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Yes it has been quite a frustrating summer so far, but they are slowly trickling in. You'll be onto to them soon, just keep at it. Yes, very true. I still can't believe how much the markets charge for a slice of these guys. Unbelievable!! There are 2 ways, one is to ring them like you would if you were making calamari rings, but that's if you have a big squid. The way I like to do it is to take the head off first and then slice it down the middle, open it up so you have one big piece, then depending on size is just slice it to make big triangles, don't be stingy on the size of your strips hehe then what I do is make 4-6 small cuts about 10-15cm on the bottom of the triangle (give's the strip some movement). Hope I was clear enough? If not PM me and I can send you a picture next time I do it. thanks mate. Yeah, still to add the hoodie to the list this summer, but from Savage73's post, I can feel it's just a trip or 2 away nothing wrong with taking table fish home, it keeps me in the good books with the ahahaha, the Mrs ain't too big a fan on the taste of raw fish, so I have to try and entice her with something different. thanks mate, I feel like I spend so much time and effort in chasing these guys that I need to put in the same time and effort when I put it on the table for family and friends.

There it is! The first botany bay hoodie report. Well done mate, that would have been a hell of a fight anchored up. How long did it take you and what depth were you at?

Hi Raiders, being the last week of my holidays, wanted to get out as much as possible. On the water at 9, spent 2 HOURS!!! in 4 different locations for 1 medium size squid, think it had to do with the dirty water and crap everywhere turning them off. Think the squid liked the jig as it matched it's eyes Stripped the squid up for 4 strips and a head. Lost the head and 3 strips to pickers, have a suspicion it could be jackets as not only did it come back with no strip, but no bloody hooks either!! Down to the last strip and the elastic goes ping! It went 70cm. Out of squid, decided to try and downrig an x-rap, and picked up a nice size tailor Turned one fillet of the king to normal sashimi, and the other one to a a recipe a friend gave to me, Kingfish sashimi with passion fruit, mint lemon grass and roasted rice powder. Had him over and he said it was better than the restaurants!! ahahah LOL, think it was the free sashimi and beers that was talking hehehe

well done Luke! did you get it on bait?

It is an awesome knife!! went through the kingie like butter. You been hitting the bay lately? PM sent

Sometimes when you can only manage one, and one that isn't a big one. You appreciate it so much more, and they somehow taste that much better also. Work starts next week for me when that happens, I'll be hitting the bay after work in the yak. Might catch u out there. Oh mate, tell u what, when that first one pulled the hook. I was ready to pack it in, sell the boat and go back to playing golf! Hahaha Not a prob buddy, you know me, got no friends so solo trips are the way. Yeah, it does, doesn't it. . How you going Luke? Been getting into them? Hey Dan, been hearing that quite a lot lately, pretty unusual for the bay at this time of the year. Think the up and downs of the weather has to do with it.Go the Xraps! Sending a PM

Hi Raiders, it's been a while since I've been able to bring home a king, lost count of the number of trips this summer where the only thing I've been able to do is feed squid to rats. Made a late call today to head out, got onto the water at 11:30 and planned to squid for an hour and then hit the kings, if not then I had some prawns and plastics for bream and flatties. Fortunately I got onto 3 squid quick smart and proceeded to DR them for some kings. First drop and pass, came back with nothing (fed them again!, getting quite depressed now), whack on half a squid, bang it's on, definitely no hoodie from the lack of bending in the rod, but called it for a keeper, got it boatside only for it to spit the hook, think I 'gunned' it out too quickly feeling quite deflated, I whacked on the other half, lose it again to pickers. Stripped up the last squid, and I am on, calling it for a keeper as well, got it in the boat at 78cm. The relief that I can finally take a king home lost the rest of the strips to more pickers, but started seeing some really good showings on the sounder, fish everywhere, with some pretty large arches, only if I had more squid, oh wells, leave them for next time. got home and introduced the king to my new sashimi knife, the king had no chance!

well done Gav's!!! great effort! I was out today in my yak in the hacking as well. I don't think I'll be paying that place a visit on a weekend anytime soon, the number of boats zooming around in all different directions doesn't make it too pleasant out on the yak, and I don't think fish like all that commotion going on as well wasn't able to find any kings, but managed a couple of bream which made dinner, but I wished it had been sashimi kingfish hehehe

hey hey, that sounds almost like my setup! well done again buddy, wish those dam rats leave the squid alone and let the bigger ones have a feed!

well done again buddy and thanks for the kingie, finished a whole fillet myself last night. knew I should have paddled over to where you guys were in the yak but my arms and shoulders were goneskis. Should have taken the boat, stuff the thoughts about exercising next time!!!

