Malta Fishing Trips

Today saw The Gaffer take out a group of 4 guys on an offshore fishing trip. We met at 7am and were on the fishing grounds by 8am in what was perfect weather, with a flat calm sea and a surface sea temperature of 25.8C

Within 45mins the long centre rigger was off after the skipper noted a sailfish in the area........Peter one of our guests was on the Shimano Tiagra and reeling in his first large big game fish which turned out to be a 6ft Pastardella (Mediterranean Spearfish) of between 15-20kgs. What a catch!!

We tried our luck further offshore but after hearing from other boats that the bite wasn't good and there was no surface activity we decided to head closer to shore in the 10nm area. On the way we encountered a large amazing group of dolphins who came to play near the boat, followed by numerous Sea Turtles. As we approached the 12nm area the surface of the sea was alive and Albacore could be seen jumping everyone. A quick check of the Fishfinder showed large amounts of tiny baitfish near the surface (max 1 inch)........this explained why they weren't interested in our 4inch+ artificial lures.

We spent the next couple of hours chasing them down, even trying to pop out some stickbaits from the bow of the boat and finally our persistance was rewarded when we landed a nice 10kgs Albacore.