The number of members in the forum is growing on a daily basis, so it would be beneficial to all if new members post a small introduction so that everyone can get an idea on what they are interested in, where they are from etc.
The introduction might include:
- Your home country
- Your fishing style - What types of fishing you're interested in
- If you have a boat, some details about it and where you are moored
- A short general introduction about yourself
- How you came across the forum (Word of mouth/a friend, google etc)
Not everyone likes to fill out their member profile so replying to this topic will help in many ways.
hi all,
i'm a newbie in this sport so as i'll do as i'm told. Will introduce myself :)
My name is Matt, live in St. Paul's Bay and own a 14ft open boat (Fisherman) powered by a 30hp Nissan engine. I like both deep sea fishing with reels and bait and also occasionally trawling sakemm nitlef il-pacenzja :) Anyway better than a day at work.
By profession i'm a physiotherapist working in Neuro Rehabilitation.
Got to know the forum thanks to Google!!
Great work guys, keep up the good work
Hello Matt,
Good to see you have posted an introduction. I too have only recently started reading this forum and I find it very helpful. I am sure you will too. Good luck.
Dave
hello Matt,
i'm kevin and from st.paul,s bay too, my boat is moored at tal ghazzenin bay
wellcome aboard
sirena
Name is Kevin
Live In Mellieha (Born in Canada).
Basically like shore fishing mainly spinning and as well bait fishing. When I have the chance.
I am a Art Director for a local newspaper, as well sports editor.
Found this forum on search engine.
And by the way, if you read my nick name you will know what football team I side with ;)
AMALA, PAZZA INTER AMALA!!!!
hey hey this is a fishing forum ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: rob1974 on August 29, 2008, 07:59:04 CET
AMALA, PAZZA INTER AMALA!!!!
I just saw this section now, and since I am relatively new I'd like to introduce myself.
Roberto
I live in Ibrag. I work in a leading 5 star hotel. I do not have my own boat, but my fishing buddy has one, and we mostly troll around the coastal area with live bait in late spring/early summer, lumpuki in late summer, and calamari from autumn to mid-spring. I also make it a point to dedicate a couple of outings to alungi and deep sea fishing, usually with Chris of Fishingmania.
My preferred type of fishing is live bait, though I REALLY like jigging even though I get very little fishing time since I am not the boss on the boat!!!
wellcome aboard Matt. I am sure that you will find this forum of great help and interest. I to have a boat scirocco with 9.9hp outboard and moored at pont ta bugibba.
suffrun.
Hi all,
My name is Kenneth I'm from Fgura and I have a 23ft Coronet powered my two isuzu 2.8 ( turob to be instaled for next year ) My mooring place is ta b'buggia . I'm interested in all kind of fishing from a boat exept vopi I also like spur hunting.
I'v got to know with the forum thanks to Gazzetta.
A big well done to all on the forum because it is of a great help for many pople that like fishing.
Mela ejja ghid xi haga :P
Ejja ha morru at tonn !!! ;)
Chris 8)
Hi
My name is Martin,and Im a new member as well. My boat is 16.5ft Sea Rover powered by 85 Yamaha outboard. Im moored at xemxija. I happen to have an inflatable Rubber Dingy powered by 9.9 Yamaha. My main interest is spearfishing, although I do bottom fish, trolling and long lines. Ive got to know this site from browsing the yahoo.I come from Zejtun but live in the northern part of the Island.
Welcome onboard mate !! ;)
Chris 8)
Hi everyone, I'm Keith from Attard and I happen to like anything that belongs to the sea. I got to know about this forum through google and seems like it is a great place to gain knowledge and share experiences. I have a sea rover 128 powered by a honda 30hp from which I go trolling and bottom fishing, although this is the first year we went for lampuki with it. I have been out a couple of times for longfin tuna with my friends and with quite good success. I also like shore fishing, spinning, spearfishing, kayaking and some underwater photography. Would like to try kayak fishing for lampuki this year before the season ends.
Great forum, keep posting :)
Ke!tH
Welcome to all you guys new to the forum.
Welcome to the forum.
Welcome onboard Keith !!
;)
Chris 8)
Hi my name is Joe, I'm new to coastal fishing. I live in St Pauls Bay and work as a Technician
Hi all,
My name is Walter. I'm from Holland. I work for the local government of The Hague.
In my sparetime I like to go fishing from the beaches/peers near my hometown. My favourite fish to catch are: Garfish, Seabass, Cod and sole (not the ones under shoes).
I only bring home fish of the right sizes and in small quantities (for personal use only). Everything else I catch, I release. Although there are no official rules for fishing from beaches in Holland, I think this is a good thing to do for the local marinelife. Whenever I go fishing in other countries, I try to look up the rules for fishing in those countries. So I'm interrested in rules for fishing on Malta/Gozo...
My wife and I are going to visit Malta and Gozo for the very first time.
After visiting Malta we hope to relax on Gozo (from october 4th till october 12th) and do some fishing. I'm planning to bring my own rods with me and try to catch fish from the coast/beach. It would be nice if we can catch some fish to take to the apartment for the bbq or to frie. So we're interrested in locations on Gozo for (coast/beach)-fishing, kinds of edible fish one can catch and the techniques and type of baits used.
Any info is welcome...
Thanks to Google we've found this forum.
Welcome to the forum! :)
Welcome to all the guys who posted here recently, great to know a bit about you.
Hi there , I am very glad that I have found this site & seeing it is quite an active one . a little about myself my Name is Lawrence Pulis and live at Marsascala. I am 35 years old and have always loved ;D fishing. I work abroad on a 2 week away & 12 days home so always loooking at what I am going to be doing on my time off. I would prefer fishing everyday but the boss (Wife) always finds things for me to do in the house :-[. Anyway I setteling in the house now so I can start spending more time fishing now.
Welcome to all of you guys. Hope we'll meet soon in another Forum Event. ;D
hi all, great website, my name is mike, 60 years old, semi retired chef (allways available)from grimsby in uk, just moved south from mellieha to marsaxlokk, fish from jetty opposite power station quite happy catching small stuff, and putting them back, its just nice to relax, the only problem is on mondays there is such a lot of rubbish there left over from weekend.
lots of the fish talked about on the site i have not heard of,exept vopi,
once again keep up the great work you all do with the answers you give its a great help to muppets like me.
mike. d.
hija mike.d a warm welcome to forum.
Welcome Mike and the rest of the new members, happy to have you join us. Nice to hear that sombody actually puts the small ones back.
Hey guys............another chef, but still no BBQ!!!!
Hi my name is Claudio,
I study computer programming at MCAST, work part time on programming as well. I have recently started spear fishing. Unfortunately I do not have the proper equipment but hope to started equipping properly.
Welcome to the forum all of you.Dont forget the upcoming BBG!! :D
Hi my name is Tudor and I am coming to work in selima, and when I am not at work I love to fish, boat or shore. I like to fish as light as poss and enjoy fight.
If any one can let me know where to head for that would be good , :)
tight lines
Tudor
Guys, A warm welcome to the forum....hope we can see you at the BBQ.
Hi guys
My name is Reuben age 23 years old. Im from bkara and work as a craftsman at ta qali crafts village.I,ve found this forum by surfing on google. I own a small 10ft dinghy powered by 9.9hp tohatsu.
The types of fishing methods i practice are bottom sea fishing and also begain this year to trawl for lampuki. I would also like to learn other methods of fishing.
Great site guys keep it up!!!
Welcome onboard people ;) here we all share our experiences and learn from eachother :)
Greetings to all in Malta I am from Lancashire in England my name is Norman. I am to Old to mention here but Ilove to fish if there is water with fish in then I will have a go at fishing it. Here in England I own a 14 foot Icelander fishing boat with a 15 HP out board wich I keep at home. I travel to Malta 3 or 4 times a year for the good company and the fishing. I can usually be found sitting like a little garden gnome on the end of the jetty at Buggiba harbour or on the concrete steps behind Georges Sea food restaraunt near to the square. I shall be back in Malta at the end of October for a month so I might meet some of you then bye bye for now
Welcome on board mate, let us know when you"ll be here !! ;)
Chris 8)
Welcome on board :D ;D :)
HI to everone,
my name is Mark from Birkirkara. I'm 20 years old and im still a student at university.My hobbies are fishing and gym. I go fishing from shore especially for breams and when its good weather i like to go for bottom sea fishing.
Welcome onboard mate !! :D
Got a boat to go sea fishing ?? Any specs and pics ? ;)
Chris 8)
Aw nies. jiena miliex membru wisq. jisimni ramon u noqod b'kara. kulhadd isibni bhala ir ruman iz zghir san pawl il bahar. delettant tal kacca u sajd. ghandi kajjig tal fibre erbatax il pied b magna kubota 28hp u ghandi kemm xtrajt lanca min ta peter tat tmintax. immur nistad kwazi ghal kollox imma laktar ghal pixxispad u ghal pagri. issa forsi is sena id dihla behsibni niehu rimja ghal lampuki fil grigal. imsomma. issa naraw. thankyou tal ghajnuna li tatu lil xulxin u proset.
Hi, i'm roderick from fgura. i like bottom fishing. hopes to get a 13ft or 14ft boat by next summer....
Welcome on board guys !! ;)
Chris 8)
Welcome to all new members. I recommend you participate in the posts, show what you think about the various subjects, make suggestions, ask questions or post an ocasional joke. This is what keeps the MFF alive.
tight lines
welcome to all!! :)
hey jiena Lydon scicluna mil Marsa andi 16 il sena .Nahdem il hanut fil hanut tana stes f`Marsascala u li kiku ikoli ic cans kuljum imur nistad xD ax is sajd lunika delizju landi :p
Insejt tejdilom li taf lili XD Welcom onboard king ejja ha namlu sajda tajba meta jamel ftit bnazzi
ija big boy xD lol
ejja ha naqbdu :p
imma kif trid thossok importanti big boy :P ( nitne**k king) wlc abord lydon
heqq xtamel Bert :P
veru prosit ta din is-site jina gdid lewel darba li qiad nikteb titqux bija manafx nikteb
jisimni joe(ghigi)
mil belt ghandi tnejn dajes wahda ta piter u ohra amerikana proset (bigboy)
Welcome fil forum Joe ;)
Hawn kollha familja wahda ahna
mela dady bigboy xD lol
Joe (gigi) tikteb ma tafx, imma min jafek kulhadd jaf xtaf
Dak wihed mic champions tal belt mulett75
dw joe, dis site mijix al dawk in-nis li jafu jitktbu jew le so ...... welcome abord :)
Big boy, ghatlu hekk ghax lien wiehed mil belt u nafu sew. GIGI irsisti daqxejn hall tmur tajjeb nhar il hadd, fit tieni gurnata tal competition ta Marsamxett. Jien hemm inkun nisteninkhom ha nizlilkhom.
Nixtieq nejdlek gl jien ukoll min hawn. Jalla tmur tajjeb u shabek ukoll
quick intro....I just sent a message to see if some one would take me and my son out..I am 48 yrs old, started to spearfish at 10 (my son started at 8 and is now 16). Former world record older in finswimming, fished all over the world especially for blue water. Best US athlete (though I was born and raised til 18 in Italy) at the 98 freediving world cup. I write for Pescasub whenever I find the time. on facebook I have some pix of catches. thanks for your help guys. peppo biscarini
Hi Peppo, welcome to the forum, from what I've read on your site http://www.biscarini.com and the Internet briefly this morning, it's certainly an honour to have you with us.
hi all
Im jason i work at the education division i am 36 years old...im into beach cast/ ledgering and bait fishing.....found out of this site while surfing
Hi guys, wellcome to all. I don t write in this topic due that wish to leave only posts from new members. Due that malta is small, I suggest that placeing a picture connected to the post (own picture with a catch) and even the town will be more helpful.
For example I used to talk with rammx and freeman without knowing that where from siggiewi. Like this we can arrange and meet up more easy even for just 2hr fishing or diving
Welcome to all the new guys. Nice to have you join our forum.
Translation: merhba lil membri godda kollha li ghogobhom izurhu dan il forum.
mario
hi to all! first of all well done for the website - very informative and interesting!! got to know about this website while surfing on the net.. im 23yrs old and im into spearfishing however im no pro'! im particularly into coastal spearfishing (depths of around 8-10mtrs). if its possible i would like some suggestions about some good areas for spearing around malta/gozo. any help would be greatly appreciated! ;D
Hi SonnyP,
welcome to the forum, I'm afraid I cannot help you as I'm into boat fishing but I'm sure there are some of the other members who are into that sport, who will.
Look on the posts as there are some posts which can be of help regarding some good spots.
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yo luke
hi everybody. I am from B BUGA. I HAVE A 13FT BOAT. I DO LIKE FISHING BUT LATELY I WAS BUSY. I LIKE VERY MUCH READY YOUR CONVERSTIONS AND YOU MAKE ME A BIT GELOUS.
hi Ganni 1
Welcome onboard guys !!! ;)
Chris 8)
Welcome onboard Ganni 1 :)
Hi Ganni 1 ...... welcome.
hi guys welcome.
If you read emic's comment made in the last page, I think that it can be really useful.
Hi Ganni 1 you will enjoy the forum its good,welcome ;D
Welcome Ganni 1. ;)
Hello lill- kulhadd,
Jiena Patrick minn Birzebbugia. Ili nistad minn mindu kont zghir imma dawn l- ahhar 10 snin bdejt niehdu izjed bis- serjeta', ghax sibt li minhabba xoghli s- sajd huwa l- aqwa medicina biex iserrahlek il- menti. Preferibbilment nhobb sajda f' bahar imqalleb, "a la xjuh", qaba 9 metri u bil- farka. Mulett, xilep, sargi, kahli, etc. Xi kultant inhobb immur ukoll "apnea" bil- hrapan, m' inix xi bravu f' hekk ta', imma hadt pjacir ukoll. Dan l- ahhar thajjart nibda ftit "spinning" ghall- barracuda u hut iehor tal- kacca. biss pero' ghalija dan suggett gdid, u kieku hawn xi hadd itini ftit "tips" inkun grat hafna. Thanks.
Welcome Patrick.Hemm hafna posts x'taqra fuq spinning fitexx naqra fil-forum u issib kemm trid.Goodluck
Welcome to the forum patrick :) Here you will surely find any help and information you need about any type of fishing :)
Hi all!
I just want to introduce myself and say hi!
I've been a member for a month or so but this is my first post.
great job, I love the site.
I've been fishing since I was a kid with my dad in australia and the Uk where I grew up.I've been in malta for 10 years and love to fish, But I have to tell you though, I feel sorry for malta and alll it's anglers because over the years it seems that the fish here are disappearing fast. It's about time that Maltese authorities did something to protect and conserve the seas, not just for fishing but for the enjoyment of everyone.
Admittedly there are rules, but no-one to enforce them.
But I'll still keep fishing, just because it's the only thing that keeps me sane!!!
Once again nice job with the site.
