04/09/16 H.O.F.C - 1st Leg Ellevi Mullet League 2016

Hooked On Fishing Club Malta , 1st Leg Ellevi Mullet League 2016. On the 4th of September 2016 , Marsascala Promenade was the venue chosen for this first Leg.

Everyone started to arrive at the meeting point early hours & once everyone was present at 06:00 the usual draw of the pegs were called out to enable the anglers to make their way to their assigned fishing spots. You could see everyone prepping their ground bait and all the fishing tackle ready to avoid any loss of time during the competition.

The start signal was sounded at 07:00 were you could hear the ground-bait hitting the surface of the water to try and attract some Mullet to their spot. and the first casts

The weather was favourable and you could see that there was quite a few bites from the targeted species Mullet although they were all mid sized ones nothing big. You could see that there was quite a few bites all round most areas, there was 16 out of the 19 spots that managed to catch some Mullet on the day. The competition ended at 11:00 were the weigh in process commenced to determine the winners of the day. Important to note that All Mullet & other fish caught were released back into the sea to fight another day.

Everyone gathered for the results of the first Leg of this League sponsored by 'Fishin Fever tar Rabat' importer of the Major Ground-bait Brand Ellevi. As usual everyone discussing what went on during the day and what they could of done better whilst enjoying the refreshments which were supplied by General Soft drinks.

The winners of the day were presented with vouchers sponsored by Fishin Fever & Angler Centre. In 1st Place was Adrian Nelson with a weight of 1 Kilo 950 grams , in second place with 1 Kilo 830 grams Michael Godfrey & in third place we had new comer Aaron Xuereb with 1 Kilo . The biggest fish of the day was caught by Peter Paul Azzopardi at the weight of 310 grams that could win him the biggest fish trophy sponsored by Tubertini Malta,, although it is still early days to say.

Jackpot was not won this time round , prize is still accumulating

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