21-02-2007, 05:22 AM
Gday,
i went down to portsea/flinders last week for a bit of a mission and managed to bag 4 big squid from flinders pier.
i arrived at porstea first, in the late arvo, only to find it swamped with scuba divers, swimmers and kayaks. an old regular on the pier told me he'd had no luck with squid there over the last 2-3weeks, so immediately i packed up and headed for flinders pier.
I got to flinders an hour b4 sundown on the rising tide. it was the right choice to make, as when i arrived at the pier, some guy had just reeled one in.
i took my new telescopic landing net and a heap of new yozuri & miscellaneous japanese squid jigs, and managed to get good use out of both.
i caught the first squid on a fluoro orange yozuri prawn imitation in size-3, which id cast out but then forgot to finish retrieving,
as i was distracted helping my mates set up some bait jigs.
when i remembered i had left the jig out there, i assumed it had already sunk too deep and snagged my brand new jig on the sea floor but was pleased to feel the line wind in closer and closer with a big squid attached! caught the next one on a pale brown yozuri fish imitation jig size 4 and the other two biggest squid using fresh whiting under a float.
it was a great dusk session ! lookin forward to getin down there again this week.
keep yaz posted;-)
i went down to portsea/flinders last week for a bit of a mission and managed to bag 4 big squid from flinders pier.
i arrived at porstea first, in the late arvo, only to find it swamped with scuba divers, swimmers and kayaks. an old regular on the pier told me he'd had no luck with squid there over the last 2-3weeks, so immediately i packed up and headed for flinders pier.
I got to flinders an hour b4 sundown on the rising tide. it was the right choice to make, as when i arrived at the pier, some guy had just reeled one in.
i took my new telescopic landing net and a heap of new yozuri & miscellaneous japanese squid jigs, and managed to get good use out of both.
i caught the first squid on a fluoro orange yozuri prawn imitation in size-3, which id cast out but then forgot to finish retrieving,
as i was distracted helping my mates set up some bait jigs.
when i remembered i had left the jig out there, i assumed it had already sunk too deep and snagged my brand new jig on the sea floor but was pleased to feel the line wind in closer and closer with a big squid attached! caught the next one on a pale brown yozuri fish imitation jig size 4 and the other two biggest squid using fresh whiting under a float.
it was a great dusk session ! lookin forward to getin down there again this week.
keep yaz posted;-)