I'll post again soon enough (that's if I catch anything worth noting.)
cu all
craus
Hi wellcome to all. Patrick nice to see you here. Time to do another dive together. Last one we made we saw the big ones ;) you remember?
Welcome to the forum craus. unfortunately what u say is true, but we can all do our bit to help.
Thanks llill- kulhadd. Issa noqghod ftit infittex u nara x' insib. diga' rajt xi 2 posts u hadt idea tajba dwar spinning u anke dwar postijiet tajba.
hello to everyone im neville from cospicua i love all types of fishing but first of all jigging is the best.i have a 13 ft silver craft with a 9.9 suzuki.
Wellcome onboard mate !! Interessanti hafna li thobb hafna l jigging, qbadt xi 4 hutiet sbieh b dal metodu jew ?
Chris 8)
Hi Neville from Cospicua, welcome to the forum!!!
Welcome Neville and all our newest members :)
neville used to be an old fishing partner!
welcome my friend long time no see! hope you're back into fishing at last!
Hi Neville, welcome to the forum.
IDELIZJU JIBQA FIK SIHBI.
welcome to the forum! you will surely make friends here.
Hi everybody, my name is Timos I live in Greece but my mother is from Malta and her surname is Lakorte...
I am interested in spear fishing, I don?t have a boat any more( I sold it) but my fishing body has a 5m bat.
We fishing almost 2- 3 time a month, traveling to nearest islands.
Sorry for my English
Hi timos welcome to the forum
Welcome Timos.
Welcome Timos, missed a chance to visit your islands 17 years ago with the boat we used to sail on. Had just got married and there was no way I could explain my absence to my wife for 3 weeks!!
welcome on board
Welcome and great pics!!!!
Welcome my friend and hope you'll enjoy the ride ;)
Thank you, I am sure that I will enjoy the ride...We have 2 or 3 forums in Greece but you cant join because we write in Greeks
welcome timos
hi guys. my name is stu from devon england. i will be viseting malta in early april a .place called biggabba i think. just like to know if you think its worth me bringing my spinning rod. i usally use 15lb line is this about wright. any info will be helpfull... cheeres see you soon.
Hi Stu, welcome to the forum. I'm not into spinning myself, but bring in your rod. I'm sure by that time you will be familiar with fishing ways here.
There are a lot of topics available on the forum as regards. Entering as a member you will have more info available.
I'm from Bugibba myself, so maybe we meet when you are here on the jetty.
regards
Quote from: timos on February 06, 2009, 12:54:17 CET
Thank you, I am sure that I will enjoy the ride...We have 2 or 3 forums in Greece but you cant join because we write in Greeks
hi mate,
wellcome in this forum. Waiting for some more ajs ;)
Welcome Stu, have a look here Shore Fishing - General http://maltafishingforum.com/talk/index.php/board,61.0.html
It discusses various places and there are a couple of writeup from people who came from the UK and fished here.
Also have a look in the Ledgering sub board.
MartinB is your man for spinning and you can read up on his exploits in the spinning board.
im not new but i been away from the site for a while now do to work and life the usual bla bla bla, im from england but moved here to malta 4 years ago ...to get married : ( istarted fishing here in malta and i love it looking at garages so i can buy a small boat, im living in da south, and i always start my fishing season off from feb 9 .... till end of november.... so weldone on all the upgrades on the site wih in the last year and welcome newbies and hello oldies
Welcome back kempy. hope you get your boat and garage. Check on the forum as there are a lot of boats about for sale. Just post what you looking for and see what's offered about.
Good morning to all members of the MFF.
I have been following the forum for a couple of months and now I felt that it is time to join you all.
I have been fishing for 1.5years and what can I say....it's another world, fresh air, relaxing views and sometimes a good catch.
I enjoy cliff fishing most and some squid jigging!
Thanks
Mario Mifsud
Hi Mario aka Skars ;D ...... I'm glad you joined us over here. We are all one big family and love sharing ideas with each other. I hope you enjoy your stay ;) Catch ya later.
Hi Mario, welcome to the forum.
Welcome Mario and good luck for your fishing. ;)
Hello, my name is Shaun and i am 17 years old. I am new to fishing and i am still learning. I Fish mostly with bigboy and camkev. Mostly i like bottom fishing and trolling. Well done for the forum as it is very interesting and helpful
Wellcome to the forum my friend ;) Ejja ha titghallem issa ha tibda taqbad ;)
Ara siehbi shaun!!Ilek ma tehel ma xi habel jew imurlek xi plamtu.....kemm jien....hux??
Il friend biss ok jew ;)
Hello Shaun, You'll learn quick if you go out with the klikka, but be carefull what they teach you!!! ;D ;D ;D
Ok Guys, no bad habbits eh!!:D :D :D
Jokes apart, welcome Shaun, you're in good hands if you go out with Bigboy and co. They try to respect all, and are rather safe in their practices. Good luck with your fishing, any help, just ask.
Welcome on board shaun :) :)
Welcome guys.
hello shaun welcome to the forum
Welcome onboard boss !! ;)
Chris 8)
Hi shaun and warm welcom to this fishing community. Hope you will find the information in this forum helpful and help you to learn new ideas and to improve what you already know. Do not hesitate to ask anything you wish to know about and I suggest too to go trough old posts there are a lot of useful information on our hobby. Good luck
hi all..
first of all prosit tas site. very interesting and helpful. my name's brian and am from xaghra(gozo). im interested in shore fishing and am quite new to fishing, started a couple of months ago.
welcome on this forum taxxara hope you will find some good tips on shore fishing. You are lucky you have some nice spots for rock fishing there.
Hi all of you. I've just enetred this forum. I'm not new to spearfishing, although I have learnt it all by myself. Great forum and looks like there are some wonderful spearfisherman here. I know some of you by sight even though I've never introduced myself.
Welcome Octo hunter.
I am sure you will get some great tips from here
welcome
Welcome
Welcome
Hello my name is Errol ,I live at Msida and I'm 22 years old. I started fishing with a reel rod for the last 3 months now and i find it very relaxing since I am kind of a nervous person lol. If someone wants to add me on msn to have a chat u can add me on erroltaliana@msn.com I would be happy to add as I am still learning some things about fishing and any tips would be great to hear thx.
Thanks mundinu. I ve been spearfishing for years now. Hope this hobby will still be viable in the years to come because as time passes we are constantly finding it more difficult to find fish around. This is a great forum. Keep it up to all. :)
Welcome to all of you guys.
You will get some nice info here, and some nice friends in a very friendly atmosphere.
The issue here is not to make fun of others, but to learn from each other's mistakes. It will be up to you to practice then.
Welcome everyone :D
Hi. I am also new to this forum. I am not really an experiencced fisherman since i'm 15 but I enjoy fishing especially deep drop for sawrell and "nrejjex" for dorado especially but also for kahli. Hope I will learn more in this forum!
Hello everyone,
My name is Alessandro, and starting in August 2009 my parents will be moving to Malta for a good 6 years! For me it?s a dream come true. I am Italian, born in Rome, but at present I am living in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where I am currently studying for a PhD in Pharmacy. My project involves ?Drug Discovery from the Marine Environment? (i.e. new drugs from the sea). Yeah!!!
I am thirty, and I have been fishing for thirty years. Fishing is my passion, my life, and can I say? My disease. I fish from the coast with anything that ranges from a piece of string and a hook, to ?Bolognese?, Surf Casting, Rock Fishing, Spinning, Fly Fishing and Spear Fishing. I freshwater fish too. Girlfriends, friends and family probably think of me as some sort of freak!!! But they?ve learned to accept it. I don?t have a boat, and I?ve never had one. Maybe Malta is the right place to get a hold of a little speedboat... but who knows, one step at a time
My nickname is Tracina, ?Weaver fish? in English. I lie low, but if you step on me, it will hurt.
I am looking forward to meeting some of you guys in person soon! Maybe tangling our lines!
Tracina
Quote from: Tracina on April 02, 2009, 15:46:17 CET
Hello everyone,
My project involves “Drug Discovery from the Marine Environment” (i.e. new drugs from the sea). Yeah!!!
Tracina
Welcome and very, very interesting topic for your PHD!!!!
Welcome tracina, I'm sure you will enjoy your stay ;)
Welcome on board boss !! :)
Ci vediamo ;)
Chris 8)
Welcome Tracina
bdw tracina is the name we use for the same fish in Maltese.
I name learned.
Mellieha
Hi guys , my name is Robert and I am a fishing-aholic!!!!
Well I am technically new to the forum, even though i've been registered since June 2008, I actually started using the forum for the past 2 weeks or so. Anyways, a belated hello to :-D
hello robbie!! ;D
welcome on board guys.
Tracina, very intersting intoduction.
Hope you keep on that well.
Welcoma also to robbie, you do not know what you already missed.
Welcome Trasina its nice to have ladies fishing.My wife dose,nt like to fish so I,m glad some ladies do. ;D
Quote from: redbus9 on April 04, 2009, 15:23:28 CET
Welcome Trasina its nice to have ladies fishing.My wife dose,nt like to fish so I,m glad some ladies do. ;D
erm.... where did you get the lady part from m8?? :D
Hello i Am also new to this forum and i have learned a lot since i joined. I don;t own a boat since i m only 15 but i go fishing with friends since no one in the family is a fisherman. I'm the first one:)
gr8 sajjiedf2, hope you catch more fish then i do, as it wont land u the title of sajjied then.. heheh
welcome m8
Lol 10x fishnoob. Being a sajjied doesn't mean you catch a lot of fish. It means you TRY to catch fish. xD
Sorry I,ve made a boo boo. Being Welsh I thought Trassina and Alessndro were both Italian girls names.Please accept my appologies ???
welcome guys
thanks neville
welcome aboard new comers ;)
dont worry redbus I am in your age bracket and we are allowed these types of mistakes LOL.......kidding of course......or am I. Take it easy mate c ya.
welcome ;D
Thanks Shanook,I think that as we get older the youngsters make allowances for our age. Don,t tell anyone but I,m 62 today but I still feel like 61 ;D
hey redbus, being that age and contibuting to an online forum is quite a feat on itself!! best of luck mate ;)
happy birthday for yesterday redbus, wow all those candles eh! hope you had a good one.
Hi i am Kenneth and live in Attard Malta
I am new to fishing and i am trying my hand with spinning reel fishing rod from shore. I have no kind of boat.
Hi Ken welcome.You will learn a lot from this forum and if you need any help don't worry just ask and someone will answer forsure.
WELCOME.
Hi all, I am Jonathan and I reside in Sliema. I am first mate and fishing assistant (although i have little/no fishing experience) on Benri's MV Shisha :)
Hi everybody! I joined the forum a couple of weeks ago and find it realy useful, excellent stuff. I'm going to visit Malta next month and will be staying in the Paceville/Saint Julians area. I'm looking forward to spending some time trying my luck fishing from the shore, mostly spinning but not only. Any tips regarding the area, "do's and don'ts", preffered rod configuration, any places specifically worth checking out, what to expect ?
Thanks a lot and keep up the great work!
welcome to all of you guys
Hi Darnok, welcome to the forum. Check out the Shore Fishing - General and Shore Fishing - Spinning Boards, you should find some useful info.
I know the General board has a few posts on good places to go etc.
Hopefully I will find the time to put this kind of initial info up on the main website for people coming from overseas wanting to fish in Malta, to help them along.
Welcome on board guys !!!
Chris 8)
Welcome to the forum ppl :)
Welcome guys :) ;) :D ;D
Hello,
My names Darren, i currently skipper a fishing vessel out of uk waters. My home is in Spain. I am looking for employment in the tuna industry out of Malta. I have lost the mail address and phone number of an owner called joe o,connell if anyone can pass my mail onto hm that would be great. Great forum
Hi Darren, welcome to the forum. Can't say that name is familiar to me....but perhaps one of the other guys here knows him.
Welcome to the forum
Thanks for your welcome Skip,
Joe used to own fishing trawlers in the UK. Now he has a couple of tuna boats fishing out of Malta somewhere, if you could mention it to others for me that would be great. The industry in UK is getting tougher i have crews that do not speak English and have no expereince its dangerous really. Any help you can give would be much appreciated, twenty years of fishing a spell working in the sunshine would be great.
Thanks
Hi all
My name is Mike, i am based in Msida currently fitting out my new 15 footer.
Will post pics in appropriate section as i progress.
I came across this forum through google and i think ill stay a while.
Good job to the creator of this forum and all who keep it running !
Hi Mike welcome to the forum.You will find lots of interesting topics here.
Hi Mike, and welcome to the forum. Take some time to go through the different sections and topics here. Do keep us informed on your current project. Any questions or queries on either fishing in general or fitting the new boat, just post in the appropriate section, I'm sure you will find alot of help here.
Hi everyone. Nice forum. I am into deep bottom fishing mainly. I see here are some experts already. Will post the pics when I get some fish.
welcome on board moonwalker and other new members! ;)
Welcome on board Moonwalker :)
I'm Christina, 26 yrs old.
i have no boat though i keep trying to get a friend to buy one LOL can't afford one myself as i am still studying.
I will try any kind of fishing given the chance but i think my luck tends towards bottom fishing.
i found this forum through google.
ps. i never even try taking any fish that are too small...you don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Hi Christina and welcome
Welcome ma'am :)
Welcome christina
welcome on board christina
Hello to all,
I'm a new member ,my name is richard,I'm from Dingli,my boat is a 13ft openboat with a 9.9 suzuki upgraded, looking forward to learn new ways of fishing particularly bottom fishing.my favorite areas are
sikka il bajda.
richard
good luck richie ....... just ask someone will surely pop up.
welcome richard 8)
welcome to all new members :)
Hi richard welcome.
Hi richard
i am sure you will find all the answers to all the questions you have on this forum
welocome to the forum christine and richard.
Hi
My name is Edward and I am new to the forum.
Looks good!!
Thanks
Ed
hi Ed welcome to the forum...any particular type of fishing you prefer??
you will surely find all the help you need over here :)
btw nice name...cause it's like mine :)
Welcome and tight lines to all!
Hi to all,
im also new to this forum. 18 years old and mostly like squid fishing;)
10x mundinu;)
You are out of season then white trail !! If you need any help just ask I love squid fishing too and shanook likes netting the squids for me.
hi,how do you think the weather is going on saturday I was planning to go out in the morning,
Go go go ! Weather is good all weekend :)
I, tooth it was going to be a bit windy.
windy?? force 2-3 all round
I was going to try a 50 hook konz for the first time and ankor nearby bottom fishing what do you think.
no what windy enjoy it sat i will be at sea too
Thanks guy ,I well let you know what I caught .
If i can correct you trough experience of knuz. ''What you MIGHT catch'' :P
I hope the have a good catch ;)
Mela hsibt li kulhadd bhalek Lapsi!!! LOL ;)
Hi Ed
I like and have tried most types of fishing from spinning and sufcasting to the imrejkba................I also enjoy scuba diving (not fishing), sailing and any other water sport.....
