Pruvaw zommu t topic tal competition al competition u l bqija iktbuh aw ppl !!!
Chris 8)
Aw xi hadd qabad Alunghi? U bejn wiehed u iehor kemm kienu jiznienu? u min kemm il-barra inqabdu?
i have heard of a couple of catches close to lampedusa but they where not more then 8kgs
Tigina gholja sa lampedusa....lanqas kiku naf li nsib lil Angelina Jolie ;)
holy s*** ........... aw xi hadd andu email address ta xi alunga ha nibatulhom email biex jersqu naqra ;D
u le hawn qedin imma xi 25/30 mil il barra..........
U le they are here (alungi) but abouut 25/30 miles out
25-30 miles in which direction from Cirkewwa. circa WSW?
I went 3 times for nothing but my friend caught 1 alunga 4 miles out of dingli
Hemm int! just 4 miles...they are very unpredictable...martinB, just 4 miles to go :p
A week ago a friend of mine cought 4 Alongi in the vicinity of Filfla. They are definitely here, just a matter of raising the fish!!
Today week will be going out for the first time for them,if everything goes as planned!!
Good going Kev. I'll be away on business from Wednesday to Friday. Might go out before that, if not, and weather permitting, it will be Saturday 20 June then.
anyone going out tomorrow ?
yes numero uno suppost lol :) joking :P
Numero uno Sunday :P Tommorow night fishing :
al alungi kont ed nghid rammx!!!!!!!
yes,I'm trying a 50 hook konz for the first time tomorrow ,hope I won't get tangled in it.
If any of you will be out on Sunday , shout out loud on Ch6 !!! I will somewhere around filfla !
Leave 1 for us fortuna!!
Tomorrow going with a friend of mine fishing. Most probable we will go for the albacore.
will keep you informed .
See you out there... Call on channel 6!
if we go to that area i will. Most probable its there that we are going since we are leaving m xlokk at 5am. To be honest i did not ask , but i guess so. (perezz li sailing boat ma tantx nigru allura nahsbu kmieni) when we head somewhere else ex tuna etc we go earlier due to the distance.
My first try for albacore tomorrow Saturday. Hope for luck!!! 2009
Any news of catches today guys ??
Chris 8)
1 alunga circa 8.5kgs and another massive attack that snapped my handline :'( odds are it might have been a tuna.... :'( (ah yes, the one that got away)
Ahjar misitkom fuq il qasba :/
Robby imxejtu xi naqa kif edtlek jin jew ?
Le.... changed plans.....
Fej mesitkom lalunga?? IL barra...
fuq ir rixa li kien hemm il bahar... ajma!!! :D
lol lapsi tghid mux ghand ta connie
........fej mesitkom u ktibt il barra...
connie maj kollix alungi maj gibux flus dawk
Went about 21 miles out from m xlokk in an arc towards filfa.nothing apart three hits (messes) and we concluded that it was not albcore.(mil gibda tar rukkel).
But this time we were cursed. I over slept ;D and went 3/4 late .can imagine my friend waiting . >:( :o ???
@ Robby 017 called you a couple of times on ch 6 but I think we where far
Ahna konna max xifer ta barra, u peress li hrigna min naha tac cirkewwa, adna fin naha ta fuq... f'hin minhom rajt it ton jinqata il bara mil ilma ukoll fil bod... i'd say l-aktar li hriegna 12 il mil u qbadna f'9-10 mili ma xifer ta barra.
Prosit Robby, and you had a nice catch. Heard you have some good photo's to upload of Shisha's tender :)
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL, but i don't have permission!!!! :( Benri..... they know, and i didn't say a thing!
QuoteProsit Robby, and you had a nice catch
Agh, but mine got away with my line.... clean cut :'( most prob a tuna.... no way you going to keep a monster on 0.70mm mono
This is very encouring :D thanls for the info Robbie ... i ll be out tomorrow and will head out parallel to filfla.....will keep u posted guys!
Skip, Robby...... Pleaseeeeeeeeee. They'll steal it for me if they see it tied up at St Pauls Bay.... especially with me rowing. Everyone will want to come for a ride!
