2012 - Highlights of Sport Shore Fishing in Malta

KSFA ...... what a year ...... an eventful year full of top level competition.

It's either you hate it or you're into it with full blast ..... that is what compeition fishing is all about.

It's more of exchanging fish catches with medals and trophies won by the most versatile and sometimes even lucky on the day.

 

KSFA were always the leaders in shore fishing competition fishing in Malta and this year was again a supereventful year in which we saw some new faces to the sport grabbing up some silverware.

 

This year was also an innovative one where it comes to financing in the club ..... with good help from Mister Fish the main and exclusive sponsor for Kingfisher, Mecca Marine, Kalkara Regatta Club, Bartolucci Malta, Cafe Du Brasil, SailPower and Steven's Garage we managed one of the top league winnings with some good cash prizes for the winners. There was also the introduction of personal sponsors to some top anglers from foreign fishing tackle suppliers.

 

The year kicked offf with the mullet league which saw good compeition and some good catches in the Gozo match ....... Nathaniel Attard kicked off the first match with a nice sized mullet which ended up as the biggest mullet caught in 2012.

 

Charlo Borg did some magic in the second match .... while Fortune Calafato got the podium in the 3rd match Gzira. Final match was held in Birzebbuga which saw Robert Attard scraping a victory in very bad weather conditions.

 

Franklin Formoza ended up as the mullet man 2012 with a total catch of 2.72kgs. Adrian Nelson placing 2nd overall with 2.28kgs while Nathaniel Attard in 3rd place with 1.97kgs

It was then turn for the doubles league which was won by Charlo and Andre Borg ........

Some super catches were recorded this year .... in the Xghajra match Stefan Borg and James Micallef hit a super catch of over 7kgs of fish in just 4 hours .....

In May it was a nice experience for Adrian Nelson, Stefan Borg and James Micallef as they participated in the Grauvell Open Float Fishing Tournament in Valencia ....... the lads from Malta did not do very good in final placings but it was very difficult to adapt to much different conditions than fishing locally

The Mister Fish tournament was won by Franklin Formosa and Darren Stafrace with a total catch of over 11kgs of fish fished in just 12 hours on a separate 4hour session in three consecutive days.

The singles League 2012 champion was newcomer Darren Stafrace who ended up with just 8 penalty points earning him a super place amongst the top level anglers in shore fishing.

Kingfishers also did great in Federation this year as all the five members of team competing the Europeans coming October in Cadiz, Spain will be formed from ex team Malta anglers Pierre Poulton, John Attard, Roberto Bugeja, Adrian Nelson. Robert Attard (Robby) was good this year as he earned a place in the Maltese National for the very first time!

 

John Attard from KSFA was also crowned as Malta's no 1 angler for 2012 .......

 

News

KSFA Doubles Match 3 Report & Results -

Fortune & Gilson have a field day of 7.45kgs.   What had to be doubles match 3 fished in February cancelled due storms, was fished today and what a day it was with the sea at Zonqor Point just having a slight surface breeze on it. Fish caught was abundant and in the mood of...
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KSFA Johnston Singles League Details

In a week's time the KSFA Johnston Singles Singles League 2019 shall commence. This league is different from the Doubles league were it is divided in 2 parts. The first four competitions are on weight basis system with no sections. It should be noted that an angler can skip any of these matches...
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NFSAM League Match 3 Results

   Yesterday the 3rd match of the Federation League was held at Birgu Toqba. It was quite a good day for our Club managed to win 3 sections out of 4. These sections were won by Raymond Farrugia, Sandro Cohen & Carmelo Quattrochhi. As it is now from the Overall Top 7 Classification our...
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KSFA Doubles Match 5 - Report & Results

Newcomers Coleiro brothers win KSFA Doubles Match 5 This morning, the 5th match of the KSFA Doubles League 2019 had to be held at Zonqor Point. Unfortunately there was still a big swell and therefore it was decided that the match shall be held at Birzebbuga. Pegs were drawn and all anglers went on...
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NFSAM League Match 2 Report

  KSFA makes great comeback to top NFSAM League after Match 2   Today our anglers competing in the National Federation Sports Assoc League made amends from the last match, climbing from the bottom of the table straight to the top. Carmelo Quattrochi has again won his section plus Jonathan...
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KSFA Doubles Match 4 - Report & Results

Aaron Xuereb & Maverick Mugliett clinch 1st place by their teeth   Today was the turn of KSFA’s Doubles Match 4. This  was held on the quay below  the Corinthia Marina Hotel at St. Georges Bay Paceville.We wish to thank the management for their kind permit. It was a slow...
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KSFA Doubles League Match 4 Details 10/03/19

This Sunday 10th March the 4th match of the KSFA Doubles League 2019 is due and the venue shall be the quay beneath the Corinthia Marina Hotel. Alternative venue is Sliema beneath Nazzarenu church.     All anglers and marshalls should wear KSFA clothing throughout the competition. We...
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KSFA Doubles League 2019 - Match 2 Report & Results