This Sunday I am hopefully going to try for Alongi. I dont have much time so I think I will head out of paradise bay about 15-20 miles cos I see there are some drop offs there.
Lets see how it goes...
Ed
Hello to all newcommers
Robby 50sunnara the same ammount in your konz ta limrejkba...
what happened to those ''3 darbiet in fila'' :P
@ lapsiboy Konz mitluq min dajsa differenti min imrejkba!!! meta tlaqt konz bid dajsa, dejjem qbadt!!! s'issa! u f'dawk it tlett darbiet ma kinitx harget kollha, 15-20 hooks differenti min 50! ;) ma tahsibx!!
Uuu I know that probably he will catch something but i never say that i will catch anything before i go! because then you will be dissapointed.. :)
Hi guys
Even if I don't catch anything,I enjoy it anyway just being there. :) :
inselmilko l ahwa, jie ghadni gdid u wiehed mil ftit hobbies li ghandi huwa s sajd. gejt imgennen mir rammx biex nidhol hawn maghkom u ma nahsibx li ha jiddispjacini ;)
insellilmlek lol...li dhalt ghawn mux se jidipjecik zgur...imma l quddiem li tghamila mieghi ha jidipjecik LOL niccajta siehbi ...ejja ha nistadu :)
mmmmmmmm ... Interesanit jideher dan :D
Welcome ... mela la taghmila ma rammx zgur taqbad xi haga :P
welcome aboard.
ir rmax jghid li meta jkun hemm jien ingiblu l luck u gieli jghid li jien lucky u nishet lilu ukoll insomma ??? dejjem kif jaqbillu dak ;D
Inselminkhom nies .
welcome and tight lines to all
Welcome onboard to all new comers !! ;)
Chris 8)
Welcome atom 450..
Bongu lil kulhadd, dhalt fdan il-forum biex niehu ftit pariri ghax imhajjar nixtri dghajsa zghira, nghidu ahna 13' imma ma ghandix idea ta xinhu l-ahjar.
Bhalissa zmien l-alungi u kieku jkolli biex nohrog ghalihom nithajjar imma ma nafx ghal liema daqs u sahha ta mutur ghandi nmur.
Ghandkhom xi suggerimenti?
Grazzi.
Hello Mosti,
l-ewwel net welcome f'din il-forum ;)
dghajjes hawn hafna x'tista tara pero ghal-alungi trid tohrog ftit l-barra. nahseb li ahjar kieku tikkonsidra tkabbar mqarr 16' ghax l-bahar sar jithawwad malajr u tispicca taqla xeba bahar bla hsieb.
hawn dghajjes li jinhadmu lokali kif wkoll ta barra li huma tajbin kif wkoll hziena.
l-ahjar mhur dur u igbor naqa quotes u qiss li bil-miktub u mhux bil-paroli u meta taghzel xi mudelli li jogbuk, erga saqsina u zgur li nkomplu naghtuk pariri fuq vantaggi u zvantaggi li dghajsa jista jkolla.
ok, 10q ghalissa.
a warm welcome to all new comers to the forum ;D
Welcome to the forum to all our recent members and Freedive who just signed up!
Don't worry about posting.....we're pretty relaxed in here and sometimes we even end up wondering off topic for a couple of pages!!
Welcome to all newcomers ;D
Quote from: skip on June 19, 2009, 19:44:48 CET
Don't worry about posting.....we're pretty relaxed in here and sometimes we even end up wondering off topic for a couple of pages!!
Really? when did this happen?.. ::) LOL
Hi Freedive, i live in the vicinities if you need anything. even crew :)
Welcome on board guys !!! ;)
Chris 8)
Hi to all new members welcome
Hi all
i am a new member my name is Adin from sannat Gozo, aged 16 started fishing when i learned to walk. i like mostly bottom fishing (tal qiegh) both by boat and from land on the cliffs. my favorite method is fishing with reel and trolling by boat. I fish in early mornings and evening every day and in summer i live by the sea. but my biggest passion is trolling during the lampuki season. my future plan is getting an electrical reel for deep sea fishing
thats all for now
hope to learn more
Welcome Adin !!! Seems Gozitan fishermen ara on the increase on our forum . . . ;)
Chris 8)
Welcome to the forum Adin nice to here that we are having more friends from Gozo joining the forum.
welcome
Hi I'm Michael Galea from Paola. Hello y'all!!
hello Mr Damateur.
Your wellcome in this forum. Was nice to see you in the competition, both of you
welcome onboard to all new members. One finds loads of information on the forum and alot are willing to answer any questions!
Hi all,
I'm new to boat fishing after an endless long winter fishing from land.
I recently bought a Buccanneer 15ft powered by a 50hp Johnson and cannot wait to go to sea as soon as the wind calms down. I'll be moored at Mellieha for a while.
I'm interested both in trolling and Tal-qiegh.
Hop on :)
welcome
FIN
Hi All
My name is Dermot
I am Irish and live in Scotland
My wifes family are Maltese
We are comming over in July for holiday
I like float fishing, jiging, bottom fishing, spinning and boat fishing
I found this site on a search engine
I think it's great and there are very helpful and nice people on here.
Welcome $pinner
Welcome onboard $pinner !!
You'll be soon here and maybe you'll have the opportunity to meet some of us members of this forum at one of our meet ups ;)
Chris 8)
Hi spinner welcome to the forum they are a right good lot on here and you will make some good friends for sure
Thanks for the friendly welcome lads and Noz I already made at least 1 friend in you, thanks for your help.
Dear All
First I would like to introduce myself. My Name is Ivan and I am from Malta. I am 40 years old and fishing is my passion.
I had the opportunity to go on a boat sharing trip with The Gaffer and the others last Monday. It was a bit disappointing really but on the other hand we were a good team and still managed to enjoy ourselves whilst there.
I still look forward should there be a next time, maybe we'll be much luckier.
Venere
Welcome aboard venere
Welcome to the forum venere
sajjiedf2 8)
Welcome onboard boss !!
Chris 8)
welcome onboard venere 8)
fishfinder
Thanks Guys
Sorry, but i forget to write in my introduction, i am from Paola and i live at Sliema for the last two years. I own a 20 ft Northstar open boat and I'm a good friend of Guido 99 and he is a very helpful BUDDY
welcome venere
Welcome to the forum
Quote from: venere on July 03, 2009, 19:40:42 CET
Sorry, but i forget to write in my introduction, i am from Paola and i live at Sliema for the last two years. I own a 20 ft Northstar open boat and I'm a good friend of Guido 99 and he is a very helpful BUDDY
Nice boat....:) very envious you going to join us on Sunday!!
Lovely boat Venere.... My choice was between the Northstar and the Marinello before I settled for the latter.
HI I AM KEVIN FROM ZURRIEQ
Welcome Kevin, another Marino owner it seems? Would love to see a small review on your boat and experiences so far in the boat review section :)
Hi, I'm Steve and have an 18 ft Marinello powered by Yamaha 85 .... I like anything fishy but am afraid I am a Jack of all trades master of none... so from Vopi with small rod to bottom fishing to lampuki to the occassional fishing expedition with the real professionals for netting lampuki. Am moored at Beachaven and have been following this forum since last year. Like the way its been kept in check and therefore there is not much nosense. A big prosit to all administrators.
Issa getting geared up for jigging... issa naraw :-\
hi stevea....
hi everyone,
i am new to his site nad it is really iteresting !! Well done. I'm Andrew from Birgu (Vittoriosa) and now i've sportfishing for the past 6 or 7 years, i am gaining a bit of experience now and I am enjoying some catch now :) (about time ) I like night fishing either from shore or from a small boat. Some times I go for lampuki with a friend of mine who happens to have a boat, and believe me. it is wonderful experience !! Anyway, tonight I'm going fishing at 1.30 am, not sure where, depends on the weather. Issa naraw. Hope I get some big ones :)
Nice 2 meet you all !!
Andrew
welcome andrew im neville from cospicua
welcome all new menbers
NEW MEMBER. Hello to all THE GOOD people of the fishing community.....................tight lines
Hello guys! I'm a newbie in this sport so as I'll do as I'm told. Will introduce myself..
My name is Gio, live in Toronto Canada and own a 14ft open boat (Fisherman) powered by a 30hp Nissan engine. I like both deep sea fishing with reels and bait and also occasionally trawling sakemm nitlef il-pacenzja. Anyway better than a day at work.
By profession i'm a physiotherapist working in Neuro Rehabilitation.
Got to know the forum thanks to Google!!
Great work guys, keep up the good work
Welcome to all new commers.
A warm welcome to all our new members, looking forward to seeing your posts :)
.... & meeting up at MFF events such as bbq's and other get-together's....
Welcome on board Gio14
Welcome onboard to all new comers !!! :)
Hope to cya at the meet ups !!! ;)
Chris 8)
welcom to all new MFF members ;D ;D
Hop on and welcome to all new MFF members
Good morning guys. Found this forum whilst I was looking for maltese fish name translations.
I am a big fan of this sport. Used to fish all summer long when I was aged six to fourteen. From the shore, spear fishing, from a small boat which my grandfather owned. Anything. We used to go out on the Kemmuna fish farms and catch really nice vopi, pagri and all the likes. One time we caught this fish with wings which none of the seasoned fishermen could recognise.
Unfortunately then my grandfather passed away and one starts getting into studies, work etc and stopped fishing. Last two years I have picked it up again. Going for the vopi from the shore, mainly to relax a couple of hours.
Anyways, wanted to introduce myself and if anyone has any nice spots for the vopi in the northern area of Malta i'd appreciate that a lot.
See you around.
Welcome to all the new comers :)
Hello to all,
I am James From Gozo, and fish in Qawra (nearby). Fishing (any kind of fishing) is my hobby ;)
btw. well done to all for the excellent posts you wrote in this forum!
jien membru gdid f'din is-site ili nistad ghal dawn l-ahhar 25 sena .site veru tal genn b'hafna pic sbieh u topics interessanti .jien valerio
Welcome to all ;)
"hello
am Joseph,i just join Malta fishing forum.it nice there.am also a mariner and i will like us to talk .will you do that .if so mail back to know more about me.
Joseph"
Today I recieved an email with this contents, I am not sure about it, the subject of the email was "greetings"
Just in case the sender is in good intentions here is the proper place to introduce yourself. In case you are reading this topic please introduce yourself to the rest of the members and you will be welcomed.
Carmelo.
Dont think he had good intentions as he seemed to spam everyone, he has since been deleted and blocked from the forum
Ok thanks skip, some people don't have anything better to do with their lives than trying to bother others.
Hi my names Malcolm was given Mikes tele number on a bus ride in Mosta. he pass me on to forum.
Moved to Malta in May 09 live in Mellieha, I have fished in Malta in 66 & &$ when in the Ropyal Navy (M'tarfa Hospital)
I used to do fresh an sea fishing in England out of Bradwell with John Rawle.
I do own some sea fishing equipment an uptider and a couple of lighter rods plus a pole.
I'm Married to Elizabeth (Betty), retired. Play darts and Fish, two great sports
I am interested in sea?boat fishing if any one has a spare place? any time really
And I would like some info on best baits to use and shore fishing tips.
Anyway I think thats all for now - Tight Lines.
Malcolm Smith
Mobile - 79913142
welcome malbet - greetings from Birzebbuga
Welcome here Malbet.
Though posted already a couple of times but never really introducded myself so will do a sort intro... guess better late than never!
My Name is Antoine, 35years living in Kappara married to Ann with a 2year old boy and another hopefully born next monday.....
Been going shore fishing since i was 8 from St Pauls bay and still remember the firsh fish I caught... a little Mazzun :-)
At 20 I used to go fishing for Moray eel from Mtarfa than move on to Mellieha for seabreams and griebel.
Noadays I prefer boat fishing.
As equipment besides the boat of corse and the usual rods ect i also have outriggers.
Looking to purchase another boat perhaps a 17ft for inshore night fishing.
got to know about the website through some browsing and also by recomandation of a neighbour of mine
Antoine
Welcome Malbet Good site this with lots of help and advice from some cracking people, I like you am a fishing mad pom, retired,but still living in the UK, But love to spend as much time as possible in Malta, we are back there in a couple of weeks for another top up of Maltese hospitality and good weather, So enjoy the fishing and enjoy the site
Hi to all new comers wellcome to the forum hope you will find all the useful information you will need to enjoy your hobby.
welcome malcom, glad you took my advice and joined in, enjoy.
welcome to this great forum. we are having a BBQ soon so your welcome to join us.
Hello to all ya guys....
WELCOME MALCOLM, I am sure you re pleased living in mellieha, good spot for the sandy beaches and the rocky parts for fishing, as you mentioned mosta you can go for a fishing advice at ta bormla fishing centre very close to hsbc bank right in the corner, they will help you with all your needs. HAPPY FISHING
hi Malbet and all on MFF.
here you'll get all the answers you ask for.
for more professional advice Ta Bormla Fishing centre in mosta will help you for sure..
Hi to everybody,
I'm Emanuel from Naxxar, own a chaudraun 13 open boat.
I am employed as a leading draughtsman with the Works Division.
I like to fish....no matter what type of fishing technique as long as I fish!
Usally I tend to go bait fishing from shore using mainly the running float technique and also bait fishing from my boat with a 'paternoster'..when I find time and some help to launch my boat...because I had a 'mazra' at ta l'ghazzelejn..St Paul's Bay, but some kind person took my place where I used to keep my boat...
at the moment am trying to find another place where to keep boat moored ???.
I also like to go for lampuki, tunnag and cervjol.
Insomma...I like to fish ;)
Hi all, My name is sean and am going to be staying in Malta from October onwards, I used to fish as a boy back in England and have never been since. I would like to get involved with fishing again but am not sure of the best ways to go about doing it. Is there any companys over here that would offer a one or 2 day course or something to show me how to bait up and cast properly, also what types of rods and reels need to be used for the type of fishing here. Any help or information would be most welcome. Sean.Heart83@googlemail.com
Thankyou all.
i'll give you lessons myself sean
shore and boat fishing
send me a pm ;)
Hello people, found this forum last night, through Google, and by accident - was looking form information on rowing boats. Not into fishing myself, but like to follow most things maritime. Name Mario, btw, from Qormi but spend lots of time in Marsascala, particularly in summer. Don't own a boat, but like boats (armchair sailor here!). Have now read several posts and must say I'm very pleased to have found this forum. Well done!
welcome wickedstreak
Hi all,
I am new to this forum so I?d like to introduce myself:
My name is Christian, I am from Naxxar. I have found this very interesting forum using Google. Currently I don?t own any boat but wish to own one in the near future. I am interested mainly in bottom fishing and in the last few weeks I have tried twice some spinning from shore. I don?t go fishing very often, but I always do my best to do so when I have some free time.
Thanks,
Good day!
Welcome onboard chrifene.Enjoy fishing
Welcome to the forum Chrifene, what sort of bottom fishing do you like?
