Sydney Harbour Friday 4 March

[The Rev]

Went out yesterday for the day. Trolled up a few bonito and Salmon before heading over to middle harbour. Managed to get my first squid ever in the harbour (6 actually) Headed off to the Harbour to some of the channel markers. No luck at the first couple before finding a patch of kings on one of them. Caught 5 in 30 mnutes of action packed fun - only one legal one though (they went 60, 62, 63, 64 & 67cms) - this was my first legal king for me in the harbour since moving up here two years ago! We had 4 other boats around us with live yakka's, soft plastics etc and not getting one bite. It was amazing the difference the fresh squid made - a big thank you to all the fellow fishraiders and the squiding advice given. Didn't see much surface action at all during the day - but all in all, a great time out.

Cheers

The Rev

[aries44]

Hi Rev

Would you care to tell us where to catch squid in the harbour?

[zen801]

Hi rev,

Well done mate on the squid. People who put the effort in are usually rewarded. We also went out from Roseville on friday and after getting some bait we went under the spit bridge to find bonnito going berserk in the channel off clontarf. Picked up a few trolling pretty quick. One of the bait balls was awesome with bonnies smashing through and a tight pack of birds sitting on top getting in on the action. We saw comorants, pelicans, seagulls and fairy penguins all mixing together in an orgy of feasting. Gotta love national geo worthy events witnessed first hand. We then went offshore and picked up a few striped tuna. Lost a bigger fish that hit a trolled popper we were using as a teaser.

Keep at the squiding and try some live or fresh dead squid in deep areas of MH on the bottom for a Jew.

Mike

Edited March 5, 2011 by zenman

[The Rev]

Hi Rev

Would you care to tell us where to catch squid in the harbour?

We got them in close around the middle harbour area - water depth was only about 6ft - check out the article on this site about squidding in the harbour - i found it very helpful

Cheers

The Rev

[The Rev]

Hi rev,

Well done mate on the squid. People who put the effort in are usually rewarded. We also went out from Roseville on friday and after getting some bait we went under the spit bridge to find bonnito going berserk in the channel off clontarf. Picked up a few trolling pretty quick. One of the bait balls was awesome with bonnies smashing through and a tight pack of birds sitting on top getting in on the action. We saw comorants, pelicans, seagulls and fairy penguins all mixing together in an orgy of feasting. Gotta love national geo worthy events witnessed first hand. We then went offshore and picked up a few striped tuna. Lost a bigger fish that hit a trolled popper we were using as a teaser.

Keep at the squiding and try some live or fresh dead squid in deep areas of MH on the bottom for a Jew.

Mike

Thanks Mike- fascinating how the fish can be one place and not another!

Glad to hear you got a few fish yourself.

The Rev