mind you i have never fished for barracuda but got this information from the forum. I have just bought the above mentioned lures and hopefully will give it a try next week.
Will keep you posted if i catch any! ???
suffrun
WELCOME SUFFRUN,
GOOD LUCK FOR BARRACUDAS IF YOU CATCH ANY POST BACK SO MAYBE IF I WILL HAVE SOME TIME I WILL GIVE IT A TRY ASWELL
guys...i'm thinking of fishing for cuda....
but my question is..... is a line .4 thick for cuda?!?!?
probably the cuda, would see it aye?
to make things simpler...could i attach a metre long .35 or .3 line to make the line less visible?
would it work...?!
thnks
hi guys, it been a while since i spinned for lizz but i had quite a fair success with them, funnily enough in this time of the year i caught big ones(1.9kgs record).
You were using fire traces, which in my opinion are of no gain. the reason is that many think that lizz bites the line because they bite frontal. but its wrong, they bite sideways. the best is to use some good fluorocarbon as it becoming more difficult to fool them. make sure that the kulpari are of good size and shiny too, sometimes they go for it!!!!!(you will know cause you will get it from the last one and by a nick, plus irregular strikes while reeling in) i lost quite a lot like this >:( >:(
Also, i managed to devise a system which works a lot. i bought a power sardine attractant that i found available from america.. you just put it on the lure and the lure has a scent, which fools a lot of fish. the fish doesn't have a good eyesight in my opinion but excellent feel which helps.
kris, i often encountered that problem. the best way is to see whether there is bait fish around. if there is bait fish, it will be difficult to catch one. also be aware that the rod does not have a lot of bend(excessive) and responds equally to a strike, else you will lose the time and the fish. i used a light ledgering rod for a very long time for lizz and i don't know how much of them did i lose because i wouldn't strike.
last but not least, it is very unpredictable, sometimes they bite like crazy sometimes they wouldn't be interested. guess they are like women :D :D :D
Good luck
nick
sure nick i would try the sardine oil... but will it work..?
i've never used it, just bought it and is still closed there...hehe...
next thursday/friday i would give it a try...
no, it isn't quite sardine oil, that is good for mullet ect
it is kind of a women's lipstick. the sardine oil will wear away easily. i think the local shops might have imported some.
ohh ok....
i heard many friends of mine saying that cirkewwa, close to where the gozo channel parks, is good for cuda..
but why? ...lol are there more fish there?
vopi bring in cuda for hunting purpose, obviously. marfa is one of the best spots in my opinion, but i never got lucky from there. unlike some mysterious place of mine
during the end of this week...i'll try a couple of places...(exams finished glorja)
i'll give my feedback for any luck/bad luck...hehe.
99.9% would go back home bare handed, cos this would b my first time for cuda.
thnks nick... (meta ha namlu wahda ghal mulett?) hehe
no worries naghmlu sure
fis sajf ehh....... bhalissa hassle shiha exams qabel 14th june ma nispiccax jien..... u mmut ghal dive qijed lol. s sibt nzilt ftit sal bahar gibt ftit rizzi ghal ikel. ;D ;D ;D
irrid nipprova r recipie gdida issa ghal mulett sippost ha tkun success
l aqwa imma li gibna l licenzja tal car, ghax kient ftit hassle ghalija naghmel kwazi kollox b tal linja
jien 5th june lahhar gurnata... f-gimghatejn amilna kollox... lol
ijja anka jien ghandi naqa ricetti godda...irrid nippruvhom.
so back to barracuda...the bigger the lure is, the better? (i'm still new for cuda)
imsomma, 10-15 cm work best red heads huma l aqwa ghalija, imbad yo zuri li jleqqu13cm. fuq il yo zuri nnutajt li huma hafna iktar aggressivi. l ahhar red head li kelli hadli kollox kien
jien adni kif xtrajt yo zuri c5 redhead f11. nahseb killler e! tidher serja!
my yo zuri red head white with shiny body, between 10 and 15cm long...my first one to try!
hey guys thanks for the very interesting information!! :D I will give it a try on wed very early morning if i manage to wake up lol :P Will keep you posted on how things went. Btw good luck with your exams!! I am a university student too and my last exam would be on frid (ejja ha nlestu ax xbajt lol).
Tight lines!!
kris
aw nies mort ta dalodu. mort ic-cirkewwa fej jorbot il-vapur fil-moll tal-genb. wasalt em xi 5.30. ikolli najd li jew mux qed namel l-affarijiet sew jew inkella ma nafx...ax di id-darba l-anqas biss rajt lizz jew xi cervojla tigri wara l-lure. =/
uzajt surface u diving lures. issa nahseb nixtri xi surface popper u nipprova lilu. barra minn malta naf li jahdmu zgur. issa nipprova aw malta.???
kris
Jidher li kulhadd ghaddej bl- ezamijiet hawn gew hehe. intkom l univerista u jien tal junior college. Igri jasal 17th june ha nlesti hihiii. Umbad jibda s sajd bis serjeta lol. I need to take up the boat ax ila 8 months fil bahar f gima tkun lesta u nerga nnizzel u nitlaq il-barra :D
ma nafx ghala kris....
maybe the lines are thick? or water was clear??
Jew forsi ma kienx hemm hut :) ir rieh jaffetwa daqxejn mhux hazin, jew almenu hekk nahseb, wara daqxejn sajdiet mhux hazin tibda tinnota certu pattern bejn ammont ta hut u direzjoni tar rieh.
U poppers jahdmu aw malta wkoll, uzhom filodu meta ma jkunx hemm dawl, jien insibom hafna ahjar min lures normali. Specjalment il plamti narhom juru hafna iktar interess fill poppers milli surface jew diving lures. jidirli lahhar hadd ta mejju konna xi 6 nistadu min fuq moll go port, mis 6 sas 6:45 qbadt zewg plamti u lizz, sa fejn rajt jien ma rajt il hadd iktar itella huta, jtsta tkun kwistjoni ta luck jew jista jkun il popper !
freman ghandu ragun, gieli ma jkunx hemm hut... parir ghal spinning hu li tmorru hfief kemm jista jkun.... u imxu minn post ghal iehor.... l lizz mhux huta li jfittex, trid ssibu... huwa naqa 'lazy fish'
bicca basket u xejn toqol u imxi u prova. qis li meta timxi taghmel hafna iktar area! u fittex ghal bait splashes u hekk ghax jaf ikun qed zzom hemm. l bait splashes normalment ikun vopi li jkun qieghed jigi attakat
gd luck guys hallu naqa alija ehh
bi zball din
il-bahar kien imdardar hafna bir-rawa tal-mewg. hut iehor ma rajt xej. x'tissugerixxu bhala poppers?? xi wahda redhead ukoll?? midera popolari hafna ir-redhead ux. fej thobbu tmorri postijiet al spinning? u al xix tmorru tistadu?
tight lines and good luck to all for the exams ;)
kris
r red head hija kwazi must. poppers qatt ma pruvajthom, rrid nippruvahom lol.... ifem ikollok xi naqa spinners qatt mhu hazin.
postijiet marfa tajjeb hafna, wied iz zurrieq tajjeb ukoll. jekk trid tiekul lizz.
jekk trid taqbad biss, mur ras hanzir filodu u taqbad ghax kommuni hafna imma tiklux ghax joqtlok bil pollution l hemm.....
il-marfa fej ikun hemm il-boat trips al kemmuna ux?
x'diameter tuzaw al l-ispinning? jien pruvajt l-ewwel 0.35mm imbad qlibt al 0.30mm u wara amilt xi 1 m 0.25mm imqabbad mal-lure ax ed forsi habba l-hxuna tax-xlief. u kif issibu l-ahjar li jmiss il-lizz meta tkunu qedin tirriljaw?..bil-mod?..bis-sahha?..tati xi gibda zghira etc.?
le jien kienu jghidu li n naha l ohra... l parti zonqrija post tal kahli mur.....
hemm tajeb jghidu kemm il darba rajt plus hemm hafna bubin u vopi l hemm
jekk sejjer hemm hu lampa mieghek ghax biex timxi ftit ikrah. u jekk ikun hemm xi xkora hobz tmissiex, minn esperjenza personali qed nghidlek ghax joqtluk :-X :-X
in-naha tax-xellug biex niftemu fej em il-blat ux ekk? tnx man ma mmurx jispiccaw jaqbdu lili flokk jien naqbad xi haga lol can't wait naqbad lizz. darba qbatt blue runner (xi sawrella jek mux sejjer zball) minn ghawdex marsalforn. imma kemm ieli immur al lizz qatt ma qbat wiehed :S
xi hxuna tuxa ax-xlief granitu? u tuza swivel fit-tarf?
swivel tuzax, ahdem bir rapala knot(google it).
hxuna jiddependi l visibilta. nippreferi flurocarbon. rukkel kemm jista jkun nizzel, 0.25-0.20 best iktar ma jkun inqas, iktar casting distance. imbad uza xlief ta 0.30 jew 0.35 flurocarbon tajjeb. orbot b shock leader knot(google it) evita s swivel u jekk ikollok ftit superglue jnaqqas l friction(man knot)
jien dejjem hekk hdimt. tista forsi tuza braids mar rukkel imma m ghandhom strech.
nassumi jien li hut mdaqqas ha tikkopja
ha nara ux qed nifmek tajjen granitu:
mela fir-rukkel nuza 0.25-0.20mm. u meta qettli xlief ta 0.30 jew 0.35 at-terminal li jkun imwahhal mal-lure jigifieri?
al hut kbier nuza kopp ux (dejjem jek naqbad lool :P)
ija ezatt. t terminal ghamlu twil xi 4 metres, jew inkella b tali mod li jkollok zew dawriet tieghu fir rukkell, trid tifhem ftit il qasba ukoll.....
pacenzja trid, xi darba tfotti xi wahda. jekk ghadek ha tibda ha taqla ftit darek :) :)
jien li kont minnek kris nuza 0.25mm flourocarbon biss. u inqabbad dirett mal lure. jekk trid forsi tnaqqas ftit il brim tal harira uza swivel zghir u dahlu flisplittring tal lure imbad orbot mieghu. Jien dejjem hekk namel. Jekk twehhel wiehed sabih mohhok hemm hux halli ma titilfux u importanti tecitax ruhek jekk twahhal huta kbira. ibqa relax dejjem umbad ifrah kif itellahha fuq l art ;)
jiena new member u ont ili nsegwi xi posts..jina pruvajta ftit drabi il lure u nista nghid li fiha siegha gost......jien djm bl .35mm irbatt u andi hafna lures ta kulur differenti kolla tar rapala u yo zuri.postijiet tajbin al lure nghid alija huma wid il ajn naha ta zonqor fjn darba amilt sajda ma ninsijiex,xajra u wid iz zurrieq...
gl u tight lines ;) :)[/b
Toqodx tinkwieta al xejn ax il lizz ma jigbidx. Twehhel lizz isek wehhilt mulett naf xjien nejdlek. Jien al lizzijiet inmur hafna inrejjex meta jkun zmienu u dejjem qbadt. Gieli dhalt b 16 il wiehed jien meta jkun jrid jmiss. L akbar li qbadt sissa kien fih 6 kili u qbadtu fuq harira 0.35.
ha namila ta l-injorant sewwa...tuza xlief ohxon mat-terminal peress li em cans jaqtalek??
u rigward jek adnix nibda...ifimni nahseb mort xi 10 drabi ima qatt ma qabtt...jigifieri nahseb drajt naqla dari alxej loool :/
btw...tnx guys!!! kemm ieli li sibt din il-forum iggennint iktar fuq is-sajd!! napprezza hafna li qedin tghinuni ax mux kulhadd bhalkom ta! anzi l-iktar li ssib li jajdulek bix igerfxuk u mux jghinuk!!
tnx to everyone!!! ;D
il brim fuq rill tehles minnhu bill tispooljah b machines apposta bhal tal mr fish. tista tqabbad dirett imma flurocarbon hu ftit differenti u biex taghmel rill kollhu flourocarbon hazin ghal but. importanti rill spooling tih kem jiflah MUX INQAS MUX IKTAR inkella qed titlef distance fi friction ta l spool
jien nuza xlief ftit ehxen ghal raguni wahda... ma tafx x jista jmiss u biex titlef huta ghal 0.05 mux worth... flurocarbon ma jidirx bomba imma mux tajjeb fl opinjoni tieghi ghal spooling ta rill
jekk tmur ghal 0.30 bizzejjed nahseb. jien skond l kundizzjonijiet
jien ir-reels tijaj nimlijom kolla and misterfish halli jamiluli bil-magna kif ett inti granitu. jien najdlu amilli xlief 0.30mm ez u natih l-ispool. nassumi li monofilament jamilli ma l-ispool ux??
allura x'differenza em bej monofilament u flurocarbon? li ndunajt li mid-dera jiswa kocc flus ux.
