niggles Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 G'day All, Have been following the site for a while so thought it was about time to make a contribution! Anyways, took the tinnie out yesterday & bagged three nice squid, including what has to be a PB And here's my (very happy) brother with some nice ones from around three weeks back... that day we got nine, all good size. I prefer eating the slightly smaller ones, but who's complaining!
arpie Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 Holey Moley!! Niggles!!! to Fishraider!!! You'll have everyone wanting to know where & how you managed to catch those terrific squid!!! How big was the monster?? It would have been a terrific battle to get him in ..... hope you didn't get inked or you could have drowned!! Serious - those (with your brother too) are some brilliant squid!!! I am sooo jealous!! Cheerio Roberta
brickman Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 wow that's huge do you eat them or are they bait i never eat squid as they are to good for bait to eat welcome to fish raider and a top first post may there be many more to come gary
slinkymalinky Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 (edited) nice????? That's a heck of an understatement One squid like that every day I went out and I'd have strips for Kingies forever. Looks like you got them on light gear too. They may not run like a fish but I bet you didn't just skull drag that horse in. Cheers, Slinky Edited June 30, 2008 by slinkymalinky
niggles Posted June 30, 2008 Author Posted June 30, 2008 Holey Moley!! Niggles!!! to Fishraider!!! You'll have everyone wanting to know where & how you managed to catch those terrific squid!!! How big was the monster?? It would have been a terrific battle to get him in ..... hope you didn't get inked or you could have drowned!! Serious - those (with your brother too) are some brilliant squid!!! I am sooo jealous!! Cheerio Roberta Hi Roberta, Yeah... awesome squid, the last couple of trips have been great... all XOS size! No special techniques, just the normal jigs (1.8 & 2.5g) in a bunch of different colours, both natural & bright. All the squid in the pics were from Pittwater, though the exact location is a secret (of course ) The biggest one measured around 450mm (mantle + head), and took nearly 20min to finally coax to the net. It made some seriously powerful runs, and because it was so lightly hooked we ended up using the tinnie to chase it. And yes, despite our best efforts the boat ended up a bit of a mess!! Cheers.
flatty hunter626 Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 lol everyone on here keeps teasing me. i want to catch a squid!!!!!!!
niggles Posted June 30, 2008 Author Posted June 30, 2008 nice????? That's a heck of an understatement One squid like that every day I went out and I'd have strips for Kingies forever. Looks like you got them on light gear too. They may not run like a fish but I bet you didn't just skull drag that horse in. Cheers, Slinky G'day Slinky, Yep...great fun on the light gear! Certainly no skull-dragging, especially when you can see the jig just hanging on to the end of a tentacle! Was definitely thankful for a nice smooth drag on the Stradic 1000. It was one of those fights where you have enough time to think about how well you tied the knots! Cheers, Niggles.
nemo1203 Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 Mate they are awesome size squid. well done they will make great bait, even better eating.
niggles Posted June 30, 2008 Author Posted June 30, 2008 wow that's huge do you eat them or are they bait i never eat squid as they are to good for bait to eat welcome to fish raider and a top first post may there be many more to come gary Hi Gary, Yep, great bait but also great to eat... and way better than what you can buy at the shop (mostly dodgy imported stuff). I reckon it's hard to beat fresh squid lightly covered in flower & fried hot. Excellent with a cold one, too. Thanks & cheers.
arpie Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 Hey Niggles - I reckon that may be the biggest squid on lure!!! You should submit it in the record section!!! :) Cheerio Roberta
Ray R Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 Onya Niggles, they are HUUUGGGEEE squid. Also to Fishraider I'm sure we will see more squid reports..
adjustedpete Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 wow that's huge do you eat them or are they bait i never eat squid as they are to good for bait to eat Im glad someone has there priorities right... Now if i could only catch one.
Tony Soprano Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 Great squid there mate... That first one is a thumper. to the site too. Cheers Tony
WillN Posted July 1, 2008 Posted July 1, 2008 awesome squid! do you catch them during the day? i've been hoping to get my first one soon!
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