That's a great effort on the gear used. Well done on landing it! And great action on the video too.

Nice king mate! Sometimes you have to work pretty hard for those squid, but definitely pays off when you convert.

Thanks for the tips mate! Will definitely try different tactics next time. Beats the hell out of down rigging over 20-30 passes for nothing but rats :)The smiles on your kids faces says it all! Top stuff, can't wait till my son's old enough to take him out for some kingie action.

Great Kings mate! you definitely know your stuff. I totally agree with you about "kings will hit your bait or lure within seconds or not take it at all". I've been out many times to spots where I usually land these hoods, I sound them out and they are definitely there, but they just won't hit the squid. What do you reckon that is? and got any tips on how to entice them to strike? maybe they are full and I got there a tad too late maybe? thanks

Sheesh mate, and to think you were donuts not too long ago! you're smashing them. Think I am due for a sickie this week Let me know when you start up the charter service!!

Good to see you dropping the 'bomb' down, soon enough that elastic will pop and there'll be a nice big hoodie on the end of your line Yeah the yakkas seem to be everywhere right now, I see huge schools around mollie on the sounder, hopefully the bigger kings will be coming inside chasing them. I've been able to get out a few times lately, a few weeks ago, I lost 6 squid to 7 rat kings. Should have just kept the squid to eat hehehe Was out on the same day as Formosan in the video he posted, was a tough morning squidding, think the rain had something to do with it, I only ended up with a cuttlefish. So whilst Formosan was chasing kings, I went and got a couple of bream for dinner. As for the first botany hoodie, I wish you all the luck Dan! Somehow I got this gut feeling that someone is going to land one this weekend.

Hahaha head start? I am saving my first kingy post when I get stuck into them hoodies! Hehehe been plagued by rats lately in the bay.You been putting the new downrigger to use yet Dan?

hey mate, nice to hear from you again and see that you're back to your old self again, flatties and squid! well done, soon to add kings to your reports as well. love the look of that jig!!! Hira?

I only know it was you now after your post will do next time. 10kg hmmm... Don't think that's enough, especially for the really big ones. I preset the saltiga to 15kg, they manage to take a bit of line but not much. I use an electronic scale, stick the rod into the holder and pull line out until I see a reading of at least 15kg's.

Unlucky erroll, to be busted off using such serious gear, they would have been seriously huge! think I saw you you guys as well all we managed were a sh!tload of pickers stealing our squid, and nothing touched the yakka. just wondering, how many kilo's of drag do you set it on?

now that's a fat king! well done guys! hope to get onto them soon myself.

awesome king mate! well done! I think the kingy season has begun! I was out in the Bay today, outside water temp is sitting at 18.5. All I managed were rats, rats and more rats, heaps of action on the sounder. Every time I reeled one in, a whole pack of them would come up following, they were absolutely everywhere. Just waiting for the bigger ones to arrive from Longy

Hey Luke, yeah put a fish in his hands and he thinks he's a model! Hahaha If we're talking about the same place then you definitely do not want to eat any fish caught in there. The water use to be pristine when I was a kid then they started dumping sh!t in there. You can pump worms from the area as well and the sand wreaks!

nice EP's buddy! I caught a couple of these guys when I was a kid going for bream near where I lived as a kid and yeah they do go pretty hard for their size. haven't been back there in donkey years, might have to relive some childhood memories by heading down there again in the yak p.s. is Luke really that ugly?

hahahaha Nothing wrong with landbased hehehe but the next report out of the yak will hopefully be of one with a kingie in it.