Malta squid fishing

[glen]

great thanks very much for the report leonard!



it is a bit frustrating seeing the squid run around in front of you isn't it! <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



oh well... maybe you will catch them next time!



best of luck, let us know how yor nest trip goes!



cheers, glen

[ciappinu]

The squid season has apparently opened. Fisherman have caught up to 10 squid from boats. We will be trying our luck at the small Marfa Jetty this week.

[squidjigdotcom]

[quote name='ciappinu' date='Sep 27 2005, 03:04 AM']The squid season has apparently opened. Fisherman have caught up to 10 squid from boats. We will be trying our luck at the small Marfa Jetty this week.

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What type of squid jigs will you be using???? We have sent lots of our Martinetti Squid Jigs over to Malta.



Jon

[ciappinu]

[quote name='squidjigdotcom' date='Sep 27 2005, 10:06 AM']What type of squid jigs will you be using????  We have sent lots of our Martinetti Squid Jigs over to Malta.



Jon

[right][post="5550"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post][/right][/quote]





Mostly something close to your Martinetti â„¢ Tiger Fish Luminous Squid Jig. I usually use Yozuri, but I wouldn't mind trying out some others to be honest. I also ocassionaly use something like the Tiger Prawn Luminous Squid Jigs, they are more successful for Cuttlefish.

[ciappinu]

Its Mid October and the squid are'nt coming to shore yet. I've seen a few running around but catches have been very low, from none to 2 or 3 max. Vopi (Bouge) is very plentiful too so they are finding enough food to keep them away from plastic jigs!

[glen]

hi ciappinu,



i was curious to find some pictures of vopi and I think I found some:





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[url="http://www.horta.uac.pt/species/Piscis/Actinopterygii/Perciformes/familias/Sparidae/Boops_boops.html"]http://www.horta.uac.pt/species/Piscis/Act...oops_boops.html[/url]









while searching for a picture of a vopi i found a list of translations of maltese squid and fish that I thought was useful. This was from the maltese fisheries website <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />





[url="http://www.maltafisheries.gov.mt"]http://www.maltafisheries.gov.mt[/url]





Annex 1. List of species





<table border="1">



<tr>

<td>Scientific name</td>



<td>Maltese</td>

<td>English</td>

<td>FAO English</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Alosa alosa</td>



<td>Lacca</td>

<td>Allice shad</td>

<td>Allis shad</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Anguilla anguilla</td>



<td>Sallura</td>

<td>Common eel</td>

<td>European Eel</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Aristeus antennatus</td>



<td>Gamblu homor</td>

<td>King prawn</td>

<td>Blue and red shrimp</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Auxis thazard</td>



<td>Tumbrell</td>

<td>Frigate mackerel</td>

<td>Frigate tuna</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Boops boops</td>



<td>Vopa</td>

<td>Bogue</td>

<td>Bogue</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Centrophorus granulosus</td>



<td>Zaghrun</td>

<td>Rough shark</td>

<td>Gulper shark</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Conger conger</td>



<td>Gringu</td>

<td>Conger eel</td>

<td>European conger</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Coryphaena hippurus</td>



<td>Lampuka</td>

<td>Dolphin fish (Dorado)</td>

<td>Common dolphinfish</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Dentex dentex</td>



<td>Dentici</td>

<td>Dentex</td>

<td>Common dentex</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Dicentrarchus labrax</td>



<td>Spnotta</td>

<td>Bass</td>

<td>European seabass</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Epinephelus alexandrinus</td>



<td>Dott</td>

<td>Stone bass</td>

<td>Golden grouper</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Epinephelus guaza</td>



<td>Cerna</td>

<td>Grouper</td>

<td>Dusky grouper</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Euthynnus alletteratus</td>



<td>Kubrita</td>

<td>Little tuny</td>

<td>Little tunny</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Eutrigla gurnardus</td>



<td>Gallina</td>

<td>Grey Gurnard</td>

<td>Grey gurnard</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Heptranchias perlo</td>



<td>Murruna</td>

<td>7-gilled shark</td>

<td>Sharpnose sevengill shark</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Hexanchus griseus</td>



<td>Murruna</td>

<td>6-gilled shark</td>

<td>Bluntnose sixgill shark</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Lamna nasus</td>