Insomma it was the first alonga on Shisha.. closer to 9kg. but I cannot understand how we caught just 1! I was supposed to have a professional with me.... lol- we ended up teaching him!!! And Robby taught me (or tried to teach me) how to handle the waves. it was very rough out there and coming in it was even worse.... lots of turbulance...lol
0.70 on a rod and reel or hand line ?
Hand line.... 35 fathoms lenza tal 1.5mm and 15 fathoms 0.70mm mono
QuoteI was supposed to have a professional with me.... lol- we ended up teaching him!!!
Sur Benri, ghid kollox... tell them my brand new lure didn't manage to survive in the water for more than 45 min approx.... that a monster lurking in the deep gave us quite a startling surprise.... your pro was under shock all troughout the day....
well at least u were on the water so thats not too bad NO..........maybe next time u lock on the BIG one
Heq ux....... and we dream of it ::)
Isma, jekk hawn xi hadd, jaqbad huta u jkolla rixa roza (xi 20-22cm) maghha, would appreciate if i can get it back.... naf li difficli, imma insomma.....
The lost lure.......... :'(
Guys great day today! caught 6 albacore 8-10 miles out of gnejna and we lost another one !!!
Well Done to ForTuna !! We were out there aswell but got no strikes !!
There was a lot of activity out there, from swordish jumping out of the water to dolphins surfacing and swimming underneath my boat to other fishing jumping out that looked like tuna !!
Hope it will go better next time
Chris 8)
prosit ForTuna....
well done. ;D ;D
Proset ForTuna nice catch Jien wahda tellajt u l ohra inqalat kif waslet mad daghajsa
Best morniing ever.
We got thirteen alongi this morning. About 10 miles out of cirkewwa. All in the same area. Decent sizes also....
Ed
Good to know there are some on the West Coast but up North off Cirkewwa/Gnejna.
Well done guys....
True as Ed explained... we were fishing in 300 m depth ... and strikes were concentrated in a particular area ....we had the 1st strike around 7am on a surface lure and as the sun came up we had strikes couple of metres deeper
To be fair with everyone, I caught the 8.5Kg Alunga which Benri and Robby are claiming to have caught :P
And i have the pictures to prove it!!!!!!!!!
Prosit guys! It sounds great to hear that the alungi are finally with us! :)
Fortuna and Ed, did you get multiple strikes or several single strikes?
And Fortuna what system would you recommend to keep the lures a couple of meters down at alungi trolling speed which is quite high?
went out on sat but got nothing. was trolling south of fifla. can someone suggest if i should try further north of fifla?
I followed some good advice I found on the forum (I think it was gaffer) and waited 10 seconds before slowing down after getting a strike. We got at least three double strikes like this!!
We had both surface lures and rapala type lures and we were catching on both. Speed around 6 knots, and lures quite close to the boat.
We could not weigh the fish on board cos could not find the scales and since we were gutting them immediately could not weigh them at home but we had a couple which I am sure were over 10kg. I will put some pics up and maybe some one can maybe guess the weight for me.
Thanks
Ed
Well done Ed.
Guys,
Where do you suggest I try first for Alungi, outside Filfa or outside Gnejna/Cirkewwa area? I leave from Xemxija so Cirkewwa/Gnejna area is closer for me......
Thanks
Steve, I'm gonna try around 12-16nm outside of Gnjena/Cirkewwa saves me going all the way down south. Might not be so productive but worth a shot.
Yes, was thinking of doing that due to the fact that some Alungi where caught in that area. Maybe whilst I'm out there and if I do not have any takes will move a bit towards the south. Maybe Gaffer will let us know from where he caught this morning!. Should be going out on Thursday!
