First post - new to the forum

[gabaj]

Hi to all members.This is my first post even though I have been following the discussions for a couple of months since I am new to fishing and found all topics of great interest.

Let me introduce my fishing history first.
I used to fish a lot inside the harbour with a rod when I was a kid but then stopped and restarted about two years ago when I bought an old 13ft bahri form a friend who had not used for it. I mainly use it in summer in the MScala area and enjoy myself a lot even the catches consit of small fish.TH

[skip]

Welcome to the forum, things are a bit quiet at the moment but will pick up in the next few months. Glad the forum has been of use.

Skip

[kempy]

welcome from me if you have any qestions pls feel free to ask . as skip says the site is pretty quiet right now may be cause people are busy with xmax and things any way take care ... kempy

[gabaj]

Thanks Skip and Kempy for the welcome.
 ???I have so many questions that I would like to ask.
Here go the first two - what to fish for in the Mscala area in summer (May - Sept)and which are the best spots.
                             -the other is re planti fishing.On several occassions I saw people coming in with plamti catches from the fish farm area. What gear,tackle and technique to use to catch these fish?

Thanks in advance

[kempy]

well i can only help you 1 of them. There will be many mullet in marsascala in fact this summer i caught a 2kg mullet was very nice but we even caught a few awrata from there as well its a good place to fish as there are many different fish to be caught 

[busumark]

hello i am new to the forum. i want to reply to the other question of gabaj. they used to catch plamti just by throwing a hook and line with a piece of kavall near the fishfarm

[gabaj]

Thanks Kempy and Busumark.

This leads to another question re plamti.What size of hook and line to use for such a fish and where do I buy the kavalli?

[busumark]

u can use mustad no9 tal label hamra if the plamti are more than 2kg.if you dont use a lot these hooks u can buy something similar but in a small packet. if ur using a rod u can use line 60mm but if you are not using a rod better use line 80mm or 90mm. u can buy some kavalli from marsaxlokk on sunday because otherwise you have to buy a box from pixkerija but you will have a lot just to go for plamti.

[gabaj]

Thanks for the help maybe at last I will catch a fish worth taking a photo of.