The contrast could not be any bigger: Anyone who knows the little harbor town of Jezera on the Croatian Kornati Island Murter from sport fishing of tuna in summer, has a busy picture in his head: Lots of boats with fluttering guidons, a highly frequented waterfront promenade, Toni’s Café bursting with people and a string of restaurants located around the harbor as well. And now on that Saturday at the beginning of March? All footpaths folded up like in a ghost town on a Sunday afternoon. Toni’s Café closed, Kanobi Leut closed, and also all the other restaurants, except one. No trace of life on the shore, on the water round the famous lighthouse of Blitvenica however a whole lot: I counted 14 boats, from the inflatable dinghy with two fishermen to a tourist steamer, that the 52 members of a Slovenian Fishing Club had quickly converted into their “battle station”. Why I was there as well in their midst on a 38 ft yacht, was for the same reason: King-sized amberjacks could be caught, with quick operated jigs. A few days before I called skipper Georg Blänich mentioning to have some business in Slovenian Lubljana. Georg’s reaction was: Come on over than, and if the wind calms down, what we expect, we’ve got a good chance to catch amberjacks. That amber mackerels gather over under water rocks in wintertime, and can be “jigged”, was discovered in 2011/2012. About 20 tons of fish hobby fishermen, but also professionals, brought out of the water that wintertime – always when the ocean had calmed down after several stormy days. On that Saturday fish didn’t yet really go in feeding mode. 4-5 Amberjacks of approximately 60 kg and a jigged bluefin tuna had been the more meager yield. Two days after it had been “quite good”, Georg later said. But anglers fishing for tuna also know this happening in summertime. Just one day for fishing is like pure gambling. In our midst (and new for me) was an aggressive-streamlined boat with the inscription „Policija“. The uniformed made sure after every single of the few drills, that there were no Bluefin Tunas amongst the edged fish. A kind of control that would be very desirable especially for professional fishermen. The two happy fishermen we watched drilling and landing an over 30 kg weighing amberjack, only had to hold up their catches briefly, and the policemen were satisfied. For this year the amberjack season is almost over. It lasts from November to the end of March. Next year I’ll be there again, with more time, together with that wonder-jig, that catches better than all the others – if it does!