Welcome to all new members
thanks spitec and alfadelta, well I generally go fishing from land with the rod & reel, mostly using paternoster rigs. I don't go fishing regularly as I already said, some of my catches include:sparli, pagell, serran, marzpan, burqax etc.
will let you know first time out on the boat for that kind of fishing to join us
Hello folk, my name is John and I am from England.
Along with my son I am coming on a holiday in Bugibba.
We would be grateful if anybody can tell us where is the best spots for shore fishing.
Have checked out the charters but they cost too much, I have posted in the share cost section but so far no reply.
What we would like to know also is do you have to buy a licence or can you just fish off the harbour wall.
Some countries do not allow fisherman to give their catch away, what are the rules and regulations on Malta.
Welcome
You can fish with no licence but I would advise you have a look at the Local Fishing Regulations on the forum so you can get an idea of minimum sizes.
You can catch and release or catch and eat, but you cannot catch and sell.
Alot of people have taken their boats out the water at the moment due to the bad weather. By all means post a reminder in the cost sharing section.
New members welcome aboard. We are having a BBQ as per forum notice . why not join in an get to know each other. CU
Thank you Skip.
We are coming 8th to 22nd November, hopefully the weather will be better then.
Will read up on the rules and regulations.
John
Hi all,
I should have posted here first so here is a belated introduction.
As my title suggests I'm Alan and I live in Brighton uk!
I do mainly boat fishing as I have a small shetland boat that I get out on as often as possible (weather permitting!!).
I also do charters about once a month to get out to the deep wrecks that are too far for us to attempt in a 17 ft boat and to go for the bigger Pollock and Cod.
My mum lives in Melliha so I get out to Malta as often as possible and absolutly love the place, friendly people, nice weather and no thoughts about work!
I'll be over on the 25th of Oct for 10 days and would love to get a line wet whilst I'm there so anyone who knows of a charter that may have a space or could just give me some advice on how to fish from the shore in the North of the island please give me a shout.
I've seen some great posts on here and would like to be able to contribute at some point in the future.
Alan.
Hi Alan,
I do cost sharing trips, similar to chartering, only you pay much less. My boat is a 26' Trojan sportsfisher. You say you'll be in Malta on the 25/10, for 10 days, so I'm sure we can find a weather window open to go out for Lampuki...
Lets keep in touch, and I'll let you know.
Hi Gaffer,
That sounds perfect, not sure how to pm on here yet but will when I can I'll drop you my number.
Thanks.
Alan
Hi guys, I guess I'm the newest newbie around here...
My name is Jamie and I'm 21 years old, from Rabat.
I love fishing but up till now I have only done shore fishing for small fish. I joined this forum as I'd like to go after bigger fish and learn how to properly use the reel and the respective baits. I dont have a boat so my fishing is limited to the shoreline unfortunately :(
So anyways, hello to all and cheers for the wonderful forum :p
hi Divinu wellcome aboard.
Hello Divinu, should you need info on shore fishing, please do not hesitate to contace me.
Hi divinu,
very nice place you come from,Rabat.Welcome on board.If you need any help ask me.
hija jamie akka divinu
Good evening, my name is Joe, 64 years old and I live in Horsham near Gatwick. I have a 16 foot caitlin fishing boat which unfortunately I don't get to use as much as I would like. i'm a reasonably competent sea angler both from boat and shore. The reason that i'm posting on here is because i'm going to Malta next may for a week mainly to do some fishing. OK I have a 20lb boat rod, a lightweight uptide rod and various beachcasters so with regard to rods, what would you advise me to bring. I like to do a lot of my fishing with artificials and have spoons, various jelly eels/ shads etc so again any advice would be very welcome.
Thank you guys for the warm welcome :p
Right now I'm looking around the site for info on catching the lizz. Never tried spinning....For some reason i am always afraid of the line snapping :(
When I usually try for some deep fish i always get the line caught in some rocks...very annoying.
2 weeks ago I lost 3 sets of paternoster, I believe its called, at cirkewwa.
Most of the time if you don't get stuck it's not a good spot.Spinning is not as easy as it seems but you shouldn't be afraid of the line,use a good quality 0.25 or 0.30 and thats it for cudas.
Hello to all ;),
Came across this forum while searching on Google for some info re shore fishing in Malta/Gozo, as I do not own a boat. Well done for this forum. Its very well kept and alive!
When I was a kid I was crazy about fishing, although simple shore fishing. Nothing professional, just enjoying the hobby as it is. Used to go fishing with my uncle & dad, mostly at Wied iz-Zurrieq (fuq l-idejn... tal-genn), San Lucjan, Wied ix-Xoqqa, Cirkewwa, etc. I loved fishing and I have very nice memories. Some of them were a bit crazy for that age, example going on high dangerous cliffs ;D with my uncle to throw "nassi" for vopi and cawl, or on a small frejgatina "bir-rixa" or for bottom fishing "fuq l-idejn" under the cliffs...
Getting older, I had some friends who owned a boat and we used to go for Lampuki. Once we used a "konz" (not sure if its called a "konz") with approx 20 hooks with lures, and while casting it for the first time, we got 12 nicely sized tumbrell (or tuna) all at once! Oh what an experience... will never forget it... we had the boat RED with blood in just 5mins, with all the fish jumping around our feet on the small boat!
In my late 20s, while studying and getting married, ::) I had to forget fishing due to other commitments.
This late summer, by coincidence, my kid had a fishing activity organised by the school. So with this excuse, we bought new fishing rods and some lines and I took the opportunity to try and get started again.
And I think I'm hooked again!!... and seems even my kid is hooked! He liked it very much and he's very keen to go fishing now.
I'm trying to find good places from shore, especially in the south, as until now we only got small fish like vopi, zabri and some other small species... >:(
If anyone can help me with "good places" for shore fishing, I appreciate.
I'm interested in descent size fish (which you can cook at least), whatever it is... although even good sized Vopi will do...
BTW > SORRY for the LONG introduction!
Keep it up! ;)
welcome aboard sharktail!
First of all welcome to the Forum. Secondly, if your sons' fishing activity was in cikewwa, I was their with the organizer, it was a very good outing. I would like to add that now the time is coming for the big vopa. For shure it will give you satisfaction when you catch it and it is good to eat. Good luck.
Thanks Mulett, re son's fishing activity, no it was'nt in Cirkewwa, but at MarsaXlokk. Thanks anyway.
Any help re shore fishing from the rocks, especially "fuq l-idejn", would be appreciated, whatever the fish... ;)
BTW, where do I have to post such questions? I guess this is not the right section of the forum eh?
10x again...
It depends what your questions are. If I were you I will start a topic Help wanted. Post your questions and be assured that you will receive lot of answers.
youre welcome! lol!
billhitches@fsmail.net
Hi I am MAX From Tiverton Devon UK, About 35 years ago I owned a 20ft boat most days in the summer I would go a fishing for Bass spining. but those days have long gon, as age has crept up on me. any way the reason I joined the Forum is that next year I will be in Malta for 6 weeks and I would like to fish from the shore or pier. I have a few health probalems. back and legs, so need a bit of advice on what is needed and the best way of getting it. Excuse the spelling I did not spend much time at school.
max
welcome action, nice to have another brit on board, what part of the island are you going to be staying ??? ??? ???
Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and it looks very interesting and informative.
I live in Siggiewi and have 28 years of age. When I was a kid I used to go fishing in front of our house in M'Scala, with a normal rod and we used to catch a handful of small fish.
Last week I decided to purchase a normal rod and a reel rod, and some tackle to start spending some time, instead of staying in bed in the early morning. Due to the fact that I live in Siggiewi, can anyone suggest and interesting spot in Ghar Lapsi or in the vicinities, where I can at least enjoy some fishing. Of course I understand that there is nothing guaranteed, but at least I won't go in a spot where definitely no fish are present.
Thanks in advance guys.
by the sea is a place... lol
lapsi is good
Quoteby the sea is a place... lol
lol....... although its a joke......... it is also true as you do not know where a nice fish may decide to lurk around..... trial and error is the key to success.... look for places with the natural habitat of the fish you are after ;) , as in don't expect to catch deep sea fish, in 1 meter of water on a sandy beach....
nice one granitu ;D , and thanks robby ;D
np :D whatever you do...... never use very thick tackle for shore fishing..... the fish are super witty
Hi all My name is Max , From Tiverton Devon UK. I have not been fishing for 28 years so am a bit rusty, I will be in Malta in april and May and would like to go fishing again and make new friend while there, I found the forum on search engine, A forum member Noz has been very good to me with advice on fishing in Malta and said what a great team of people you are MAX
welcome, you have had advice from one of the best, a true gent, ( noz ).
Hello action maybe you could pass on those tips to another old Brit who is coming out this Sunday for a fortnight in Bugibba. Rods, reels and tackle are packed in hope of catching one or two from the harbour wall.
If anybody has some free time and is heading out from there we will help to pay for the fuel/boat if we can tag along.
Hi sir john my tips on fishing would do you no good at all, in fact if you depend on me you may as well stop at home.if you can get in touch with Noz/ Norman through the forum Iam sure he will give you good advice. Any way good fishing.
Max
HI MAX AND SIR JOHN HAVE SENT YOU BOTH MESSAGES ONLY TOO GLAD TO HELP OUT TO IF I CAN NO PROBS THERE , AND IF I CANT HELP THEN I AM SURE ONE OF THE CRACKING PEOPLE ON THIS FORUM WILL HELP YOU OUT AS THEY HAVE DONE WITH ME IN THE PAST, GOOD LOT ON HERE, CANT WAIT TO GET BACK THERE AT CHRISTMAS, AND NEW YEAR, SOD FREEZING MY SELF AT HOME HERE IN BRITLAND
Noz, can you please avoid writing in caps. It's taken as shouting
certainly skip did not realise i had pressed the caps locked button, hand slapped taken will not happen again sorry
Just sent Noz a PM and I hope we can meet up with him and others during our holiday.
Hello Guys
New to the forum and new to sea fishing, any help or advice would be greatfully recieved.
I am from the U.K. moved out here to lovely Malta, Feb this year.
I have done some fishing off Blackpool with one of my mates, which is completely different to the fishing here.
I have bought myself a Carver 280, with twin mercruser engines, giving me around 410hp and she is moored on the pontoons in Tax'biex.
I retired early, so I thought I would treat myself to a half decent boat, (something I have allways wanted) and do some fishing.
Are there any fishing marks that are recognised to yield some decent fish, or is it case of trolling around until you hit some fish.
I realise there are some deep waters around Malta, so I had a look on e bay and saw a Miya Epoch Command CX-4 Big Game Electric Reel, which I thought was very reasonble priced, so I sent for it, a second hand reel that looked nearly new in the photographs.
The seller was in Japan and once I paid for the reel he dispatched it by EMS, a few days ago, it arrived in Malta on Friday, but is being held by customs, I have to pay €15 because it has come from a country outside Europe and also I may have to pay VAT/duty on the reel, I just hope they dont rip me off.
As I say any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Hi Russell, welcome to the forum.
Well done on the boat as you say why not treat yourself :) You'll be able to do some serious offshore fishing and you can challenge The Gaffer at next years Alungi competition in June :)
Trolling wise the West coast is the most productive running along the various ridges just out from filfla. Deep bottom fishing I would stay on the West coast for now and experiment with spots.
If it's come by EMS you're paying €15 for them to process the clearance on your behalf and deliver it to your house, much easier than going and queuing!! They will then take the invoice value plus shipping and work around 5% duty and then 18% VAT on top of that as charges.
Before you sign for the package when the delivery guy comes, open and check everything thoroughly especially as you're likely to see Brown tape with Dwana ta Malta written in red (Customs) so you want to make sure that everything that should be there, is there BEFORE signing!
They won't rip you off but work off the invoice values.
hi spirit of jason welcome to the forum........
Skip and Shanook thank you for the warm welcome.
Russell
i am from gozo
i love jigging but ill do anything to to get the Adrenaline rush
i have a 15 foot speed boat with a 40ph i do all my fishing on the N side of gozo
my name is adam galea i am 18 years old i am in school in ireland for my 8 year now i go back home when ever i can.
i found this site on facebook
welcome gozo123
Welcome to the forum Adam
thank you
Hi everyone!
I'm Grei, 32 from Mosta, fishing was always my hobby since I was a kid and it's been on and off since I can remember, but now it seems that I'm really hooked, bis serjeta, going up and down to fekruna almost everyday, spending more money at mr fish than at supermarket but it's all worth it, it makes up for all the stress, qazba, bahar, ipod, xi trid iktar? :D
Anyways, I've been going through this forum for quite some time and it's really great, tips and all that, links, posts and most af all, everyone is very helpful, so I decided to join ;D
I just bought a really cheap rod and reel combo from ebay, it's good to begin with as I've always used the classic pole. I'm gonna use it with a running float, mostly at night using Korea worms. I don't really know the fishing terms so I will try to explain, the line is 25 and I have a 25g runnung float, what is best to do? A 15g running sinker under the float and a fergha, attached to a swivvel with a 2 hook paternoster and a 5g sinker at the end, or just a 20g sinker at the end of the paternoster, or a 20g running sinker under the float and just a fergha attaced to a swivvel with just 1 hook? For the fergha I'm using Trilene sensi thin ultra+ 18mm 5.8kg. Which hooks should I use? Will fluorescent beads help?
Dear all MFF members,
Hope this note finds you all well, my name is Chris (28), keen on the outdoors, photography and travelling! Currently residing at Balzan.
Been following this very informative forum on and off for a couple of months and thanks to you all I decided to start fishing again! (After a couple years)
Have very fond memories of fishing with my grandfather and my dad! And if I start practicing this lovely hobby again, i'm sure dad will tag along and it will be a great way to spend some quality time with him and relax!
I have always practiced catch and release, (keeping the single good sized bream for mum, since myself and dad don't eat fish).
Here in Malta I do not think we take this practice seriously enough. (Not generalizing guys!) Releasing the small sized fish is Very important for conservation and sustainability, but it is also important that we do not overfish. Sometimes we catch much more then what we need.
My fishing knowledge is very limited as I have done only shore fishing and I have never used a reel rod in my life! But i'm keen to learn new techniques like spinning! :)
Anyways, lately got myself a new tackle box, some fishing line, barbless hooks, and a grauvel fishing rod.
In the summer months I spend a lot of time at sea on my Suzumar SIB, powered by a Suzuki 9.9 DF (4 stroke). Never used it for fishing but would like to learn how to troll.
Wishing you all a happy Christmas and a healthy 2010!! :)
Cheers,
Chris
Welcome to the forum Floody
welcome aboard :D
Hi guys. Have been posting recently but not yet introduced myself. My name is Kevin, 42 years, from Rabat but reside in Dingli. Graphic designer by profession. Have been fishing since I was a young boy because we have a summer residence St. Paul's Bay. Used to catch loads of fish at that time but now it's a different story. Used to go trolling a lot with my grandfather Salvinu who was the No.1 for amberjack (cervjola) in his time. For the past 7 years I have been trolling a lot with my father Tony in St. Paul's Bay and now on the lookout to buy my new boat after I sold my 13ft frejgatina at the end of summer.
