Spinning
Little tunny at dawn in spring, dolphinfish, bonito, tuna, bluefish, sea bass close to shore. The fishing I love most.
What we catch
Techniques and seasons of the Adriatic off Romagna.
Our sea
The Adriatic off Romagna is shallow, it doesn’t have the depth of the Tyrrhenian. Bottom fishing here is done on the wrecks, not in the deep. In return it has clear-cut seasons, and if you know them you know what to expect every month.
The techniques
Drifting
Fishing for bluefin tuna. We prepare the live bait, then we wait with the rods in the water. No two are the same.
Trolling
Coastal and offshore, slow or fast, with lures or live bait. With light trolling we go for mackerel, the right fishing for beginners and for the kids.
Bottom fishing
On the wrecks for scorpionfish, forkbeard and bottom fish. For gilthead bream at anchor or close to shore.
Cuttlefish
The most relaxed fishing there is, in spring.
The seasons
April and May
Little tunny on spinning gear at dawn, when they’re active. Cuttlefish.
May and June
Bluefish and leerfish come in. Little tunny until July.
July and August
Bluefin tuna on the drift from midday. In August the young amberjack and the dolphinfish.
When the sea allows
Mackerel on light trolling, bottom fishing on the wrecks, gilthead bream close to shore, sea bass on spinning gear.
The species
Little tunny, bluefin tuna, dolphinfish, Atlantic bonito, bonito, amberjack, dentex, bluefish, leerfish, barracuda, sea bass, gilthead bream, striped bream, shi drum, brown meagre, mackerel, cuttlefish, scorpionfish, forkbeard.
Tell me what you want to catch
I’ll tell you whether it’s the right time, and if it isn’t, what makes sense instead.