hi all
headed out as planned on fri arv with mate TJ to chase squid for kings on sat morning
arrived at tunks at about 8.30pm and headed off
started off by dropping some crab pots in middle harbour
in the hope of some blue swimmers
then off to get squid squiding was slow to say the least
managed about 35 in six hours of solid squiding not too flash
but we had enough for the next day
as we were goin for a sleep a couple of boats turned up full of fellow raiders
we all said hi and exchanged info on the bait gathering
and headed off to sleep
up to a wet feeling as the rain started to come down
bugger it we are here now we might as well have a go
we downrigged a couple of markers in the harbour for zip
then we get a call from one of the raiders from last night they're onto some kings
so we headed over as fast as we could
turn up to see several boats downrigging the area
so were off and tj's first strike a couple of passes and hes on then off
my turn send the bait down take up the slack and bang the rod buckles i strike
im on 70 cm king was landed we continued this for about an hour
we got 2 at 70 and 3 at 60 dropped 4 and tj got smoked on hes last past
he got the biggest squid he could find in the tank and dropped it down
with a big smile
seconds later the rod buckled hard and tj strikes only to be bent in half himself
with 10kg of drag peeling from the real with ease and a 130kg man squealing like a school girl
ping bust off and tj is on his ass on the other side of the boat
it was one of the funniest things I've seen for a long time
with that the bite shut down
and with the rain not letting up we pulled the pin
we checked the pots on the way home for 1 blue swimmer that was put in the esky for dinner
in the end we took home 2 kings 1 bs and 22 squid
so it wasnt a bad day apart from the rain
cheers
miller