Perth - WA

[glen]

hi Zwoots! welcome to the forum congratulations on the squid catch! <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/xyxthumbs.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':ink' />

[Izhizm_Zwoots]

[quote name='glen' post='17924' date='Mar 22 2010, 08:28 AM']hi Zwoots! welcome to the forum congratulations on the squid catch! <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/xyxthumbs.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':ink' />[/quote]



Thanks Glen , never scored a fish ( well skuid in this case) on a lure before. So, from a skeptic to a believer overnight.



T's certainly the most special experience, bought a squid rod from oceanside, a coupleve jigs and strolled down to woodsman for a try out and whaddya know.



Its funny how things happen when you least expect anything to happen... i suppose i shoudeve stayed longer but for starters i was contented with one..



t'was intriguing really, oh you know what their shiny hypnotizing colours do to us squiddos... haha

[Peter Hugill]

Good work zwoots. You only need a couple of squid for a nice feed mate! Just keep casting into that weedy structure and move around if the squid arnt there!

[echo1]

Got a few on the north side of hillarys this morning. They played by all the rules, hit the natural colours in the clear water, hit the jig on the sink. Not great sizes but good to get them all the same. Sumizoku in the purple with blue eye and Daiwa MD in the brown, both 3.0 size, moderately aggressive jerking style.

Can't wait for the classic on Sunday.



Cheers.

[Peter Hugill]

Good stuff echo, gota love those purple sumizoku's!

[echo1]

[quote name='Peter Hugill' post='18171' date='Apr 9 2010, 11:54 AM']Good stuff echo, gota love those purple sumizoku's![/quote]





Yeah they're 'gold' (purple gold?). Got two of the squid in consecutive casts with it. Gotta try to control myself and not buy any more fishing (and eging) gear. I've spend too much this week gearing up for salmon and the calamari classic.

[Salmo]

cockburn is closed for crabbing on the 2nd April if you didnt know

seems lots of people didnt....



good luck tomorrow at the Classic

[shortytheyakker]

Well by the time you folks have read this the classic will be won and lost, i did a prefish at Naval base ,only a few small ones around,a mate of mine found the same at Woodys PT (both in kayaks),,it might be tough for the inshore crowd we shall see.



I picked up a jig i have never seen before at Compleate Angler (Keystone) a pinky,reddy type with stripes,,i will give that a burl with my pink/purple harmitsus.



It the weathers fine and waters clear they say greens the best colour,,so that will get a run maybe also,,



How did you guys go ?



Oh and i saw the squid iki sticks in compleate,never seen them before in shops.

[Peter Hugill]

Echo i know what you mean!



Shorty, the squid this year have all been little tackers! Went out 2 weeks ago and did a lot of travel on the boat and the biggest one we got was half the size of last years!



Keystone are great jigs, real bold tattoo like patterns, i have done well using them, they seem to sit in the water nicely too. There are a few different types of iki jimis for squid, not many places sell them though, check out www.fishonproshop.com.au we got all the squiding gear!

[echo1]

didn't end up fishing the classic. Went out off hillarys instead and got 4 decent squid (more if we hadn't been going for fish too) and a new PB. 25cm tube length and 530g. Not an absolute monster but still respectable. On the [color="#203548"]Kibinago Rainbow.[/color]

[shortytheyakker]

Glad to hear the Keystones are a great jig Peter,i stuck mostly with a pink harmitsu,got 20 squid and a huge cuttlefish but never bothered the leader boards, a tandem kayak won,,which means two folks are fishing instead of one,,booo,,LOL



Was a fantastic day out around 120 competeors, lots of $700 EGI rods given away,Engel generators etc professonal squidder from Japan flew out again with his secret tips,,looking forward to the next round in june,, <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Well done by Szarn Tink,won the landbased and also the biggest squid,,passed $1000 worth of prizes down to the runner up biggest squid,,the young guy was rapt .



Heres Szarn with his goodies





And a very happy Flangies with $1000 worth off rod and reel which was Szarn 2nd prize







This boat came in 2nd,,



A few more piccys,,

[Peter Hugill]

great report shorty, maybe next round mate! Congrats to anyone who won prizes and hope you enjoy your Fish on pro shop vouchers too!

[pisces_australis]

[quote name='Peter Hugill' post='18279' date='Apr 13 2010, 07:47 AM']great report shorty, maybe next round mate! Congrats to anyone who won prizes and hope you enjoy your Fish on pro shop vouchers too![/quote]

Looks like a great comp Peter, how many years has this comp been running and how many rounds is there <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/fishing.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[Peter Hugill]

Been running for about 3 or 4 years, generally there is 2 rounds a year. It's a great comp and good day out for anyone from serious anglers to families. I think the idea is to get it to be a national type of comp like ABT. Would be great if it was like that.

[glen]

Great to see some local competitions happening! Well done for organising this.

[Peter Hugill]

Glen I didn't organise it, it was done by another bloke Paul Willis from WA

[glen]

Good on you paul!

[echo1]

[quote name='Peter Hugill' post='18287' date='Apr 13 2010, 11:51 AM']Been running for about 3 or 4 years, generally there is 2 rounds a year. It's a great comp and good day out for anyone from serious anglers to families. I think the idea is to get it to be a national type of comp like ABT. Would be great if it was like that.[/quote]



From what I understand Pete the comp started up last year. Round 1: Sunday May the 17th 2009? That was the one I entered and i'm pretty sure it was the first. May have been other comps around but yeah I'm 90% sure that was the first.



Cheers

[Peter Hugill]

Actually i think your right echo, it's either last year or the end of the year before that <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[shortytheyakker]

Went out in the Sound today to explore new ground,squidding was slow but ended up with 10 one being a good size,,