fishmaniac Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 G'day fellow fishos, I'm a keen fisho who hits up the harbour regularly. This is my firts report since joining the network about a week ago. Today i ventured up to the hawkesbury in the hope of ctaching a jewie or two. Unfortunately, after waiting around 4 hours nothing eventuated . However, the beauty of fishing is getting the unexpected. And catching 3 and 4 kilo calamari in 3m of water was definately unexpected!!!! I have only ever caught calamari of this size in 120ft+ off the coast. We got 6 in about an hour and a half. I've tries uploading the pic but i'm having difficulty at the moment, i'll try later. tight lines guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleung Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 No bad even without any jewie fish , calamari is tasty when fresh, do you mind tell us which part of hawkesbury did you go to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinp Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 WOW!!!!!!!! Squid to 3-4 kilos in the hawksbury, well done mate they must have a mantle length of at least 80cm, surely a raider record, be sure to post the pics asap, cheers and well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightmanager Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 to FR , sounds like you had a great day anyway !! If you are having problems posting pics , PM me and I will guide you through it !! Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmaniac Posted December 25, 2007 Author Share Posted December 25, 2007 Here's the pic of the calamari. I couldn't tell you exactly where we went, i'm a sydney harbour based fisho and went with some mates. It was near the heads on the northern side of the bay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooked-Up Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 thata some serious southern calamari , any advice on jigs , depth , time of day/night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 (edited) Thats no Kingy candy, thats a Kingy killer I've gotten them b4 at old mans hat. penguin Edited December 25, 2007 by penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southerly Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 He he, what a great deep water livie that would make. I love live baiting huge baits, the hits are few are far between but always spectacular. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plankton Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Live bait.... That thing would have some fish running for cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Hi Fishmaniac - to Fishraider! What a great day on the water! Those calamari are huuuge! Love the spots! Did you cook him up?? Cheers Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Welcome to fish raider Thats a monster calamari there mate looks like a great end to the day congrates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plankton Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Hi Fishmaniac - to Fishraider! What a great day on the water! Those calamari are huuuge! Love the spots! Did you cook him up?? Cheers Roberta I would have definately kept those for the table. They would make a superb meal, better than fish in my oppinion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmaniac Posted December 27, 2007 Author Share Posted December 27, 2007 the calamari was caught on a yozuri jig. quite a small one actually too, a 1.5 size. Always experiemnt with colours and see whats working. Best time is def between dusk to dawn. I caught this in the early morning. Went out today and managed to land a nice jew for the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Dan Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 solid effort on the calamari mate thats for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tricks Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 cracker would of cooked that one up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Soprano Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 That's a great squid mate... I've been trying to get one that big for a while now! Did you measure how long the hood was? Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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