Thanks
Well, as posted earlier in the day (thanks to Blackberry technology direct from the fishing zone) Our day started at 6.00am with the centre rod deployed. No sooner was I extending the 1s toutrigger that the rachet was buzzing away and the reel peeling out line. From the on, until about 9.03am, we were regularly hit. No multiple hookups, just singles. Till 9.30am, we had already 8 alungi, between 6 and 8.5Kgs. We trolled SW and W of filfla, around the 2nd ridge, between 12 and 15 Kmiles from shore. By 11.30am, we were right behind filfla due S, and now heading inward, we decided to call it a day, I brought the boat down to dead slow, and whammm.....the Stbd outrigger bent over and we were hit again. This time, a 10Kg alunga took the lure. So, in all, a good days catch, 9 alongi. Not bad for the opening of the season. Kris and his brother had a hell of a time reeling in Alongi, and that my friends, is what its all about.
prosit gaffer mortu ahjar minna ax bi 2 pixxispadi spiccajna ahna :/
Big well done to the gaffer and all the crew !!! ;)
Chris 8)
I saw the gaffer passing by at 6 a.m this morning in front of filfla and it was heading far out. I went out today and caught only 4 alongi because there were quite nice catches. One from birzebbugia caught 18.
Joe, (the_gaffer), thanks very much (from me & my brother) for today's fantastic day!! :D :o ;D :D ;D ;D
I heard a lot about your reputation as being an expert in alungi, and I must say that yes, you are the man!! you put us directly spot on in the alungi hot spot and in no time, me and my brother were reeling in our 1st alunga ever caught or seen live!! :D after that, we were reeling in 1 alunga after the other!!
the fishing gear that you use is no joke either, all top quality rods and reels and the famous intimidating 7 rod spread 8)
apart from having a very nice character the_gaffer is also completely open to how he works...showing and teaching me and my brother the knowledge to successfully catch alungi.
well, what can I say, thanks again for this fantastic day as it will be one of those that myself and my brother will surely never forget!
will post pics in the gallery of the alungi trip tomorrow.
Kris
@ gazzetta thanks alot mate, I really appreciate ;D
we had a great teacher :D ;D 8)
I m out again trying my luck on Staurday morning.....should be heading out from gnejna with Kaptan JR... give us a shgout on ch 6 if you re there ....
Will be out on saturday as well....cu out there fortuna and kaptan...jekk trid nintaqaw u noqodu induru flimkien ;)
This sunday wind f7 on maltaweather.
No Alungi I presume.
Take care
Prosit Gaffer :) :) :)
FORTUNA pay attention on saturday if you are going from gnejna. the wind is going to be west northwest if it picks up early to force 4 you will find it difficult to take up boat
Thanks for your kind words Kris. It was my pleasure having you and your brother on board. Thanks to all guys for the compliments. Saturday I'm out again, will be experimenting with new lures and spread. My intention is to mix some colors using purple and pink/white.
I am not sure about the weather next saturday :o It looks like the wind will pick up late afternoon!!What do you think guys??Fortuna and gaffer??
Wind will be picking up especially on the West Coast.
SDweather and Airmalta weather dont inidicate that, Sunday yes but saturday no.
Maltaweather i dont realy rely on anymore.....
But if like fortuna you are going to put down the boat from gnejna be carefull..just a little bit of wind from the opposite direction of the slip and you wont be able to pull the boat or will do damage because there the sea will run up and down alot at gnejna...
It would be better if you go from xemxija,
ahjar hekk milli ghar !
Guys do you know the reason behind why Windfinder shows u force 2 for tomorrow weather in the normal forecast and when u see the super forecast it shows force 3? Was going out for Alungi tom (thursday) out of Filfla or Gnejna area! Do you think the weather will be ok? Thanks
cos it recieves data from a differant and more sophisticated weatherstation..... one can forcast for a week but chances of getting it wrong are say 10%, whilst the other can give you a much more accurate reading but over a shorther period of time, i.e. 3 days. with say 1 % chance for error.
But what do you think about saturday morning?I will be back in by noon for sure...so
I'd say wait for friday morning's report... as things stand you can go and enjoy... hope i'll be out there too... best times are circa 7-8ish, so ample time to go out and back in...
best is to wait for friday morning weather report kev
Thanks robby...it was driving me crazy...hopefully it will be good tom...... if not i will at least go out cirkewwa/gnejna and see.
steave force 3 is nothing for an 18ft ranieri and 100 hp outboard
at this time of the year force 3 is nice to go out on the water fishing for alungi as it wont be too hot. From September onwards you have to be more careful with force 3. The sea reacts different it is stronger and with more crests.
An 18' should handle force 3 with ease.