<td>Pixxiplamtu</td>

<td>Porbeagle shark</td>

<td>Porbeagle</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Loligo vulgaris</td>



<td>Klamaru</td>

<td>Squid</td>

<td>European squid</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Merluccius merluccius</td>



<td>Merluzz</td>

<td>Hake</td>

<td>European hake</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Mugil spp., Liza spp.</td>



<td>Mulett</td>

<td>Mullets</td>

<td>Mullets</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Mullus barbatus</td>



<td>Trilja tal-qawwi</td>

<td>Red mullet</td>

<td>Red mullet</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Mullus surmuletus</td>



<td>Trilja tal-hama</td>

<td>Striped mullet</td>

<td>Striped red mullet</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Muraena helena</td>



<td>Morina</td>

<td>Moray</td>

<td>Mediterranean moray</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Naucrates ductor</td>



<td>Fanfru</td>

<td>Pilot fish</td>

<td>Pilot fish</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Nephrops norvegicus</td>



<td>Ksampu</td>

<td>Norway lobster</td>

<td>Norway lobster</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Oblada melanura</td>



<td>Kahlija</td>

<td>Saddled Bream</td>

<td>Saddled seabream</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Octopus vulgaris</td>



<td>Qarnita</td>

<td>Octopus</td>

<td>Common octopus</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Pagellus bogaraveo</td>



<td>Pagella tal-gargi</td>

<td>Red bream</td>

<td>Blackspot seabream</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Pagellus erythrinus</td>



<td>Pagella hamra</td>

<td>Pandora</td>

<td>Common pandora</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Pagrus pagrus</td>



<td>Pagru</td>

<td>Common sea bream</td>

<td>Common seabream</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Palinurus elephas</td>



<td>Awwista</td>

<td>Lobster</td>

<td>Common spiny lobster</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Parapenaeus longirostris</td>



<td>Gamblu bojot</td>

<td>Shrimp</td>

<td>Deep-water pink shrimp</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Phycis blennoides</td>



<td>Lipp abjad</td>

<td>Grater forkbeard</td>

<td>Grater forkbeard</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Plesionika spp.</td>



<td>Gamblu roza</td>

<td>Shrimp</td>

<td>Arrow, Golden, Striped

Soldier shrimp</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>Polyprion americanus</td>

<td>Dott/Hanzir</td>



<td>Wreckfish</td>

<td>Wreckfish</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Prionace glauca</td>

<td>Huta Kahla</td>



<td>Blue shark</td>

<td>Blue shark</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Raja spp.</td>

<td>Rajja</td>



<td>Ray</td>

<td>Skates and Rays</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Sardinella aurita</td>

<td>Lacca tal-faxx</td>



<td>Gilt sardine</td>

<td>Round sardinella</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Sarpa salpa</td>

<td>Xilpa</td>



<td>Salema</td>

<td>Salema</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Scomber japonicus</td>

<td>Kavall</td>



<td>Mackerel</td>

<td>Chub mackerel</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Scorpaena scrofa</td>

<td>Cippullazza</td>



<td>Largescaled scorpion-fish</td>

<td>Red scorpionfish</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Scorpaena porcus</td>

<td>Skorfna sewda</td>



<td>Smallscaled scorpion-fish</td>

<td>Black scorpionfish</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Sepia officinalis</td>

<td>Sicca</td>



<td>Cuttlefish</td>

<td>Common cuttlefish</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Seriola dumerili</td>

<td>Accola</td>



<td>Amber jack</td>

<td>Greater amberjack</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Serranus cabrilla</td>

<td>Sirrana</td>



<td>Comber</td>

<td>Comber</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Sparus aurata</td>

<td>Awrata</td>



<td>Gilthead bream</td>

<td>Gilthead seabream</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Sphyrna zigaena</td>

<td>Kurazza</td>



<td>Hammerhead</td>

<td>Smooth hammerhead</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Spicara smaris</td>

<td>Arznella</td>



<td>Picarel</td>

<td>Picarel</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Squalus acanthias</td>

<td>Mazzola</td>



<td>Dog fish</td>

<td>Picked dogfish</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Thunnus thynnus</td>

<td>Tonn</td>



<td>Bluefin tuna</td>

<td>Northern Bluefin tuna</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Todarodes sagittatus</td>

<td>Totlu</td>



<td>Japanese squid</td>

<td>European flying squid</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Trachurus mediterraneus</td>

<td>Sawrella</td>



<td>Scad</td>

<td>Mediterranean horse mackerel</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Trachurus trachurus</td>

<td>Sawrella kahla</td>



<td>Horse mackerel</td>

<td>Atlantic horse mackerel</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Xiphias gladius</td>

<td>Pixxispad</td>



<td>Swordfish</td>

<td>Swordfish</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Zeus faber</td>

<td>Pixxi San Pietru</td>



<td>John dory</td>

<td>John dory</td>



</tr>

</table>

[ciappinu]

Hi Glen.



