17-01-2008, 09:51 PM
Finally got back into fishing and squidding last weekend.
This time of year we usually fish middle harbour for Kingfish and always start by catching squid (or trying to). In the past we have been lucky enough to get good sized squid and just use the heads and "fins"? for bait leaving the squid bodies to take home and eat, but not so last weekend. We usually start squidding around Manly ...... there are a couple of rocky outcrops that we anchor off just south of Manly wharf and esplanade but further out along the Nothern shoreline there is a point that is not assessible from land for the general public and this has generally been a reliable spot to start. On Saturday we caught 6 squid fairly quickly but they were all quite small. The water was very clear and we actually saw a number of the squid take the lure and some others swimming nearby without strikes. All the squid were caught in about two metres of water. This was a surprise as we usually pull at least one larger squid from the deeper water around there. We moved on to a couple of other spots but had no luck at all so put the light rods away and went looking for Kingfish.
If we were after squid for a meal it would not have been a great outing but we managed to turn them into 4 Kingies all over 70cm so it was a good mornings fun after all.
This time of year we usually fish middle harbour for Kingfish and always start by catching squid (or trying to). In the past we have been lucky enough to get good sized squid and just use the heads and "fins"? for bait leaving the squid bodies to take home and eat, but not so last weekend. We usually start squidding around Manly ...... there are a couple of rocky outcrops that we anchor off just south of Manly wharf and esplanade but further out along the Nothern shoreline there is a point that is not assessible from land for the general public and this has generally been a reliable spot to start. On Saturday we caught 6 squid fairly quickly but they were all quite small. The water was very clear and we actually saw a number of the squid take the lure and some others swimming nearby without strikes. All the squid were caught in about two metres of water. This was a surprise as we usually pull at least one larger squid from the deeper water around there. We moved on to a couple of other spots but had no luck at all so put the light rods away and went looking for Kingfish.
If we were after squid for a meal it would not have been a great outing but we managed to turn them into 4 Kingies all over 70cm so it was a good mornings fun after all.