08-06-2010, 04:47 PM
I headed down to Hillarys Friday night. Had a look at the AQWA jetty, but it just didn't look very fishy to me, but fishy and squiddy might be two different things. Were plenty of blowies hanging around anyway. I then chucked out a jig on the southern side of the harbour, but I didn't have any touch on the jig at all with the surf coming in, light as it was.
That was enough for me to head to the Northen side, and I decided on around the Disabled platform. Started around 5-ish, and had two decent sized ones in my bucket before night fall, probably around 5-30. Finished up at 7-30 without another touch. I tried several different colours, adding a glow stick about 6-inches up, and plenty of different retrieves, but to no avail. Either I got lucky with the 2 I had, or they went to bed at sun down.
When I fishing up, I headed back aroung to the AQWA jetty, and there were half a dozen people there who hadn't got any at all. They were a bit annoyed when I said I had two from the other side.
Is it usually a lot quiter for squid after dark, and would I be better off putting more effort into from around 3 or 4, rather than that close to sundown and night?
That was enough for me to head to the Northen side, and I decided on around the Disabled platform. Started around 5-ish, and had two decent sized ones in my bucket before night fall, probably around 5-30. Finished up at 7-30 without another touch. I tried several different colours, adding a glow stick about 6-inches up, and plenty of different retrieves, but to no avail. Either I got lucky with the 2 I had, or they went to bed at sun down.
When I fishing up, I headed back aroung to the AQWA jetty, and there were half a dozen people there who hadn't got any at all. They were a bit annoyed when I said I had two from the other side.
Is it usually a lot quiter for squid after dark, and would I be better off putting more effort into from around 3 or 4, rather than that close to sundown and night?