ahna l istess il bierah hrigna amilna if fuq min hames sighat trolling imma l anqas messa wahda ta l ghageb, jiena ukoll nahseb li leqel ta l-alungi ada u lanqas kien daksek galbu biex tohrog ghalihom dal jumejn.

same with us we trolled for 5 hrs and not even a bite. I suppose the Albacore have moved on the sea has not been good and not good to go fishing for alungi

naqbel mijek barbun. l-eqqel nahseb tassew ghadda u issa qabel tard il gima d-dihla mhux se jkollna bnazzi! Hazin. Nahseb ninsewom issa l-alungi. Memmx xtamel. Dal jumejn vera kin naqa mcaqlaq mhux hazin il bahar. Bhalma ma qal shanook, wahdiet qed jinqabdu jew xejn.

Translation --> I agree with you babrun. I tjink the peak has really passed and now, we can't expect fine weather till the end of next week. Too bad. I think we can really forget the albacore. There's nothing to do now. The sea was not ideal for fishing these 2 days, and as shanook said, only single catches or nothing has been caught.

Final decision on whether it a Go or No Go will be taken in a few minutes.  Please bear with us.

The decision is not yet taken, however, the committee is also considering Sunday 5 July.  Our responsibility is towards our members and our crew.  Above all, this is a friendly competition, one which I hope will be chatted and joked and shared for weeks to come on our Forum.  Can I have your thoughts as to Sunday please?...Now!!!

I feel there is more anxiety on the fate of the competition opposed to the result of a national general election !!!

LOOOOL tajba robby!!! Id-differenza hi li ghal elezzjoni ikollna nistennew gurnata shiha!! lol. Hekk f' nofs sija ittihdet decisjoni.

Anyone catching alungi seems nothing is around.

Still early days I reckon......weather hasn't settled yet, sea temps still low

Will be having a go end of next week..provided I find the time to get my boat down, Thank you Puttinu!!....Will keep you all updated...wont expect much cos as Skip states the temp is still pretty low.

this week and half next rough weather, then maybe as Colin stated we might have the first bites. the sea will warm up pretty quick a couple of days of sunshine and the surface temp will fluctuate.
What you talking about Colin good thing that Puttinu kept u on the hard, All we had was lousy weather so u didnt miss anything.
Mine still in garage will launch mid next week. Maybe have a go on the weekend either deep drop or come round to B'Bugia for a runout.

Eh think of it ..you are right, didnt miss much ta....Puttino has kept me off many "things" these last few months..insomma I do not mind cos things have gone pretty smooth (I say this now that the mag is out..phew!)....all that we now wish is to have a great day on the 26th.... ehhh can't tell you the number of boats taking part as at today cos my "master" will be upset, taqbislu.. but its going to be another mountain to climb for Skip & Gogo and all those involved.

Sure the weather has been awfull, allura leaving my boat at the yard is good for "her". Inshalla all goes well next week when you put to sea, ma tafx after so many months "asleep" things do not always function correctly.

Shhh..I hear that there are a few interesting large "swimmers" around the 3 legged rig (jack-up) next to Hurds Bank which has been sitting there for the last 2 years....first sea "trial" would be that direction and not the other side.

mmmmmmmmm interesting as there are no large ones around, they should have started to be seen but dont know where they went to.

  

According to SD weather, my hunch is right.  Closer to mid-June, the temperature starts to raise, and wind conditions become more favourable.  We seem to have 2 weeks of wind on the radar screen at the moment.  Not a good omen.  Catch reports might be low