18-03-2010, 11:23 AM
(This post was last modified: 18-03-2010, 11:24 AM by kingyfisher.)
[quote name='jewgaffer' post='17543' date='Feb 11 2010, 01:04 PM']The average is around 2 to 3kgs but some around the 4 to 5kgs
and even larger ones have been hooked and not landed.
A mate of mine hooked one around the 3kg mark and one other
that was alot bigger was trying to eat it this was around 3 times its size.
I really dont know how big they grow but we have seen some big ones
come up to the lights at the back of the boat.
They seem to be in numbers in the colder months but are caught all year.
Well to get a average size the squid is beside my tyrnos 30 and a 15kg tcurve game stick
laying on a 200kg esky.[/quote]
Hi welcome Jase,those look like a lot of the large squids sold in fish shops around Sydney. The chunky body is very different to the elongated tube of most inshore Arrows here.They also look like some of the imported Korean & Jap caught squid(that may also come from Southern Oceans)
and even larger ones have been hooked and not landed.
A mate of mine hooked one around the 3kg mark and one other
that was alot bigger was trying to eat it this was around 3 times its size.
I really dont know how big they grow but we have seen some big ones
come up to the lights at the back of the boat.
They seem to be in numbers in the colder months but are caught all year.
Well to get a average size the squid is beside my tyrnos 30 and a 15kg tcurve game stick
laying on a 200kg esky.[/quote]
Hi welcome Jase,those look like a lot of the large squids sold in fish shops around Sydney. The chunky body is very different to the elongated tube of most inshore Arrows here.They also look like some of the imported Korean & Jap caught squid(that may also come from Southern Oceans)
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