20-07-2005, 04:07 PM
[quote name='Calamarine' date='Jul 6 2005, 10:18 PM']went down to mornington pier yesterday evening( 5pm-7pm). NOTHING caught.. the swell was so rough, you could have surfed the waves!!
i think its about time i learnt how to interpret the 'wind' reports before driving for an hour....;-)
i think i'll try the silver whiting down at portsea or queenscliff this weekend.
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I hardly ever use whiting I am quite partial to salted pilchards, you might have read here of me singing their praise time and again
Silver whiting ,gars and normal pilchards are all top baits for squid but I have found salted ones last longer, are refreezable and the squid tend to go at them harder.
I dont know whether its the change in color that does it but I have caught my best bags using Salted pilchards, problem is they are getting harder to get.
Wind plays a Big factor when catching squid and so does tides ( although some may disagree) If you get you tides, times you fish and wind right then you chances of catching squid improve dramaticaly.
My preference for Queenscliff fould be something like this
Early morning or late evening rising tides
S/SW Wind of 10 to 20 knots
working around the areas where the lights fade out
You will find the guys using poles arnt catching much thats becuase they leave their lures and baits still, squid will always attack a moving bait more freely thats why the pole guys tend to catch more on windy night as their poles are moving with the wind.Fish the landing area at Queenscliff under the last light sitting on the steps about half way down, this is a real hot spot on this peir.
Huge cuttlefish are around in good numbers at queenscliff at the moment, good luck if you can land one
i think its about time i learnt how to interpret the 'wind' reports before driving for an hour....;-)
i think i'll try the silver whiting down at portsea or queenscliff this weekend.
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I hardly ever use whiting I am quite partial to salted pilchards, you might have read here of me singing their praise time and again
Silver whiting ,gars and normal pilchards are all top baits for squid but I have found salted ones last longer, are refreezable and the squid tend to go at them harder.
I dont know whether its the change in color that does it but I have caught my best bags using Salted pilchards, problem is they are getting harder to get.
Wind plays a Big factor when catching squid and so does tides ( although some may disagree) If you get you tides, times you fish and wind right then you chances of catching squid improve dramaticaly.
My preference for Queenscliff fould be something like this
Early morning or late evening rising tides
S/SW Wind of 10 to 20 knots
working around the areas where the lights fade out
You will find the guys using poles arnt catching much thats becuase they leave their lures and baits still, squid will always attack a moving bait more freely thats why the pole guys tend to catch more on windy night as their poles are moving with the wind.Fish the landing area at Queenscliff under the last light sitting on the steps about half way down, this is a real hot spot on this peir.
Huge cuttlefish are around in good numbers at queenscliff at the moment, good luck if you can land one