Bigger squid?

[svsolaris]

Hi all,

I've finally cracked the night fishing squid code, managing 7 and 5 in 2 1-hour sessions at Northbridge and Balmoral wharf.

There does not seem to be much catch size difference between the 2 places though, even though the first is shallow and the other much deeper.

So where would you look if you wanted to target big squid?

:-)

[CarlRak]

If you're land-based, off the ocean rocks.

Try find a sheltered spot or two, with little to no swell, where you can cast into kelp and boulders.

Rig relatively heavy, keep your jig moving and fish the tide changes.

In my limited experience I've found that the above situation produces much bigger squid on average than those from the harbour wharves at night.

Hope that helps.

[Howdoweplaythis]

Hey where abouts do you find squid in Northbridge? I've caught southern calamari once at balmoral wharf but theyre few and far between. plenty of arrow squid down there at the moment though.

[svsolaris]

Howdo, at the bottom of Sailors' Bay near the rock baths.

[Howdoweplaythis]

Is fishing permitted from the bath itself?

By the way, Balmoral Island, north of the beach itself has a nice and sheltered set of rocks that hold good squid

[svsolaris]

Not from the baths but it is from the little beach next door, and you have easy land access to the shallows at the bottom of the bay at mid to low tide.