Botany Bay Squid - NSW

[glen]

nice work ben!!! <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/xyxthumbs.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' />

[ben]

[color="#0000FF"]Thanks Glen [/color] <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' />





Cheers Ben

[Bent_Rod]

great work, nice variety, great work.

[ben]

[color="#0000FF"]Gday Bent Rod



[/color]

Cheers Mate <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/xyxthumbs.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' /> And Welcome to squidFish.Net <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> are you Sydney Based?

[Bent_Rod]

hi Ben, Thank you, and yes im from sydney. I like to fish for squid when ever i can, i think i have the bug, i would like to try some new areas with some of you guys, if anyone wants someone to go with, im always keen on squid. send me a PM.



I will report all squid trips i go on, and try to take photos, to keep you informed.

[ben]

[color="#0000FF"]Gday Bent-Rod[/color]



were in Sydney are you based take long to get to Bare Island ?



Cheers Ben

[ben]

Couldnt help it had to get out for another Squid session <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/xyxthumbs.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' /> Got my first little Inker first cast <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> on the 3.5 Daiwa in Fire

I thought thats a good start then that was it for that spot jigged for about 2o minutes or so then went to the next spot after several cast bringing in the 3.5 jig I had a school of little Inkers try and round up my jig .No hits I cast out again no interest . So I went to my jig case and pulled out the baby of the daiwa jigs I think 1.5 0r 1.8 . First cast I let it sink and the little Inkers couldnt help but to have a go. The other seven were caught on this little Jig at three other spots I fished from about 3.30pm up to high tide around 830 . One thing I noticed which I haven't seen before was baby baby squid a little school of them swimming around they wouldnt of been longer than a match stick <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Cheers Ben

[Jazman]

You are killing them Ben! <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' /> Great bag mate. From the look of the runner visible in one of your shots it looks like you're using a proper squidding rod - are you getting more since you started using it?

[ben]

[color="#0000FF"]Gday Jazman

[/color]

Mate I am loving my squidding great fun thats all I am fishing for . I need to get my kayak out and get some Ink on her as My new spot I could really cover some ground of the Yak . Yep I bough the gladiator rod last month I am getting used to it as it is the lighter one of the Gladiator eggi rods . And I am used to a whippy rod .At first when I would get a touch I would loose the squid as my sloppy rod a daiwa pro caster all a squid has to do is take the jig and the rod would have some give in it but this new rod is a little stiffer but I am now getting used to it I caught the 10 on saturday on it. today I caught the one on it and the other seven on the daiwa Pro caster . I do like the new rod. I might get the next one up which is a little stiffer to be able to cast out some bigger jigs. Have you been getting a few Inkers ?



Cheers Ben

[Jazman]

Great to see you are enjoying your squidding mate, there is nothing else quite like it <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/xyxthumbs.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' /> I have got that flame coloured jig in size 3, one of my faves. Have you seen the Japanese squidding movies on youtube where they use the really violent jigging action? I think that is what the proper squidding rods are more designed to do, do you ever work your jig this way? 90% of the squid I get are a a jig mooched along slow and deep.



Check out the way this guy flogs his jig!

[url="http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=TKwDW-Teoa0"]http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=TKwDW-Teoa0[/url]



I'd like to give that technique a bit more of a go.



I am seriously tempted to get one of those gladiator rods, but I'm not sure if I will get enough use out of it to justify the purchase. Living in Canberra I am about 2 hours from the coast, and have been splitting my weekend trips between the coast and Jindabyne in the snowies. So I only get a chance to go squidding once every 2 or so weeks......I used to go 3 or more times a week when I lived in Melbourne! <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[ben]

[color="#0000FF"]Gday 'Jazman'[/color]



Mate most of my jigging is easy easy some times like today I will jig non stop for over four hours or more so I couldn't handle going crazy like some of the clips you see on you tube. Every now and again as you know the daiwa have the rattle I will give it some sharp jerks I dont know if the rattle does anything but I think it does . My jigging technique is with the tip down at my toes nearly touching the water and gentle but jerky jigs back. I need to get a small rod for my kayak to do the same technique I am used to . I think I got into that habbit from mainly squidding from the bridge leaning over rod dangling over and casting out and twitching back .It is funny as I used to only use little jigs like I caught seven of today catch on but since we have been having the windy weather I have gone to 3.5 and stayed with it as i like to cast out far and jig back and really cover the deeper water compared to like today casting out the little jigs and slowly slowly letting the jig sink I like it for close in jigging even better if the water is clear and I can see the jig sink. But I think I like the bigger jigs and knowing that when i do jig back that it still stays down compared to the smaller jigs so light when I jig back they rise to quick . But in saying that the good old small jig did the damage today [color="#0000FF"].Jazzman [/color]what is your prefered jigging technique do you jig from the side or do you ever jig with the tip down at your feet . ? I still like jigging from the side aswell .