Welcome to the forum guys :)
Welcome to the forum :)
My name is David and i come from Imgarr malta. I have been fishing for many years and although I own a 12ft boat i hardly use it as I prefare to fish from the shore with a rod and reel. I am glad to be part of this forum which I found through Facebook. Hi and happy fishing to all the members. David.
Welcome to the forum david :)
Hi, My name is Steve and I live in the north east of England. I mainly do freshwater match fishing but always take my rod with me every summer when I come to Malta. Roll on June when I will be back in the sun away from all this snow ;-)
Hi Steve, welcome to the forum, shore fishing in malta is quite a challenge in terms of getting some nice catches :)
welcome steve,from the north east of uk myself, lived here for 3 years, good luck in june. 8) 8) 8)
Hi , my name is carmelo and i m italian from sicily ( Catania)... i m 17 ... i live in naxxar and i have been living in malta for two year... i want to become an aeronautic pilot .... i love fishing and i took and i m taking part in fishing competition with a maltese fishing club ....i really love to practice almost all the tecnik of fishing : 4 mullet,inglese,bolognese,bombarda,ledgering , running float,running leisure ,pater noster, surf casting ( unfortunately in Malta is not that common because there re not big beach ) nd i m always there with a 0.11-0.12 mm that make every catch a really pleasure and many times got angry wen the big sargo cut my line xD but this is fishing ... and really rarely my net to keep the fish alive (barrada ) stays empty after few hours of fishing ;) ... I love CATCH AND RELEASE and i think that this mentality must be expanded to everyone that practice this beautyfull sport..
regards Carmelo
salve carmela e benvenuto. Hi Carmela and welcome to the Forum.
thank s shanook ...aniway carmelo ..not carmela xD hahah ..... u have a channel on youtube ?? because if u have a channel on youtube with the name of shanook 111 ..than i m one your subscriper to your channel ..aniway .. this is my channel with some videos of catch from malta http://www.youtube.com/user/carmelozzzzz ...
opps sorry mate didnt mean to offend typing mistake. Yes I am shanook111
welcome to the forum. you have interesting videos on youtube, keep it up.
Hi People, my name is Kevin and I am from Lija. I'm, 37 years old and I am not completely new to the hobby. I used to go fishing when I was 16 (ghal tal qih).. I have been everywhere at that time.. by bus that time. I stopped then, and now just after I got married I bought some spinning tackle.. (also about a million lures). I went twice but caught nothing, the wind was from behind me. I know it is not the best time of the year at the moment but I still wake up early in the weekends anyway, so I get my tackle and go leaving my wife fast asleep.
I would like to target the following:
Spnott
Lizz
Cervjol
Sawrell
I have all types of lures, surface poppers, suspending, diving, diving with rattles, wriggling.. you name it I have it. I can cast quite far and the lures have good swimming motion whilst retrieving them.
What I am having difficulties is with locations. I dont mind walking 30 minutes or even more from my car but I really am stuck. I think next weekend I will try St Pauls Bay, Ta Fra Ben or Mistra area.
See you all around,
Kevin.
welcome mate.........
Thanks Shanook..
welcome to the forum Blaze.....
hi all ,
i am jean-paul and i live in zabbar , i like most off all beach legder / surf casting and i m doing this sport these last 1 months for now i'm still learning . i knew about the forum by my friend. for now i work as a watch technician in Valletta.
great forum thanks guys. good work :)
Welcome to the forum Jean-Paul. You will receive many good advices in this forum. Cheers mate.
thanks malvizzu. cheers >
welcome
i have posted a few post but did not introduce myself correctly sorry. here s my CV.
name : Daniel
home: Zurrieq
age : 25
passion : SEA!!! mainly apnea spearfishing, then there is scuba diving, boating, some boat fishing (mind you, the post i have posted are for my father since he is the fisherman, i speak in first person so as not to complicate things)
we have just bought a second hand boat Jupiter Pulpitation (gipsy spirit) powered by a nissan 90 before that we had a kaptan 14ft
then there is OFF ROAD (land rovers)
i think that basically it.
well if you need something ask i would be happy to help
Daniel
welcome to the forum.
Hi All! New member just joined. 59 year old male in Naxxar. NEVER handled a rod or line but would like to take up this sport as a past time in preparation for my forthcoming retirement ;D.
Desperately need beginers tips ??? Hope to hear from you.
welcome my friend. you came to the right place.i suggest you pay to be a premium member which is only 8 euros. not only you get access to places within this forum which otherwise you cannot but,you also get good discounts on the tackle you would need to buy to enjoy this wonderfull hobby. regards
Tks caldaland. Just up graded to premium. As for rod and tackle, I have been given a 3.5 m. Olympus rod and reel along with some weights and hooks as a birthday gift by my daughter. Now I need to find out how to use them, what kind of bait etc. Been going round the internet without much success. hope you guys can come up with a few pointers. I look forward to some good tips.
youre most welcome
Welcome to the forum will send you your membership card application form this evening
hi Pscibby, I had the pleasure of being the oldest man on the forum u beat me by a few months.......oh well
If your intention is fishing from land there are a lot of guys who will give u great tips on the subject.
Welcome and enjoy
Hi friend.
My name is Adriano and Iam new in forum where hope learn of you.
I am a appasionate of the fishing.
Best wishes to you
Adriano
**Sorry, I don´t know the Maltese language.
HOLA Adriano and welcome to the forum.
Hi Pscibby and Adriano - welcome on board to the big family of MMF. You could not have chosen a better forum. I joined last year to seek advice before buying a new boat and engine, and believe me, I had loads of info than I ever imagined. I have only met very few guys from the big family but all of them fantastic people and ready to help. Do a search on the forum and you would be surprise by the amount of information given. Cheers guys.
Hi guys, I did used to log on as Ste F but for some reason I could not log on as that anymore, so now I am back as Steve F and I can't wait to come over to Malta in a little over 2 weeks time.
Hi everyone. I'm Joseph from Qormi, age 23. A friend of mine suggested this forum as i'm brand new for spearfishing.
I'm trying to find some regulations about fish which can be speared, also lenght limits of captured fish. I only found
a few, maybe there is a whole list with pics of fish etc etc. Thanks in anticipation. Keep it up.
Hi Xkanat. Welcome to the forum. You will certainly find a wealth of information. Cheers.
Hello All
I'm Mark (Rascal) from Mosta and I am new to the forum. I joined a couple of days ago and the ammount of feedback I got straight away regarding a question i posted was much appreciated.
I hope to learn alot from you guys.
Thanks once again
Quote from: Xkanat on August 11, 2010, 09:59:36 CET
Hi everyone. I'm Joseph from Qormi, age 23. A friend of mine suggested this forum as i'm brand new for spearfishing.
I'm trying to find some regulations about fish which can be speared, also lenght limits of captured fish. I only found
a few, maybe there is a whole list with pics of fish etc etc. Thanks in anticipation. Keep it up.
Xkanat.
I have found this Information regarding your question. hope it helps
The minimum sizes of fishes, measured overall, shall be according to the following schedule:
Name: Min Size
Voparella and Vopa)(Boxboops) 90mm
Arznella and Munqara (Smaris vulgaris) 90mm
Trilja or Red Mullets (Mullus barbatus and Mullus sarmuletus) including Triljetta 100mm
All other fishes except transparent goby (makku) & whitebait (srajdna & nemusa) 115mm
Cuttlefish (sicca)* 75mm
Squid (klamari)* 100mm
*Cephalopods, measured from the anterior side of the eye to the posterior end of the body
A marine organism which is smaller than the minimum size specified shall not be caught, retained on board, transhipped, landed, transferred, stored, sold, displayed or offered for sale. (reg.4_Art.15_EC 1967/2006)
Scientific Name:Common name: Minimum size
Dicentrarchus labrax Sea-bass 25 cm
Diplodus annularis Annular sea-bream 12 cm
Diplodus puntazzo Sharpsnout sea-bream 18 cm
Diplodus sargus White sea-bream 23 cm
Diplodus vulgaris Two-banded sea-bream 18 cm
Engraulis encrasicolus * European anchovy 9 cm
Epinephelus spp. Groupers 45 cm
Lithognathus mormyrus Stripped sea-bream 20 cm
Merluccius merluccius *** Hake 20 cm
Mullus spp. Red mullets 11 cm
Pagellus acarne Spanish sea-bream 17 cm
Pagellus bogaraveo Red sea-bream 33 cm
Pagellus erythrinus Common pandora 15 cm
Pagrus pagrus Common sea-bream 18 cm
Polyprion americanus Wreckfish 45 cm
Sardina pilchardus** European sardine 11 cm
Scomber spp. Mackerel 18 cm
Solea vulgaris Common sole 20 cm
Sparus aurata Gilt-head sea-bream 20 cm
Trachurus spp. Horse mackerel, Scad 15 cm
Welcome to the big family Rascal.
Welcome to the forum guys
Good Morning to every body.
I'm Malcolm from Santa Lucia now living in Rabat and I am new to the forum.My primary hobby is hunting but I adore fishing and because hunting is not anymore a past time as it used to be, Now I am turning my attention to Fishing. I work as a droughtsman with the government. I joined a couple of days ago and looking forward to learn from you guys. I go mainly shore fishing.
Regards
Malcolm
Welcome to the forum Malcolm. We share the same passions of hunting and fishing but as you said, we are being limited all the time.
Welcome my friend The Box! ;)
Hi.
I'm coming on Wednesday night for 10 days to Mellieha with wife and son. Hoping for some early mornings and evening sessions. Looking to use flyrod and light spin but bringing bait tackle just in case! If all else fails I'll be drinking :)
Cheers
Mat
welcome mat........ it is trolling season in malta for dolhin fish now........ maybe you can join a cost sharing trip whilst you are here........ i should be organising a couple.......
Sounds great. I'll pm my number. Thanks
noted...... you can remove now...... my email is robby017@hotmail.com if you'd like to give me more details of your trip.
Hi all ,
I am Luke Schembri from Haz-Zebbug .
I am new to fishing but when I go fishing from land I use running float or paternostre and from the boat I am intrested in deep sea fishing and jigging
I just bought my first boat that it is a 14ft open boat powered with 9.9hp and 4hp Johnson
I cam across this website from Google .
Great work guys :)
welcome aboard luke
Welcome to the forum Luke. You will find wealth of information here.
Hi All,
I am new to this forum and wish to introduce myself.
Age: I'm 26
Home Town: Mosta
Fishing Style: Harpooning / Trolling for Dorado, Tumbrell, Baracuda and similar fish.
Boat: 14 foot Silvercraft 25 HP Yamaha
I have known about the forum for years and actually opened this profile about a year or two ago but never actually posted anything or made use of the account. Now that a couple of friends of mine and I are going fishing more often I wish to get more close to the local fishing scene. I first heard about this forum while I was shopping at Mr Fish in Iklin.
Any questions please ask.
I have a question for anyone out there.
What is the best time of the day to fish for Lampuki?
Thanks
any daylight time is just fine as long as you are not caught by the owner of the fad!
I see. Yes but isn't earliest the better or?
Is heard's bank in Marsascala any good?
Welcome to the forum Blabfish.
near the fads lampuki can be caught at anytime as long as there is light. other places is more of a matter of luck.
Great replies, thanks guys !
Hi all ,
My name is Chris, I'm 42, and I live and work in the Northeast of England. My wife and I have been going to Gozo since 2003, and we just love the island; we're seriously thinking of retiring there in about 10 years (if we can wait that long)!!
I used to sea fish as a kid with my father off the north Norfolk coast, but I can't do with the cold nights and empty bag any more, so now I fly fish for trout at a local reservoir.
I'm in Xaghra in February with the family, and then again in July, and would love to get a chance to spend some time fishing while I'm there.
I've never fished in Gozo, so I'm a complete noob at the moment. I'm looking forward to browsing the info here when time permits.
Thanks to everyone involved for putting their time/money/effort into running this forum, I've done it in the past and understand the dedication required for little thanks.
All the best,
Chris
Welcome to the forum Chris what you didnt state is if you like fishing from land or boat.
Hi shanook,
I've got to work around my (non-fishing) family :-\ , so a bit of shore fishing would probably be easier to start with.
If I could get in touch with someone with a boat who knows the waters, well that would be really cool too.
Cheers,
Chris
Welcome to the forum Chris.
Hello everyone, i'm new to this forum. I'm kenneth from ghaxaq and i love everything that has to do with the sea. I have a 14ft boat with a 2 stroke yamaha 25. I love spearfishing but recently started abit bottom fishing. Came across this forum from google.
Welcome to the forum Totti10.
Hi good afternoon everyone.
My name is Adrian and I am 35 years old. I have been shore fishing since the age of 10. My favorite game is shore pole fishing and beach ledgering. My favoutite fish is sargi especially on the pole.
Fishing is what keeps me going in a frantic life.
welcome adrian
hi guys!
I'm new to this forum, actually I just registered this morning in hope of furtherly increasing my fishing knowledge and to share and listen to different opinions about methods and techniques. I'm 16 and still quite an amature in the fishing world as I haven't had anyone to teach me about the proper ways and methods to fish however over the past 5 years I've been gathering up information here and there enought to earn me a good number of sparli,brieqex, morini and the occasional sargu.
My family doesn't own a boat and therefore my fiahing is land based.......So to come to my first query for any of you who can help me out , coulld anybody give me some pointers about fishing for the elusive sargu from land because out of all the bottom dwelling fish close to shore this fish is the one I find the hardest to catch. So could anyone help me out ?
TY guys:) :)
Welcome to the forum, are you a fan of Deadliest Catch?? I believe that's what they call new deckhands!
Thanks for the welcome :) . Yes I did get the name from deadliest catch I thought that the name was appropriate and all ...
Hi all,
My name is George, i am an FDI & CMAS freediving instructor in Cyprus. I love underwater filming and I spearfish for the last 10 years with a camera and a gun in my hand!
Warm greetings to all new members.
Welcome George, let us know how the spearfishing is over there in Cyprus, I heard it's a lovely place to visit.
I believe that Cyprus have some beauties and some problems. As about the people in Cyprus i believe that the hospitality and friendliness is like your beautiful island. Cyprus is a difficult place for spearfishing. The high sea temperature increases the salinity and that affects the reproduction process of many species. The limited fishing area and poor sea floor force the Cypriot spearo to evolve in order to make a catch. This is not necessarily bad or a disadvantage because its also a very big challenge to find your hunting level. Thank you for the right question because this give me the opportunity to give the right answers:)
hi, Jiena mario min haz-zabbar u dan l-ahhar qed intija as sajd veru niehu pjacir
dak l aqwa..... welcome mario
merhba mario. inti tigi min Frans it-tus Alla jahfillu?