Granitu meta tkun mignun fuq is sajd qed nejdlek ma tatix kas l ispejjes. Jien allahares nikkalkula kemm nonfoq ax kiku niggennen. Jien ghalijja s sajd huwa hajti. Ma noqodx minghajru ghax huwa delizzju li vera nistrieh bih. Jien ili nistad min mindu kelli 3 snin ghaxkont inmur man nannu. Illum se nalaq 17 il sena u aktar ma nmur aktar igennini s sajd. Jien nistad kwazi b kollox u ghal kollox. Din is sena sa hansitra se nipprova inmur ghat tonn fej il fish farms ta san pawl ax nixtieq naqta xewqti u nara li vera jaqbdu t tonn min hemm. kif ukoll tkun ferha ghalija li ndahhal tonna mieghu fuq id dghajsa ta 13 il pied li ghandi :)
post tajjjeb iehor al sajd bil lure huwa il birgu fejn il club tar reggatta...in my opinion ahjar inkun safe u huta ingiba bla hafna biza li taqtali milli noqod ikun aktar fin...wara kollox jekk twahhal xi plamtu .........ma tantx hija easy biex iggibu fuq xlif .25mm jekk ma tkun naqa kalm ax najd alija jin nitfelfex x hin inkun wahhalt huta!!!pls tuni naqa tarif dwar il flurocarbon ax jin qatt ma wzajtu?kif ikun?issib kull tip ta hxuna?
apparti l flus, l fluro carbon huwa invisible fl ilma ghas semplici raguni li ghandu l kwazi istess refractive index ta l ilma allura bilkemm jidher u la ahna u anqas l hut ma narawh
prezz gholi, l aqwa fluorocarbo jien ghalija huwa s samurai, jappunizi ta veru. anke prezzu 50m kien xi lm9 nahseb
veru bigboy allahares nghodd kemm nonfoq flus fuq sajd, nahseb iktar worth fuq flus inpejjep ghax irhas.... imma fejn nista niffranka.
consider stretch too, mono ghandu ahktar stretch minn fluro
flurocarbon ssibu kwazi kull hxuna, hawn coated u full
Bil pacenzja tamel kollox boneshaker. jien accola ta 4.5kg gibta fuq 0.25 u dik tigbed. Kont qijed inrejjex al kahli s sajf li ghadda bil qasab tar rukkell fini u wehhilt l accola. ghamilt xi 3 kwarti nithabat maghha ax ma riedet tigi bxejn imma bil pacenzja labt maghha u kif waslet mad dajsa tajta l ganc.
IL-PACENZJA KOLLOX HUTI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
prosit bigboy nice catch!!
allura x'tissugerixxu l-ahwa?? li narma xi 0.25mm mono mar-rukkel imbad inqabbad bicca flurocarbon ta xi .30mm mal-lure?
andek ragun bigboy imma jin ma tantx indorri fuq hut kbir hafna alkemm issa qed nidra li hut andi ntija ic cans taha ha nara x tamel
try it jien tajtek parir imbad skopri l ahjar ghalik, jien mux nghid li tieghi korret, jien hekk narma imbad tiskopri mill l esperjenza trid
gd catch acciola ta 4.5kgs bigboy hadt gost mela!
Ghal issa kris arma hekk kif qijed tghid. Kif tara li drajt tistad sew u qed tidra iggib il huta nehhi l flourocarbon u qabbad il lure diretta mat 25. jien meta nrejjex qatt ma nuza flaurocarbon u cucati. Umbad jekk tmur ghal lizz fid dlam aktar u artar mandekx bzonn kummidji.
ok l-ahwa namel ekk alissa mela. kulhadd jiskopri kif inhu l-ahjar alih ux imbad. pero dak li jkun ikollu bzonn ftiet parieri u xi starting points min fej jibda!
Prosit ta din il-forum u tal-membri kolla ax mawx bhalom ta!! qiesna familja wahda kulhadd jghin lil xulxin!! jien meta nerga immur nghidilkom kif qbajt!! hopefully inkun qbad l-ewwel lizz tijaj :):)
tight lines everyone!!
kris
hey guys,
yesterday i went spinning for cuda at san pawl taht il-gillieru. sea and wind were very calm.
as setup i used what granitu suggested.
i started spinning at about 7. i spent more than 2 hrs without seing anything. then i saw a small cuda chasing my lure but without sucess. then when it was dark at about 9 i was spinning at a fast pause slow pause fast retrieve and i felt a constant wieght. i thought it was a plastic bag or something but as soon as i raised my rod something was pulling and pulling taking line. after about 30sec the fish managed to get away leaving me empty handed. i couldn't believe it...i thought i would finallt have caught my first cuda and then i lost it :S
tough lines...luck is truly not by my side...
Do any of you know where they are catching at the moment?
regards
kris
Kris right now you can find cudas everywhere as everywhere is full of them. Have you ever tried next to fort st elmo? very close to the brake water??? i find that area very good for cudas. The area is known as il fossa. it is easy accessible from the maqrsamxett area in valletta and you can park your car exactly where you are fishing. You may also encounter an accola or a plamtu. Tight lines mate and good luck im sure that the next time you will go you will return with your prized cuda ;)
tnx big boy!! mawx alikom intom ta! ;) kif ikolli prob dejjem lesti tghinuni :D mela nxt destination ha tkun il-fossa forsi naqbad cuda...andi bzonn naqbad wahda ax qed naqta naqra qalbi daqs kem il-darba mort u ma qbat xej...imma is-sajd ekk hu ux!
xhin andi immur tahseb big boy? immur filodu kmieni hafna ikun adu id-dlam sew?
tight lines mate!!
Jien filodu kmieni u flaxija dejjem wahalt\jekk tmur kmieni kun hemm xi sija qabel jisbah ax dak l aqwa hin. flaxijja mur nofs sija qabel jidlam forsi tinzerta xi plamtu ax hemm erba dimonji bhal issa. good luck habib
tnx king buli int!:)
forsi immur qabza il-lejla mela!!
xi thobb tuza lures man?...surface...diving??
ifem jien kollox andi...nipprova filkass ux ;)
kris
Ifhem kris jien ma nmurx min fuq l art ghax andi d dajsa allura nmur inrejjex al lizzijiet. Qabel jidlam u huwa u jisbah inhobb nuza lure ta 8cm. Xtrajt wahda gointed minghand pirotta b rasa orange u nista nejd li lure ta vera. Kif jidlam jew jkun adu se jisbah inhobb nuza lure ta 14cm ghax ttider aktar. Issoltu nuza rapala husky. Ifhem jien kif jibda jisbah inzid ic comb ax il lizz jdejqu d dawl. imma meta jkun dlam ma nuzax comb ghaliex il lizz jfittex hafna l wicc sabiex jikkacja.
kris that used to happen a lot to me too.... the problem is that you need to stike the fish.... min irejjex bhal bigboy mux bzonn essag ghax d dghajsa miexja u taghti ktar sahha minn reel..... xorta pero plus normalment juzaw hand line li l id m ghandix elasticita....
trid tifhem ix xlief ukoll u ccekkja l memory tieghu
Kris bhal ma qallek granitu trid tahsad l-qasba meta tara messa ax l-krapar ma tantx jidhlu sew inkella specjalment jek l-qasba tkun fina.
Goog luck siehbi ;)
Kris adu jkun hemm dawl fejn l-gillieru? u rajt hut zghir?
Hi guys, I've been following this post with great interest. As I was browsing the internet reading about cudas, I found that in the Florida Keys they use plastic tube lures. Has anyone of you ever used this kind of lure?
guys....nahseb me 2 ghandi naqa bad luck....
2 days ilu mort sal mistra....xi 7pm, kanna number 1.
il bierah mort l-ahrax...6am kont emmek. kanna number 2. (tista tahseb kliem hazin..)
using yozuri 13-14cm redhead, .40 line (naqa ohxon nahseb), reel + rod (lol)
no barracuda in site!....why guys??? maybe there were no fish at the moment...?
jew bhal ma qal bigboy, barracuda does not like light?!
from your friend who has a big problem....
Fava
Fava jien se nejdilek kif nahsiba. number 1 insa li se twehhel baracuda fid dawl. darba f mitt sena forsi twehhel wahda imma trid tkun vera ghali jekk tmissek. Issa it tieni haga hija li l harira li qijed tuza hija ftit hoxna. Li kont minnek ma nuzax harira ehxehn mit 30. Jekk tmur i lgzira ghand pirotta itolbu harira li jisima 'TAKE no memory' jien nahlef bijha ax vera tajba. arma r rukkel bit 30 u orbot dirett mal lure. li tista tamel iddahlila swivel zghira flisplit ring li jkola quddiem u torbot mal iswivel halli il harira kemm jista jkun ma tinbaramlekx.
ooooooo ok bigboy int! :D
jigifieri filodu qabel ma jizbah! jew filaxija fid dlam!?
nahseb laktar trick importanti dak! thnks
bhalissa hek kont qed narma bl-iswivel kif ghetli int.
thnks m8
hsibtkhom li tafu li l qawl malti jghid....
"min jorqod ma jaqbadx hut!"
tridu tbakkru ras, fis 6.00 kont tard jien normalment sajda ghal lizz nkun hemm xi 4.30 nipprova u alija difficli kienet tkun, specjalment bla karozza......
jekk sejjer filghaxija, ibda fis 6.00 u ghandek qisu sal 11.00
anke qabel, imqar kemm izzom il post ikun ideali
iccekjaw il qamar ukoll, meta jkun full moon hemm iktar dawl, kapaci l ispinners jahdmu tajjeb hafna
gd luck guys
today was diving and found thousands of budas. Not only 1 scholl but several around
Usually for barracuda it is best to start off early as possible the best time is just around sunrise (ibexbex) and the opposite at sunset/dusk onwards.
But recently they have been taking lures even in FULL sunlight :) In fact the last time i caught a few was around 10am!! ::)
So i wouldn't say you'll never gonna catch them in sunlight! but then again they are a very hard fish to 'pigeon hole' and USUALLY you will have more sucess at dawn & dusk/evening...
Big boy, you use .30 for cuda even in the dark from boat? I will give it a try, never went for cuda yet. Do you keep much distance from shore?
I usually like keeping that 100m distance away from the shore. i trol lthe lure 25fa away from my boat using 2 x100g weights.
For Barracudas, go to the place called Barracudas in St. Pauls Bay. It is just on the right to Veccia. No wonder the place is called Barracuda!
I know areas in the eastern parts of malta like sliema, marsamxett harobour, grand harobour, xajra, mgieles etc for baracudas.
hey guys!!
I am very pleased to tell you that i managed to catch my first cuda on sat!! :D:D
I went to marsamxett harbour where bigboy suggested. I hooked and lost 2 cuda straight away and as they say...third time lucky :p
The cuda i caught was 66cm and 920g.
I caught it on a yozuri pin minnow with .30mm line
Today i went again at about 4.30 in the morning. Some cudas chased my lure but didin't manage to catch one. At one point i managed to hook something which pulled quite hard but managed to get away. Better luck next time...
Spitec ijwa adu jkun em dawl hdej il-gillieru. skond flim bicca toqod imma. hut zghir ma rajtx dakinhar.
Suffrun ijwa pruvajtom it-tube lures. amiltom jien. sint kif tamilom min fuq site fuq l-internet. ifem...rajf cudas jigru wara t-tube lure imma ma kellix takes. pero li qijad najdlek meta kont mort ras il-hanzir...konna xi 6 nistadu spinning u hatt ma qabat xej kien dakinhar.
