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[marksworld]

i am off to malia on crete on the 22nd and am taking a liitle rod and a few bits of light gear. i have already had a bit of advice, iv\'e been to malia before so i know there is a little harbour which looks a nice place to fish, just wunderin if anybody fished crete before? or has any tips etc. ihave been told to use mince meat or bread as bait for the mullet, but would like to do a bit spinning.
any help would be great
cheers
mark

 

[Charlie_Thompson]

I had a pop a couple of years ago around Stalis and on the North coast. Plenty of mullet and Bream about but difficult to catch. Watch out for the weaver fish

 

[marksworld]

cheers charlie,
what were you using as bait? and did you try any lures
thanks
mark

 

[marksworld]

been trying for ages to find a site on the net to see what sort of fish i might be targeting,cant find a bloody thing just holliday sites

 

[RobAdair]

Try this one Mark

http://www.explorecrete.com/travel/crete-fishing.html

 

[marksworld]

cheers rob
mark

 

[Charlie_Thompson]

I used bread, little bits of fish and lures spinners. Caught one weaver fish

 

[marksworld]

have been told to use some fresh mince for the mullet which iv,e been told are buggers to catch

 

[MikeR]

Just got back from Corfu. The local technique seems to be to tie 7 size 6 hoos to the end of the line and wrap it around a big piece of bread. This is fished with a bubble float. It looked pretty effective (but not too sporting).

 

[marksworld]

did you have good weather mike?

 

[MikeR]

Red hot mate. Glad to be home - I\'m not really built for those temperatures and I was sick of using the suncream! Had a few heavy thunderstorms during the night but that was about it.

 

[marksworld]

i dont mind the sun as ia m dark haired but i get bored sitting around the pool all day listening yo loud fat cockneys going on about how much money they make compaired to us northeners (apologies to any southeners who have had the good sense to move up here ) who make nothing. thats why i am taking my rod and hopefully catch some fish
cheers mark

 

[Charlie_Thompson]

It can get painfully hot fishing there. Nice cool breeze at night on the south coast though.

 

[marksworld]

just what i was thinking sitting with a couple of bottles of sol and wathcing the sun go down, then catching a cretan bass lol