gobbledock Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 G'Day raiders, hit the harbour 6am this morning and started squiding, managed 6 in an hour so we decided to hit our first location.. Within 1 hour we pulled in 6 kings the biggest ones going 76 and 79cm. After a quiet spell we decided to try some of the harbour wrecks. Didn't get one touch on the fresh squid but got smoked multiple times using 12' Sluggos. After we tried some of the markers only to loss all our squid to pickers, so we decided to head to the bait grounds once again only to be distracted by a school of bonnies which entertained us for half an hour or so on metal slices. Then finally arrived at the squiding grounds...nothing in the first 5mins then out of no where, one after the other, we caught 9 squid probably in under 5mins ( Never experienced such a bite on squid) Went back to the markers and caught multiple kings biggest going 86cm. No hoodlums but a great day out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quintrex480 Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 you did it again! well done mate. I am in complete awe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzlar Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Mate top stuff just the sort of thing i wanted to hear as it was very tuff going on Monday (maybe the sourthly buster) going out on Thursday hope they want to play. Your squid bite was on fire cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhype Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 WOW! sounds like a great day you had there... Good work on all the squid and the kings... now if only the legal kings would make their way to botany bay.... might have to hit the harbour! cheer dhype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quintrex480 Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 WOW! sounds like a great day you had there... Good work on all the squid and the kings... now if only the legal kings would make their way to botany bay.... might have to hit the harbour! cheer dhype told ya Trung, we all need to give the Bay a miss for one week and try the Harbour for some legals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Nice catch of Kings and squid, I would have fed that 2nd lot of squid to the family cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledock Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 told ya Trung, we all need to give the Bay a miss for one week and try the Harbour for some legals! Yeah defiantly hit the harbour guys, i have been botany a good six times in the past month and managed only rats and 4 legals, biggest going just under 80cm. Its worth the travel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledock Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 I am jelous guys...can't get out there due to being busy with work but looking at the fishraider posts pictures just sooths me down...great stuff accomplished guys...not once but twice in a day. Just to let the some of the raiders know who are trying to get kingies, did you get more hits on the strips or using the squid whole. cheers cg. All on strips and heads, cant bring myself to put on a whole squid knowing my luck with pickers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledock Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 Nice catch of Kings and squid, I would have fed that 2nd lot of squid to the family cheers We did and it was good, flour, egg and crumbed with a bit of salt n pepper and tarte sauce And still had 6 heads and 12 wings for bait to use on the next outing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quintrex480 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 We did and it was good, flour, egg and crumbed with a bit of salt n pepper and tarte sauce And still had 6 heads and 12 wings for bait to use on the next outing Now you're really rubbing it in!! ahhahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisecraft Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 We did and it was good, flour, egg and crumbed with a bit of salt n pepper and tarte sauce And still had 6 heads and 12 wings for bait to use on the next outing If you like sashimi, the wings are the best part of the squid with a bit of soy and wasabi. The head and tentacles need to be rubbed in salt and washed off (three times) to take the slime off then they too are fantastic sashimied. Regards Kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zdenk01 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Well done, I guess it would be a hard decision what to do with the squid, eat or bait. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm fresh squid. sounds like a good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Hooker Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Great haul of squid and kings man.. Looks like the rat kings are slowly growing over legal size these days . Btw what colour did the best for the squid?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayKay Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 awsome haul. sound like you guys had fun. just a quick question what size strips do you guys put on. some people use thicker ones, but some people say go long and thin. I want to try out the new downrigger this weekend. next problem is i need to get some squid. Jaykay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledock Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 awsome haul. sound like you guys had fun. just a quick question what size strips do you guys put on. some people use thicker ones, but some people say go long and thin. I want to try out the new downrigger this weekend. next problem is i need to get some squid. Jaykay I always use the whole head with the guts attached, the two wings and i open the tube and cut 2 to 3 strips out of it depending on the size of the squid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Fully agree, the older generation fished with strips and did well on the kings and jew. Noticing alot of young blokes paying up to $45 a kilo for fresh squid only to use whole and sometimes don't even get results... not realising a strip that has been skined and shaped can be sometimes more attractive and affective. Some bait shops will advise that the whole squid will land you a bigger fish but if you think about it why would a large 30kg jew look for a little worm on the beach. I personally would mix it up on the day and even use some livies because squid dosen't nesassary always produce. Cheers cg. That goes with all fish when there feeding they will prefer large baits, but when they're not in feeding mode small baits work better. Just like when we're hungry at dinner time, you can eat a feast, but out of dinner time you won't say no to a biscuit but you will to another full meal. Having said that it's best to have both large and small baits out and you will soon work out a good pattern on the day Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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