10-08-2009, 10:45 PM
Went to Flinders with a mate this morn. 10th Aug 2009. Only ones on there at 4am.
Tried floats and baited jigs for the first time.
On sun up, got one med sized 30cm hood. 20min later got the biggest calamari I have ever seen. 50cm hood not including tentacles. I will post photos when my pal emails me them.
That was it. 2 hook ups both on baits. Thanks to Rob for his tips about the thumpers out the end of the pier. I am converted to using baits as a back up. I prefer atrifical jigs but there is no agrument in my mind, baits and floats won this morn.
Took a peek at Portesa later 10am... nada.
On another note, I saw japanese guy there with one of those ninja style extendable squid gaffs. It certailny looked the goods and he let me flick it out to test its coolness and indeed it was... although at $250au (according to him) i will stick with my $15 drop net.
cheers,
nala
Tried floats and baited jigs for the first time.
On sun up, got one med sized 30cm hood. 20min later got the biggest calamari I have ever seen. 50cm hood not including tentacles. I will post photos when my pal emails me them.
That was it. 2 hook ups both on baits. Thanks to Rob for his tips about the thumpers out the end of the pier. I am converted to using baits as a back up. I prefer atrifical jigs but there is no agrument in my mind, baits and floats won this morn.
Took a peek at Portesa later 10am... nada.
On another note, I saw japanese guy there with one of those ninja style extendable squid gaffs. It certailny looked the goods and he let me flick it out to test its coolness and indeed it was... although at $250au (according to him) i will stick with my $15 drop net.
cheers,
nala