For a complete list of fish in the mediterranean you can go here, still under development but it works.



[url="http://www.maltabookers.com/fishesofmalta.html"]http://www.maltabookers.com/fishesofmalta.html[/url]



Here you will find most fish in Italian, Maltese, English and Latin with a hyperlink to pictures on each fish.





Leonard

[glen]

thanks very much leonard! <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/xyxthumbs.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' /> have you been catching any squid in the last month or so?

[ciappinu]

Not much squid this year unfortunately. The weather has not gone too cold yet and the sea is still quite warm. Last year I had probably around a 100 squid until now from October. This year I'm still at 5, but I haven't been down the pier everyday either. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' />



Leonard

[glen]

has been a bit slow for me too! though i got some nice new jigs today which cheered me up <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' />



here is one -



[url="http://www.duel.co.jp/catalogue/d_luresalt/pheromone/pheromone.html"]http://www.duel.co.jp/catalogue/d_luresalt.../pheromone.html[/url]

[ciappinu]

They look nice Glen.....where did you buy them from if I may ask?

[kylaid]

[quote name='ciappinu' post='5847' date='Jan 3 2006, 12:26 AM']Not much squid this year unfortunately. The weather has not gone too cold yet and the sea is still quite warm. Last year I had probably around a 100 squid until now from October. This year I'm still at 5, but I haven't been down the pier everyday either. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Leonard[/quote]

last year there was one fishing and said that this year is not going to be good for squid fishing cause lots of eggs where destroyed near the um el faroud in wied iz zurrieq <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':woot:' />

[glen]

[quote name='ciappinu' post='5906' date='Jan 20 2006, 02:55 AM']They look nice Glen.....where did you buy them from if I may ask?[/quote]



I bought the jigs at a local store called "Ray's Outdoors"...the fishing gear was on sale - 25 or 30% off. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



[url="http://www.raysoutdoors.com.au/html/fishing_4.html"]http://www.raysoutdoors.com.au/html/fishing_4.html[/url]



[quote name='kylaid' post='5907' date='Jan 21 2006, 01:51 AM']last year there was one fishing and said that this year is not going to be good for squid fishing cause lots of eggs where destroyed near the um el faroud in wied iz zurrieq <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote]



That is bad news kylaid! Do you now what destroyed the eggs?



Cheers, Glen

[ciappinu]

We had lots of squid here in February. We were catching around 12 each time we went out with the boat. Not much luck from the shore though. February has been the squid month here in Malta. Some have caught up to eighty in one night.

[glen]

hi leonard, good to hear you have had some nice catches!



what sort of depth of water are you fishing from the boat?



cheers, glen <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[kylaid]

Last week i went fishing for squid and thye weather was horrible.Wind was blowing at 20 knots and the sea was brown.To my amasment squid attacked more often then calm sea.I went home with seven squids and a cuttlefish.So it must be true that squid goes nuts during a storm. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol' />

[glen]

hi kylaid. glad to hear about your catch. where were you fishing? would love to hear more.



cheers, glen <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/xyxthumbs.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' />

[supersquid]

Yes its true ,squid do tend to go into a feeding frenzy during a storm and Ive caught some of my best bags during some of the wildest weather in water the color of coffee.

As Glen said would like to hear more..





Well done

[ciappinu]

Hi Glen.



Anthing between 20 and 40 mtrs I would say. We haven't tried deeper seas though.



Leonard

[ciappinu]

Check out this page about Squid Fishing in Malta:



[url="http://www.maltabookers.com/fish/squidmalta.asp"]http://www.maltabookers.com/fish/squidmalta.asp[/url]



You will find all the information you need.



I will be happy to add any more pictures of squid caught in Malta!