Yes I know Busumark, but last year went for Lampuki with a similar forecast and got stuck out 18miles with force 5 weather. Its not that the boat did not handle well but it took me 3.5 hours to get slowly back to Xemxija. So I try and always be a bit cautions.....
Your right Shanook this happened in September......
ypu have to pay more attention if the next day that you are going the forcast is windy. if it is calm for two consecutive days usually the first day is calm
who going out 2morow?
Will wait for friday's forecast :o I think thats the best thing to do.
guys I went out today and caught 6 nice sized alongi and lost 1 with the best lure I had today. This year it seems a good year for alongi because at our area people are catching good amounts. The weather was nice this morning but at about 11 a.m wind picked up rapidly and the sea changed a lot it became force 4-5 although in the port was very nice. I see windfinder forecast and i find it very accurate but in my opinion see other wetaher forecast also.
Saturday morning forecast is force 1.....ma nafx jien.Ha jgennuni.
seems that you can get ready camkev.. maybe there is a god up in the sky listening to the swearing.. up to force 4 wnw it will go.... so.... have fun
Yes the weather seems to have changed a bit for better ;)
put a short video up of the last fishing trip. there is some underwater footage which looks good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKWV-f7Hp9U
Some people I know saw the pics and want to go on a fishing trip....anyone knows someone i can recommend for a fishing charter??
Thanks
ed
I'm available for cost sharing trips
ok
how do we go about it?
can you email me? edgatt@gmail.com
thanks
ed
Ed, send The Gaffer a personal message via the forum.
ok
cheers
ed
Well done!!Nice footage ;)
Guys , sorry for not posting earlier but I just gained a few hours acces to a pc at home hehe... looks like we're gonna a quite morning on Saturday... if it picks up by 2pm we'd be already sleeping by then as I don t stay out that much normally , I would be heading back to land around 11am so to play it safe..however I will decide tomorrow evening ....
Well done Ed - i enjoyed every moment of your video. Like you I mostly fish off a sailing boat... & if u like, we can meet up for a joint fishing trip. filkaz pm me.
BTW How did you handle the underwater footage?
Wonderful footage, well done !!
Chris 8)
just uploaded pics of the alungi trip onboard The Gaffer in the gallery
Great pics Kris !!!
Chris 8)
nice pics kris - looks like your trip with The_Gaffer was well worthed :-)
No alungi for me on saturday....my fu....... engine broke down again >:( I feel like banging my head to the wall :'(
@ gazzetta & benri thanks for your comments! yes it was well worthed, as infact the pics have to show ;D
@ camkev hope you will your engine in time to enjoy the alungi season
Till when are alunghi caught by trolling? End of july?
i still caught in August let's say till the first two weeks maybe!!!!!!!!!
same here, mid august
@camkev, wat happened now ? throttle jew something new ???
Can someone please suggest how much line is best to be let out whilst fishing for Alungi??? I usually leave approx 40/50 meters for my two side rods and I use a 250g (rod 1) and a 200g (rod 2) weight respectively. These are placed 10 meters before the swivel connected to the lure using 2m of Floro. I then have a daisy chain in the middle which I leave closer approx 30/35 meters. Would appreciate any reply as I have checked in previous discussions and could not find anything with regards to the distance of the lure from the boat whilst trolling. Thanks a lot.
I usually let out between (30 to 35 qama) 180' to 210' for alungi but if u want to put an extra lure approximately 300' for a swordfish or pastardella.
if u have two different weights dont forget that u have to turn on the heavier weight to avoid tangles.
Whats the idea of having the daisy chain in the middle thats not very healthy in my opinion. it should be closer to ur hooked lure. You said u are using a 2 mtr florocarbon, i would connect it to the end of the daisy chain. so u have gap of 2 mtr from the daisy to the lure.
if possible the hooked lure should be bit bigger than the lures of the chain or else if the same size keep the lures of the chain in one colour and the hooked lure of a different colour.
Shannok thanks for your reply. The daisy chain is a separate line. I leave 3 lines out...2 rods on the side and a daisy chain in the middle as a teaser...at the end of the daisy chain i have a bigger/different coloured squid which is hooked. Sorry might have not explained well myself. So 30 to 35 qama how much is that in meters?
