some mullet

[Granitu]

yes that is right! mullet is a highly unpredictable fish but if they want to bite it could be fun. The wind affects a lot the mullet but ultimately excellent reflexes and some perseverance is needed to hook up the big ones? Where are you trying to fish them? (p.s. just to figure out why they don't bite)

[fava]

Hi granitu, i used to go fishing with my uncle... and once he told me that bubin is another type of fish. mullet are the ones with that yellow spot of their face. when we used to go fishing we used to catch 6-7inch bubin, each without that spot.

As far as i know, according to my uncle, mullet is different from bubin because of the yellow spot.
Can anyone please expand on this, cos i am still confused?

thnks
Fava

[Granitu]

As far as i know there are different types of mullets.... i known 5 of them and caught 4 of them... the ones with he dott in maltese we call them "mulett tal misluta safra/ sewda"(2 types)

then there is the one you reckoned that has no dots. I think that type of mullet doesn't grow much and is the most common of them all. it is found from may- dec for fishing in ports and it is a migratory mullet.

Then there is the other mullet which has no marks too and grows a lot- becomes a kaplat may reach the 7kgs! has a different head/skull?? compared to others

The other is the golden mullet, which i never caught and is the most rare of all. I just know of his existence, never saw it or caught it.

Anyways, that is what i know, i might be wrong in some details but here in the south by bubin me mean very small mullet

[kristofer]

il mulett tista tmur tistadlu bil-lejl? ax il lejla ha immur sant anglu u forsi kif inkun as sargi niprova nistad alijom

[Granitu]

tista tipprova bil farka jaf imiss imma mux facli.....

[fava]

OHH thnks Granitu... i think you are right...

never tried to fish for mullet during the night.. i think tonight is a bit windy for mullet.
When i tried fishing for mullet in windy weather, i was not very successful.

imma jekk ghandek post naqra kenni, tajjeb hafna!

good luck kristofer!!!

[Granitu]

a windy weather coupled with some luck and good technique can be excellent......

[kristofer]

ma amilna xejn hbieb ax ma inziltx minhabba li qabdet naqra xita irqiqa issa naraw ada filodu

[fava]

by d way granitu.... there are two methods of doing il farka ?

Because on ksfamalta.org has another method of doing il farka...

the other method i also know, which surely works, is without putting the bread in the refrigerator, without boiling it....etc

maybe the method i know is not called farka...but i heard someone say - this is THE farka!

Fava

[Granitu]

The farka method i use normally is done in the kfsa manner and i found out that is the best. the other methon is more like a bread paste, it works but not comparable to the real farka. Farka method can be deadly for hooking big mullet as it becomes moist, sort of a tajjara in water and mullet doesn't bite but suck!!!

Right now i don't think i will continue preparing it cos i found a better paste with my own recipe and secret ingredients he he he. If it stays productive as i found out myself while feeding some mullet, it worked........

[fava]

everyone has some secret ingredient.. hehehhe...

tight lines
for all of us!

[Granitu]

actually it is a sort of recipe i have to try out this summer. An italian guy gave me inspiration and in his country so far it is working. I met him when i was fishing for mullet once and he joined in.

[tancred]

I would advice against eating mullet regularly. They take quite a few years to grow to a decent size and accumulate heavy metals such as mercury. They should not be eaten by children and pregnant women.

[placebo]

hi guys mullet can be caught at nights.

it does depend on the place and the time of the year.

I did land excellent numbers of mullet during the night from isla, birzebbuga and mxlokk.

[fava]

HI GUYS.....WOULD SOMEONE SUGGEST NIGHT FISHING FOR MULLET?...AROUND THE BLACK PEARL AREA, MSIDA. SHOULD I USE THE PATERNOSTER RIG? AND A 0.14 LINE?


THNKS
FAVA