Btw guys...meta tajdu spinners...bhal ma juzaw at-tumbrell u l-plamtu al tal-lizz?? bhal tal-halco?
kris
Prosit Kris.Issa taqbadomx kolla ta!!!!!
congratulations kris, it is nice that you had success with lizz and we helped in any way we could....
as you may have noticed, it is luck..... did you strike it?
it seems that ras hanzir catches are dropping cause it has been a while since someone caught one from there... i might be wrong but i know a security guard from there and he noticed this drop in catches... but lizz is always present here
Thanks Bigboy. I take it you use hand line, or you got clip on weights? I got a down rigger which I never used, equiped with planner and weight. Has any one ever used one. Any suugestions on way to use it regarding lenght lure should be kept behind down rigger weight so as not to spook the fish? It will be handy to use it with my rods.
I use handlines ramio. I like using the green weights the ones you wind in the line.
Qed tara kris prosit man :) jien naf fejn jmiss il hut ta:p issa darbohra mela haqqek iggibli wiehed ha nmaluh fil forn hux :p Aw aggel ftit ax min nhar il gima nibda nistad jien eeeee lesti ruhek mhux se jibqa jmissek kif gib u lahaq il lizz issa :p
Anyways goodluck man jkollok bzonn xi haga aqbad u iktibli post. Forsi xi darba nintaqaw u ejja stad wahda mijej bir rixa ax tihu gost zgur ukoll.
isma guys, about to buy a reel for cuda fishing, ( to change the line to .30) what type of line should i buy?,
and another cuda lure, what type/kind?
could someone suggest something please.....
presently i have a shimano hyperloop 4000fb,
and a yozuri redhead c5.
thnks for your help.
fava
the reel as long it is shimano i assume it is ok.... they are good reels
lures well the shiny ones are good
i would do something if i where you....
go to mr fish and see what people mostly take and base your decision on that. yo zuri are very good, so are rapala... also h e had another brand which i forgot which i had good catches
so i would choose a shimano reel. (ohh, about the ball bearing, the more the better? hekk nahseb allinqas, cos mine has 1 ball bearing)
i saw a recent post which said that if one chooses a lure, having various changes in colour, it would still be effective...but still reflective lures are good too.
mux ghal spinning dik ifem.... r retreive rate fuq spinning ma nafx imma jekk qe dtistad xi 100m b riil komuni tghin li ma taqlax daqshekk idejk
ohh.. fimtek, so spinning, what gear ratio would one best choose?
well ... nahseb medium ifem........ imma din mux kwistjoni fuq spinning l importanti li tkun taf il velocita tar retrieve u tuzha kif trid
dak kollox ma nahsibx li hi concern kbira.... iktar importanti li jkollok spooling perfett tar rill ha twassal l lure iktar
tnx guys for the help!! i really appreciate it! :)
meta trid nigi bigboy :P
forsi nigi l-bbq ukoll ha niltaqa naqra makom ux ppl.
kris
Fava li kont minnek naqbes qabza sand pirotta fishing centre il gzira ( il hanut il kbir ta fej il knisja) u kellem li lruben dak zgur jejnek fuq xandek bzonn. Bhala lures ghandom it take lures ta vera u ghandom il jointed man li ghal lizz nahseb mawx ahjar minnhom. King jekk tixtri rukkell ipprova sib wiehed li ghandu 2 spools flok wiehed halli mhux kull darba trid toqod tibdel ir rill. F wiehed ezempju tamel 0.25 u fliehor tamel 0.30.
Hawn hafna tipi ta lures differenti tajbin al lizz.Jien nhobb nibdel skond t-temp.Bhalissa mejjet biex nmur wahda alih imma sa kemm imur l-ewwel darba naqta qalbi!
thnks bigboy, l-ewwel cans li jkolli immur...
imnalla atli bigboy dwar ir rukkel b-2 spools, ghax 1) ma kontx naf li jeziztu,
u 2) no need to buy the 2nd reel.
guys, il bierah mort sac-cirkewwa...ghal lizz...
rajt lizz, zghir kien, imma il hin kollu jaghti is salt ghal vopi li kien em.
ftit wara l-ghaxra tlaqt lemm, minghajr ma messni xejn.
it temp ghadu ma ssetiljax.. grrr
jezistu b zew spools certainly fava. rill tajjeb dejjem ikollu. hawn rillijiet tista tixtri aktar extra spools. rill iccekja d drag system tieghu ( halli tara x tip trid, ez. instant drag, bait runner drag, normal ect....) u l ball bearings tieghu...
ma nafx imma l common sense jghidli li jikollok numru diskret- l importanti r retrieve, li tkun tista taqbleb l velocita f daqqa li xi kultant hija killer f dis sajda, l ahjar moviment ta certu lures isir b din l mossa
anke l piz tar rill li nassumi mux ha jkun kbir, tmurx ghal rillijet kbar ghax kollox jghin biex taqla darek sakemm mhux ha tkun qed tistad ghal hut bhal lampuki u hekk
hey fava ara issibx al bejgh reel grauvell argos xr40 silver u b zewg spools...jin sibtu tajjeb hafna ara ticcekjax and il mister fish tal fgura jin minn emm xtrajtu u andi reel vra bomba.
jekk trid tiffranka iccekja l internet ;)
Fava ipprova mur fejn mar kris Marsamxett man. Il fossa jejdulu qed nibatkom hemm ax naf li jmiss u jekk twehhel huta min hemm allinqas tista tikola.
tinzlu mill mandragg tridu l belt, hemm fejn ivaraw d dghajjes ukoll. hemm kollhu tajjeb jibqa sejjer sa sant iermu
anke ghax xilep tajjeb hemm guys knot naqbad hafna minn hemm u xi marspann okkazjonali ssibu
milli qed nisma, is south ahjar min north ghal cuda?!?!
more cudas are caught from southern part of malta than from the northern part of malta....why?
le ma nahsibx... ahna nafu s south iktar minn north ghax minn hawn alekk ;D ;D
Ezatt granitu. Jien nejd ghalija nohrog mil imsida bid dghajsa ghax norbot hemm gifiri jien naf dawn l inhawi hux. naf fejn jmiss il hut u naf il postijiet u l qiegh kif inhu imma jekk nitla lejn in north ma nafx fej andi nmur ghax ma nafux.
ohhh kapixx...maybe one day i'll find a place (in the northern part of malta) and would submit it here..
so my fellow friends could visit it.. .........one day.
ada nahseb inmur nigri girja ghal lizz fava ghax andi l ahhar ezami. Forsi ma tafx kif namel sajda tajba halli inpatti ta kemm ili ma nmiss mal bahar :p
ssib zgur ghandi erba f mohhi imma ma ppruvajthomx... pero san pawl l bahar fejn l pont iffahruh ferm ghal lizz ifem......
pero tesperimenta trid.... ifem mux ha nimmagina l big boy joqghod jitla sa san pawl l bahar ghal lizzijiet.... bil petrol tal llum l iktar :-\
Mhux ekk nibqaw granitu. Jien irrid mil inqas 5liri letrol kull darba li nohrog sirt. alekk inzomm fil vicin hux inkella biex ma tahlix trid tahseb tmieni hafna u toqod timxi bilmod :s
ezatt.... llum naf min johrog il barra jghidlek li jekk ma jmiss ghar rixa ramaw rillijet ghad deep sea u tintefa tistad hemm, kemm iggahgaha mqar.
kurzita bigboy, qatt qalulek "tranmunta hut b halqu maghluq" ??? ??? ???
ghax l ahhar darba li nzilt bid dghajsa skarsa kienet hafna u tramuntana kien, imbad waqt li kont qed ntella ftit rizzi kellimt wiehed kien qed jistad u qalieli...... sa certu punt kellu ftit ragun
hey guys,
jek nithajjar nistad al lizz b'xi lixka bhal vopi...anda tkun hajja jew tista tkun mejta wkoll?
jien qed nara forsi mmur sa tas-sliema quddiem il-knisja tan-nazzarenu, naqbad kocc vopi u nistadlu bijom. kif andi nistadlu bil-vopi ax qatt ma rmajtlu ekk?...bhala xlief, fond ta bahar etc???
Ijwa habib hekk jejdu. Bi tramuntana ma jmiss xejn dak l ar rih ghalina s sajjieda laqqas ghal tal qiegh ma jmiss gieli. Meta jigi tramuntana jew inkala xi erba nassi jew xi bictejn parit ax il bqijja insa li ser issib huta bir rixa ma nafx ghala.
Illum jekk tmur il barra u ma taqbadx huta imgidma taqta qalbek u ma tergax tmur. Jekk tmur u tejd gibt haqq l ispejjes allinqas ma tgergirx ax tejd ma mortx ghal xejn hux. L ispejjes telaw wisq man difficli l inibqaw sejrin hekk anki l prezzijeit tal hut se jkollom jolew. Min gieli xtara l pixxispad biz 2 liri u 2.50 jista jinsa dis sena ax id diesel ola wisq u anke l liska oliet.
Kris jekk inti vera dilettant u tixtieq tistad bil liska jien lest li nejnek u ninkoraggik ax hija sajda sabiha hafna. quddiem in nazzarenu huwa post tajjeb hafna ghal lizzijeit bil vopi. Li kont minnek meta nkun sejjer ghalih nahseb kmieni halli tilhaq taqbad ftit vopi u ipprova zommom hajjin. Bhala armar mandekx xi hafna xtarma ta. Jien meta nistad bil liska hajja mil art issoltu narma qasba tar rukkell ta 3 metri u fir rukkell ikoll harira 0.40. inhobb nuza running float li jkun jiflah imqar comba running ta 10g. jigifiri biex infemek sew fil harira ta gor reel jkollok stopper, bead, running float, comba running u imbad torbot swivel bil labra. issa din oppinjoni imma ghalija il lizz bil hajj mandekx cans li taqbdu jekk ma tuzalux il wire ax jaqtalek. Jien inhobb namillu 1mtr wire u namillu kulpara u nqabbada bi crimp mal wire. al din is sajda mandekx alfejn tistennih jidlam ax il lizz jmissek fuq il hajj zgur. illiska l vopa min dahra jew demba u waddab. hsibek hemm fuq ir running float ax kif jmissek laqqas tarah b ajnejk.
mawx alik big boy
bhala fond kem inzommu ir-float?
u daqs tal-kulpara?
tnx man!
dik bil kaxxa tigi ux mill koperattiva ta mxlokk?
kris kulma trid sunnara, xlief medda fluro carbon u running float tajjeb. imbad tillixka minn darha... iktar nippreferi bubin ghal dax xoghol jaghmel alih iktar l hut, specialment l spnott kont nara gieli diving jigri warajh.....
bhala sajda l franza popolarissima pero malta hawn min jistad hafna biha u gieli jaraw xi huta, normalment tkun huta mdaqqsa sew..... l lizz pero ma tantx hu huta li narah ha tmiss hekk, kont rajt dokunmentarju u dam biex ha messa hekk, taf ikollok sorprizi ghax l haj mux lizzijiet biss jaghmel alih.
tipprova trid ifem
ic ic.
jien kont ser nipprova bil-vopi ax faccli hafna biex taqbdu dak min-nazzarenu.
il-bubin min fej ser naqbdu?
bubin jekk mix sejjer zball qiesu mulett ux?
Il lizz jek kjkollu l guh granitu jmiss fuq kollox. Jien l isbah sajda li ghamilt ghalih kien fuq il klamaretti friski.
Il liska mil pixkerija nixtruwa ahna sihbi (fejn l officju ta frans biex niftehmu). Id diehla irridu nmorru ahna ha nixtru ax se nibdew xi hmistax ohra ghal pixxispad.
Kris il huta zomma 2m taht l ilma man hekk l ahajr biex tistad. Kulpara medium man tamiliex zajra u laqqas kbira sry imma fis size number taghhom ma nifimx jien lol. Jekk trid aw klapar apposta al liska hajja man ukoll.
pero l-klamaretti friski mejtin ux bigboy?
xhin imorru jixtru l-pixkerrija? ax gili mort nistad em kmieni u jkunu ga qedin inadfu.