Welcome guys to the forum
Hi, My name is Gilbert, i'm 25 yrs old from Attard and currently living in dingli, Just bought a 16ft buccaneer, i like fishing but unfortunatly i don't go that much, now may be the boat will be an excuse :)
Welcome Gilbert.
Welcome to the forum Gilbert. We live in the same village than :)
Welcome Gilbert, now that you have the new boat, definately a good excuse to use it lots :)
Hi My name is Lorraine. I'm 30 years old from Fgura. I used to go shore fishing with my dad when I was younger. Then as soon as we bought a boat we started to go fishing every Sunday and sometimes even Saturday. I love fishing and use this sport as a family outing and to relax a bit.
thats what its all about..... welcome to the forum.
Welcome to the forum.
Welcome to the forum.
I guess you are the second lady that has joined the Forum in the last few weeks, the other being "Bahbuha" a cousin of mine. Its great to have the fairer sex join up. Welcome on board and happy fishing!
Am a keen rod fisherman from the shore, with very little experience of boat- fishing. We used to catch all kinds of fish with just hook and line in the old days ( am 60+ now ) ,but fish are not that plentiful now. I have lately taken to spinning but am still a novice at it. Would like to learn more.
so,having a woman {as i proposed} in the commitee was not such a bad idea after all. how about it?
I have been registered in this forum from 2010 but today is the first time I am writing. I took part in all alongi competitions you have organised till now. Regarding commitee I am not an expert fisherwoman but I am ready to help in the committee like organising or accounts which mainly is my full time job.
oh my god! not another accountant! looks like they breed like bleedin rabbits. this forum is full of them. now,where are the good ole plasterers! im just joking and teasing of course. {robby take note}. :D
Mela Max...suddenly the "ladies" are popping out of the woodwork, how wonderful, hope they would be able to join us for the BBQ during the Tournament's closing ceremony on the 09 July.
Note has been taken of Lorzamtab's proposal, very kind....Nick & Joe pls. keep in mind.
FYI – We have today taken on board a 4 man band to play "sixties" music....(ghalija u ghalik Max!) during the awards ceremony. They came forward and wanted to offer their talent for free. From what I have been told they are pretty good.
Quote from: lorzamtab on May 09, 2011, 11:00:46 CET
I have been registered in this forum from 2010 but today is the first time I am writing. I took part in all alongi competitions you have organised till now. Regarding commitee I am not an expert fisherwoman but I am ready to help in the committee like organising or accounts which mainly is my full time job.
That is really good news. So I guess we'll be seeing you in this year's Oris national Big game Tournament. On your willingness to form part of the committee, you are more than welcome. I like to call it strength through diversity. Speak soon.
actually its a brilliant idea as since i'm still half way through ACCA you can help the committee and me out when i can't be there for study purposes...
Would be great to have you on board Lorraine :)
lol colin
lil sehibna toni ix- shanook hallejtu barra colin
Aw Max, I did not know that my good friend Toni is a band player also. I do not know what type of "instrument" he plays-:).... he is certainly excellent on computer applications, his embroideries, which I really treasure, are second to none.
Did I miss something...suddenly I am a band player, believe me when I was young mum had a piano and she tried to teach me but the only thing that was sure was that the cats used to gather outside when i played and then she got me a guitar and the shop ran out of strings..........so music for me is an only listening thingy ...... I might play an instrument but that is done in private.....
lol
I guess ur playing with all those swallow tails you managed to take from Mr fish :P
:)PPPPPPPPPPPPPP
Hello Nies, Jien Karsten mill-isla, my nick Slejni.... and Albatross 390 b mutur Yamaha 9.9..
Bongu Karsten is-Slejni, int missierek is-slejni tal-gabbana?...sellili ghalieh, jien l-iscotch!!
Bilhaqq, welcome to the Forum
Welcome to the forum Slejni
Hi Big Striper here
living in St.Pauls Bay I am retired and have fished a lot for salmon and steelhead trout and have caught a Striped bass of 12 kilos ( 25lbs) in Oregon,USA where I used to live and have just returned from there after a holday if anyone ever needs a fishing partner I can pay my share
Cheers
Big Striper
welcome on board mate :)
Welcome to the forum Big Striper
hi big striper u didnt mention any WALLEYES didnt u catch any............used to fish them and steelheads in lake Eire
Hi all
My name is Rab which is short for Robert in Scotland. I am from Edinburgh and I will be visiting Malta for a month this year from 20th of August to the 20th of September. I am staying in a villa in Mellieha and would welcome any tips and advice you can give me on the fishing around Malta's coast. I will be hiring a car when I get there so I can go anywhere on the Island.
I normally fly fish for trout and pike in the Lochs and have done a bit of salmon fishing. During June and July I have about 4 or 5 sea fishing trips catching cod and mackerel. If you copy this link into your browser can get info on my local water which is run as a syndicate. http://www.portmore.co.uk You can fish it 8 months of the year anytime you want which is handy.
Anyway I hope some of you local guys can give me some advice on where to go and what to use. Also do you think it would be worthwhile if I brought my fly rod and gear with me or will I be better off with my spinning rod.
Thanks.
Welcome Rab, have a look at the shore fishing section on the forum as well
Hello all I am Godwin, 28 yrs from San Gwann.
I have been practicing spearfishing for the last few years but I still consider myself as a beginner because there is simply too much to learn! I have already posted in some forums and the replies have generally been very helpful!
Great, work, great forum, great members...keep up the great work!!! ;)
Welcome to the forum Godwin :)
Hi all, Ron here from Luqa.
Just joined the forum, great place you have here! Well done!
Nichrome & ronmeli - Welcome to the forum
Hi I'm Robert. I'm new in fishing and I find this Forum highly interesting and very informative especially as I'm learning to fish with Lures. Keep up the good work folks.
at this point one can appreciate more what nick started and what nick & co continued building up to what is today a source of information to all
thanks again
Welcome all to the forum.
Hi, My name is Daniel. I'm 20 years old from Mosta. I started fishing when I was a young boy as my father used to take on his boat fishing. Now I started spinning from land, so i joined the forum to get a tip or two. Till now no good catches. But I've been going for only a week. I know that I need patience. Maybe the wind wasn't good or the time of year.
Nice forum guys really helpful. Keep it up :)
hi il-bubli welcome to the forum
Hi, my name is Lubo, I'll be staying this summer (2011) in Malta.
I'm not a (spear)fisherman, just a freediver. I hope to find a buddy among the members of this forum for apnea training.
See you in the sea :)
hi Lubo and welcome
hello 2 all my name is noel im 34 from malta ... i sterted fishing like 2 months ago and i love it .. now im trying to get some tips .. this site is very usefull to have some tips about tips .. rods ... lines ecc ! as work i do car/boat/truck eletrical so if you need and help dont bother to contact me ... as a partime job im a dj at a club called escape in PV the fishing is very relaxing after making a lot of nights with that sound in your ears and ppl ! this month we are making a fund rasing for austin tal qates as seen on ( xarabank ) i hope to see some of you there to help these poor animals .. we lost star but we are trying to help over 80 cats and dogs .. if you come please ask for me so we have a chat and have a beer !
Welcome to the forum to all new members
Welcome to the forum its nice to have new members
Hi all wanted to introduce myself to the forum :)
I'm from Tarxien, have a Ranieri Azzura 16.5 feet powered by a Yamaha 4 Stroke. I berth my boat in bbugia.
I like trolling for alungi and lampuki when in season. I have recently set myself up for jigging as well. Apart from that I have a spinning setup which I use from land and also at timed from the boat itself.
Keep up the good work
Ken
welcome kenken
Good luck and tight lines
Hi kenken and welcome to the forum hope you will enjoy the company here. Nice to know that there are other proud Tarxienizi here :)
welcome mate
Hi everyone, I'm Betty and I love Malta!
Welcome on board. Nice to have another female in the forum :)
welcome to the forum betty. does QC stand for quezon city?
QC Qormi Centre
opps welcome Betty
Yahhooooooo betty boo betty booo......
Finally the two things I love most are uniting.......fishing and ............
Haihi Joking betty...
Welcome on board....
hi to you all my name is Brian i;m a new member on this site.i own a crusier 28ft with yanmar 230hp
i like all kind of fishing but i prefer deepsea fishing with eletric reels..i hope that on this site i will learn more about fishing
.my bearth is at senglea marina. great forum keepit up tks!!!!!!
Welcome to the forum Brian
Hi
I will be visiting your island at the beginning of August. I do a bit of lure fishing in England and I will try to bring a rod and some lure to try...
I will be in St georges bay, I hope I can find a couple of spots not too far to wet them.
and btw my name is julien.
Cheers - tight lines.
hi
my name is Brian i;m new in this forum .i own a 28ft crusier with yanmar 230hp moored at senglea
i like all kind of fishing but deepsea fishing its my favorite.i hope i get to know you better cause i;m looking foward to
learn more about fishing .
keep it up with this forum its really intresting
welcome to the forum brian and all other new members..... hope to meet up with new members at our social meetings etc.
Hi
My name is Jason, and im a new member.My boat is a Buccanier 14.6ft and powerd by a Honda 30 hp.I like bottom fishing, longline and lampuki.I live in Zebbug.
hi bryan and xirgien welcome on board.......hope to meet u guys at the next social meeting which is way overdue.........
hey guys,
my name is pascal and i´m from germany.
as i live on malta now for about 2 month it is time (no, it´s overdue) to follow my instinct and also biggest passion - FISHING!
thanks to google, i found this forum which already provided me with lots of information during the last days in which i was reading... so now it´s time to introduce myself and i really hope to find like-minded people.
so far i don´t yet have a boat, but actually i´m planing to buy one in next year. for now it seems like i have to fish from shore and i hope to find some people willing to guide me a little for good spots to do some spinning. i have a outstanding experience in fresh water fishing (specialised on carp-hunting and spin fishing). fishing in saltwater is not a complete foreign thing for me, but i´m sure there are many new things to discover and learn and i´m really looking forward to it!
for introduction that´s it.
Always Tight Lines,
Pascal
welcome mate
Hi. Im about to move to Mellieha next month and as both me - Jorgen - and my wife are keen anglers we are planning to do some fishing when ever we get the opportunity, We come from the very north of Sweden, and I have a background as angling guide and sport fishing journalist. I fished all over the world, but never in the water around Malta and is very curious about this. Shore fishing, boat fishing anything is interesting. I will bring my fly rod - as I have seen that there are opportunities for this kind of fishing around Malta.
So to begin with I would be really happy to get some info on the shore fishing around Mellieha Bay, so I can start near where I live. So if anybody have some good tips on places, techniques, baits etc - I would be greatful.
Some of the shore fishing guys should be able to guide you as I'm sure there is some type of fishing that you can do in Mellieha Bay area, if not Cirkewwa is not too far away and neither are the cliffs.
I think you might be quite surprised with the results when sending a fly out to our fish as it's not something that they're used to :)
Sounds great! Im not completely focused on fly fishing - so I dont mind using the spinning rod. For me its several new species to get acquainted to, and thats one thing Im looking forward to. In exchange I can tell some stories from my fishing trips in Siberia, Kazakhstan, Amazons and so on......
Hi, Iam a 17 years old boy and i love fishing from my boat, This forum help me alot about different tipes of fishing,keep it up boys !! Goodluck ;)
Dear friends. I think it's about time to introduce myself.My name is Maria and I am from Mosta.One of my hobbies is fishing. I really enjoy it, I forget my worries and everything when I go fishing and I am at peace. I do simple shore bottom fishing with a telescopic rod. I found this site through google.The website is great , well up to date and very informative.Keep it up friends u komplu aqbdu hafna aktar hut. Din is-sena ser nipprova ghal l-ewwel darba ghall mulett. Issa naraw x'gej. Grazzi hafna .
Welcome Maria for mulett we have a couple of experts so if u need anything just holler and I am sure someone will help. Happy fishing
Welcome to the forum Maria, I have a lot of respect for those who practice shore fishing as it's not easy to get nice catches
Welcome to all new members.
Grazzi Shanook and Skip. Veru m'hijiex facli li taqbad hut sabih kif nistaghad jien (shore fishing) u meta qbadt hut sabih dejjem qatghuli ma nafx ghaliex. Imma jien ma naqtax qalbi. Milnix nistaghad hafna jien xi sitt snin u ma kont naf xejn. Xtrajt il-kotba u kont noqghod nistudja is-sajjieda u llum ix-xolfa jien naghmilhom. Happy fishing to you too.
maria, i suggest you attend to this
http://maltafishingforum.com/talk/index.php/topic,3907.msg45760/topicseen.html#new
ps, welcome to the forum
Grazzi Robby, ma nafx ghadni ghax wahdi .
hi everyone, thanks for eveyone who gives us ideas about fishing for different types of fish.
I'm a new member in this forum & i found intresting posts .
Fishing is the best medication for everyday stressfull life. I do bottom fishing , shore fishing & spinning , & still trying to improve my knowladge about the konz. This year i'm trying for squid fishing too.
Hope that someday i will upload images of my cathes & give my opinion too about different types of fishing that i go for.
Thank you
welcome Frank
hi,all!! im new aswell.one of my best hobbies is fishing it really makes me to calm my mind.at the moment im fishing for (mulett) but i want to begin fishing for sargi maybe i will attend tomorrow at mister fish maybe it will be interesting.i'm glad that here also have women :).when we go fishing we will be around 8 near the shore (all women) and i dont know why everyone keep staring at us :/.........well done for this interesting web site!!! good luck to all
welcome all new comers the forum fishing family is getting bigger and bigger
welcome Rodina....
Why dont u send a PM (private message) to Marija and u can meet up and go together to Mr Fish. she is also interested in Mulett fishing and sargi. I Have a friend (woman)who likes fishing a lot, I will ask her if she is interested in joining u
I cant make it today because of kids :( but it will be great if we meet up with maria.gonna send her pm.... soon will do men vs women competion he he just kidding.good day all :)
now thats an idea........
he he really shanook? imma iridu jkunu beginners bhalna ta!!! mhux jigu xi tnejn experts u jitfuna lilna :) u daqs kemm inkunu nisa iridu jkunu rgiel ukoll :) meta jkolli cans nitfa ir ritratti ta l ahhar qabda tana :)
Hi im Luke and im also new to this sport... i am very interested in shore fishing and would like to learn as much as possible about new techniques... anyone know a good spot for mullet fishing??
hi luke...... most harbours are good for mullet.... want to go today evening?
hi rob... nigi ta.. imma ghawn hafna maltemp, ghalinqas bkara... xtahseb???
Mhux kullimkien l-istess. Il-Mellieha kien hemm hafna xita izda l-Qrendi gurnata xemx !
not going this evening as I'll be staying at work longer...... perhaps during the weekend, saturday or sunday morning..... if interested filkas send me a pm.
robby
il-gzira gheriqna izda issa fetah.
ghamlet naqa mhux hazin llum... gejja xitwa lahwa.... jnaqqas il hut fit xitwa min fuq lart?
le.... jizdied u jikber ;)
Jikber Robby ???? ;)
il homor u l oragio jikbru tejd jew ? :P
Fil-fatt, l-anzjani jghidulek li matul ix-xitwa il-hut jersaq aktar lejn l-art biex iffittex x'jiekol.
fix-xitwa jkun hawn inqas xbiek fil-bahar minhabba l-maltemb.allura aktar hemm il-possibilita li ssib huta.