Cheers Ben

[Bent_Rod]

hi Ben, those squids look great. I notice where you go, you catch alot of calamari, where i go i catch mostly arrow squid. Today i caught 3, same with yesterday, and i catch mine at night, i notice also your catching yours in the day. I jig sometimes with the rod facing down, and sometimes to the side, i find the side better, but i am having the same problem you are having with the stiffness of the gladiator rod, sometimes when there are small ones, i can hardly feel them, i had a fiberglass ugly stick before, it felt great when the squid where hooked on. I guess i have to get use to this graphite feel. I saw a calamari today, it wasnt going for my jig, it was on the surface with its tentacles spread out and high, like a dance, it was not attracted to the jig at all, have you ever seen this type of behaviour before?



also i want to ask you, do you eat the small calamari, or are you using them for bait?

[Jazman]

Gday Ben, I used to squid a lot land based, but now most of my squidding is done from the yak in fairly shallow water from 1-4m deep. I fish my jigs a lot like I do SPs - give the jig a flick or two, then let it sink for a few seconds, then raise the rod tip slowly, then let it sink. With the little Emeraldas 1.8 jigs I let them sink for a long time before I start the retrieve. Every now and again I give the reel handle a few really quick turns then stop and wait a few seconds (like the 'burn and kill' technique used by lure fishos). I find this often provokes a strike, especially when the squid are finicky or shy, and just watching the jig but not grabbing it - when they see the jig race away from them then stop dead it can turn them on big time <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> I usually have the rod angled at 90 degrees to the line, so I guess I mostly jig from the side.



I also get quite a lot of squid by cheating <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' /> - drifting over the shallow weed beds, with a jig under a float about a metre off the bottom, while I cast/retrieve another jig, or a soft plastic for flatties etc. Some days I get all my squid on the cast/retrieved jig, and some days they're all on the float rig, sometimes it's a mix of the two. Go figure! <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Bent-rod, I have seen the behaviour you mentioned when walking the shallows at night with a prawn light - I thought at the time that the squid might be trying to imitate floating weed to attract small baitfish, there was a lot of weed around at the time that looked very similar to the squid's posture.

[ben]

Couldnt help myself the little Inkers were calling <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> As my current house I am painting is an Exterior so with todays rain I took the day of so I hit Bare Island for a few hours didnt take long for the first Inker to hit my bucket I got about 4 in the first hour then went quiet then another two in the next hour than that was it still good size KingTam's <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/xyxthumbs.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' /> Daiwa jig 3.5 Fire did the damage



Cheers Ben

[Bent_Rod]

good stuff ben, i went to that bridge last friday, it was low tide so i went down to the rocks and cast a few times, i kept getting snags, the tide was too low, and it was windy so i left.



I am still to catch any squid in la perouse



cheers

[Costa]

[quote name='Bent_Rod' post='13125' date='Nov 21 2008, 01:23 AM']good stuff ben, i went to that bridge last friday, it was low tide so i went down to the rocks and cast a few times, i kept getting snags, the tide was too low, and it was windy so i left.



I am still to catch any squid in la perouse



cheers[/quote]



Hi to all squid fishos, I have been watching the Botany - LaPerouse squid fishing results for a while now, I thought it was about time I joined up, to this excellent site! <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



I have fished Bare Island several times this month and have had sucess with the green YoZuri squid jigs, using a slow cast and retrieve from the bridge. It also pays to have a second rig set up paternoster style when the tide is up just make sure your drag is set light and your rod secured <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> .



Keep up the good work Glen <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/xyxthumbs.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[glen]

thanks costa! glad to have you aboard! <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/xyxthumbs.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[TIMMY C]

Hello all.



this is my first post so go easy,



wow what a great site.



i know the topic has been brought up before but i thought i would post to see if there has been any recent activity.



i am heading to Botany Bay on monday with the old man and wanna get him a kingie.



just wondering if anybody has had any sucsess in the bay atm for squid.



and if so could you please lend a hand in some locations.



pm me if you dont wanna post.



also has anyone been doing well on the kings in the bay ?



cheers Tim

[glen]

hi ST, welcome to the forum!!!! cheers, glen <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/xyxthumbs.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rod:' />

[mr_liaison]

hi guys, geeze havnt been on this site for ages, pc has been down,,keep the reports coming i dont get anytime to squid but i think ill have to tll the cook i got to make time, been reading the post's to this topic but cant see the pics you guys added.,..do you guys squid in middle harbour going for a day out there in a couple of days might have to buy some jigs and get out there any spots in middle harbour guys...cheers craig