54m - 63m
Its a matter of preference. My furthest lure is 35mtr and then all lures are positioned closer to the boat. I like tp have q lure just outside the propwash, especially an aggressive working lure (flat head or jet head).
I, on the other hand, prefer to run a middle line 45-50 fathoms away (81-90m) with a 350-500g weight, 15 fathoms away from the lure
Thanks Robby and Gaffer for your replies...tom will try different lengths on both rods and see which is best. Steve
the weather looks promising for tomorrow.... we'll be fishing in the morning....Chanel 6!!
Tom will be out too outside Filfla. Channel 6 also if anyone needs anything!
Most fish tend to strike coming in from the sides so the theory is that you want to have your attractors (daisy chains etc) on the two outside rods, especially Steve if you then run a rod down the center closer in. But don't put a daisy chain on that if you're only running 3 rods.
Have an aggresive lure or Rapala style just behind the prop wash or just inside (up to you).....the theory goes that you raise the fish with the daisy chains on the outside who come up and across to investigate and then are drawn in to your centre rod if you're running a total of 3.
The long centre is used to target anything that maybe came up late or is looking for a struggling bait.
My chase baits are no more than 1m behind the last daisy....always bigger/diff colour
Thanks skip for the advice.
I was aware that the daisy chains are used on the outside to attract the fish but due to me not having any spreaders or a rod holder in the middle of the boat the only place where I could tie the daisy chain was in the middle (due to it being on a hand line). So basically, currently I am running two rods on each side and the daisy chain in the middle! I know this is not the best setup possible but I usually fish with two rods only on each side so I thought why not set up a daisy chain in the middle! I?m sure it will do more good than without! I might be wrong also, what do u think?
Afternoon guys, as predicted by windfinder , this morning the sea was really calm and we headed out from gnejna early morning. We had our first strike at 6am.....6 alungi on board by 7 30 am. we kept trolling and by 9am we had 3 other alungi onboard, 2 of which on a double strike - 2nd double strike of the day. Final count 9 alungi by 10am.
Excellent guys and glad to hear out from Gnejna is productive :)
Well done boys !!! Keep it up ;)
Chris 8)
same as last time ....between 8 -10 miles out
we had a good time today as we managed to get a triple strike (hat-trick!)
Caught five alungi today between 8am and 10.30am, then nothing for the rest of the morning. Unfortunately, my old extendable gaff extended a bit too far with the first fish and ended up at the bottom of the sea >:(. Had to land all the others by the tail .... pacenzja!
It was a great day ForTuna and KaptanJR. We were a great team u qbadna l hut ehhhh :)
why pacenxja DJS it is better from the tail not mess the alunga with a big hole on the side and a lot of blood all over the boat
haha ask fortuna shanook.......gibnijilu hamra d dajsa :P
prosit boys!! ;)
Thanks kris :)
Fortuna you forgot to mention when all 4 rods took off at the same time looooll
Hi
I am thinking of going out for alunghi for the first time. I have a 16 feet boat with 50hp outboard and a spare 9.9hp. do you think it safe to go out on this size of boat? Is it too small to go 10 miles out? Any advice please? Thanks
That size of boat is good always depending on the weather. Tryu not to go out in more than force 3 and make sure that no wind is forcasted for the evening as it make pick up early. Always make sure you have a VHF and GPS onboard aswell as life jackets and flares as no one knows what may happen out there. Always I recomend that you have some credit in your mbile at least 5Euros (fimt Fortuna :P) as if you run out of credit at the time when ytou need it the most you are Fu***d.
GL my friend :)
to add to what bigboy said u better have a 12v charger to charge ur mob batteries as they run out real quick in an emergency. ifu can also go out when u know others are out there.
Last but not least know ur boat
I guess that's one way of looking at it Shanook, though the inside of the boat still needs a good clean tomorrow. It just seemed to take twice as long to land the fish than with using a gaff. Suppose it was good practice for if I ever hook up with a BFT this season now that we must release them.
Anyone catch something near Filfla? For me not a sinle strike!
We caught 2 one 5kg and one 7kg we caught them while troling about 3 to 5 km outside filfla but by 8.30 we head to head back we were restricted by time. One was caught at about 7.00 on a deep diver with a 500gr lead while the other was caught on a surface lure half an hour later. There were some boats around and from what I could see some of them caught somthing too.
