Jimmy C

Hey fishlexic Remember how hot and sticky it was on Wednesday? Days like that where it turns into a storm in the afternoon I've found to be really productive in estuaries. So the weather report should say something like: "hot and humid today with a late southerly change" - and I'm racing to get out there... Just my experience though I hope you get some good fish tomorrow.. Jimmy

No more fiddly to clean than any other fish with a good sharp fillet knife. Wear fishing or garden gloves for protection and just fillet them like you would any other fish that size. The flesh has a consistency that is a hybrid between quality white fish and lobster flesh, I guess thats why theyre nicknamed poor mans lobster. Just fry the fillets in a pan any which way and they'll come up really nice. I'm quite happy for people to put them back... More for us!!

Thanks guys - will definitely be grabbing a pair now!

Hey all Thinking about getting a pair of polaroid sunglasses for flats fishing this summer. Wondering if any raiders have a strong opinion either way on how much difference they make to your visibility for that kind of fishing, as compared with standard decent sunnies that don't have polaroid lenses. Any experience shared would be helpful Cheers, Jimmy

DOH!!!

Try days around the new moon, with high tide at dawn or dusk. Fish around this time and you should pick up squid. If you fish these times and don't get one within a few casts, try moving around to other spots, because if they are there and hungry, they normally hit your jigs as soon as they touch the water. The mix of a rocky outcrop and kelp bed sounds like prime squid real estate, you just need to crack that first one and you'll be on your way. But note - if you can, don't spend 4 hrs in the one spot once a fortnight plugging away at it. Spend 30 mins each time and go more often (and try different spots), and you will get much better results.

The twilight zone over the next month will be prime for morning sessions! I can feel that daylight savings excitement coming on as well....

Hundgie, sounds like a fun day out but cold in that water!! I do a fair bit of flats wading in the same general area for whiting/bream/flatties but have never had any luck on the whiting with soft plastics (no probs with live nippers or worms). I've given the storm soft plastic nippers a flogging looking for a whiting and come up with nothing before in the past but possibly poppers might be worth a go. Question - Are you casting blind or spotting the whiting first? Have thought it might be good to try throwing some flies at them.... Especially if I find out the poppers are working...

Nice work!

Nice work mate

IFishSick and Fishlexic: Land based on the ocean side Squidboy: On the barometric pressure thing, I'm no expert but I think that the barometer and weather patterns have a bit to do with the feeding behaviour of fish and that you can get times when they are biting a lot more aggressively due to these variables. I'm still working it out though.... Perhaps there is a resident biologist on Fishraider who can shed some light for us all. I suspect that if there is a barometer effect it would be valid for a lot of the species in the food chain including squid. Penguin: A few for the table and some for bait. Roberta: That jig is now my favourite. Good luck on your trip down to Sydney - I hope you get a few.

BEST EVER DAY'S FISHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Absolute gold fellas

Went for a quick squidding session last week at Cronulla but only just got the photos together. Thought I'd post a late report - there are a few around... Yo Zuri 2.5 in pink did most of the damage. Cheers, Jimmy

That is a really nice salmon Davy - Well done!

Yeah we were teahing my sister to cast one day and didn't have any bait on the hook - the result - a little flatty on the bare hook!