Ijwa mejtin sihbi. Il klamaretti jixtrijomli sihbi ax hu l mara tieghu ghandu lanca tat tkarki u meta jispiccawli jgibli kaxxa. Il pixkerija biex tixtri l liska andek sad 9 ta filodu man. imma mhux min fej jirkantaw il hut. trid tmur fejn hemm il freezers fuq in naha l ohra tat trid. jaqaw behsibek tarmalna al pixxispad issa ? :p
le le sihbi al kurzita ux haha :P
l-ewwel nett ma nafx kif tarmalu
u no2 dghajsa ta 13 il-pid andi. u bhala knowledge ta sajd ma nafx hafna.
al tal-qiegh naf nistad, forok al-kahli, inrejjex xi naqra. ekk ux ;P
mbad nistad bil-parit naf ax immur ma zijjuwi inkallaw.
adni qed nitallem lool
eee tjb tjb ma kontx naf li ghandek dajsa habib hsibtek tistad mil art. X dajsa ghandek ??? jien albatross 380 ghandi u biex ma naqtalekx qalbek gili nitfa 100 sunnara tal pixxispad jien sihbi ax jekk tkun taf fej andek tmur mandekx alfej taqla l barra ;) min fejn tnizzel man ??
jien l-iktar li nistad minn fuq l-art man.
mbad ax-xhur tas-sajf innizzel id-dghajsa moneol island.
frejgatina ta 13-il-pid andi b'tohatsu 9.8hp
hmmm qiesek taf hafna postijiet ux bigboy...meta ha niltaqaw f'xi bar ha ngibek happy u tobzok is-sigriti....haha :P:P
mela meta trid inmorru namlu sajda flimkien sihbi mandix bod jien nintaqaw nofs triq :p u nihdok jien biex taqbad zewg hutiet sbieh :p ma anfx ta qatt ma tajtek. jien sas sajf li ghadda d dajsa tijej kinet beige u b mutur 15 evenrude blue jekk forsi rajtni ax manoel island nidhol hanf ahemmekk ghand simon biex nixtri l petrol. dis sena new look imma :p u mandix alfejn inmorru f bar biex nejdlek is sigrieti sihbi jien niddejjaq nahbi. Heqq al lizzijiet edlek fejn trid tmur hux habib. u jekk tithajajr titfa xi 50 sunnara tal pixxispad nejdlek fej andek tmur ukoll ;)
hmm jista jkun narfek jek narak jew forsi nara id-dghajsa.
niccajta jien sihbi ;)
ijwa veru ghintni hafna al lizzijiet...kieku ma kontx int ma kont namel xej. jien jekk Alla jrid id-dihla nipprova innizel. filkass niftemu xi wahda king.
niftehmu mela habib u nmorru. jien il gima se ntella ha natija wahda antifouling u irrid nirrengala xi haga tal vhf u nerga nvara mandix indum aktar min gima l art.
jien jonqosni nixkatlala xi ftiet imbad natija naqra zeba u innizel jek Alla jried ux.
issa jonqosni 2 assignments u mbad nahrata halli naqbad u inlestija.
U mela kris. Jien ghada ghandi l ezami tal pure maths warajh ninzel nibda niprepara u mas 6 ta flaxija nitlaq zgurrrr ax il gima se ntella
Started catching some cudas :) Caught 4 this evening with lacci. Had a beautiful strike but it took the line :s Couldnt stay out long but it was quite some fun. Guys if you want to spin srom land make sure you do it from foss as there is were the cudas are. Got all the strikes from there ;)
hi bigboy. from where do you get lacci - Do you use frozen or live?
Good catch bigboy.Since I don't know exactly where the place is since I don't go often to the port areas fishing can you tell me if it is near the waterpolo pitch and if all the area is good maybe I will go and try my luck from land! ;)
spitec l foss l birgu jigi. anke t toqba jsibuh
l isla faccata
bigboy ras hanzir sibtu?
l birgu ahjar ax zgur ma nafx fejn jahbat! Jien min naha ta fuq my friend
Le granitu ma tlajtx lej ras hanzir hux la messni fej il fossa. il fossa tigi ezatti taht fort st elmo tista tidhol bil karozza u tinzel min marsamxett u taqbes il pitch tal waterpolo u tibqa diehel umbad tigi f dawra u kolpli diehel ibqa diehel sa kemm tasal kwazi fej il brakewater u tkun qed thares lejn tigne.
Granitu il lacci kwestajtom il bierah sihbi friski u hajjin ax kien hemm wiehed anzjan ed jistad l imsida qabel ma hrigt u kellu xi 10 fil barrada u tlabtomlu hux :p dawk nuzom ahjar jien milli juzom hu. imma meta ma jkollix nixtri bil kaxxa hux mil pixkerija. Kavalli zar tajbin al lizz ukoll gili uzajtom.
Tkun mal-bahar hemm jew ikolli naqtaha mil-bahar l-huta? dejjem jekk imisni
hu kopp l ahjar sihbi naqra twil jew ganc ax trid taqtahha mil ilma hux. Jien bid dajsa nkun u qatt ma naqta huta mil ilma dejjem niggancja.
Bid-dajsa ahjar ghax tfittex kemm trid! xidarba fejn l-black pearl nixtiq niprova ha nara jidholx hemm.Xtahseb jersaq lhemm jew qatt pruvajtu?
Hehe hemmek dejjem naqbad xi wiehed kull darba li nohrog filodu kmieni l ewwel wihed li nwehhel min hemm jkun.
Jekk jibqa majjistral shemm imur mela ha nipruvah ax hemm iktar nafu! ha naraw xjigri
Tistennix hafna qbid imma. Wahdiet twehhel jien issoltu naddi inwehhel wiehed umbad nerga naddi u ma jergax jmiss iehor. jekk tuza deep diver lure ahjar ha tinzillu ftit l isfel man. Tistadx min fej hemm il lanterna l ahjar tistad min nofs il brakewater u twaddab bid direzzjoni tal patrol boats ax hemmekk hemm xifer halli taddilu min fuqu u ghandek twehhel wiehed. u jekk int kapaci thallija tereq ftit il lure u tadiftit mal qiegh tajjeb ukoll ghal xi denci jew dott ax gieli wahhalna min hemm ahna u nrejxu.
Grazzi tal-parir siehbi.Niprova naqra surface lures imbad naqleb ad-deep divers mela.
ara kif tara li l ahjar ghalik hux. jien hemmekk inhobb ninzel ftit l isfel ax huta dificli issiba fil wicc.
Niprova nsanarlu vopa hajja ukoll mela bir-running float intih min 5metri l-isfel mela,halli jkolli wahda bil haj u wahda spinning.
Idea tajba spir imma tih l azzar ax jaqtalek ja wicc ta baghal li hu.
isma running float ta 10gr ma tahsbux li il vopa u kulpara mahha tegherrqu?
Tigi bejn haltejn ax jekk nuza l-azzar ma tantx ikollok cans al xi huta ohra.L-lizz ma tantx jati kas imma l-hut iehor iva.Gieli rajt xi spnotta sabiha hemm ukoll.
Matantx terqu ta spir u jekk imissek xihaga tinduna ax jinzel aktar jew jigri mentri vopa joqod tiela u nizel.
hemm tistghu tinzlu minn naqa ta dar mediterran l fossa..... issa gejt fiha bigboy fejn hu... kont mmur hafna nistad hemm.... hemm anke plamti kbar rajt.
biss tnemsux n namrati hemm ghax jinzlu naqa n nies jaghmlu l hazen hemm kommuni...... jekk sejjer spinning spitec ghax biex jitfghulek xi flixkun hemm ma trid xejn...
Daqqa ta flixkun jonqosni!!!
oqod attent hux darba gratli jien ifem ma laqtunix imma jwaddbu affarijiet.... glied imma kwazi dejjem b xi haga jarawk tistad jiddejjqu qisu taghhom... bhal li kieku certu affarijiet mux d dar posthom.... anke hemm bicciet postijiet tal kahli
hemm hafna postijiet ma l art hemm mghottija mill bahar.... u jinhbew.... tkun spinning imma ticcaqalq trid.... u biex ssib xi sorpiza bla hsieb.... u hemmek xi haga straodinarja dak l post.
inzel u tara l post.... mixja tal genn(sabiha) hemm jekk trid jekk tinzel minn dar meditteran
Hsibek hemm SPITEK sew qallek granitu lol ax jkun hemm hafna namur ghaddej u anki karozzi jiccaqalqu tara :p jien inkun hafna hemm inrejjex u qed nejdlek dejjem issib xi haga ta
illum mort al barracuda u b success qbadt wahda ta kilo u naqra...kelli gibda ohra imma heles....kont qed nistad b lure tar rapala u hija redhed floating ...pruvajt il hammerhead u tajba wkoll ax kelli l messa fuqa.nixtieq insaqsi jekk huwx possible li namel swivel bil labra al mal holqa tal lure minnflok noqod naqta u norbot kull darba..tahsbu li tkun safe?andkom xi daqs specjali u xi ditta wkoll?
iva mela dazgur li tista.prova sib min dawk li jkunu suwed bil labra zghira.jien dejjem bis swivel nistad mal lure
L-importanti li jkun jinqafel sew u ma jkunx kbir jien dejjem bl swivel nistad quddiem tamlux iswed imma amlu silver ha jkun jaqbel mal-krapar ax inkella qisek tkun qed tara mara b zarbun ahmar u handbag ahdar! :o
Kmieni missek l-lizz u xi post segriet jew il-fossa?
isma spitec jien dejjem suwed uzajthom u qbadt lizzijiet mhux wiehed u tnejn.il lizz ma tantx hu xi huta makkakka u meta jkun bil guh anke ic comb gieli hadilna dawk li naghmlu qabel il lure biex infanndu,meta nkunu bid daghjsa.emminni ta jattakka ic comba u jaqta kollox
Nicajta kont spiru as-swivel jien nuza silver ax dak l-kulur sibt swivels kif kont qed infittex.Darba kont qed niskandalja u hatafli c-comba tibzax.
MIL BIRGU QBADTU SPITEC EHE KIEN KMIENI TA... NAHSEB SILVER HA NAMILA... XI KULUR SPECJALI?ILLUM SIEHBI QALLI JIN MA NAFDAX BL ISWIVEL AX QAL LI JEKK IMISSEK XI PLAMTU JMUR KOLLOX MA NAFX JIN ISSA NAMILA BL ISWIVEL ZAJRA U SODA FILKAS JEKK NITLEF LURE NAMEL OQDA DIRETTTA
Jekk ikollok swivel tajeb mandekx biza.meta tmurlek xi lure jekk mux bi snien l-huta mil oqda jmur ax hemm ikun l-aktar dajef x-xlief.
JIN BL 0.40 ARMAT......DITTI TA SWIVELS TAJBIN?
Jien bil 0.25 armat ima tkun qed tiriskja.As-swivels ma narax li hemm alfejn tfittex xi ditta partikolari basta tara li jkun sod mux tac-'cheap'.
Swivel's hemm li huma apposta ghal lures, il labra ma tkunx gejja forma ta v imma forma ta u, ma nafx ezatt kif naqbad nispjega imma jekk issaqsu lil tal hanut jurikom hu, l'imsida rajt hafna lizzijiet imma ftit mort spinning u ghadni qatt ma wahhalt wiehed min hemm, biss il gima li ghaddiet tellajt denci tal platt b'running ledger, ghada sippost hemm ghandi nkun ghal tal qieh min fuq id dajsa nispera nara xewka!
l-imsida freeman ???? ara taqbdilniex kollox ta :p hemmek sihbi hemm erba lizzijeit mostri jigru ax rajinom b ajnejna jwerwruk nahseb qatt ma qbadna kbar hekk ahna fijom fuq 8 kilos zgur. Ghandi l harpoon fuq il lanca jekk jerga jaddi wiehed innifdu ta :p ax jdejquni qedin jatuni kull qata narhom hirgin min taht il lanca jatuni kull qata. id denci mil imsida qbadtu ?
rejxilom b'huta tal-haj bigboy. Darba qbadna wiehed sabih lizz minn hemm kien fih fuq 4kgs
isma......l-imsida/ ta xbiex fejn il yacht marina jaghmel dnieci. Jekk tmur in naha ta ta xbiex u tistad fid dawra ezatt - titfa bi dritt il pont tal black peral ghandek twahhal wiehed kultant!
hemmekk gieli qbadt bil konz tas sargi placebo u anki bil lure inrejjex mal qiegh
Ijwa bigboy mill imsida qbadtu, u nara hafna nies jistadu b'vopi jew lacci shah fil qieh igieifieri nimmagina li mhux xi haga daqsekk rari id dnieci hemm, dalodu kont qed indur hemm fuq id dajsa ghal tal qieh imma ma rajna xejn kbir qbadna naqra pagell u sparli u siehbi tilef xi haga decenti fnofs ilma qatatlu il harira
HA NSAQSI MISTOQSIJA BANALI FORSI...IMMA DAN IZ ZMIEN TAF TAQBAD XI HMAR?
boneshaker tiktiebx kollox capital letters. itfi il caps locks mill keyboard.
sry
Did anyone try some cuda spinning this weekend?
jin ada sjr naqa al baracuda filodu ax andi 2 lures godda rrid nuzahom...sjr naqa filodu u naqa filaxija hope li naqbad xi wahda sew...ha nipprova bl isvivel bil labra kif edtuli intom halli nifranka l hassel li noqod norbot kull darba..intom xi ssibu l aqwa sinking jew floating?andkom xi idea ta post tajjeb jew in naha t isfel jin djm fjn il club tar regatta tal birgu nmur
Jien ada sejer naqra ukoll imma adni ma nafx fejn.Jien ma tamilix differenza ax it-tnejn andom il-vantaggi taghhom.
tista tfissirli il vantaggi?
