The 2 main holes around tempe rail bridge are not fishable land based, though im sure your still a shot from the shore as they definately move through there.
Not a king mate, not with full drag and 200m of 80 pound braid with 100 pound line. Still would have been an awesome catch whatever it was. Theres been some strnge fish showing up in the hacking lately, could have been another pelagic of some sorts.
I personally find BB terrible for squid when compared to the hacking. Have a look at google earth and find the weedy rocky areas in Yarra, Bare Island, Sutherland Point, Watts Reef and the deeper weedy patches off Towra.
No pic small little silver fish with a faint yellow stripe down the lateral line, could be whitebait as ive never seen fresh or live whitebaits before.
Just a quick one, got some yakkas and headed down the river, caught this fella on a yakka about the size of my pinky, when i gutted him his belly was full of tiny little baitfish ive never seen before.
Ive done alot of soft plastic fishing and i find Squidgies to be the least effective of the bigger brands in terms of bream fishing.
ZMan and Gulp all the way.