  James Gilson & Fortune Calafato win in style   Contrary to doubles Match 1, today dawn heralded in a beautiful calm morning, where, at precisely 0730 the horn was sounded, to the immediate swish of lines being cast. What a beautiful sound!   The winners today were James...
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Brindisi Angler Thinkfish International Italia Competition

  Our Main Sponsor, Angler Thinkfish has given us the opportunity to participate in the "Brindisi Angler ThinkFish International Coppa Italia Fipsas.  Competition date is on the 31st March 2019, an opportunity not to be missed. The price will be Euro 250 per person which will...
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KSFA Doubles League 2019 - Match 1 Report & Results

KSFA’s doubles league got under way with a bang on the 20th of January 2019, The match had to be delayed by 1hr due to thunderstorms and rain over Malta. The venue was Manoel Island bomb disposal. As is normal for this time of year, fish are very shy to bite, but still some decent weights were...
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KSFA Doubles League 2019 Registration

Dear Members,   The Doubles League is now scheduled to commence on the 20th January 2019. We shall be having our Registration on the 14th January 2019   Venue : Angler Think Fish Zebbug Outlet ( Vjal il-Helsien, Haz-Zebbug ) Time: 19:30   The price for participating in this league is...
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KSFA placed 2nd at Scoglitti

      During this weekend 7 anglers from our Club and a couple  of helpers have gone to Scoglitti a municipality in the province of Ragusa to compete in...
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KSFA Johnstons League Final Matches - Report

KSFA Singles Finals Match 1 - Report The much anticipated singles finals, started today, with match 1 of 2 being held at the Vittoriosa Grand Harbour Marina, whom we thank for the kind permit to fish. Bites were few and far between, with only the occasional mullet being the main entertainer, as...
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KSFA Johnston Singles League 2018 Match 4 Report

  Kevin Cassar sneaks in from behind to make it to the Johnston Finals League matches.   It dawned a lovely and relatively fresh morning, today the 8th of July, where the breath-taking views of Senglea set the scene for KSFA`s Johnston singles league final qualifying match 4. Of course,...
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KSFA Johnston Singles League 2018 Match 3 Report

  Ray Farrugia today had a field day at Boiler Wharf Senglea the venue chosen for qualification Johnston’s singles league match 3. Ray fished for mullet practically throughout the whole match, and this reaped great dividends, as by and large he secured 1st place with 2.600kgs, he was followed...
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KSFA Johnston Singles League 2018 Match 3 Details

  Next Sunday 24th June, the 3rd Match of the KSFA Johnstons Singles League is due and the venue shall be at Boiler Wharf  Senglea. We wish to remind you all that the KSFA clothing should be worn. We shall be meeting at 05:30am and competition time will be from 06:30am till...
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#TB to KSFA Singles 2006

  Time flies! KSFA Singles League 2006, 8 matches composed the league that year and a total of 33 anglers had competed.   Match 1 was fished at Sa Maison and was won by Lawrence Scicluna with a weight of 1.16Kgs closely followed by John Attard with 1.14kgs. The last place on the podium...
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KSFA Open Tournament - Fast Fishing 2018 Champion Match 1 Report

Last Saturday 9th KSFA had it's first match of 2 from the new mini Tournament to Crown KSFA's Fast Fisher 2018. At first we were abit reluctant on the amount of competitors since it's a unique technique were not all people like to fish out. Still a good number of 11 competitors registered but...
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KSFA Johnston Singles League 2018 Match 2 Report

  On the 3rd June, qualifier match 2 from the KSFA Johnston Singles League 2018 was held at Manoel Island. Unfortunately not all anglers could come over due to personal problems. Still a total of 12 competitors were quite eager to compete. At 06:30 competition started, most fish being caught...
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KSFA Johnston Singles League 2018 Match 2 Details

  Next Sunday 3rd June 2018 the second match of the KSFA Johnston Singles League shall be held. Competition venue shall be Manoel Island and all anglers shall meet at 5:30am. Competition Time will be from 06:30 till 10:30.   Good luck to All & Tight lines.
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Who is the Champion in Speedfishing?

     There are a lot of different techniques for fishing competition but there is one which surely is a game changer when fishing certain venues, Speed Fishing. Not all anglers like this type of fishing but all those practise it do say that they are the best. This year our Club has...
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Fishing Mania Charters

  When you hear KSFA Malta you know that you can find expert advise on different type of shore fishing techniques. This year KSFA is collaborating with boat fishing expert Piere Galea of Fishing Mania Charters.  They offer a lot of different services mainly being: Half Day Fishing...
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A run through the KSFA Doubles League 2018

  On the 7th January our Club had it's Annual General Meeting and since the KSFA Al Legna Doubles League starts a couple of days afterwards the competitors started chatting about the Doubles League at the dawn of 2018. This year there was a main difference that technically affected all Fishing...
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Who is going to win the KSFA Double League 2018 ?

    Tomorrow at Xghajra we shall be having the final Competition from this year's Doubles League.3 Teams are still battling the Championship Spot. The team composed from Jason Saliba & Jonathan Aquilina have a slight advantage over the other two teams composed from Joseph Ellul /...
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