S-sinking tista thallija nizla l-isfel u tkun tista tibda tkebbeb min aktar fond specjalment jek tkun trid tfittex xi huta li thobb izomm l-isfel u l-floating gieli nuza sistema nigbed ftit l-lure magla u nwaqqafa u nerga nigbed nimagina jien li dik l-'splash' li tamel f'wicc l-ilma tattira l-hut.
Qatt pruvajtu rattling lures guys ?
andi kotc jien imma adni ma pruvajtomx ghax milniex li ircevejthom andi anke kbar rattling al alungi.
Hekk sew eeeeee kulhad jistad ghal lizzijeit u jien il garaxx nahdem fuq id dajsa :p mandix aptit inmur nistad min fuq l art. No worries imma ta kif innizzel ma twahlux lizz iehor fhimtu hux :p mara u ragel biss se nhalli gifiri taqbduwomx :p
Ha ha ha issa ma fadalx alik bigboy
Hekk sew Bigboy, lewwel tallimghom jistadu......mbad ma jhallulek xejn!!
Sew qieghed tighd ramio imma tatix kas ta :p il hut insibu xorta u kif insibu nibqa nibqa sakemm naqbdu kollu ax il fire ekk allimni :p
adni kif jin gej m and mark tal fishing frenzy u fost l affarijiet li xtrajt xtrajt swivel bil labra tajba u mux kbira hafna silver bil bearing maha u forma ta u....heavy duty hafna alkemm mux wahda ordinarja u rhisa.
BIG BOY,meta nistad bil haj jien dejjem sunnara wahda nuza bir runninig float.immur tajjeb.ghaliex tuza kulpara?ma tahsibx li il vopa ikolla aktar toqol u ma tghumx sew bil kulpara?nimmagina li iddahlilha 2 go darha u is sunnara l ohra tibqa barra.qed nitkellem mil art jew meta tkun wieqaf mhux trolling ghax hemm nuzaw il pilot
nipreferi kulpara milli sunnara spiru insibni hafna ahajr
qatt ma stadt bir running float, ghaw xi hadd li jistad hekk ghandu aptit ifhemni naqra ? xtip ta hut tficcu bdin is sajda? u go bahar miftuh jew portijiet ?
jin din it tip ta sajda namila hafna drabi imma onestament ma tantx hallitli frott hlif al darba meta qbadt skorfna hanzira u ma nafx kif....darba kelli messa kbira u l harira mux inqatat imma splotiet man ...jin nahseb al xi cervjola jew xi haga ekk....jin ix xarjra nuzah dan it tip ta metodu imma nara bniedem jistad ekk u jkollu rizultati tajbin mix xajra fuq il bubin
at the moment everywhere is full of barracudas every time i go spearfishing i am seeing loads nahseb nitfa rixa god daghjsa just in case
Ma nafx fejn qed tmur mela simon g ax kull fejn qed inmur mil art mux qed nara jien.Mux ma nemnekx ta,jien mux qed nara.
Isma freeman r-running float hi sistema eccelenti ghall kull tip ta huta kemm filodu u kemm billejl kemm fil-miftuh u kemm fil-port.Tkun tista tistad bis-sufrun anke f'hafna fond u taqta l-barra kemm trid.Barra minn hekk jekk tkun ghal tal-qiegh specjalment bil-lejl anqas tehel. ;)
Today I caught a nice cuda over 1KG from ta Fra Ben before 5 a.m and afterwords I was caught by a huge shoal of mosquitos and I had to leave >:(
Today we went out with the fishing boat to haul in the octopus pots (nassi) and on our way i let out 3 rods and a handline for maybe an accola or plamtu. All of a sudden one of the reels was screaming and it was a hookup. We landed a 7kg cuda on a rixa twila and it was great. The time was around 6:30am and we were just off exiles point.
i confirm what simon said! There's a lot of cudas around.
Tomorrow I will go to try at bugibba and see what happens.
I threw a lure for 5 minutes just after splash and fun park and hooked a cude straight away. I am seeing alot of baby shoals of cudas around as well while diving. I heard a guy from Mellieha netted 62 cudas with a net. Shame as I don't know what he will do with them, but too many cudas in our seas are not good either.
This year also seems to be a good year for octopus and sargi. Maybe the bad weather left some fish in the sea to roam around and mate!
I can confirm that Cuda's are excellent for eating! Fillet the fish, lightly dust it in seasoned flour, and shallow fry it in a pan. Serve with some squeezed lemon straight from the pan. You will not be disappointed. Just DON'T OVERCOOK IT. Leave the meat moist.
Today I caught another cuda 980grams from bugibba and afterwords I made a big mistake I hooked a very nice garfish[imsella] on a 9cm lure and after some time to bring it in[jumping and running on the surface]I tried to pull it up but I couldn't it was too heavy for the rod,I told a guy to pull it up from the line for me and when he was pulling it up the line broke and it went away with the lure.I am really angry with my self as I had the net with me and I didn't use it. >:(
Hi,how many knots for trolling for cudas and do you use a comba or just the lure?
tks kings
4 to 5 knots is enough. With regards to weights, I think it does not really make a difference. I have caught with and without weights. I am having alot of success with a very bright red octopus skirt which is about 4 inches long.
Tks mate,will try that,
Been nearly a year since my last vist; well done for the new look to this fantastic forum.
Can anyone please specify which are the best lures at this time of year for barracudas? I'm planning to try out the Yozuri Red Head and Rapala Magnum (silver mackarel) - both divers and don't need any extra weight.
Any comments please?
If you are fishing from land use sizes between 9cm-11cm.I use different colours and usually I use miss maria lures.
jess the miss maria are very good i bought two from mister fish and evertime i tried them they helped me to catch a cuda
MARIA SW .... use the darker shades ... Barra's go nuts for them.
No luck today I was at bugibba I had only 1 strike but I didn't hook it.
yesterday was the worst cuda day. i changed the trebble hooks of my favourite lure and i think i put smaller ones :s i hooked 5 and lost them all. They were surely big cudas because i could tell from the strikes they gave.
martin b, are you sure that those cudas weigh 5 kg and 3 kg?.because we caught a 3 kg one last week and it was much bigger
Quotemartin b, are you sure that those cudas weigh 5 kg and 3 kg?.because we caught a 3 kg one last week and it was much bigger
Yes im certain i wouldn't have posted it otherwise! i have a boga grip which i check my wieghts on...
Thats the trouble with pictures! i just saw a picture of a spnotta my friend caught in april which was just shy of 3kg but if you saw how this picture came out it looks massive! ::)
However im 6ft tall my friend & the one on the left in the pic where im holding them up comes to the tip of my shorts (mid thigh) the other is slightly shorter...in fact why in the hell am i even justifying this? whatever mate...
I think Spiru is right - Boga grips weigh in pound not kgs
this is a copy of from the site
Boga-Grip comes in 15-pound and 30-pound models. Each Boga-Grip scale is calibrated to ensure accuracy within one increment. You can send your Boga-Grip to the IGFA (954-927-2628) to have it certified for world-record catches.
Once the fish is secured, you can read its weight while keeping your Boga-Grip as vertical as possible. If you are weighing a dead fish or inanimate object, you will get a slightly more accurate reading by hanging by the wrist strap. This will plumb the scale. A lively fish will plumb itself and may be weighed accurately while holding the grip.
Martin is a big guy mates, if I took a photo with that cuda, it would be as big as me :/
Prosit Martin keep it up and dont forget to buzz me when you want some company.
QuoteI think Spiru is right - Boga grips weigh in pound not kgs
this is a copy of from the site
Boga-Grip comes in 15-pound and 30-pound models. Each Boga-Grip scale is calibrated to ensure accuracy within one increment. You can send your Boga-Grip to the IGFA (954-927-2628) to have it certified for world-record catches.
Once the fish is secured, you can read its weight while keeping your Boga-Grip as vertical as possible. If you are weighing a dead fish or inanimate object, you will get a slightly more accurate reading by hanging by the wrist strap. This will plumb the scale. A lively fish will plumb itself and may be weighed accurately while holding the grip.
Hi Fastangler,
Welcome to the MFF :) You are right,spiru isn't..Im not sure if there are dual boga grips (probably seen as though the metric system is more widespread) ive had it for a few years now so mine isn't..but funnily enough i know how to use a calculator & conversion tables ::)...Ive no reason to bulls**t about weights,its not as if its a world record!! & most important of all (people who know me well will confirm this) i
hate people who do that...and i didn't really appreciate Spiru's insinuation that im lying neither >:(
QuoteMartin is a big guy mates, if I took a photo with that cuda, it would be as big as me :/
Prosit Martin keep it up and dont forget to buzz me when you want some company.
Hi Freeman!
How's the fishing mate? i heard about what happened to your friend on sunday as my cousin happened to be bogue fishing (nassi) down there..hope he's alright now.Although i can sympathise with him as its as hot as an oven there!!
And don't worry ill give you a buzz pretty soon hopefully....when things kick off there ;)
I went down yesterday and caught a small 1.5kg cuda very early on but despite a bunch of follow ups nothing else,& to b honest at around 10am it was like being in a pressure cooker down there so i left before the 12pm sun!!!!!
Talk to you soon cliff in the meantime,
Tight Lines mate :)
ah guys! stop this thing about fishing pics! everyone must be proud of his picture....so proud to put it up in forum! But what's the sake of catching the big one?
In fishing you never know everything. All the time you grow up and there are more and more and more things to learn. Enjoy all the fishing and put up all the pictures and forget all the rest. After all a picture is the only remaining living thing after fishing.
It is the only memory you still have of that day when you caught a special meaning to you.
Hi placebo,
My point exactly! i put my pictures on the forum as being a fisherman i love to see pictures of fish especially those that have been caught locally and im sure alot of people are the same way.In fact the Gallery is usually the 1st place i browse on the forum and i often leave comments there for the person who posted the picture,although i personally wouldnt leave a comment like i found.. >:(
Anyway a pictures quality is only as good as the camera & the person taking the photo.
What i don't appreciate is someone just coming along and casually dropping "Are you sure about those weights?" which is another way of saying either a) Your stupid & don't know how to weigh a fish or b) Your a liar!
However this is a public forum & everyone has the right to speak their mind..& that works both ways...
But you are right,at the end of the day the main reason i take the pics is for my own keep sake of a good days fishing not to go around showing everyone what i caught...& i agree 100% that there is always new things to learn about fishing & i think thats the beauty of it.
The only reason i post the weights is cos it takes the guess work out about the actuall size when your looking at a picture.
However this is a waste of time & so water under the bridge and already forgotten.. cos at the end of the day I know what i caught and what it f***ing wieghed
In fact its lucky for tackle manafacturers that there aren't too many people who can calculate weight so accuratly just by just looking at a photo (& not a particlaurly clear one at that) cos they would never sell a boga grip or scales again :)
hi martin b,
excuse me but i never said that you are a liar,i just pointed out if you are sure about that weight that is pounds or kilos thats all.mela proset ta vera.i went trolling tuesday and wednesday.i caught 23 cudas the largest 2kg.keep it up mate!!!!
