07-10-2007, 01:17 PM
Hey guys, I went to Flinders Pier yesterday. It was a pretty windy and the water was not terribly clear.
Despite the conditions there was heaps of people fishing for squid. I was on the left lower platform at the end of the pier and I saw the guys next to me catch about 5 squid (all in the space of about 5 minutes at around 6pm). One would have been around a kilo. Also another chap I spoke to said he had 5 squid as well. Mostly however, I think people went home with empty bags.
I caught one medium size squid (around 6pm) and one OK leatherjacket. I spent most of the time fishing for leatherjackets since I had about 10 squidder floats around me and I figured I would see when the squid arrived easily enough! Looks like the guys using whiting baited on skewers (under floats) were doing better than the squid jiggers.
I stayed until well after dark but only saw one squid caught under the lights. I left around 8.30pm.
Cheers, Glen
Despite the conditions there was heaps of people fishing for squid. I was on the left lower platform at the end of the pier and I saw the guys next to me catch about 5 squid (all in the space of about 5 minutes at around 6pm). One would have been around a kilo. Also another chap I spoke to said he had 5 squid as well. Mostly however, I think people went home with empty bags.
I caught one medium size squid (around 6pm) and one OK leatherjacket. I spent most of the time fishing for leatherjackets since I had about 10 squidder floats around me and I figured I would see when the squid arrived easily enough! Looks like the guys using whiting baited on skewers (under floats) were doing better than the squid jiggers.
I stayed until well after dark but only saw one squid caught under the lights. I left around 8.30pm.
Cheers, Glen