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After many hours on the water, and after seeing a few other kayak fisherfolk catch squid, I've finally caught a squid in NSW from my kayak. But it didn't happen quite the way I thought it would........



Last weekend about 6 kayak fishers from Canberra made a trek to Bateman's Bay to chase snapper and (hopefully) yellowtail kingfish offshore. I managed to catch a small slimy mackeral (see pic), and dreaming of big fish I hooked him through the nose and sent him out on my 10kg outfit as a live bait. I drifted along for about an hour, catching a few fish on soft plastics along the way (see pictures of a few of them, a snapper, an elegant wrasse and a pike). All of a sudden the rod which had the live mackeral on it started to bend like it had a dead weight on the end, then it started pumping - we all know what that means! <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':thumbsup2:' />



Since I was unlikely to hook the squid on the single hook I had in the mackeral, I slowly drew the squid to the surface, and removed the mackeral, replacing it with a squid jig. He took a little bit of convincing, but the squid eventually grabbed the jig and I landed him. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> Tasted fantastic on the BBQ that night <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

good work jazman on getting all of those fish and the squid!



maybe you will get a kingfish next time? did you have a plan on how to land the kingfish if you actually hooked one?



cheers, glen <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/xyxthumbs.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':thumbsup2:' />

If I hook a kingy, landing it will be the easy bit (either landing net, grab the tail, or lip grips) - keeping it away from the reef after hookup will be the hard part. Some of my fellow kayak fishers caught 2 kingies at 50-55cm long (legal size in NSW is 60cm), and had no problems getting them aboard.

[quote name='Jazman' post='8501' date='Apr 24 2007, 10:51 AM']If I hook a kingy, landing it will be the easy bit (either landing net, grab the tail, or lip grips) - keeping it away from the reef after hookup will be the hard part. Some of my fellow kayak fishers caught 2 kingies at 50-55cm long (legal size in NSW is 60cm), and had no problems getting them aboard.[/quote]



HO HO HO "Landing it will be the EASY BIT " just wait till you hook a few decent sized fish instead of those 1-2yr olds you've been molesting.......90cms and up will tow you around like Captain Ahab on the back of Moby Dick <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/oops.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':moped:' />

Hi Kingyfisher, welcome to the forum. Maybe you should re-read my post, I think you missed the point of what I was saying. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/oops.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':moped:' />



Landing the fish (once it is beaten and next to the kayak) will be the easy bit - I will net the fish or use lip grips.



The hard bit will be keeping the fish off the reef after I hook it.

[quote name='kingyfisher' post='8557' date='Apr 29 2007, 01:18 PM']HO HO HO "Landing it will be the EASY BIT " just wait till you hook a few decent sized fish instead of those 1-2yr olds you've been molesting.......90cms and up will tow you around like Captain Ahab on the back of Moby Dick <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/oops.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote]





Hi Kingyfisher,



you know all about catching 90cm+ kingfish. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup2.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

welcome aboard zante! <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> catching any?



cheers, glen

[quote name='glen' post='8928' date='May 17 2007, 07:57 PM']welcome aboard zante! <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> catching any?



cheers, glen[/quote]





Thanks Glen,



My most recent specimen landbased......



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74cm.

that is a ripper of a kingfish! i have yet to catch (or see) one! <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

<img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/clown.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' /> Hi there you fishos, I'm new to this, happen to come across this forum whilst researching for squid knowhow and where.

I have a kayak, I fish regular in the cowan river on plastics but yet to tangle a squid. Your stuff is great, love it. Waldo

g'day waldo! welcome to the forum! we should have you tangling a squid in no time!



cheers, glen <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/xyxthumbs.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' />

Hey Jazman,



Where near the bay did you get that beauty?



L.