Quotehi martin b,
excuse me but i never said that you are a liar,i just pointed out if you are sure about that weight that is pounds or kilos thats all.mela proset ta vera.i went trolling tuesday and wednesday.i caught 23 cudas the largest 2kg.keep it up mate!!!!
Hi spiru,
In that case it was a misunderstanding,as i thought you were questioning the weight itself & not the scale which it was measured in.
So i naturally over reacted a bit,although im not to sure that many people still weigh fish here in lb & oz.And again sometimes pictures aren't all that obvious at the best of times..
23 cudas is a nice catch mate! Prosit man
Tight lines
Last night I was fishing from shore and cought 6 cudas all 2kg+ and 2 acciol didnt weigh them but they where quite big, I would say in the 10kg rage after those i was having the fight of my life with something which I'm still not sure what it was, than all of a sudden my wife woke me up to prepare my kid a bottle :/
LOL!!! Diga kont bdejt niffrah ghallik sa kemm wassalt fl-ahhar line... :) ;D
hehe, Ilni ma mmur naqra spinning zmien, manafx kif itini xi kultant ghamilt xgharejn immur kwazi kuljum imbad ksaht fdaqqa u ma ergajtx qbadt lure bidi. MA nafx jien is sajd fil qieh ma nhaltu ma xejn, vera li ma tarax il hut li tara blisspinning imma il fatt li ma tafx xjista jmissek jghogobni wisq. Apparti min hekk da lahhar habib tijghi xtara naqra ta qoxra u qed immorru naqra fuq is sikkek u qed niehu naqra pjacir sew. Xejn ta barra min aw ta ! imma is serran min hemm barra fijom daqs flixkun tal coka u 4 pagelliet sbieh dejjem qed narawhom.
Gimatejn ilu martin qedin fuq sikka armat b'paternoster bi 3 snanar wahda gamblu lohra hniex u ta fuq vopa, hin minnom inhoss gbid gbir bla messiet xejn just xi haga qed tigbed, ghamilna ftit aktar min sija nikkumidjaw u ma hadtx iktar min 10 metri xlief lura. Imbad kien sar il hin u kelli nghamel li ma xtaqtx, tlajt bil wieqfa qbadt ix xlief b'idi u edtila jew jien jew int u bdejt nigbed bidi, dak kien lunika hin li hassejt il huta tiggiled lura, gbidt zewg qamiet u qtajt is sunnara, li btw kienet marbuta bi xlief .50 Gbidt bicca video bil mobile ghax ghadt kimmur nghida qas jemnuni. Mhux bin nejk man nuriulek mutur mitfi u qed tmexxina kontra il kurrent ! konna qed nistadu go xi 150 metru fond u messet fuq il vopa, I'm open to sujjestions xkienet ! Sissa semmewli baqra il bahar muruna jew hanzir. Insomma dejjem nitkellmu fuq dawk li harbu haqq eva!
jew wehilt mal qiegh Freeman!
Ara niccajta siehbi ta!
Wow man..bil fors xi haga kbira kienet!! jien kiku kont nghid xi hanzir jew cerna/dott kbir ghax dawk ihobbu jifthu il fins ta' quddiem kontra il gbida ta reel..anke murrana jista ikun ukoll..hasra ma ratx x'kienet :( u biex tigbed dghajjsa b'tnejn minn nies kontra il kurrent xi haga inkredibli!!
Jien bhall ma ghidtlek ilu naqra issa li kont imur ta' spiss ghall tal qiegh,ghax narah li naqas hafna min li kif kienet.Pero xi kultant gili imur ma siehbi ( baqa imur ta' spiss!)
li qieghed jigri nahseb li il hut qieghed iz zomm hafna il barra specialment fejn il fish farms..pero jekk ikollok bicca qoxra u issib sikka taf tieghu pjacir xorta wahda specialment jekk tinserta il pagell :)
insomma jekk ikollok aptit wahda spinning kellimni u imorru.
Is-sibt niezel hemm isfel zgur
shit happens :-\ :-\
lewwel 5 minuti hekk hsibt jien ukoll placebo :) imma xhin qbadt ix xlief bhidi biex ma jiehux mid drag, siehbi qalli "aw haq **** mexjin" u daqxejn xlief lura irnexxieli niehu imma kull tant hin bdiet terga tahrab u tiehu tilja xlief ohra. Appart il fatt illi bdejna bdil bicca kienu xi 11:30 u qtajt fxi 12:45 u fdik is sija imxejna mhux ftit min fejn bdejna, niprova nuploadja il video mil mobile, niccensurah daqxejn u nitfaw ha tarah, ghax naqbel mijek li ma tantx jitwemmnu affarijiet hekk
ma kienx xi parit hux? ;D ;D ;D :P
it happens
Kiku kien parit kien jinduna granitu ;) toqodx twaqqaw an nejk miskin :p xi dimonju kien mela freeman. xi huga sabiha zgur kienet biex amlet hekk imma ed nistageb kif ma qatetx millewwel.
Ma rnexxielek tiehu xej xlief lura jigifieri ? Min jaf x kien hux ? Hasra ma tellajtiex man :-\
Chris 8)
Ma qatatlix millewel ghas semplici raguni li kont qijed fuq qasba u rukkell u kelli id drag jahdem ghalija, filfatt qatat xhin sfurzajt jien bidejja. Sid id dajsa wara kwarta qalli, " hi xhini alaz***a minnek u baqat sejra fi trieqta" mhux ha nghidilkom li kienet qet tati qisa mignuna ghax inkun qed nigdeb imma il punt hu li kienet xkienet kienet miexja ghax ahna imxejna mahha.
Dak wehilt mall-qiegh xhin bdiet iddur id-dinja ezatt!!! ax il-blat idur u l-ilma jibqa fejn ikun ha ha ha ;D ;) ;D ara nicajta siehbi.J alla darbohra tmissek kmieni forsi al inqas tara fil-wicc.Good luck
Ikkonsla Freeman. Il-Hadd l-ghadda grali l-istess; kien diga beda jxoqq l-gharaq ghalija nisma r-rukkell iwerzaq u nara d-dghajsa ta' tmintax u nofs tingibed fuq il-harira. Imma wara ftit sekondi, s-swivel biss irnexxieli ngib!
ghal tal qieh kont jdf ? jien il fuck up li kelli kienet il qasba, boat rod bill kazz ta sensitip, pagella ta kilo fuqa tahsbek gej bxi cerna ta 5kili u ghalekk ma stajtx nghamel hafna sforz fuqa, issa wara lizball tallimt, mort xtrajt wahda to 30libra, in nejka li niddubieta hafna li ha tirrepeti ruha dil bicca xghol :/
Iva, konna max-xifer ta' barra ramel, bi dritt l-Splash & Fun. Jien l-istess kont armat fin, b' soft tip ma Alcedo PBT 203/110.
What is the best method for trolling for cuda?And is .30 line good?Another thing is do you put weights while trolling with boat?4-5 knots speed is good?If anyone wants to come trolling for cudas with me,it will be a pleasure!!
Hek u Hek nittallem xi haga :P
tks mates
depends, are u planning on using rods while trolling ? or using hand lines ? if your gona use a rod anything between .25 - .35 should be good
I was planning to use rods.Tks for the info. :D
If you don't have experiance with rods its better if you use 30/35 as line and if needed use the drag and as for weights if you are using lures try them without weight if they are diving lures.
Any one for cudas today ?
Chris 8)
If anyone wants to go,i was planning to go trolling for cudas next week.If anyone wants to join you are welcome.
Anyone from land today ? Where do you think is best according to the wind and latest catches.
Chris 8)
Camkev I sent you a private message if you're still interested...
Yes will reply,cause i am busy at the moment.didn't forget you ;D
yesturday we spent 3 hrs for barracudas. We didn t had a single strike. We tried from lapsi to wied iz zurrieq and back to dingli. Even there was other fishermens with same results
Same here. no good results so far...these 6 days we tried zonqor point, sliema and dellimara were at least my friend saw a small one following his lure but that was it. We were there at 4.30 am.
Hi Jeankarl.Didn't gorget you ta!!!But i didn't go fishing this week.The first time i go for cudas i will let you know ok!Is morning during the week good for you?
guys i was talking to a friend of mine who goes quite a lot for lizz and really gave me an interesting info..... it appears to him that at this time of he year till end august cuda bite a lot less partly due to a lot of voparella around.....
the guy catches a lot and nearly every fish for them he never leaves empty handed.....but he doesn't suggest spinning at this time of the year for cuda
So he does trolling?Tks
Is fishing in the port good for cudas?Like under Exelsior and until the breakwater near fortina hotel?And what else can you get by trolling in port?Tks ;)
No Luck @ Delimara yesterday !! :-\
Chris :)
went out me and spitec and were lucky enough to catch one after 3hrs of trolling and this was at about 8pm from bugibba.
Hi guys! Just arrived from gozo hunting cudas empty handed! We spent 2 days there and tried early mornings, evenings, minnows, red heads, blondes (lol joking) ecc. at qbajjar and other locations. I'm exhausted!
according to a friend of mine this is the worst time to fish for cudas. The season will pick up again after sept. Can anyone verify this? It seems from the posts that he is right. :(
I use to go with a friend and for the last 2 weeks not even 1 catch.
But I meet a guy that he s doing about 12-18 every day and really nice ones but didn t said the place. As from all these catches and nice no. of bcudas and other pelagic fish I think he is getting them from a port.
that is it my friend you need to find their place.i think catching cudas from land is difficult this time of year but if you go trolling find some reefs with a good fishfinder.cudas will be there waiting for prey
belive me that the one I go with is really orgonised about them. We tryied a lot of reefs these weeks and nothing., Even the places where I know that normally I see by srorkling I m not seeing
to tell the truth i did not go this week.i found a good place near armier.usually i catch 5 to 8 cudas just before sunset.i will try this week but it is going to be very windy
Cudas spotted @ Sliema around 10 - 11 pm !!
Managed to get 2 strikes but no catches :-\
Chris 8)
There where shitloads running around the fishfarms near dellimara but they where all small ones less than a kilo
I was there gazzetta that day at sliema...I saw the splashes around that time but I had already packed and was going up the stairs to the car. Yesterday even if it was very windy I retried but no luck.
hey guys....listen, what would be an ideal lure length to catch cudas? ~10cm or ~15cm ones? or somewhere in between..? cos till now, the only time a cuda chased my lure was around 5.30am, with a yozuri pink back with shiny sides, ~15cm. .....but still i tried with the others i have...but with no luck
would the lure better be surface lure or diving? i have a collection of both surface n diving.
maybe the place i'm going is not that populated with cudas.
fava
Quote from: jeankarl on July 23, 2008, 18:03:11 CET
I was there gazzetta that day at sliema...
I was with my family, spearfishing but had all my spinning tackle with me aswell.
Where you on the left to were I was ??
Chris 8)
Fava this is not a very good time for cudas just a few running about.Tha best lures are from 9cm to 12cm and surface for early morning and divers for when you can see well.
iuse 13cm usually but lately i am trolling also with an 18cm rapala and with good results ghax il lizz jara kbir u anke wiehed ta 500gr jattakka emnunni
thnks spitec;
would someone suggest night fishing for cudas during this time of the year? (never did it)
thnks
fava
i did some night fishing in Ras hanzir....but that was some 6 yrs ago when no one knew about spinning!
we used to have loads of fun! one night i caught around 15 and i had some fun!
it's been a long time since i tried some night fishing for cudas but as i told u they used to bite in ras hanzir as the plcae was always lightened up by ship's floodlights!
this year i caught some barracudas but that was on my boat from freeport area (just under the huge cranes lights). It was during the night.
this time around i notice that barracudas are not biting any more....infact last saturday i didn't get even one bite!
i WAS using the 13cm yozuri redhead spiru until yesterday ax sparat ruha f'nofs ta bahar! No cudas and minus one lure! Xtamel lol?
Went for a walk @ Tigne point and Cudas were there again !!! Also there was a guy fishing for them with a suface popper but had no strikes at least when I was watching him !!
