Harbour squid but no king

[gundi4]

Hi all,

Not too long ago I put a similar post about zero squid and no takers, but now after a fair bit of research and questions answered on the forum, today I came up with two nice calamari and a couple of cuttle fish I believe!

I know to most fishos catching bait is a given but to me I was absolutely buzzing that I was actually getting results from all the practice.

With my live bait tank full (not really but for me it was chockers) I went straight to one of the harbour markers to drift out a live squid.

Long story short I proceeded to do this at the wedding cakes and a fair few channel markers for nothing.

First question:

Do I need to run a lighter leader and/or lose the sinker? I was fishing 30lb braid with a running ball sinker to swivel and 60lb fluorocarbon.

Second:

Do cuttle fish make good kingy bait?

And third:

For harbour kings is September a slower month?

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[Piss'n'Broke]

God no mate, September is when they are all waking up from a cold winter, there are plenty of rats about but not many keepers. Try some new markers perhaps upriver or if you have a downrigger use it til you locate where the kings are holding. I love using cuttlefish as a live bait, I much prefer them over squid but that might just be me.... Keep in mind cuttlefish are nasty lil buggers they can and will try to bite you.

Dan

[gundi4]

Thanks for the reply. A downrigger is next on the list actually. And yes the cuttle fish was doing its best to have a go at my fingers! Slippery suckers!

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[NaClH2OK9]

Hi gundi.

It sounds like you're doing everything right except locating the fish. I certainly wouldn't downgrade the kit. Keep at it and I'm sure the kings are just around the corner.