FishingGuy Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Hey Raiders, The title pretty much explains the question. Why are there Squid in Walsh Bay??? I can't seem to find much kelp weed there, or am I just looking in the wrong spot? Cheers, FishingGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Squid tend to follow bait fish, so they tend to be right behind the yellowtail, walsh bay is pretty deep, and yellowtail usually like deep water with some light nearby where they sit close to the surface, lurking beneath them are usually large numbers of arrow squid. I've experienced this in Botany bay, one night we were fishing really deep water and trying to catch yellowtail, but I kept catching arrow squid on bait with my line only about 2-3m in the water and we were fishing 15-20m deep. So the answer is simply squid go where ever the bait fish sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossfire63 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Theres plenty of ribbon weed on the bottom and yellowtail and prawns for food. That'd be why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydneyfisher12 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 They follow the small Bait fish and hang around the lights around that area at night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishingGuy Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 Thanks heaps guys, are they around during the day there or just night? Cheers, FishingGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianniz Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Most of the squid you catch there are broad squid (aka loligo) not arrows. Similar to arrows but they have squid mantle and not triangle shape. Tastes better than arrows but not as good as southern calamari imo. Broad squids are estuary squids. http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/375864/Broad-Squid.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydneyfisher12 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I've caught all types of squid there even green eyes at night fish around the lights and at day just anywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rami Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Can you fish off the boat there? Maybe pick up some bait? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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