19-09-2006, 07:58 PM
[quote name='Crumpet_Avenger' post='7338' date='Sep 18 2006, 05:35 PM']greetings all, im a first time poster and looks like ive come to the right place. On wednesday morning im heading down to flinders pier in search of some squid or some big leatheries. As im a shore based fisherman is the pier the only option? When i used to have a boat i used to drift not far from the pier off the near the rocks. is this accessible by foot and if so is it productive for fish?
also im a first time squidder, ive thrown a jig in whilst fishing for whiting and fluked a few but im actually going to target them on wednesday. any tips would be muchly appreciated[/quote]
Gday Crumpet Avenger! welcome;-)
Theres great info regarding the best tackle and bait to use for Flinders etc if u check thru some old posts, but heres a rough guideline for squid.:
-for the larger squid use baited jigs using eg;silver whiting or pilchard/gar, set under a squid float.
(but if u dont mind risking snags & have plenty of spare metal jigs, u can just cast out a silver whiting on a bait jig and just let it drift about, whilst reeling it in every now and then to entice the squid.) altho id becareful doing this in a strong current and busy pier.
-Its Essential to take a landing net to any pier like flinders, portsea, queenscliff- with a LONG extended handle, or any type of net u can use to reach the water from a high pier.
There is nothing worse than trying to land a surprise 3-4kg monster, only to have it dissappear in front of ure eyes. I adapted a boat landing net with some extra poles & gaffer tape and i put it together when i arrive.
-for squid jigs some of my faves are the YAMASHITA range in size 1.8 gm~ 3.0gm for small to med size squid. best colours seem to be orange/pink.....also blue/green in clearer conditions.
and u cant go past any shrimp imitation type jigs too. they seem to work real well in PPB as well as western port. YOZURI shrimp hunter is a good brand. i guess it pays to have a nice jig collection on hand, so u can see what works on that particular day. lots of brands to try.
others on here will know ALOT more about flinders than i do, so keep an ear out for there reports!
its school holidays now so im guessing flinders will be jam PACKED- so good luck!!
also im a first time squidder, ive thrown a jig in whilst fishing for whiting and fluked a few but im actually going to target them on wednesday. any tips would be muchly appreciated[/quote]
Gday Crumpet Avenger! welcome;-)
Theres great info regarding the best tackle and bait to use for Flinders etc if u check thru some old posts, but heres a rough guideline for squid.:
-for the larger squid use baited jigs using eg;silver whiting or pilchard/gar, set under a squid float.
(but if u dont mind risking snags & have plenty of spare metal jigs, u can just cast out a silver whiting on a bait jig and just let it drift about, whilst reeling it in every now and then to entice the squid.) altho id becareful doing this in a strong current and busy pier.
-Its Essential to take a landing net to any pier like flinders, portsea, queenscliff- with a LONG extended handle, or any type of net u can use to reach the water from a high pier.
There is nothing worse than trying to land a surprise 3-4kg monster, only to have it dissappear in front of ure eyes. I adapted a boat landing net with some extra poles & gaffer tape and i put it together when i arrive.
-for squid jigs some of my faves are the YAMASHITA range in size 1.8 gm~ 3.0gm for small to med size squid. best colours seem to be orange/pink.....also blue/green in clearer conditions.
and u cant go past any shrimp imitation type jigs too. they seem to work real well in PPB as well as western port. YOZURI shrimp hunter is a good brand. i guess it pays to have a nice jig collection on hand, so u can see what works on that particular day. lots of brands to try.
others on here will know ALOT more about flinders than i do, so keep an ear out for there reports!
its school holidays now so im guessing flinders will be jam PACKED- so good luck!!