fishing for Alungi

toxictuna · June 30, 2012, 19:03:43 CET

2 bites none landed from us.

bmamo · July 01, 2012, 22:06:16 CET

Is there any kind of boating etiquette out there??? I'm sure not everyone is like this but man some people are there just to make sure you burn in hell for all the swearing...

A boat was heading on a collision course with us after it was zig zagging all over the place.
I reduced speed from 7kts to just 2 kts after I noticed he was not making any manouver to avoid the collision, even though i was seeing his starboard (so i had the right of way) thus the collision course was ended.
After noticing i slowed down this same probably unlicensed idiot steered and went behind us (less than 50 meters probably to "save" his lines). As if i want his lines on the propeller!!
He hooked up our line to his outboard, pulled out all the line from the reel and ended up cutting off one of our lures since it was a surface lure. Good thing the other was a sinking lure!
To add insult to injury after this manouver he just went perpendicular to us and just steamed on - meaning he didn't even keep his original course! No amount of shouting or horn blowing seemed to get his attention (he heard us for sure from 50 meters away!) so maybe we could untangle and not break off any rods.

Man tinharaq ta tara bniedem b'l-injurnaza u selfishness tieghu ma jiflahx ihallik jew jarak tiehu pjacir ta!

bmamo · July 01, 2012, 22:07:52 CET

P.s. 6 hours+ trolling, not a bite! Very bad day today

hope we get better luck next time!

Swordfish · July 01, 2012, 23:00:37 CET

Me and robby trolled from 6am until 11am and managed to pull one up. It was my first and was an amazing experience. I agree with the person above... some people are just plain ignorant and selfish.

Regards

SF

skip · July 02, 2012, 06:47:55 CET

Quote from: bmamo on July 01, 2012, 22:07:52 CET
P.s. 6 hours+ trolling, not a bite! Very bad day today hope we get better luck next time!

Sorry to hear about your experience, it can get even worse/crazier when there are lots of boats out and the bite is hot in an area and then the rules get thrown out of the window. Some people just can't help themselves and insist on doing what you described above.

The bite has slowed down, but in the past 10 days the number of Alungi caught has been pretty astronomical so I hope it's not a question of we have caught those that were in our waters or the competition is going to be very quiet. Once again it looks like this year the peak came in the 3rd week of June.

digger0579 · July 02, 2012, 08:36:10 CET

Hi Guys,

Was talking to a fisherman yesterday and he told me they caught larg number of Alungi with long lines but from 20 miles out. Try going in that area.

digger0579

Pauline Tuna · July 02, 2012, 09:14:08 CET

http://vimeo.com/45012929 - watch plse !!

bmamo · July 02, 2012, 15:22:04 CET

Quote from: skip on July 02, 2012, 06:47:55 CET
Quote from: bmamo on July 01, 2012, 22:07:52 CET
P.s. 6 hours+ trolling, not a bite! Very bad day today hope we get better luck next time!

Sorry to hear about your experience, it can get even worse/crazier when there are lots of boats out and the bite is hot in an area and then the rules get thrown out of the window. Some people just can't help themselves and insist on doing what you described above.

The bite has slowed down, but in the past 10 days the number of Alungi caught has been pretty astronomical so I hope it's not a question of we have caught those that were in our waters or the competition is going to be very quiet. Once again it looks like this year the peak came in the 3rd week of June.

Taht's what fishing is.. give up and the good day will never come!

shanook · July 02, 2012, 16:00:24 CET

saw the video Janes very nice. u are still fishing by hand (nothing wrong with that I sometimes miss the feeling of the first pull when using hand lines.......I usually have a middle hand line doesnt get hit much as the outside lures get hit first).
What can I say very nice video but if u allow me to comment......keep the boat moving slowly forward, even if not constantly but once in a awhile especially when the fish gets close to the boat makes the Alunga calm down a bit..........
well done nice video.......give us more

baghira · July 02, 2012, 16:20:43 CET

Hemm hu l-Janes....

benri · July 02, 2012, 19:46:50 CET

nice video. prosit! I never take a video camera with me as I'm very superstitious and am sure I won't catch a thing when I take it!

The_Gaffer · July 02, 2012, 21:36:05 CET

Proset Yanes. Nice video.
Was out again today, sea conditions deteriorated as the day wore in. Got eight strikes and managed to land 6. By 12.00pm sea conditions became rather rough, and we decided to slowly make our way in. All in all, great day out, with good company who really appreciate a days out fishing.

ciantar · July 02, 2012, 21:56:53 CET

Hi All

last Friday i went out for Alunghi and did not get even one bite. Im completely new to this type of fishing and would like to know what i am doing wrong . I was using two rods with two type of fish lures ( rampala? ) please excuse my ignorance. One with a lead and another without , both lures were the type that flow downwards if you know what i mean, I had the lead approx 10 qama out from the lure, was fishing at approx 7 knots and had one rod about 30 qama out and the other 40 qama ..... what am i doing wrong

I would love to have at least a bite !

please help !

thanks

The_Gaffer · July 02, 2012, 22:13:37 CET

Ciantar - in my opinion, you lead should not be more than 7 mtrs away from your lure, else your lure won't work properly. 2nd you are trolling your lures too far back. Try pulling in your lures to 18 to 22 qami. This is just my opinion, but this works for me. 3rd try trolling at 6.2 to 6.5knts

SteveGB · July 02, 2012, 22:19:00 CET

Ciantar - I would also use some surface lures in your spread apart from Rapala style lures!

Steve