Hello everyone, my name is Michael and I'm coming to Gozo for the first time in just over a week.
I was hoping to catch a Lampuki with my travel spinning rod from the shore but reading some of the stories lately I see it's all off shore work, or a fish market!
So I'll set my sights on something else, I'd like to say hello to you all and thank you for this site! If there are any other tips of where I could go spinning in Gozo what lures to use and what I might catch I would be very grateful
Great forum keep up the good work :))
look for rough terrain & deep waters and use 40-60 gram spinners.... you should be rewarded for your efforts. Or else, for lighter action use small minnows and poppers in bays and harbour.... C&R young catches please :)
Hey Robby thanks for the advice, will have 2 young kids with me so the harbour sounds good for them and if I can sneak off for a bit the rough terrain sounds good for me!
I've got loads more questions :) live bait availability on Gozo, float fishing and at what depths this time of year, has anyone had results using feathers/tinsel lures, fishing times - 5am - 7am seems popular but is it do with the tides or time of day in Gozo...
I'll have a better search on the forums and any more help would be great :)
Will C&R all youngsters of course thank you again
top water in harbors can be fruitful all during the day... i had hookups at 9am, 1pm and 4pm in summer so..... if you have 15 min to spare, try as you have nothing to lose.
feathers and tinsel may prove successful in Qbajjar, Gozo, but i never tried so can't vouch for them.
re:live bait ??? i don't know
i would recommend float fishing in the harbor for mullett.
enjoy your stay.
Hi everyone, my name is Darren aim new to this forum but not new in this hobby i also have a 16ft boat. I have reed most of the posts, very good tips. id like to learn more fishing techniques. Tomorrow aim going fishing from shore hope to catch some fish looooooooooooooooool. so thanks for now guys and hope to share and learn more tips. 8)
welcome xiki
Hi to everyone I'm kevin from mosta . i have been registered for nearly two years now but i never introduced myself . I joined cause i was told that its a good forum and it really is cause i started a new hobby know which is spearfishing and i posted for some help about spear fishing and really found this forum help full . there are really some great people here .thanks to everyone .
Hi
I'm Tony - English guy living in Malta for 18 years. I used to river fish in the UK but never tried sea fishing. I brought some equipment over with me but its for carp fishing so probably not really suitable for sea fishing.
I want to get back into fishing again (great excuse to get away from the wife ;) )
Where do I start? I don't have a boat or access to one so it will have to be from the shore/harbours etc.
Thanks
Welcome to forum Tony
Hi to everyone here, I'm not exactly new to the club but I lost touch and my log in details and so had to start all over again. I'm 66 years old and from Sussex uk and was in Malta last may when the gales were almost blowing me off the rocks, never got much fishing done on that trip but the one planned for June is going to be different. I will be staying in Mellieha so anyone from that way is welcome to come and have a beer (or Two) with me. I'm not sure of the best places there to fish so I might head up towards the Gozo ferry terminal and give it a go there. Any local advice will be most welcome
Thanks
Joe
Hi All,
Will hopefully be visiting Malta again later in the Summer for the fourth or fifth time although this time as the kids are grown up and don't want to come on holiday with mum and dad any more I'll have a little bit more time on my hands ;D
My names Marc and I do quite a bit of kayak fishing off of the North and South Cornish coasts (UK). Hope it's okay to be joining your forum as I want to do some research on kayak fishing around the Maltese islands in preparation of my holiday.
My Trident 11 Fishing Kayak
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Trident5803/P6040016.jpg)
All the best,
Marc
welcome back Marc.get some cornish pasty with you and we will give you all the good spots! lol
What a lovely pic, and welcome to the forum. I'm not sure if he's still there but see if you can get in touch with Mike at http://www.kayakmalta.com/welcome.html
he was operating Kayak rental and I know his personal kayak is rigged up for fishing and Paradise is a good location to be doing some fishing on the West coast which tends to be the most productive area.
I'll second the Cornish Pasties :)
Hi folks, My name is Ian, I am new to the site. I am hoping to stay on Gozo at the begining of May for a week with the missus, (can't wait) My first time out your way and have heard some amazing things of the island, so I am really looking forward to wetting a line. All the best to you all...
Just a quick up-date, I am coming to Gozo 6 May, now I am really excited. :D Ian
Hello,
My name is Geert, I come from Belgium and I am a fly fisherman.
I fish rivers (trout, grayling, lakes (bow trout, rainbow trout) and since
about 3 years also salt (meaning the sea) for seabass and anything else
that will bite!
I make my own flies (its work but its also fun!).
I fished salt water recent in france and caught a few seabass, my first salt fish ever!
I am comming over to malta in August and would like to flyfish and meet other fly fishermen.
As its tradition under (fly)fisherman: anybody that would like to help me? Fish with me? Point me to the good locations?
regards and tight lines!
Geet
Hi all....
I am new to the world of fishing...But it's never to late.
I own only a rod with a reel at the moment and just clocked only
a few hours in fish and spent a lot of money, which eventually they ended
in the see. ( not the fishing rod. till now !!)
I am searching for some tips... just to get going as I think for sure I am
doing something wrong as night after night I go empty handed ( or Malta is out of fish. hope not)
It seems a good way to spend some good alone time and away from hectick never ending days.
Hope help is not far.. :)
Happy fishing to all...
Quote from: pjones on May 16, 2012, 20:00:54 CET
Hi all....
I am new to the world of fishing...But it's never to late.
I own only a rod with a reel at the moment and just clocked only
a few hours in fish and spent a lot of money, which eventually they ended
in the see. ( not the fishing rod. till now !!)
I am searching for some tips... just to get going as I think for sure I am
doing something wrong as night after night I go empty handed ( or Malta is out of fish. hope not)
It seems a good way to spend some good alone time and away from hectick never ending days.
Hope help is not far.. :)
Happy fishing to all...
Welcome to the forum. Have a read through the topics on shore fishing here http://maltafishingforum.com/talk/index.php/board,61.0.html
Perhaps you can also open a New Topic there and post what your current set up is, specifically what line you have and thickness, how you've rigged up, where you've been trying and what bait you have been using.
Thanks a million..:)
Hi,
I have just returned from a week on Gozo, if the fishing there is anything like Malta's there is no way there is a lack of fish. I was very lucky in as much as I had 38 Awrat over 1kg, and numerous other fish. I was using size 14 hooks on 3kg hook link (sorry dont know the diatmeter of the line, I just work in breaking strain) I was fishing below a float about 1 - 2 meters deep. I was using fresh shrimp, bread, dried worm and rubber worm (brought with me from the UK) I also spent time spinning, early morning, for baracuda. I had one take, two follows but did not manage too land one, maybe next time.
I hope this helps, if you want any more info, if you PM me I will try and help. Good luck, all the best and tight lines.
Hi,
Just joined the forum, looks cool and full of information. Used to fish when i was younger but now i am in full swing into fishing.... No boat (yet).
Prefer fishing in the late eve/night, but looking forward to start boat fishing. In fact have already invested in some equipment.
Interested in bottom fishing, vertical jigging and trailing.
Welcome to the forum Guido
good luck in your venture gwido
Hi All
I am Lee from England, i enjoy course fishing (fresh water) using rod or pole float or ledger fishing, i have done a bit of deep sea fishing in england but now i live near the coast i would like to do more shore and beach fishing.
I have been to Malta before and loved it did a bit of fishing on a boat for bait fish but had to come in due to bad weather so didnt get a chance to deep sea fish in Malta, but as my partner michelle is half Maltese i find myself going there a bit more often and would love to fish the shore line and go out in the boat, now my cheek can anyone help me i would like to know if i fished the shore line what kind of rod should i get and would i be able to cast out a hundred yards/meters and what line would i need and what weight lead would i need, also if i went out in a boat what rod,line, and weights would i need, also to do both what size hooks. Sorry to ask for so much so soon but if you dont ask you dont get in my book and any advice would be greatly receieved thanks alot.
Lee
Tightlines
Hi everyone,
I've been registered to this forum for quite a while however I have not been an active angler for a couple of years due to studies and other work commitments. Now that I have more time in my hands I have just started to enjoy my fishing again.
I was introduced to 'bil-mitluq' (a pole with no float/ no sinkers) technique as a kid and practically I have fished this way 90% of my time. I have always used hniex tal imperjal (unfortunately this is rather expensive) and in some cases ckal after sunset till the early hours of the morning. I have caught some nice Sargi/Kahli and some occasional Gilthead (Awrata) along the years from the harbour area but I am by no means an expert like some of the guys on this forum :), the limited knowledge I have I have learned through experience.
Lately I've been interested in trying out new techniques and new types of bait and I must say that this forum is a gold mine of information, so well done to every contributor! I am willing to try out some spinning and also set up a running float rig and see how it goes. I am a complete newbie in this type of fishing so will see how it goes :)
Carl.
Hi All
I am Lee from England, i enjoy course fishing (fresh water) using rod or pole float or ledger fishing, i have done a bit of deep sea fishing in england but now i live near the coast i would like to do more shore and beach fishing.
I have been to Malta before and loved it did a bit of fishing on a boat for bait fish but had to come in due to bad weather so didnt get a chance to deep sea fish in Malta, but as my partner michelle is half Maltese i find myself going there a bit more often and would love to fish the shore line and go out in the boat, now my cheek can anyone help me i would like to know if i fished the shore line what kind of rod should i get and would i be able to cast out a hundred yards/meters and what line would i need and what weight lead would i need, also if i went out in a boat what rod,line, and weights would i need, also to do both what size hooks. Sorry to ask for so much so soon but if you dont ask you dont get in my book and any advice would be greatly receieved thanks alot.
Lee
Tightlines
hi all, just joined this forum - hoping it will make a difference to my fishing... i know very little about this, but have been trolling off the end of my boat for more than a year and caught only two fish - a smallish tuna and a good sized mackerel. i also like to take my kids fishing but they dont like to go out on the boat, so we just do it from shore.
Anyway, as my nickname suggests, I am more of a friend to the fish, than their mortal enemy... but any help with getting to know how to catch a few more would be greatly appreciated.
Hi everyone,
I just joined the forum. I just bought my first boat and last Friday I had my first go at fishing from a boat with a few tips from my friends, however with no success. I hope this forum will help me grow my knowledge and intersest in boat fishing.
Welcome to the forum guys, don't forget to make good use of the forum search function that works best from the main board index http://maltafishingforum.com/talk/index.php?action=forum
Hio
I am Wil from Msida Malta, I like snorkeling for octopus mainly but also try my hand at fishing - deep water (not my boat) and now trying a bit of jigging - issa naraw :)
Great forum guys keep it up
Wil
Hi will welcome to the forum....
Did you buy the jigging equipment already? Do not hurry..especially since that you do not have a boat but depend on others.. Jiggin equipment can be somehow expensive, and boring many times..
Hi,
I now live in mellieha after relocating from the U.K with my family,back there i was very much into carp angling as a friend owned a gravel pit in france.
Since being here i have been out on a few charter trips trolling for tuna, with chris through Aquatica amongst others.
i have ordered from the usa a couple of daiwa sealine heavy trolling rods and shimano TLD 25`s for trolling work,and was thinking 20/40 lb class 7 footers and medium duty shimano level winds for jigging/light bottom fishing to get next?.
What i would really be interested in is maybe a fuel/boat share with any of the members on here,i would like to go out maybe once or twice a fortnight, for some trolling/wreck/ bottom fishing to learn the ropes and gain experience here in malta as looking to get my own boat in the next year. i am available most any day of the week and require only a day or two`s notice so could make up the numbers or even just go out for a couple of hours pleasure fishing,have own tranport so no worries there,just really want a bit better cost effective way of getting out on the sea really ;)
please feel free to pm me
regards Darren
Hi Darren, welcome to the forum.
Hi everybody,
I'm Aldric from Paris, France and I'm coming to live in Malta for a while at the end of August.
I'm used to fish river or lake in France, and i'm very excited to start fishing in the sea !
See you soone,
have fun
A.
accueillir mon ami. thanks for google translator.
Hi Everyone, I am new to this forum and i must say it is very informative!:)
Last Saturday we went fishing and caught 27 vopi. We had a great time and were impressed that by 1.30am we caught even more than earlier in the evening. We are new to fishing so we went fishing for vopi. A fisherman there told me that shops nowadays have a bait that looks like a straw and doesnt smell like shrimp does. I am not very keen on the smell :) Do you know what it is called and where one can find it please?
Thanks
Hello everyone :)
Im new to this forum. I have been fishing from when i was a liitle boy. Since i live in the cottonera fishing was always part of my life. I decided to join this forum because i am now starting to try out new fishing techinques like spinning but had no luck yet. I have found a lot of useful tips so far on here so keep it up :)
Hello to all Fishingexperts.
Name is David Brooke....
My hobby is fishing and i enjoy a lot. Currently i am working on fishingreservationcentral which provide varities of fishing advantages and tournaments.
...
Hello
We are coming to Malta - St Pauls for awhile in Oct.
We are both keen fishermen fishing most weekends on the Eddystone Reef - Plymouth. Does anyone know of any boat we could join to share the cost from 22nd Oct.
Many thanks
Rachel and Vanney
Hi my name is Vladimir(Vlado). I am a Bulgarian leaving in England. I am coming to Malta in December. If you see me fishing in the harbours or from the rocks say hi!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/HarryPHotter/FuerteJanuary2011/IMGP0375.jpg)
Welcome on board Vladimir and nice bonito :)
hello
My Name is Arthur, I am from Australia.
I wish to learn more about the fishing of tuna mainly bluefin tuna as my father fishes to retire in Malta next year and start a smaller fishing business with his best and long time maltese friend.
Im helping him as he doesnt really know about the legally requirements to fish bluefin tuna and doesnt really know where to begin.
Anyone that can give me help thank you, it will be much appreciated.
Thank you kiindly,
Arthur De Silva
Hi Fellow anglers.
My name is Phil my wife is Morgan we will be visiting you for a short period flying in fron the 7th March 2013.
We are a mature couple in our late 50s.
My wife has been planning all sorts of things like snorkelling horse riding etc so I need to get my bit in before she books the whole seven days solid.
We will be staying in Sliema so information relating to angling in the area would be appreciated as in what, how and when.
My main experience is in shore fishing for bass and may bring a telescopic beach caster and possibly a short spinning rod.
Looking forward as this will be our first holiday for many years.
Finally happy new year to you all.
Phil & Morgan
happy new year to you both.
Happy New Year and Welcome to the MFF.
