Flinders report - VIC

[glen]

How did you go? <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[glen]

Flinders:



Regular customer Daz sent us and email during the week and informed us that he hit Flinders pier on Friday night to nail a few squid. Although he failed on the squid he did land a great number of huge Cowan young and 6 trevally. The fish were caught on unweighted yakka pieces.

Tackleworld Cranbourne Weekly Fishing Report 13th May 2010‏

[nala]

Any one been to Flinders lately? I am thinking about braving the sub arctic weather and having a go over the long weekend.



cheers,

nala

[glen]

FLINDERS:



While Gawaine has been in Portland aboard Big Time Brendan Wing has continued local charters with new Think BIG skipper Casey. The boys have been specifically targeting large calamari on the new Sephia Squid jigs coming soon from Shimano. They have been outstanding so far on the big carriers which have been about in both Western Port and Port Phillip if put the hours in to find them. Drifting in 6-7mts of water off Flinders has been exceptional with flood tides being the best.

Tackleworld Cranbourne Weekly Fishing Report 10th June 2010‏

[nala]

Thanks for the Tackleworld report Glen. Hmmm, drifting in 6-7mtrs might be cold I think... although I could wear a wetsuit I 'spose... <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Cheers,



nala

[glen]

Yeah I would suggest you take some floaties with you! hahaha! <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/xyxthumbs.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[nala]

Went to Flinders Pier this Morn, fished from 6am - 2pm, incoming tide.



Only ones there till 8am. Got 4, 2 very large and 2 medium about 2 hours after the turn of the tide. Saw 5 or 6 other squid caught by others later in the day so there was a few around.



Had a fair few follow ups but they seemed a bit shy at times. Awesome weather once the sun came up.



Got one on a baited jig and the others on silver grey and red gold imitations.



Cheers,



nala

[glen]

hey nala thanks for the report! <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[glen]

FLINDERS:

Mark Virgona from Facebook reported he has been catching some nice calamari from the Flinders Pier this week.



Mark’s technique has been to suspend a bait under a float and let it to drift in the current.

Tackleworld Cranbourne Weekly Fishing Report 1st July 2010‏

[mikii_v]

i will be at flinders for my first time tomorrow morning. will be squidding all day...

will let you guys know of my first catch on my mobile internet. gotta sleep now, here comes 2 hours of driving in the morning ! @_@



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[mikii_v]

what a long ass drive !



got 4, 1 big one on first cast which got us very fired up. crappiest day for fishing as the wind was blowing a gale against us, could barely cast.



flinders pier is very high, i fished under the stairs at the end. Lost 4 of my favorite jigs <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[nala]

G'day all,



As usual I try to post after each time I go squidding.



Went to Flinders on SAt morn 7th Aug. Got there 6am. Rising tide. Water fairly murky. The murkiest (is that a word?) I have seen it. Anyway fished till 10:30am and got zip. This is only the second time I have come home empty handed from flinders. Saw a few grass whiting being caught. By 8am there would have been 20+ fisherpeople on the jetty and I did not see one squid brought in.



Cheers,

nala

[nala]

[quote name='mikii_v' post='19988' date='Jul 13 2010, 12:12 PM']what a long ass drive !



got 4, 1 big one on first cast which got us very fired up. crappiest day for fishing as the wind was blowing a gale against us, could barely cast.



flinders pier is very high, i fished under the stairs at the end. Lost 4 of my favorite jigs <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':angry:' /> <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote]



Hey Mikii,



I have never lost a jig at Flinders but I tend to use 15lb+ braid or 20lb mono there as the weed can be pretty tough to get out of. Bummer about your jigs, I might have to get the snorkel out and have a peek around, mabey I can find them. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' />

[rtan12]

Fishing from 3PM to 6PM today. Only caught one, but saw another three smaller size been caught.

[Dave_Vince]

how big was it <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[glen]

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

[squidboi]

hey guys

have anyone been down to flinders lately and caught any good size squid.does anyone also know wats a good bait. are there other piers where i can catch bigger squids maybe 1-2kg squids



ty plz comment

[glen]

You could try portsea which has some big squid too <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[squidboi]

[quote name='glen' post='20403' date='Sep 4 2010, 10:42 AM']You could try portsea which has some big squid too <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote]

on the pier or the boats

[nala]

Squidboi,



try checking the Flinders report here: [url="http://www.squidfish.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=40&pid=20380&st=240&#entry20380"]http://www.squidfish.net/forums/index.php?...amp;#entry20380[/url] this is the link to the last, most recent post. Just scroll back from there to see past posts.



Flinders is my has been my preferred spot for over a year now. I very rarely come home empty handed. My mate was there last monday during the day and only got 2 but they were a decent size. When the tide is up you can fish pretty much the entire length of the pier from about the second light pole onwards. I have seen calamari brought in right along the whole pier. I have also seen a couple of BIG occys pulled up as well but I think getting one of them would be a pretty lucky day out.



Lots of people use baited jigs suspended under a float. Usually baited with silver whiting or grass whiting caught from the pier. I usually put out a baited jig or two and then flick around some imitation prawn jigs like yamashitas or yozuri's.



Make sure you have a net on a rope or a long squid gaff as it is a long drop to the water most of the time, and the calamari at Flinders tend to be too big to just haul up with your rod. They just fall off.



Hope this helps.



Cheers,

nala