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Fishing Methods on Malta

Fishing Methods on Malta

They fish for rainbow fish, Jew fish, mullet, lampaki, bream, octopus, shooting them sometimes with a harpoon gun whilst swimming. Attachment for breathing whilst under water. Also floating squares of cork with line hanging from the underside. The fish swims off unwinds the line, the cork remains afloat, the fisherman rows up to the cork. Fishing with long locally grown bamboo rods. For sea eggs they examine the sea floor with a bottomless bucket, spear the sea egg for transfer to the boat. For the small size octopus, a grappling weight with hooks is use. Fish used as bait. Walk along over under the water rocks and pull in when the octopus fastens on to the prey. Lampaki and Mullet caught in nets.