08-07-2006, 05:48 PM
Hi everyone.
Ive caught only a few squid in my life basically all on the same day when I was young and went to Rapid Bay with my old man. He done all the rigging, setting up, etc and we managed to get about 10 squid including a couple cuttles. I caught 2 or 3 myself. Anyway he never really taught me how to set up or even fish properly, so it was luck really that I managed to get some.
So recently I've wanted to start squidding again. I went out during Janruary earlier this year to Rapid Bay and spent most of the day getting suburnt on the jetty. I felt a lot of what I thought were bites but got nothing. It was late in the afternoon and my brother had started moving some of the gear into the car, than I pulled up a squid! It was my first squid ever that I had caught completely on my own. I had chose my location, set up my own rig, cast it out and reeled it in completely by myself. This was a huge acheivement for me as I had never caught anything without my dad's help. We weren't taken out fishing very often and I only ever caught a couple small undersize fish with him.
The squid's mantle measured 11cm in length, it was a very small squid but the few calamari rings I cooked from it were extremely tasty, like nothing I had before. Fresh calamari is nothing like the rubbery ###### which i dont even like from barnacle bills. We had travelled an insane distance, from up near holden hill all the way down to the Flerieu Penninsula for one small squid. It cost a lot in petrol and other expenses like food and fishing tackle but it sure was worth it. btw sorry for my life story...
Anyway since than I have tried squidding at the Bluff at Victor Harbour and even at the Glenelg jetty with no luck whatsoever. Even though at glenelg i had seen some monster squid pulled up i didnt get a bite. I dont have transport at the moment and I want to catch some squid nearby. However at the usually packed jetties I havent seen much fisherman at all besides people netting for blue swimmer crabs. Also there hasnt been any posts in this forum since May. Is right now a bad time for squid? As you can tell I am pretty much a total beginner and need as much help as I can get. I think the squid I caught a rapid bay may of just been good luck. I have read some information on the net about the basics of catching squid but its very hard to put it into practise and return with a squid. Also is it possible to catch squid using a jig on a hand reel?
Thankyou if you read all that. So in conclusion I am just needing some basic squidding tips, maybe there is something elementary I am missing? Anything at all you can think of that could make you miss squid or not realise there is one on the line. And maybe some qood squidding locations altough this doesn't do much good as I have been to some of the good ones. Cheers in advance for any help/advice you are willing to give
Ive caught only a few squid in my life basically all on the same day when I was young and went to Rapid Bay with my old man. He done all the rigging, setting up, etc and we managed to get about 10 squid including a couple cuttles. I caught 2 or 3 myself. Anyway he never really taught me how to set up or even fish properly, so it was luck really that I managed to get some.
So recently I've wanted to start squidding again. I went out during Janruary earlier this year to Rapid Bay and spent most of the day getting suburnt on the jetty. I felt a lot of what I thought were bites but got nothing. It was late in the afternoon and my brother had started moving some of the gear into the car, than I pulled up a squid! It was my first squid ever that I had caught completely on my own. I had chose my location, set up my own rig, cast it out and reeled it in completely by myself. This was a huge acheivement for me as I had never caught anything without my dad's help. We weren't taken out fishing very often and I only ever caught a couple small undersize fish with him.
The squid's mantle measured 11cm in length, it was a very small squid but the few calamari rings I cooked from it were extremely tasty, like nothing I had before. Fresh calamari is nothing like the rubbery ###### which i dont even like from barnacle bills. We had travelled an insane distance, from up near holden hill all the way down to the Flerieu Penninsula for one small squid. It cost a lot in petrol and other expenses like food and fishing tackle but it sure was worth it. btw sorry for my life story...
Anyway since than I have tried squidding at the Bluff at Victor Harbour and even at the Glenelg jetty with no luck whatsoever. Even though at glenelg i had seen some monster squid pulled up i didnt get a bite. I dont have transport at the moment and I want to catch some squid nearby. However at the usually packed jetties I havent seen much fisherman at all besides people netting for blue swimmer crabs. Also there hasnt been any posts in this forum since May. Is right now a bad time for squid? As you can tell I am pretty much a total beginner and need as much help as I can get. I think the squid I caught a rapid bay may of just been good luck. I have read some information on the net about the basics of catching squid but its very hard to put it into practise and return with a squid. Also is it possible to catch squid using a jig on a hand reel?
Thankyou if you read all that. So in conclusion I am just needing some basic squidding tips, maybe there is something elementary I am missing? Anything at all you can think of that could make you miss squid or not realise there is one on the line. And maybe some qood squidding locations altough this doesn't do much good as I have been to some of the good ones. Cheers in advance for any help/advice you are willing to give