miller Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 (edited) hi all headed out as planned on fri arv with mate TJ to chase squid for kings on sat morning arrived at tunks at about 8.30pm and headed off started off by dropping some crab pots in middle harbour in the hope of some blue swimmers then off to get squid squiding was slow to say the least managed about 35 in six hours of solid squiding not too flash but we had enough for the next day as we were goin for a sleep a couple of boats turned up full of fellow raiders we all said hi and exchanged info on the bait gathering and headed off to sleep up to a wet feeling as the rain started to come down bugger it we are here now we might as well have a go we downrigged a couple of markers in the harbour for zip then we get a call from one of the raiders from last night they're onto some kings so we headed over as fast as we could turn up to see several boats downrigging the area so were off and tj's first strike a couple of passes and hes on then off my turn send the bait down take up the slack and bang the rod buckles i strike im on 70 cm king was landed we continued this for about an hour we got 2 at 70 and 3 at 60 dropped 4 and tj got smoked on hes last past he got the biggest squid he could find in the tank and dropped it down with a big smile seconds later the rod buckled hard and tj strikes only to be bent in half himself with 10kg of drag peeling from the real with ease and a 130kg man squealing like a school girl ping bust off and tj is on his ass on the other side of the boat it was one of the funniest things I've seen for a long time with that the bite shut down and with the rain not letting up we pulled the pin we checked the pots on the way home for 1 blue swimmer that was put in the esky for dinner in the end we took home 2 kings 1 bs and 22 squid so it wasnt a bad day apart from the rain cheers miller Edited December 2, 2007 by miller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_steve Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 well done boys great pair of kings you boated there, sorry to laugh at the raining pelting down on you boys hehehe i guess we were all fools in our own right for being out there in such poor weather,, but what a morning it shaped out to be!! at least it didnt shut down the kingy bite... great morning cheers steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolongeramember Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Sounds like a pretty good morning hey...Makes you wonder just what kind of size those ones are that pull heavy drag like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 You got yourself a good seafood dinner or two there. penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveD Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Very nice batch there, tonne of squid too from the look of things Perhaps it was worth it in the end in the bad weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damariboyz Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 You should never laugh at a 130kg man who squeals like a school girl ya never know where it could end up. A great effort for great results. Well done Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloosh Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 great catch guys, well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netic Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Well done guys.....its was good to see all of us ripping into them, real shame about the weaqther Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve07 Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 A pair of nice kings & a great effort putting in all the hour's catching squid, well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewau Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 "then off to get squid squiding was slow to say the lest mannaged about 35 in six hours of solid squiding not to flash " how did you get so many squid? ive been trying under the spit and near the nude beach but can only manage like 2 everytime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller Posted December 2, 2007 Author Share Posted December 2, 2007 hi all i just read my post i must have been tired my spelling was shocking all fixed andrewau you just have to put in the time on the water its taken me a couple of seasons to learn and perfect my squiding cheers miller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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