Fishing for Barracuda

[Granitu]

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

[SPITEC]

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

[SPITEC]

Kris adu jkun hemm dawl fejn l-gillieru? u rajt hut zghir?

[suffrun]

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?

[fava]

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

[bigboy]

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.

[fava]

ooooooo ok bigboy int!

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

[Granitu]

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

[EmicMalta]

today was diving and found thousands of budas. Not only 1 scholl but several around

[MartinB]

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...

[ramio]

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?

[bigboy]

I usually like keeping that 100m distance away from the shore. i trol lthe lure 25fa away from my boat using 2 x100g weights.

[ciappinu]

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!

[bigboy]

I know areas in the eastern parts of malta like sliema, marsamxett harobour, grand harobour, xajra, mgieles etc for baracudas.

[kris]

hey guys!!

I am very pleased to tell you that i managed to catch my first cuda on sat!! :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