30-03-2003, 02:18 AM
Ok guys here we go
Fished queenscliff and St leonards pier thursday night both piers where very very quite and unfortunatly all that was caught was a few very small squid although i did lose two nice sized ones at Queenscliff no one else had much to show. Their was one elderly gentleman next to me who managed to hook into a huge cuttlefish but lost it four times till the fish gave up as so nearly did the guys fishing pole as it started to give a cracking sound as the cuttlefish pull he and his son nearly got it into a net and it was huge, he told me he got one around the four kilo mark last week, he was using a sand whiting on a big wire jig these are bigger than the standard jig and I did try to entice the cuttlefish to my blue lure it swam straight for the baited jig every time he told me that this was the best way and that for some reason cuttlefish dont take lures often
( little bugger just kept coming back at that whiting which by now was a total mess) But apart from that the night was calm quite and the water was crystal clear
It was reported on another site that the squid where good on st leonards pier so I decided to take a look since Queenscliff seem quite and took advantage of the tide differences between the two.
Well I got to St Leonards and looked for all the fresh squid marks and while their where a few fresh ones, to say that the fishing was good was a tad overstated <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> the locals said It had been very quite and that the reports where a bit over the top makes you wonder who to beleive these days dont it
Some times I think that the pro reporters just make up reports so their buddies in the local tackle shops make money Its not the first time I have found professional reports from pro fisherman to be a load of squid droppings lol.
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Fished queenscliff and St leonards pier thursday night both piers where very very quite and unfortunatly all that was caught was a few very small squid although i did lose two nice sized ones at Queenscliff no one else had much to show. Their was one elderly gentleman next to me who managed to hook into a huge cuttlefish but lost it four times till the fish gave up as so nearly did the guys fishing pole as it started to give a cracking sound as the cuttlefish pull he and his son nearly got it into a net and it was huge, he told me he got one around the four kilo mark last week, he was using a sand whiting on a big wire jig these are bigger than the standard jig and I did try to entice the cuttlefish to my blue lure it swam straight for the baited jig every time he told me that this was the best way and that for some reason cuttlefish dont take lures often
( little bugger just kept coming back at that whiting which by now was a total mess) But apart from that the night was calm quite and the water was crystal clear
It was reported on another site that the squid where good on st leonards pier so I decided to take a look since Queenscliff seem quite and took advantage of the tide differences between the two.
Well I got to St Leonards and looked for all the fresh squid marks and while their where a few fresh ones, to say that the fishing was good was a tad overstated <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> the locals said It had been very quite and that the reports where a bit over the top makes you wonder who to beleive these days dont itSome times I think that the pro reporters just make up reports so their buddies in the local tackle shops make money Its not the first time I have found professional reports from pro fisherman to be a load of squid droppings lol.
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