HELP.. spent a lot of money but no fish yet!

[Blaze]

It does seem that somewhere i am making a mistake. Don't know if its lure size, colour or retrieve speed, but certainly some thing is wrong. But as you said that is how fish survive. The stupid ones get caught and don't breed but get cooked, and the clever ones don't get caught, but breed and pass their clever genes to their offspring.
But where i go i'm sure there are no stupid ones.

[clutch_kick]

This thread could not have been better!!  We could all do with more stupid fish in the sea, to have more fun.  If you catch a fish and think it is stupid, just let it go back!  So it will breed and we can have more stupid fish in the sea!

Seriously guys, think about catch and release. More importantly, try to educate others about it.  This is our hobby, let's take care of it. The sea is not a limitless resource, but it has come very close to it's limits.  The hardest bit is letting your fisrt fish go.

[ken82]

It seems you already lost hope, as i told you it has now been a year since i started spinning and only recently i caught my first cuda. Many who do not know or didn't fish with me would say something is wrong the persons who fished with me always told me do not get discouraged.

If everything else is ok it might be you are like me born under an unlucky star (mlt "twilidt taht stilla hazina") lol

do not get discouraged 

[Blaze]

yes I guess you're right. its easy to get discouraged when I've been out at least 20 times and have not landed anything yet. But I still enjoy being near the sea in the peace & quiet of the morning.

So with spinning from land its mainly a cuda we can catch, or we can catch other fish in their right seasons like Cerviola???

Cos soon I think other migratory fish will be around.

[Robby9]

There are many fish you can catch with spinning not only cudas.you can catch cerviola,sawrell,spnott(sea bass) etc.last time i went spinning cerviol was following my lure a couple of times but no one bite.

[ken82]

Other fish that can be caught...dentex, "plamtu", bullet fish (tumbrell).

Then there are the unusual squid , serran, lizard fish (skalm),etc. Have a good look at the forum you can get a better idea i think 

[D_Styles]

Sounds like I need a bigger lure! The one I bought from the shop in Msida is only the length of my thumb! Flew quite nicely though. Oh well! Standing at Tigne Point watching the sun rise over Valetta across the harbour was an awesome experience

LOL N00B! 

[robby017]

what you were using is called a spinner....... what you should have been using was a minnow type lure(that actually resembles a fish) eg, Rapala X-Rap, Yo Zuri minnows, Strike pro and the likes.....

[D_Styles]

Isn't this the spinning section? This is so confusing 

This is all still brand new to me, but thanks for the advice, my dad is out there at the moment so I'll tell him to get to the fishing shop!

[robby017]

yes, its the spinning section, and you do use a spinner for spinning, its just that, odds are you'll get more strikes in the ares you were on a minnow type lure than a spinner.... those spinners are used from rocky cliffs in deep water for atlantic bonito and little tunnies...

[Blaze]

I'm still in the caught no fish yet status. I went Saturday, but the sea was a bit rough and I went again on Sunday but nothing. Not even a Lizz following my lure :-((((

The sea was calm on Sunday so when the Lizz time had finished at about 7 am I started experimenting with different lures and noting their swimming motion. All the branded lures are good. But in my opinion (i'm no expert) the Yo-Zuri had the most life like swim. And its the least lure I use! So I will concentrate on that lure next time!

[MartinB]

Yo-zuri crystal minnows have a very realistic swim action!! the only slight gripe i have with them is they not the best as regards casting.Don't worry about not catching anything yet,just keep on cracking those lures out and you get something mate! i was just watching a documentary on National Geographic (i think its called monster fish or smething like that) and there was a segment on giant trevally fishing in australia and this guy hadn't had a touch all day,whilst all his mates had caught some very nice ones and while they were packing up for the day he half heartedly flicked out the last cast of the day..and caught a world record GT   i guess the moral of this is,Stick with it mate!
tight lines
 

[Blaze]

Hi Martin, Yeah true. but i'm kind of embarrassed saying that I go fishing but I haven't caught anything yet. The other day on the documentary you mentioned a man caught a swordfish or marlin from his canoe! I didnt see it from the beginning but I assume he had a lure and he was sort of trawling.

Cheers Mate.

[MartinB]

Hi Martin, Yeah true. but i'm kind of embarrassed saying that I go fishing but I haven't caught anything yet. The other day on the documentary you mentioned a man caught a swordfish or marlin from his canoe! I didnt see it from the beginning but I assume he had a lure and he was sort of trawling.

Cheers Mate.

Nothing to be embarrassed about! it can happen,esp with lure fishing! Not the 1st time ive been fishing and caught nothing and my fishing buddies have caught a fish each or vice versa..go figure! I missed that series of the documentary! shame! cos you have to have a serious screw loose to catch a marlin from a canoe   !! Its quite common for them to "attack" a fishing boat when they are being brought up to the gaff,so you can imagine what a marlin could do to a canoe if it was inclined to.....The phrase "like a hot knife through butter" springs to mind 

[Lamacca]

I ve cought cudas on many different lures in fact i once cought a small cuda on a lure that was bigger than the cuda itself .

If you see a cuda following your lure reel in faster they might snap at it.


I am assuming you were spinning in Marsa .

Barracudas in Marsa KNOW what a lure is . Your best bet to catch a cuda is before sunrise. if the cuda happens to have just woken up and is still dreaming of his dream fish he ll bite otherwise he ll look at your lure and think , look a new firetiger 12 cm .

Seriously the current barracudas over there are RESIDENT.

They've seen more lures than an emploee at Mr fish .