23-12-2005, 11:40 PM
Hi Pell,
i have a few tips on squidding at portsea that may help u. this time of year should still be fine for squid. althought it is really good, a few weeks into the spawning season which i think is around sept-oct
From my experience , the best peak times seem to be either early morning-6am-10:30am approx. and from about 2:30/3:oo pm ~into the evening past sundown.
Conditions: not too choppy, hot days can be really good. you may notice that it can be real crap if the dive schools are running and there are lots of ppl swimming all around the pier-but thats just luck of the draw.
in the morning one of the best spots is right at the end of the pier, and in the arvo/dusk the first stretch along the pier b4 u turn Right can be really productive. (but u can have luck anywhere on that pier depending on the day.)
im not sure what jigs u are using but something around the 1.5gm-3 weight range , and the brands Yamashita or Yozuri are some good ones to try (there are many brands to choose from) experiment and have a few to choose from in ur tackle box. pink, orange Yamashita jigs & the brown shrimp hunter-jigs have treated me well at most piers.
But apart from artificial jigs, one of the BEST baits when the large squid are around is a silver whiting rigged up on a bait jig under a float. u can buy it either fresh from the markets or most good tackle shops. in fact you'll probably find that most big squid u catch will fall for the silver whiting and not as often on artificial jigs. on a good day tho , they'll go for anything.
well, hope that helps. try queenscliff, point londsdale piers too;-)
i have a few tips on squidding at portsea that may help u. this time of year should still be fine for squid. althought it is really good, a few weeks into the spawning season which i think is around sept-oct
From my experience , the best peak times seem to be either early morning-6am-10:30am approx. and from about 2:30/3:oo pm ~into the evening past sundown.
Conditions: not too choppy, hot days can be really good. you may notice that it can be real crap if the dive schools are running and there are lots of ppl swimming all around the pier-but thats just luck of the draw.
in the morning one of the best spots is right at the end of the pier, and in the arvo/dusk the first stretch along the pier b4 u turn Right can be really productive. (but u can have luck anywhere on that pier depending on the day.)
im not sure what jigs u are using but something around the 1.5gm-3 weight range , and the brands Yamashita or Yozuri are some good ones to try (there are many brands to choose from) experiment and have a few to choose from in ur tackle box. pink, orange Yamashita jigs & the brown shrimp hunter-jigs have treated me well at most piers.
But apart from artificial jigs, one of the BEST baits when the large squid are around is a silver whiting rigged up on a bait jig under a float. u can buy it either fresh from the markets or most good tackle shops. in fact you'll probably find that most big squid u catch will fall for the silver whiting and not as often on artificial jigs. on a good day tho , they'll go for anything.
well, hope that helps. try queenscliff, point londsdale piers too;-)