Dano1 Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Hi all, Headed out early again this morning for a squid hunt which ended in success with aprox 18 squid in the live well by 6.30am and bumped in to a few raiders at the squid haunt g'day guys ! Now it was time to go out and hunt down some kings, with the wind and the swell not on our side i decided to head into a bit of sheltered water, where there was zip happening!!! So checked out a few other spots incl quarantine which to say the least was a bit hairy with a 3m swell and a 20 knot southerly ripping through there did no favors for my mate who gets sea sick.. ha ha..... he turned green! and was soon after disinbarked at clifton gardens beach, all he asked for was a few squid for his bbq this arvo so bagged up the 4 biggest ones for him and he was on his way! I now headed out with my remaining squid flying solo. zippped over to neilson park where i met up with Dan (Dan & Greg) and Jason (hook'm) as the fishing was fairly quiet enjoyed a beer and a good yarn with a few hook ups and a couple of good runs i managed to boat 2 legal kings! kept one 62cm relesed the other 61cm. A funny thing also happened 1 of these kings was acctualy landed on the downrigger and when i say that i mean it,i was being lazy and didnt want to change my sinker so was using the downrigger to get my bait down! then i hooked up and he rapped himself around the wire! i could feel this through the rod so decided to down the rod and wind up the downrigger i started to get a bit of colour then then i netted 1x king, 1 x downrigger bomb! As we had ample bait left we decided to move on and try 1 more locaton! so here comes the kingy by catch story had our baits down for about half hour with nothing then my litle bait runner just starts slowly peeling off line as i knew it wasn't a king i let it run for a while then i stuck nothing oh hold on a minute i think im still on i said so i start winding it up to the boat supper heavy called it for a monster flattie. Then i started to get colour!!! Not a flattie it looks silver or white!!! What the f#*^ is this thing!! Nothing could prepare me for what was about to come aboard!! Its a massive Blue swimmer crab i couldn't belive it and i actually had hooked it through the leg After that headed around to a few more spots for nothing, Except got dusted at clifton gardens waterever it was took a large live squid and about 100m of line b4 i turned him which was a short fight as it spat the hook ah well thats fishing! Next time! Alll in all a fairly quite day on the king front but a great day out and was good to meet up with some other raiders when i found myself flying solo! Heres my catch i took home! Note: thats a 62cm king gives a bit of an idea of the size of the crab! Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namesay Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 That is a great seafood platter you got going there. Those arrow head squid are sure turning up in numbers at the moment. CHeers Kelvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattieman Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Yeah, Kelvin - you're right on about the arrows. Nice catch, Dano. I'm still trying to ascertain how you managed to hook that crab - it was either swimming in mid-water or actually attacked the squid! If you get a measurement across the carapace, it might be a new Raider record. One day, I encountered a crab that ate arounf ten live poddy mullet before being finally landed (double-hooked - it had two baits in its mouth at once!). Just shows how ravenous crabs can be! Flattieman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano1 Posted April 1, 2007 Author Share Posted April 1, 2007 That is a great seafood platter you got going there. Was sensational!! Chilli crab, salt and pepper squid with a kingy fillet and salad!! Good 2 see you still managed to pluck a decent size fish on such a hard day!! sorry to hear about your trailer mate! Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Great feed there mate. Those blue swimmers go down a treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingsRule Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Nice one Dano, thats a big blue swimmer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano1 Posted April 1, 2007 Author Share Posted April 1, 2007 Yeah, Kelvin - you're right on about the arrows. Nice catch, Dano. I'm still trying to ascertain how you managed to hook that crab - it was either swimming in mid-water or actually attacked the squid! If you get a measurement across the carapace, it might be a new Raider record. One day, I encountered a crab that ate arounf ten live poddy mullet before being finally landed (double-hooked - it had two baits in its mouth at once!). Just shows how ravenous crabs can be! Flattieman. Hey flattie man, my bait was fairly close to the bottom and he had my squid in hi gob when i reeled him up! As for measurments, ive just removed shell from the bin for an official measurment 21.5cm across ways, 11cm up and down Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dicko1 Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Good work for a tough day on the water! I think I may have seen you early this morning getting squid, I was in the 14ft red boat that got there about 330-400 am... Dan and HookM were there as well. I'l come and say hi next time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano1 Posted April 1, 2007 Author Share Posted April 1, 2007 Good work for a tough day on the water! I think I may have seen you early this morning getting squid, I was in the 14ft red boat that got there about 330-400 am... Dan and HookM were there as well. I'l come and say hi next time! Hey mate, yeah that was me! will see you on the water mate come say hi! Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattieman Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 (edited) 21.5cm across ways, 11cm up and down Nice! That will qualify for the record blue swimmer caught on bait if you get a pic with the ruler along the "up and down" carapace length. The one that ate the poddies was 15cm up and down - didn't take a photo with a ruler, though. Flattieman. Edited April 1, 2007 by Flattieman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano1 Posted April 1, 2007 Author Share Posted April 1, 2007 Nice! That will qualify for the record blue swimmer caught on bait if you get a pic with the ruler along the "up and down" carapace length. The one that ate the poddies was 15cm up and down - didn't take a photo with a ruler, though. Flattieman. 15cm now thats a crab! Ive atached a photo whats the record? as mine is prob more like 10 - 10.5cm. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattieman Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 15cm now thats a crab! Ive atached a photo whats the record? as mine is prob more like 10 - 10.5cm. Dan Record is 100mm - 10cm. I'm sure one of the Moderators will notice this post and tell us whether yours officially qualifies. Flattieman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano1 Posted April 1, 2007 Author Share Posted April 1, 2007 Record is 100mm - 10cm. I'm sure one of the Moderators will notice this post and tell us whether yours officially qualifies. Flattieman. Cheers mate! Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbietola Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 hey dano1, nice catch there, you did better than us we only managed 1 king at 62cm cheers craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hook'm Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 yes it ws definately your day today lol u had the luck of the devil I had a blast today ,completely roasted my head,forgot sun can burn thru clouds. Was great to have a chat with Dano1 in between his fish and crab expose. Dan (dan and greg) was a legend ,helped me out today big time! Cant thank him and his bro enuff!! I gotta say fishraiders in general are a great bunch,its good to have a community of fishos who,ll say gday on the water ,pass a bit of info about etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netic Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Very stragne......well done on the squid and the crab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Nice seafood meal to be had there,and thats a top Blue Swimmer crab. penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piss'n'Broke Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Hey Dano, Hook'M, an ALLLLL the other raiders I saw out there yesterday! It was quite an entertaining day out there. Taught hook'm, jason how to catch squid, mind you we ONLY got FOUR . Its all about feel mate. Thanks for taking me out with you mate! Hey Dano thanks for showing me that video of greg @ his 90cm kingy,,,,,, quite surprising to hear the drag sing ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Mate It was a barrel of laughs with you out there mate! Pity the kingys didnt wanna play some more or else we could have netted each others kingys Flightmanager (Ross) did you ID that fish you pulled up! I didnt get a very close look at it but Id call it for a "grinner',,, did you ever confirm this? All up awesome day pity about the fish, but better to be catching no fish an have good company than be catching heaps of fish an be surrounded by !@^#!^$&^!*^$ Always a pleasure fishing along side "Raiders" D & G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hook'm Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Was a pleasure man Hope i can return the favour on wed for greg. Hope the doesnt mind me goin again...then again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piss'n'Broke Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Cmon Jason! Bring home the goods, an watch her whinge then,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Dan & Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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