NO NO DJS u will definitely not land a BTF )especially the over 50kg ones) by grabbing it from tail by hand......if u had a tail noose yes but not by hand. Alungi are different
Thanks for the advices shankook and bigboy. I dont have a vhf but i got a gps. As for saftey I have them all. I will wait for the wind to be force 3 or less. Will let you know if i catch something.
Quote from: bigboy on June 20, 2009, 20:36:21 CET
Thanks kris :)
Fortuna you forgot to mention when all 4 rods took off at the same time looooll
E ija hin minnhom telqu l 4 qasab f daqqa :D
Mela ahna c champions tal gurnata :P
guys .. i'm just starting to fish for alungi for the first time
.. is any place 6-12miles out of malta good for alungi or do you have to follow certain angles, bearings, directions etc. I'm talking about the south of malta [filfla area] mostly?
.. sajd bir-rixa book recommends trolling speeds of 4-10knots [but thats a hell of a difference] .. what is the most likely speed to allow for a bite?
many thanks for all your help.
Hi Polidmar, and welcome to the forum. Your best bet is to troll at a speed of 6 to 6.5 knots. The range you mention is good as well. Anywhere in the 6-12 mile range out on the west coast (filfla area) is a good place to troll for alongi. As soon as you arrive at the 1sst ridge (l-ewwel xifer) deploy your lures, and troll the area well. Look out for surface activity, splashes and other boats which might have hooked up.
Thanks for your feedback Gaffer. By 'troll the area well' .. does it mean that you troll in circles (diameter large enough to avoid messing the lures together) or troll diagonally zigagging? Or should one just release the lures and head straight out? So if you see commotion [perhaps shearwater] should i steer into them?
Hi Polidmar,
We're usually talking about biggish areas so trolling in circles is not exactly suited.
As for boat speeds, yep in our book we did mention a wide range as it depends on the type of lure that you're running.
My recommendation would be to first pick the lure that you intend using, drop it in and see at which speed it swims best. Good luck :)
polidmar, if u go on a sat/sun you will get your answers... there will be some 20-30 boats all trying for the same fish.... just follow some of them...
Quote from: polidmar on June 22, 2009, 10:53:09 CET
Thanks for your feedback Gaffer. By 'troll the area well' .. does it mean that you troll in circles (diameter large enough to avoid messing the lures together) or troll diagonally zigagging? Or should one just release the lures and head straight out? So if you see commotion [perhaps shearwater] should i steer into them?
Go to Whitesails nr the Blackpearl (Msida Marina) buy the admirality chart of Maltese waters which will show you the bottom contours and the ridges (xifer) and then run parallel with them, effectively parallel with the West coast. in some areas you go across but that's why the map is useful.
No circles.
Anyone catching alungi near Filfla?
not up to yesterday only single catches
Ahhh.. too bad. Seems the peak of the alongi season have alredy passed. Tough luck.
Please keep us informed of catches.
Thanks
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.
::) :-X
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
I havn't heard of any catches yet. The weather is >:( and i am still on land waiting for some nice days to lauch.Not worth leaving the boat at sea considering the forecasts.
I agree sea temperature is still not right and weather is still alot unstable we will see in the comming weeks.
There have been a few catches i know of, mainly 35-40 miles out 6-15 kg fish max i heard of was 3 fish in one trip
I did see some fish tracks in the 50-100m depth while bottom fishing this week. Could they be alunghi?
depends on the markings...... they could have been bait balls.......
No no some of them were fish for sure. But cant judge the size yet from the markings.
how deep........ and 100m only you should have tried some jigging, never know ;)
Some were 50m some were 80m and some 100m.
This is why I will be taking jigging lessons soon :)
Anyway what kind of fish can be found in the open water travelling in that depth?
depends on the markings you got... Could be anything from albacore, tuna, swordfish, balls of sardines, plastic bags, seaweed ... Who knows... Where the readings constant sizes and same density???
I try to take some photos next time if I am not too busy fishing :)
better you start jigging milli taking photos of your fishfinder.... A pic of the real fish is better;)