Be sure to post closer to your arrival time as well so that perhaps you can get a better idea of the catches at the time
Quote from: skip on August 28, 2008, 08:19:01 CET
The number of members in the forum is growing on a daily basis, so it would be beneficial to all if new members post a small introduction so that everyone can get an idea on what they are interested in, where they are from etc.
The introduction might include:
- Your home country
- Your fishing style - What types of fishing you're interested in
- If you have a boat, some details about it and where you are moored
- A
- How you came across the forum (Word of mouth/a friend, google etc)
Not everyone likes to fill out their member profile so replying to this topic will help in many ways.
hi all im shaun i liv in St pauls bay and im interested in any advice from members on shore fishing thank you and have a great new year
Hello,
My name is Graeme from Senglea.
Currently own a small boat which i use to fish in the harbour, but go out at sea with my father The_Gaffer. keep up the work on this forum as it helps alot and spread the word the more, the merrier
Thanks
Welcome to the forum Graeme :)
Welcome Graeme. Your father needs no introduction on the Forum :) and undoubtedly you will learn a lot from him. Heed his advices. Cheers mate!
Hi Graeme, good to see you online :)
Welcome Graeme.
Thanks for the warm welcoming
Well he does give me some advice. I've only started fishing last year so still a rookie, but will become better by time and through experience. At the moment I'm enjoying fishing through surf casting. always learning new things.
As soon as i have my first good catch will post pics online,
Hi,
I have registered today because fishing is my best hobby. I love to go with my father fishing out at sea. Usually our fishing trip consists of trolling with a lure until we arrive at the place and then we fish for deep sea fish.
Keep up the good work :)
Ruzett
Welcome to the forum Gerard :)
Welcome to MFF Gerard. Cheers!
Hello all,
I am new to this forum. Been diving moslty on the Adriatic islands. In early May I plan a visit to Malta. As a devoted spearo I'd like to take my gear with me. I've been searching the net, the medfish forum for info with respect to regulation for foreigners, boat rentals... I got inconsistent information so I'm not sure whether it's possible for a foreigner to bring along his gear and do the spearfishing. It would be of great help to me if I could get some 1st-hand advice on where to look for. Also if anyone needs a reliable spearo buddy I believe I can deliver it: When hunting alone I rarely go bellow 25m, my max freedive is 41m.
Best Regards, Martin
Welcome to the forum Martin, there might be a couple of people here who could help you. I don't think you'll have problems bringing over your gear personally, but someone else might be able to give you a better reply than my assumption.
Thanks for the welcome. I hear there are some law changes happening at the moment and it could be the case that the spearguns will be allowed ::) I'm doing my trainings so to be preprared for the adventure :)
Cheers, Martin
This time of year the forum seems to be a bit less busy, probably due to people reducing their sea time no thanks to the weather. I would check back in the future for a reply if I were you.
Hi everyone,
I'm from Malta.
I usually go deep line fishing and trolling with my grandfather and my cousin during the Summer holidays on
his Kajjik. I joined this forum to learn new techniques and tips and I found out about this forum through Google.
Regards,
Jeremy.
Welcome to the forum Jeremy!
Thanks :)
welcome jeremy.......................are you from balzan?
Thanks.
I'm not from Balzan but my grandfather is. Why do you ask?
New member here living in Mellieha. I've done a bit of spinning from Cirkewwa (no luck) and was hoping to try Guardia this week bottom fishing with light tackle. Any other advice on the local area would be greatly appreciated ;D
Jeremy,because i had a very good friend ,with the name of Henry Myatt from balzan,a long time ago. Hope he is fine.
Hi everybody , I am Louis from Victoria Gozo. I used to own a boat quite a long time ago, and now I decided to buy a marina open boat built here in Gozo powered by a 20hp mariner. The marina is similar to the bahri and more or less the same size. I would like to know if one needs an insurance for this type of boat. I was asked to produce an insurance by tm which insurance is something over 70 euros. Are insurances becoming mandatory now as I know many small boat owners who don't pay an insurance yet. Thanks for your patience, as maybe I should not have posted this kind of message here..... sorry,, but this is my first post.
Thanks
Louis
Hi, I'm Caroline from the UK.
Shore fishing and sea kayak fishing is what I do.
Love Malta my parents lived in Sliema. Dad was in the RAF.based at Luqa 1958 to 1960.
Last holiday at ramla bay marfa a week ago. :)
Welcome in this forum Caroline!
Hi All.
I am 24 years old and been fishing on a regular basis for the last year or so.
Been subscribed to this blog for the past months but was never really active.
Looking forward to contribute more in the future.
welcome GGMU89
Try to opt for one of these http://watercar.fountainvalleybodyworks.com/ its neither a boat nor a bike . or try to change wife, unfortunately both come at a high cost ;)
Jokes apart welcome to the forum.
Quote from: Mosti1 on June 05, 2014, 19:15:24 CET
I'm a newbie with one very big problem.....a wife that breaks hell loose when I mention that I intend to buy a boat.....yes...laugh at me..!!! She is so paranoid about it that boats and motorcycles fall in the same category for her.
Any one in here got the same prob.....and got over it....?
Just be the boss mate. Do not let her boss you on everything.
Hi there. I am new to boating and fishing but joined this forum to get as much information as possible as I am in the process of buying a boat. Hope to be of help to others as well, although I am really a newbie in this area.
Welcome to the forum :)
Hello,
My name is Joachim and I live in Berlin/Germany. I am a fly fisher. My club is the Fario eV ( http://www.farioev.de ). Feel free to take a look at, we also have an english Version.
I registred to this forum because I am on vacation by end of August. And the location where I will stay is Gozo, Xlendi bay. Hopefully I can get some informations on this way where and how to fish. My favorite is to fish the shore by wading. We do a lot of this at home. For me its funny too to flyfish from a boat. Is there any guiding around gozo for this type of fishing?
Maybe you have a flyfishing club on Malta or Gozo so we can have an exchange of ideas and share some informations. Or only having a beer and telling lies each other about our best catches ;) ;D
Thank you in advance and tight lines
Joachim
Hi Joachim, and welcome to the forum. Maybe you're lucky and and find someone to take you out on a boat and do some fl fishing for dorado, (in Maltese, Lampuki)....they usually are much closer to shore in Gozo, especially around the Marsalforn Area (Qwabar). Lampuki will take anything, fly, plastic lure, live or dead bait...soft lure, hard lure, anything.
Hi Gaffer!
Thank you for that very fast reply!
That sounds nice. Are there any restrictions for fishing? I practice catch and release. Have you heard about a flyfishing club on Malta?
There are no restrictions on rod/shore fishing that I am aware of. You are very welcome to practice catch & release. A number of responsible anglers here in Malta do practice that technique too. I am also not aware of any flyfishing club in Malta. there is an active spinning club, and all fishing clubs have a number of 'spinners'as members.
hi all , new to the forum , im mainly into artificial lure fishing (jigging,spinning,trolling) . will be getting into kayak fishing soon.
Welcome here jighunter and well done for the swordfish!
Hello everyone
I am Ally and my family and I are moving to Malta from UK at the end of September. Completely newbie to fishing because its my son who is really keen on it so I am just tagging along because he is a bit young to go by himself.
Don't have any equipment with us, so will be asking for advice on what we need.
Best wishes, A
welcome to the forum.
Hello,
My name is Robert Dunn from Scotland, Will be in Malta for three weeks over Christmas and new year and would like to do some rod and line fishing from the shore. At home I fish mainly from the west coast beaches and the sea lochs near my home in Argyll. I am retired and also play a little golf and paint (daub) a bit. Found the forum through a google search when it was decided to spend the holiday period in Malta. Hoping to get some help on the do's and don'ts of fishing on the island, so prepare for what might seem some obvious questions.
Robert
welcome ;)
With a wee bit of luck,you may even find some haggis!
Love haggis Caldaland. Especially fresh caught from the Argylll hills!
I am a new in this forum, so first of all Hi to all. My name is Jack and only 25 years old, basically I from US, but from last two year, I was living in India. I love to travel and cook, little bit foody too. Always follow good restaurants to have delicious, hot and spicy food. Hope on this forum I will get more knowledge.
Hi Jack................And welcome.
thanks for welcoming me :)
Hello,
My name is Duncan and although I have been a member of this forum for a long time I don't usually see it as much but now il be getting online much more.
I started fishing since I was a kid and now I own a boat and go out fishing during summer.
Mostly I like to fish for deep water fish especially sea bream although I love any type of fishing although I am only a beginner and know only a few things.
I moor my boat at birzebbugia
Thanks
welcome Duncan
Thanks caldaland
Hi, I am andre.
I love shore fishing mainly but go some boat coastal fishing occasionaly. Practise alot of Catch & Release. Had been registered with another account a couple of years back (some 6 years ago). Will try and remain more active this time and join conversations.
Tight Lines to everyone!
welcome back................
Hello everyone, my name is Owen, I'm from Cospicua.
I'm glad that I saw this forum since I was trying to find some tips to help me.
Anyway, I mainly fish from shore, and I like to fish in Isla, where the open sea area is, and
I mainly only catch small vopi, but I would really love to go deep sea fishing, but sadly I don't
have a boat and I can't get one yet.
Half of my family is greek, but I was born in Malta, I'm nearly 13 years old, and I've been
fishing since I was about 4. I came across this forum while searching for some tips online.
Thanks for reading, hope to see you in the forums!
How you came across the forum (Word of mouth/a friend, google etc)
Welcome mate..........
Hi everyone my names Owen and I am from Belfast N Ireland I am a lorry driver and aged 61yrs
I mostly fish with a spinning rod using metal spinners plastics and lures
I will be coming to Malta in July and hope to do a bit of fishing of some rock marks I will be staying in the sliema area and would welcome any advice on fishing marks and best times to fish thanks Owen
welcome
Hi to everyone iintroduce myself quite some time ago but I dont us this offen,my name is glen and i m 31 ,from st julians.mainly i love off shore fishing ...
welcome
Hi my name is Andy and I live in Bristol uk, my wife and I are in our fifties and I am disabled (walking impaired). My brother-in laws wife is maltese and my wife and I have always wanted to visit Malta. I have been fishing for many years, but I have never been abroad. At the moment my son is staying in bugibba, having never been abroad on his own before. My wife and I are visiting Malta next year, to stay for three weeks, i would like to do some occasional fishing during my stay as well as a fishing charter boat. Can anyone tell me what are the average charter boat prices this time of year as well as a recommended skipper I can relay details onto my son please.
Mny thanks
Andy
Hi All,
I am Robert, new to this forum, found it while I was looking for cost sharing or any type of fishing experience.
I love sea sports, I've been spearfishing for some time, but lately I have been addicted to fishing.
I don't have a both so mainly i do shore fishing, but i'm starving for a big catch.
Anyone willing to give me the opportunity to join him for a day of fishing i'll be more than happy.
I live in Santa Venera, but originally I am from Zurrieq.
Thank you all and keep up this good site.
Hello, my name is Mario and I'm 30.
I practise light rock fishing from shore, which is a popular fishing technique in Japan. Also I have my spinning rod because sometimes I like fighting big catches. I always do catch and release. I am not yet in Malta and I don't know how the fishing is like in there, so if somebuddy wants to meet up and share his spot it will be welcomed.
I'm from Spain but I'm moving to Sliema In 2 weeks.
Welcome to Malta and welcome to the forum. Nice catches indeed on light tackle. Tight lines :)
hi mario, when in malta get in touch with me and i'll hook you up with one of the most dedicated lrf fishermen i know.... i'll send you my mob number via private message
Hi folks, my name is Paul Meredith, i am 65 yrs old and live in Falmouth Uk.
I am an avid fisherman and enjoy any and all types of fishing. I fished from the shore just outside the Portamaso marina on my visit last year and caught a lot of fish, mainly small bream and wrasse but did lose what I think was a barracuda ( the highlight of my holiday)
at first light on a red/white 7cm plug.
I'm coming over again this year for the month of October and can't wait to expand and build on the foundation of knowledge of the fishing that I learnt last year.
For someone of my age, it's fascinating to fish for different species to my normal bass, salmon and trout, and I can't wait !!!
I'm hoping to gleen lots of info from your forum.
Anyone with a boat in that area who would like some company one day (more than happy to pay for any fuel costs) I'd love a day out !!!
Regards,
Paul
Hi I have just registered today on this forum. I am 56 yrs old and have been fishing our coastal areas from time to time since i was 17. But since catches have been low finally Iam getting a 12 ft boat for some offshore fishing. Regards
Welcome to the forum.
hello.
Tore from Norway signing in. arriving on saturday evening.
In Norway i normally jig for Cod, or do deep water angling for misch. species. I also enjoy trolling for seatrout, and the occational trip for salmon in the rivers or brown trout in the mountains.
Will be staying in Gozo for a week. I have brought gear for boat and coast.
Tips will be appreciated!
Tore
Hi all,
i've been reading in this forum (google was my friend) for a while now and i've been in that lovely coutry of yours a few times. Time to introduce myself:
I'm a 37 year old from Germany, currently living in Thuringia. Like i said i've been to Malta a few times and i love it. This year I planned to fish a bit. I allways wanted to do that but it never happend.
I'm into shore fishing (CnR) with simple spoons (imo cheap but effective). The rest of the gear i will use is just like a "travelling gear", small telescopic rod (has to fit in the suitecase). So i don't expect to make a big catch (or any catch at all??). Just relaxing and watering the bait.
Like always i'll stay in the Cerviola Hotel Marsascala (really nice people) for bed n breakfast.
I'll be there from the 14th of may. So if you see a guy trying his luck between Zonqor and Munxar it might be me, if it looks like the guy doesn't know what he is doing it's definitely me, feel free to say hi (i might have beer with me as well).
Thight lines!
Hi My name is Victor am almost 70 and trying to fullfill my dream of fishing. In my earlier days i was uiet good at fishing but than I had to give it up to concentrate on my career and family. Now I have decided to put my hand at it again. Have been buying all sort of junk normally advertised on Youtube, but find I probably will have to start all over..the beauty is I have not yest tried fishing, only bought equipment. My aim is to do some ultrlight fishing including spinning and jigging..all micro lures..my dream to catch a kahlia.
Hi i am going to malta for the first time mid july in the north east area of mellieha and would love to try my hand at fishing from the rocks if possible, i am just taking my telescopic rod and reel an assortment of lures and float rigs, can anyone suggest the best time of day to fish and what bait attracts good eating fish? Or is it a better idea to book a place on a chartered boat to fish for specific species? I dont want to travel too far so the nearest to fhe mellieha bay resort, our appartment is on the coast above the rocky sea shore, and also baitwise, is it best to buy fresh bait, shrimps,sandeels etc? Or go for rubber lures? Cheers
Hi,
I have started my fishing in the Adriatic Sea, which was decades ago, very little was done with artificial bait those days.
Since I live in Belgium, I (re)started fishing exclusively with artificial baits, always C&R, mainly targeting pike and perch,
but definitely not minding occasional zander and especially asp.
I did no fishing with artificial baits from shore, as I would like to try, so any tips are helpful.
Tight lines :)