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Nice lizards mate

Top stuff mate

wow that's just an awesome catch mate, well done!

lol

That's a squid, the ones I catch are about as big as one of the wings on that thing. well done!

Cheers bluebottle...mr bean???? c'mon

Off the cliff

cheers Harold

Hi Raiders It's been a while since I posted a report, but to be honest it's been tough going for me out there. Got to the point where I abandoned soaking baits all together, and focused all my attention on squidding which I've loved. A few weeks back I was down at Rushcutters bay feeding pickers, I had a half pillie out for a bit so I thought I'd check on it. As I retrieved I felt a heavy weight, but no fight...it felt quite similar to an octopus, but to my amazement I pulled up a blue swimmer crab. The other night I hit rosebay, cast out a half pillie and let it sit there for 30 minutes untouched by anything. So I pull out my squidding rig, first cast and the orange 2.5 Yamashita does the job, but that was it. Yesterday I finished work and bolted down to Bronte, I had packed some pillies and prawns in the esky that morning in the hope that I'd get a chance to get amongst some fish that afternoon. When I got there I met a nice bloke (Kian) who'd been there for a while and got nothing, he was spinning lures in the hope he'd pull his first Sambo. First cast...bang I'm on I haven't felt anything like this for a while, nice 33cm Trevally perfect for dinner. A few more casts and ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ my rod buckles over, after a good fight I land my first sambo 60cm and 2kg. I was using an 8' Shimano rod with line capacity of 6-10kg (obviously not made for rock fishing) and a Shimano Baitrunner 6000 OC, luckily my new mate Kian was there to help pull it up. After that fish, things calmed down for 40 minutes, there were no bites at all. I put on another Pillie this time leaving the whole fish on the rig, before I could even sit down to enjoy the view ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ I'm on again. after four nice runs where it peeled off plenty of line, I started to get some back...it was made easy for me because the fish started swimming towards me and of course the rocks. Once I had the line nice and tight again, boom out of the water jumps this sambo just like a marlin I'd heard they did this but never seen it. I brought the big fella closer to where Kian was fishing and again he helped me get my fish up on the rocks. This sambo measured 64cm and weighed 2.5kg, I gave him to Kian who deserved one for not only helping me, but for actually pulling in a monster sambo using 6lb line with what I think was a 6' spinning rod, only to have it bust off at the base of the rocks as he tried to get it up, I ran to assist but was too slow Biggest Sambo was the one on the left. Kian- if you are reading this post...thanks mate, couldn't have done it without you.

AWESOME!!!!!!

wow that's a brilliant catch mate!

brilliant thank you!

hi mate its up and down at the moment, 3 weeks ago we pulled out 30 in two days...then they went MIA until last friday night when i watched hundreds of them for hours and they were on the bite, this one guy pulled one up with no bait...just the hook lol As for fishing...yes I've noticed things have slowed right down

Thanks J

Thanks for all the tips people landed my first squid last night, my brother in law caught the cuttlefish.

Thanks everyone, I've found the info very helpful. Went to Watsons Bay this arvo and really enjoyed myself, didn't lose any jigs....but I did lose my first squid about 3 meters from the wharf I don't care too much about the loss, because I know I'm getting closer to cracking this squid code Tight lines raiders!

where in Watsons bay do you squid? I fish off the wharf most times. I see...I cast out, let it hit the bottom and twich...reel in the slack, let hit the bottom, then twitch. sounds like I'm going too fast...right?

cheers mate

Hi Raiders Unfortunately I'm a land based fisherman and I recently decided to master the art of catching squid, it's all part of the grand plan to catch Kingies & Jewies. Anyway I've been working the coastline around Bare Island, Malabar and some of the bays around the harbour, and all I've got is a big fat doughnut. It's also getting expensive to constantly top up my jigs, which always seem to get snagged I'm using many different types of jig colours, sizes and retrieval methods, the only joy I'm getting is pulling the kelp off my barbs...because that tells me I'm at least in the right area. I would love some tips, locations or even a squdding session with a pro who can help me crack this! Thanks for reading and I look forward to your responses. ExtremeT

Top report mate, quick question...can you target Blackies at night or are they daytime feeders? Cheers

nice catch, I'd love see how you go when things are easy I haven't caught a fish I'd keep in my last 4 outings. tight lines

Brilliant effort!!

Well done mate, sounds like you had a cracker!! Can't wait to see the pics.

Berley up with pillies and chicken pellets, rig a light running sinker and fish down the burley trail. Put nice bite size pillie cubes on your hook, if they are around they won't be able to resist most times. I've seen heaps in Botany bay about 2 months ago and a few in the bays around Sydney harbour. good luck

that's awesome mate!