When cudas starting jumping out of the water it means that they are hunting right ???
So what's the reason they don't point rapalas ?
Chris 8)
The reason is they just came out of Harvard mate :/ they got a diploma in "You no fool me"
today only 1 strike from zurieq (with the boat) and the barracuda was under 1kg
tomorrow we r goint to spend a whole night fishing in sliema for sargi and i will giv it a try with spinning for cudas forsi jehel xi wihed.
is there anyone that tries with live bait? Yesturday I saw a catch of around 15kg and the fisherman told me that it was with live bait using a boat.
yes emic a lot fish with live bait mostly lacci and small kavalli. It is more productive sometimes. Do you go out from wied iz zurrieq ? as i know someone from there who fishes for them using kavalli. his name is alex he has a buccaneer boat with inboard.
no i leave from lapsi with a friend of mine.
He is very good for barracudas but conpared to the guy that is doing that catches he doesnt start. Normally his catches are around 15kg of bcudas and sometimes even serra tas snien
hi bigboy,i stay in sliema where do you go night fishing there?
tonight i think we will be staying in front of nazzarenu we will tie the boat to one of those big ships there.
thanks for that bigboy i know exactley where you are going,but i thought you were fishing from the shore.
Hi bigboy,if you fish on the bottom with a piece of oily fish you,ll catch morina there especially at night.
yesturday I keep diving till it came nearly night and we was about 2mils from shore me and seahunter. We noticed that just before sunset the bcudas came a lot of times for some visit. Always singles they was. At our returning back we was with the tourch and didn t say anymore but the torch is just a small one but had noticed big colums of fish bait.
The bcudas are there but spread and they have a lot of bait that I think it is much better then out lures
anyone has seen some cudas lately to try and go a little bit spinning?
Quote from: SPITEC on September 10, 2008, 19:09:35 CET
anyone has seen some cudas lately to try and go a little bit spinning?
hey boss. Today I ve just lended 3 x 1kg ones. Sow some few ones chasing bait nearly in the serfice but their no. wasn t so much. They where in groups of 3, 5, 6, 8. The first times I saw them was unloaded on other fish but nearly at dark I was surrunded
At least some are groups are showing up than! Were you far from land emic?
ye I was a bit out on a reef on the west side. I was at around 20-25mtr. It was for just an hour cos cannot dive cos of my sinus are really bad
I am sorry for you emic [about the sinus] because from what I read you really love diving.20-25 meters deep or far from land?
I was 20-25 mtr deep. Today I landed another 7 nice ones and missed 2 shots cos had changed the rubber to black one and couldnt make them in line. Also I landed a nice runner of 2.5kg, where there was even bigger then that but on my first dive she came for the visit
sorry cannot make up the pics cos have problems with my mob
Today with the line they doesn t wanted
Use deep divers natural colours emic and than tell me what was your result.The worst is that they aren't close to land because I would have had a go!
I didn tried near land due that at the moment Im diving only on reefs. But 2 weks ago I was at limits of zurriq and we meet a school o bcudas. Maybe that area tey started
I tried for an hour in some places at Lapsi and there wasent any presence of them
Thank you for the information Emic
I think now there are plenty of barracudas ,since no one is asking more where to find them.I ve seen some in ports but this is the worst year so far.I remember much more abundance .i think they are spotted and netted quickly.I remember shoals in the grand harbour at November that never ends up.I ve caught plenty.I now know that today these nice dreams are over.
There are a few running about but hopefully next month we'll have more.
hope so spitec ...this year i'm willing to start practising some spinning ;)
i fear that it wont be so good since last year at this time of the year,October it was much better.I ve seen some shoals but not persistent .Persistent shoals provide good catches.
could it be they will come later this year cause of the teperature of the sea is higher this year when compared to other years???
maybe im trying to be optimistic8) :)
Yes it can be.i saw some schools though but i was told some days ago they were caught with a parit at night.parit is an enemy of fisherman in close shores.they throw stones to disurb the fish and the fish go straight in nets.greed.
Yes that's something that really happens.It's a drawback for us coastal fisherman.
3 days ijlu mort sa z zurrieq nistad ghal lizz ghamilt xi 3 hrs em u flahhar qbat wiehed ta 90cm twill u 2.300 kilos lizz . hadt vera gost .tks ghal dal forum li sirt naf bih li hu tajjeb dal post . tks hbieb
3 days ago i went spinning for cudas in wied iz zurrieq for about 3 hours and managed to catch one of 90cm weighing 2.3kg.
I had a lot of fun as it was my first one. I got to know about the place thanks to this forum. Thanks friends
jekk jogobkom tistaw tajnuni forsi nibda nmur spinning u narma sew.jin andi reel grauvell qijad armat bl 10 minn tar rapala u qasaba ndi wahda normali al tal qiegh.lure sa andi minn ta miss maria yo zuri u rapala.xi xlif irrid narma go l ispool?
I bought a .30 from spitec
as emic said .30 is fine.i never use wire. if u are using a rod its better if it is soft tipped in my opinion. nowadays u find quite a lot of spinning rods.
sorry if im going out of point...is the 0.30 line good for spinning for klamari??
i have a shimano reel but unfortunately have only one spool :/
It's not bad rammx but I prefer using 0.20 or 0.22 so I can cast further
To be honest i have always used braid followed by a fluorocarbon leader and my lures always have a 1-2 meter fluorocarbon line on my lure which i attach onto a swivel. I have caught on 0.87mm fluorocarbon no problem bec as most of you know its practically invisible underwater. Hope this might help some ppl.
0.87mm ?!?! :'( :'( ???
From boat we usuallu use 0.40mm line. Last saturday we went trolling at ras hanzir in the morning and we had 6 strikes only 2 were able to bring them onboard. We were trolling with lures and lacci not that fresh.
We caught them all during sunrise around 6.30am - 7.00am but afterwards we had no other stikes we kept trolling till 10.00am.
Does anyone has an explanation why there were no other strikes?
this time of the year one must change to .50mm They are nice sized sobetter on the safe side. Yesturday we was with a .35mm and we lost 2.
I always have the last part with .40 fluorocarbon and i catch when they want to strike even kubrit. It depends on the fish and its mood although that some times i lost the fish and the lure even with the .40mm......so now im swithcing to thicker line.
can someone tell me how do you manage to get strikes...This is for you Emic......did you go on shore or boat... and if on shore what in blazes do you do...say a prayer maybe before you begin???!!!!!????
I'm literally tired (not annoyed) trying to catch something with the lures, no sorry to get even a bite. In these past 5 months all I managed to catch was one cuda (not even half a kilo :(((( ) and another strike but it got away probably a cuda aswell. Ahh by the way I was using a 0.35mm till 3 weeks ago and just had those 2 bites.
So I question my self...How come that I am not getting any bites and many of you are saying that even the fish that are biting your lures are cutting the lines???? Man this is frastrating
If the fish is there you wil leven get bites using 0.60mm lines.
Once we were trolling for kubrit around 3 years ago in the mouth of the harbour and all of a sudden we started getting kahli on 0.50mm line (not floro).
This week a friend of mine was using 0.60mm and managed to catch a kubrita and a plamtu sooo is dont know.
Maybe i'm cursed than!!!
You never know when you will find something that takes your lure but there is a big difference from when you find a fish that just came in and a fish that is territorial.
hmmm...i still think i'm cursed :)
clayton .... my thinking is that you must use a weight once the sun rises.
Barracudas strike on surface only at sunrise and sunset - that is my thinking which i base upon some years of spinning.
well done mate ... that proves your invention right and you must be very proud of it! i think that if you use that jig with the help of a good sinker you must have good bites even at later hours of the day. We must prove this thing right when we have some better weather!
I wish to buy a deep diver lure. However I don't know what type of fish can be caught on it or how to use it. Does the sea need to be really deep or is it also suitable for harbour fishing? Is it good for cudas or bonitos? Can it be used at night (very dark) or even during the day? thanks
Ken,
If you prefer to catch cudas ,from my experience a short lip minnow is better than a deep diver.
From my point of view the short lipped can be more realistic and more suirable for cuda fishing,but
I only fish cudas sunsets and nights.
anyone is catching barracudas recently by trolling? i am going tonight with dead garfish and rapala lures.
at the moment i can't tell you cause im studying and not fishing haha.
keep us informed pls ;)
hux lol noqodu nixxenqu spiccajna gann x ahna cheap :-\ :-\
ma mortx ilbierah ax inqalaltli bicca xol issa ghada sejjer andi bokka li ha naqbad xi wiehed issa naraw hbieb. Ghadni kif nfaqt 80 euro fuq jigging nahseb llejla barra norqod niccajta ta!
QuoteGhadni kif nfaqt 80 euro fuq jigging nahseb llejla barra norqod niccajta ta!
:o
lol.......... biss ??? ;D
andek xorta tista tonfoq 80 ewro sihbi :P jien al coka u hobza qed jifdalli :P
jien andi mhux ax dahlet l paga llum big boy
aw dawk ftit ta li nfaqt ghal fejn s soltu imma tifmuni mhux dak andna mid dinja dejjem noholmu li ha naqbdu!
jien kull meta npoggi rasi mal mhadda nohlom li ed intella xi dimonju :P
jien mux xhin inpoggi rasi fuq limhadda laktar, imma xhin nintefa fuq id desk biex nistudja naqa haha, ax tghidx kif tigri bija rasi u nibda nohlom fuq dawk id dnieci li hemm jistennewni wara lezamijiet lol
join the club ganni
emmini.... mux wahdek :-\
lbierah mort inrejjex mil 4pm amilt sad 9 30 pm u ma hadtx messa pruvajt b imsella mejta, bir rapala u red head xejn qisni qed nixhet gol funtana ta san frangisk. Pruvajt jigging bil maria blue flame xejn xiz z...... qed jigri l ahwa l bahar miet nahseb.
maw fejn man...tista tinsa li taqbad huta ghax fil-vera sens tal-kelma....MA HAWN XEJN
there are a lot of bcudas around but even us were not catching by trolling. All around the island while diving we re seeing a lot and different sizes. But last week we helped a guy and stopped talking with him. As We normally do for bcudas we fish or at sunrise or at sunset only, but this guy was fishing for them during the day. For sure he was using lures but didn t asked him about. Yesturday was diving and one could feel the termo climate changing rapidly. I think we need to wait other 2-3 weeks to start catching fish
Trying jigging for them as we saw them come up for the Jig and they weren't small but they weren't interested in striking at that moment in time.
tidhqux bija nies.imma ha nsaqsi mistoqsija.gieli xi hadd stad bil qasba ta l idejn ghal lizz??qed insaqsi hekk ghax pruvajt darbtejn u darbtejn messni mma qatali ghax kont armat naqa fin.jien nilliska vopa hajja u nistad b qasba ta xi 7 metres.nixtieq inkun naf jekk hawnx xi harira(invisble line) u fl istess hin soda bizzejjed biex inkun nista nistad b dan il metodu.bil qasba tar ril pruvajt ukoll bil vopa hajja imma qatt ma mesni.lizz hemm hafna f dan il post u tarah tahtek,imma ma nistax insiblu tarf.
Jien qatt ma statu b'tal-idejn pero jekk tkun gol-port,igifieri bahar imdardar pruvalu bil-braided u ara kif tmur.
u xi hxuna nuza braided??qaluli li hawn xi harira tajba ma tidirx.thanks spitec.meta tkun gej s ghawdex saqsini u ntik post tajjeb.imma nixtieq aktar ghajnuna.thanks.
manafx ghax fuq tal-idejn qatt ma pruvajtu pero nahseb 0.20 bizzejed.Il-harira li jghidu ma tidirx fluorocarbon jajdula pero xorta tinqata ma snien il-lizz jekk jibla.Jekk inkun tiela nibatlek inmorru wahda flimkien.
ok siehbi,meta tkun gej ghejdli.xtaqt naqa iktar ghajnuna ghax jekk insibulu tarf hemm pjacir.imma nsomma i l try again.qabel ma ntella wihed ma nistriehx.
