Why Do Squid Come To Walsh Bay

[FishingGuy]

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

[Nas]

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.

[Crossfire63]

Theres plenty of ribbon weed on the bottom and yellowtail and prawns for food. That'd be why

[Sydneyfisher12]

They follow the small Bait fish and hang around the lights around that area at night

[FishingGuy]

Thanks heaps guys, are they around during the day there or just night?

Cheers,

FishingGuy

[gianniz]

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

[Sydneyfisher12]

I've caught all types of squid there even green eyes at night fish around the lights and at day just anywhere

[Rami]

Can you fish off the boat there? Maybe pick up some bait?