smoothaz

Cheers mate and i will give it a go as well as the yamashitas again for a test to see which is better here in Vic.

Hey leatherjacket,what colour combo is it....gold/pink or gold/orange?Cheers mate.

Thanks to yall for the amazing response and i now have an absolute ball with the squid.I have enough for bait and food.

Search for billfishtacklesupply on the net and i know that they have them.

Yeah the yamashita squid jigs smashed the squid today and even though i only had an hour of good weather i got 5,cheers and they are the bomb of squid jigs(i am sitting here eating my calamari).

Cheers and i will get one in the morning.

I am after some advice from those who actually catch squid all the time.What colour,brand and size do the squid hit more often.Is there a method of attracting squid to an area????????HELP.

AS ONE SAID TO ANOTHER.....I THOUGHT YOU SAID THE WIFE WAS STAYIN HOME TODAY!

Thanks mate and i will have a look at the video but as a loyal fishraider i will only do it until i am told not to,cheers and tight lines,Tim.

AND THE GREENIES RECKON WE ARE ALL MONGRELS US FISHER PEOPLE. I ALWAYS GIVE WHAT I CAN BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND ONLY TAKE WHAT I NEED. THANKS GUYS/GIRLS AND IT WAS BEAST COMPARED TO WHAT I USUALLY GET.

THE NEXT DAY THEY ARE FANTASTIC AFTER BEING FROZEN OVERNIGHT AND THEN THAWED OUT.I HAVE HAD THEM BOTH WAYS AND THEY TASTE A LITTLE TINNY FRESH BUT AFTER A NIGHT IN THE FREEZER THEY ARE ONE OF THE MOST TASTY AND JUICY FISH YOU CAN EAT.THEY MAKE YOU EARN THE PLEASURE THOUGH THATS FOR SURE.THE POWER OF THE RUNS IS AWSOME AND YOU CAN ALMOST HEAR THE REEL SCREAMING FOR MERCY.CHEERS AND TIGHT LINES SMOOTHAZ(TIM)--------<*((><

IT ALL STARTED ON A SATURDAY MORNING(19/4/08) AT AROUND 6AM WHEN I BOARDED A CHARTER BOAT IN VIC AND HEADED OUT FOR A DAY ON THE BIG STUFF WITH A FEW GUYS I HAD RECENTLY MET.OUT ABOUT 15KLMS INTO BASS STRAIGHT OFF BARWON HEADS(SURFY TOWN) AND STARTED UP THE BERLEY TRAIL INSTANTLY.NO ACTION WAS SEEN FOR AN HOUR OR SO AND THEN A DARK BLUE SHADOW WAS SEEN SLIGHTLY OFF THE REAR OF THE BOAT SHINING LIKE AN EVIL BLUE DIAMOND.IT WAS A MAKO AND HE WAS LESS THAN IMPRESSED WITH THE GULLS ON TOP OF THE WATER AND AN ALBATROS NEARLY BECAME A SNACK.I PUT IN A WHOLE SQUID BAIT OF AROUND 30CM ON A PENN MARINER 15KG WITH 15KG LINE,A WIRE TRACE OF ROUGHLY 150KG AND A PENN INTERNATIONAL 30 I THINK AS IT WAS FAIRLY USED AND SCRATCHED UP FROM ALL THE PREVIOUS BATTLES I GUESS.SO THE SQUID MADE ITS WAY DOWN THE TRAIL OF FISH GUTS AND BITS FROM THE BUCKET WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SHARK HIT LIKE A ROCKET RUNNING OUT OVER 120MTRS OF LINE IN A SINGLE SPRINT.THE SOUND OF THE REEL SCREAMING AND KNOWING THIS WAS SOMETHING BIGGER THAN NORMAL FOR ME WAS A WELCOME SOUND AND SIGHT.THE SHARK TOOK LINE AND THEN I WOULD TAKE IT BACK AND EVENTUALLY HE HAD 3 GOOD RUNS AND 45 MINS LATER AFTER 2 MASSIVE 2MTR PLUS LEAPS FROM THE WATER HE WAS UP NEXT TO US AND IN THE BOAT.IT WAS MY FIRST SHARK AND MADE ME LEARN THE HARD WAY THAT THESE CREATURES ARE HARDCORE AND AN AWSOME SIGHT IN THE WATER.ALL UP HE WEIGHED 52.15KG AND WENT AROUND 6FT LONG.ALL I COULD THINK WAS HOW GOOD IT FEELS TO FIGHT ONE OF THESE BAD BOYS AND HOW GOOD HE WAS GOING TO TASTE.WHEN I RETURNED HOME I HAD OVER 40KGS OF FILLETS AND SLABS WHICH I GAVE HALF OF TO A LOCAL HALF WAY HOUSE AS THE KIDS THAT LIVED THERE HAD NEVER TASTED MAKO BEFORE.MY KIDS WERE STOKED WITH THE PICS OF THE SHARK AND I WAS AS WELL.THE MRS ASKED ME WHY IT IS THAT THE ONLY TIME I SMILE IS IN FISHING PHOTOS.........FUNNY THAT!CHEERS GUYS AND THANKS FOR LISTENING,SMOOTHAZ.

YoZuri pheremones are good(try a big online auction site for these) but try the KAKYADAKS squid jigs and as the name suggests,they stink like something direct from the bowels of the ocean,cheers and hook a few up guys,smoothaz.

Used these and many others but with these its best to add a small ball sinker for casting and for dropping down we used paternoster rigs with about a 40cm leader for the jig.Caught far more squid on an orange and red/yellow yozuri than any other jig ever.Stick with regular shapes and try the newer ones that stink(ask your tackle shop,they smell shocking but squid love em),hope this helps.

Thanks guys and i am only too happy to show you guys the spots down here.A little local knowledge beats the advice of a tackle store any day.Perhaps its that i am not trying to sell you bait.

Was very happy with the start to the season for me and dont worry they get much bigger than these down here so i will post the bigger buggers when i get them,tight lines,smoothaz.

Gun Pair of snapper caught last night out off my local ramp in Clifton Springs,Vic at the turn of the tide falling on night.I was using 12lb line on a 4-6kg rod matched with the ever reliable Abu 6600w.One on the right of the pic went 6.23kg and the left was 4.51kg.

Better to get spooled than eaten in my book.A guy from Portland in Vic a few years back gave a bent rod to his son(9yrs old and 46kg) to hold and the kid got pulled in only to find 1/2 hour later that the reason was a 70 odd kg mako on the end.His old man got the idiot of the month in thier local fishing guide.

Try these......www.oceanblue.com.vu or www.sport-fishing-fiji.com

Yeah Vic it is and i went out and got a few halco twisty lures and will be giving them a belt over the next few days.I will keep yall informed,cheers from smoothaz.

Thanks mate i will buy some in the morning and have bash.

With the lures,what size and type?

I will give it a try under a float and take a few baits.Most people down my way use bottom rigs and dont catch much.4 ft trace sounds good for here as well.Thanks for helping guy/girls.

How far under a float would you put a pilchard?

TRYING TO TAKE ON SOME BIG SALMON AND NEED ADVICE ON HOW TO DO IT FROM THOSE THAT KNOW?I WILL BE FISHING FROM A ROCK WALL INTO AT LEAST 10MTRS OF WATER.