Jew inkella ghamillu bicca azzar zghira quddiem halli jsib lila taht snienu
m ghamilna xejn ta siehbi.ilni gimghatejn ninzel kuljum bil lejl u ma regax mess.lizz hemm ghax incanat u gieli jkun tahti,u qed nistadlu fuq idi b vopa hajja jew b tar ril b vapa hajja ukoll.lanqas bl ispinner ma mess.qed narma jew bl azzar jew bil braided imma nahseb qed jikxef.jew forsi jara s sunnara tliqq.tejd nistax nuza flouro carbon?taheb li size 35 jew 40 sew??l ewwel darba li mort kont uzajt dissapearing pink bhala harira,32 hxuna imma dak in nhar biss mesni u qatali.nixtieq iktar ghajnuna.thanks.
nahseb jekk tistenna li jkun naqa iktar qawwi ahjar bamba, forsi ma tantx jikxfek hekk.... u tista tipprova tispinja b huta artificjali ftit qabel jidlam...jien meta mort ghalijom rajtni mort ahjar bnaqa caqliq xbin ..j'alla taqbad sieheb
Mela hemm id-dawl fil-bahar? Bil-harira iebsa hafna siehbi,biex forsi itellaw irid ma jiblax is-sunnara,li meta tistad bil-haj mhux facli.Jekk hemm id-dawl fuqek trid tistad barra d-dija.
Quote from: bamba on July 23, 2009, 11:36:51 CET
m ghamilna xejn ta siehbi.ilni gimghatejn ninzel kuljum bil lejl u ma regax mess.lizz hemm ghax incanat u gieli jkun tahti,u qed nistadlu fuq idi b vopa hajja jew b tar ril b vapa hajja ukoll.lanqas bl ispinner ma mess.qed narma jew bl azzar jew bil braided imma nahseb qed jikxef.jew forsi jara s sunnara tliqq.tejd nistax nuza flouro carbon?taheb li size 35 jew 40 sew??l ewwel darba li mort kont uzajt dissapearing pink bhala harira,32 hxuna imma dak in nhar biss mesni u qatali.nixtieq iktar ghajnuna.thanks.
prova mur fhinom man, u jekk uma tal post, qas kiku tamel il magic ma tmissek
Mhux bilfors fish-noob jien kont sibt qata u ghamilna gimgha shiha naqbdu minna.
Quote from: SPITEC on July 23, 2009, 17:13:25 CET
Mhux bilfors fish-noob jien kont sibt qata u ghamilna gimgha shiha naqbdu minna.
lizzijiet tal post ed tejd? u bil haj jew lures?
Kuljum kienet tigi l-istess qata igifieri tal-post u konna naqbduwhom bil-lures mas-sebh.
Quote from: SPITEC on July 24, 2009, 10:53:34 CET
Kuljum kienet tigi l-istess qata igifieri tal-post u konna naqbduwhom bil-lures mas-sebh.
ma nafx man.... ma rridx nipretenti li nifem ;) imma mod tkun il rotta tal kacca tijew, u mod ikun joqod emm lol....
jin lizzijiet tal post lilma jisfen jin jinqos, naddi il lure ma mnihru, gili kwasi ilqattu!! umbad tibda tmur postijiet u tinuta li ma certu hin immiss. u jekk alumenu timxi naqa direzzjoni ohra imissek post ihor fhin differenti - ma nafx fimtnix
jien bil lejl inkun nista mmur,wara xi l hdax.hemm id dawl ta fejn immur,forsi iktar jikxef,imma l fatt hu li l ewwel darba mesni.issa ilni 2 weeks immur kuljum fl istess post u m ghamilt xejn u lizzijiet hemm ghax narahhom.possibli hadt ma juza flourocarbon hawnhekk ghal dat tip ta sajd??jien nahseb li l lizz li jkun hemm gewwa tal post ghax xhin nasal fil post tarah,imbad xhin nibda narma jisparixxi.gieli jkun hemm xi erba fil qrib u meta nnizel l vopa hajja jitilqu.forsi l braided tider wisq ghalkemm li nuza fina(size 20).issa nixtieq niprova postijiet ohra.hawn min jistad ghal lizz wara nofs il lejl?u jekk tmur f post mudlam,ahjar tistadlu fid dawl tal qamar jew dlamm cappa ahjar?u mistoqsija ta l ahhar,jezisti xi tip ta ghalf biex forsi tresqu iktar qrib?nahseb qed inkun wicci naqa tost,imma mejjet biex niehu tikka pjacir.is sajd bil lejl jogobni wisq,imma fl ahhar taqbizlek.grazzi hafna ta l ghajnuna hbieb,min jaf,forsi fl ahhar jirnexxili nara wihed fuq l art.ynwa
fejn huma s sajjieda??????
ghax xoghol >:( >:( >:( >:(
min jahdem ma jaqbadx hut lol.xtaqt twegibni fuq l ahhar mistoqsijiet li saqsejt ghax hadd m ghadu jrid jghinni lol.i know that i m asking too much imma mejjet biex naqbad xi haga.
u le tohodix personali habib!!! :)
jien li mmur ghalijom spinning..speci ma tantx nista nghinek..u nahseb ma tantx hi sajda pratikata hafna kif ed tiprova int,,ghax ghawn kulhad jghin fejn jista ;)
illejla tiela s'ghawdex imma ghal tal qieh ;)
Jien ukoll tiela sghawdex ilejla. Ghal gol qih ! lol
lol lapsi :)dejjem fil qieh nafek jien lol :)
ok ramx,so tista ttini parir fuq l ispinning hux lol.u can read my previous post if u want to answer.thanks.
Does anyone know of the heaviest barracuda caught in Maltese waters,either commercially or sport fishing because they seem to be a differnt type in size than the tropical version?
Commercial fisherman dont catch Cudas redbus, maybe in nets but as a bycatch. The biggest cuda i have heard of was caught trolling with a big mackarel. The cuda was said to weigh some 12 kilos
Yes Lapsi cudas are caught commercially when they see a big shoal they surround it.
try to stop the bait and give it a fast twitch that makes them go crazy, i had the same problam in kuwait when a local showed me that trick. good luck
Nies, ghandkhom idea x'tip ta lures (jew ahjar kuluri) l-ahjar ghal meta ma jkunx hem dawl (billejl jew filghodu kmieni) ?
kuluri skuri
Bix-xjenza favurik Big Boy ;)
Hi kris,
i've been spinning for the last 2 years...first of all it's a matter of perseverance and you have to keep on trying till you catch one.
Let me explain something about your gear. I think that you're using monofilament instead of braid. I think that thickness doesn't matter between .35 and .40. When i began spinning i used to do so using a .40 line and i caught barras as well, so it isn't the matter.
In my opinion you should remove the traces yesterday not today/tomorrow...barras sees them...so please make sure you remove that.
I use a swivel and don't attach the lure directly to the monofilament because with barras the secret is to change lure every now and then so it's easier with a snap swivel rather than knots (faster and better).
Regarding lures...in my opinion yo-zuri are some massive lures when it comes to open water specially the red head and the clown. I think that you should buy some more lures like Mammotti 180 and Vendetta 173. Those two are massive when it comes to barras. When it comes to barras the ideal lures are between 15cm - 18cm. Anything less than that in my opinion is too small...barras tend to get hooked on large lures.
As i told you in the beggining it's all a matter of perseverance and all you have to do is buy some new lures like the ones i mentioned above and keep trying new spots. Sometimes you will find it difficult to catch something and maybe for long times but what's the use in catching a barra with every cast...you will be bored too...the freaken thing about spinning is that you have to spin and don't know when the fish will strike :)
Try the things above and you should get results...Maybe you should join the maltese spinning forum too. It helps a lot and you will find professional tips when it comes to spinning. Barras don't tend to be hooked a lot this time of year...it's more a winter thing but some good sized ones are catched.
Maybe you should try and give us a feedback.
Tight lines my friend
rule jekk trid taqbad il lizzijiet mur ixxi 4 lures sura ta nies :P
If you're buying lures, tackle or fishing equipment, then 2 members who have helped the forum to no end come to mind: Clutch_kick and Okuma-1976. Send these guys a PM, and I'm sure you'll find something that suits your needs.
Ghaxqi, l-marketing jaghmel wisq bik int. Ghandi over 100 ewro lures li nikkunsidrah bizzejjed peress li f'sena jekk immur 10 darbiet spinning. =D
U l-ahhar darba li qbadt tnejn meta qlibt ghal -ewwel u l aghar stat ta lure li kelli (dik il floating ir-roza) qbadthom. Nahseb tiftakarha sew int (daqskhem il darba hadtha mal blat wied iz zurrieq! lol
l-Ghaxqi ... 'Mommotti' please .... bill-'o' mhux bill-'a' LOL Grazzi :)
lol chali kemm trid tkun ezatt mijek! :P haha
rule...ifem il punt mhux li qbadt 2...il punt hu li il-lures jekk adom listess bhal dawk li rajt sena ilu nahseb wasal biex jitmermer il plastic taghhom lol...100e lures kull ma qed isemmi xi 6-7lures...li nofsom ebay u qas biss huma addatati. ifem int saqsejt u jin wegibtek...isa int taf xi trid tamel jekk hux tonfoq u taqbad jew tibqa fej int u tmur alxejn ;)
lol.... nahseb Yozuri tal-ebay u yozuri t'hawn l-istess ikunu le? =)
lele mhux al dawk qed najdlek jin...al dawk il kbar li kont tixxi isom blue whales :D +li kif ga edtlek mhux yo-zuri biss emm hux
dawk mhux parti mil collection xD... dawk fabbrika tas-sadid uek....
bhalissa qeghdin jinqabdu lizzijiet? ghax diga mort 3 darbiet dil-gimgha, u qas hadt messa jew almenu rajt xi wiehed jigri. postijiet li mort wied iz-zurrieq u sliema quddiem il-black gold
Prova port il kbir ;)
barra mill port maqtuh fil fond il lizzijiet
illum ergajt mort Sliema dalghodu quddiem il-knisja ta' Nazzarenu, ghamilt mit-3:30am sas-7:30am, imma qas hadt messa jew rajt xi bicca lizz :( nahseb m'hawnx bhalissa lizzijiet jew forsi xi wahdiet jigru. lure kelli rapala suspending mxr 15cm
Ipprova minn fuq dak il breakwater ta wara l-black pearl. smajt min qabad minn hemm da l-ahhar.
mela li jmiss nipprova mmur wahda fuq il-breakwater ta' wara l-black pearl, forsi jmiss xi haga
Quote from: TuZzI on April 01, 2013, 10:05:02 CET
illum ergajt mort Sliema dalghodu quddiem il-knisja ta' Nazzarenu, ghamilt mit-3:30am sas-7:30am, imma qas hadt messa jew rajt xi bicca lizz :( nahseb m'hawnx bhalissa lizzijiet jew forsi xi wahdiet jigru. lure kelli rapala suspending mxr 15cm
Kiku minnek ghal lizzijiet nihu cans lejn l isla u l kalkara... jekk trid tikolom
jekk ma tridx tikolhom, il MARSA!!! (fejn tal gwiez)
Post iehor tajjeb fejn tal pieta fejn emm il patrol boats. Emm taghmel qatgha kahli u jidhol lizz emm + emm id dawl - pero kollhu hazin il lizz emm u jaf ma jmissekx fuq lures.
il-Marsa fejn ezatt? naf li xi mkien lejn ras hanzir, imma ma nafx f'liema spot jistadu. ghamiltlek mappa biex turini wahda fejn jekk joghgbok dejjem. dis-sena ghadni ma qbadtx lizz jew xi huta ta' l-ispinning minn Jannar 'l hawn u vera mahruq :-[
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s317/TuZzI01/Untitled_zpsccf7eba3.jpg)
Fil hamra tridt toqod jekk ma jkunx hemm xi vapur ;)
mhm tjb..ml issa li jmiss nipprova hemm. jekk ikun hemm xi vapur nahseb insib xi naqra spazju fejn inwaddab, ghax il-moll huwa naqra kbir hemmek mhux hazin
taf b xi post tajjeb al barracuda ghawdex? ;)
@ saidrew
nahseb li l aqwa postijiet uma il portijiet bhal mgarr u anke in naha ta barra fuq il gebel tajjeb
Ejja il-Mellieha, il-bierah ghadda wiehed min-hdejja flok ma sparajtlu hrabt nigri l'hemm.....!