danielsydney Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Headed out around 11am today in lovely conditions in the hope of some more big calamari. Landed 12 in quick succession with the majority being 35cm+ hoods. Marked some rats while squidding and sent a head down which got smashed while I was onto another squid - doubles! King just short at 63cm. Repeated the process for another 62cm rat. After picking up a big angry cuttle which absolutely peeled drag shortly after I decided to move on to a nearby reef for some fish for the table.The one cuttle candle produced two pannies 36/38cm, 2 solid blue spots (biggest going 59cm), blue mowy, pigfish & wrasse. Found a nice patch of sand for more flatties which I left on the chew & headed for home as the storm clouds rolled in. Happy New Year! Dan 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Great photos Dan. Decent sized squid too. Sounds like you got some decent fish mate. Happy New Year to you too. bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Brilliant effort Dan, thanks for sharing - Big cuttlefish make great baits. sounds like you’ve got the outside green eyes wired. Top effort 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Has he ever! Top effort and very tasty. Strangely enough I never try for calamari offshore- but you have got me very interested. Do you add a jig to a paternoster or dedicate a rod and jig just targeting the green eyes? Is the technique similar to inshore? cheers Zoran 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Nice bag of squid and fish, worth the effort. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielsydney Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, zmk1962 said: Has he ever! Top effort and very tasty. Strangely enough I never try for calamari offshore- but you have got me very interested. Do you add a jig to a paternoster or dedicate a rod and jig just targeting the green eyes? Is the technique similar to inshore? cheers Zoran Dedicated rod and jig Zoran. I run a 2500 stradic on an emeraldas 83M which provides fantastic sensitivity. Important to hold the bottom and jig aggressively to bring them in. Keep opening that bail as soon as you feel you've come up off the weed & repeat the process. It's a great way to target them & good fun too. Good luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielsydney Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 9 hours ago, danielsydney said: Headed out around 11am today in lovely conditions in the hope of some more big calamari. Landed 12 in quick succession with the majority being 35cm+ hoods. Marked some rats while squidding and sent a head down which got smashed while I was onto another squid - doubles! King just short at 63cm. Repeated the process for another 62cm rat. After picking up a big angry cuttle which absolutely peeled drag shortly after I decided to move on to a nearby reef for some fish for the table.The one cuttle candle produced two pannies 36/38cm, 2 solid blue spots (biggest going 59cm), blue mowy, pigfish & wrasse. Found a nice patch of sand for more flatties which I left on the chew & headed for home as the storm clouds rolled in. Happy New Year! Dan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 What a cracking session you sure find some good size hoods and get some good pics to boot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Great report and Super photos. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Amazing hoods there! Great pics and a fantastic session overall...well done!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakelad Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Another great squid session in a number of days @danielsydney, awesome! Some crackers there and looks like you have them worked out in your area! I put a post on your other thread from Saturday similar to Zorans questions around the rig used, are you just using a single large squid jig (33g) without a sinker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankS Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Now that's what I call a successful trip. Great to see and congratulations on your success, great photos and well written report. Thanks for sharing with us. Frank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielsydney Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 1 hour ago, lakelad said: Another great squid session in a number of days @danielsydney, awesome! Some crackers there and looks like you have them worked out in your area! I put a post on your other thread from Saturday similar to Zorans questions around the rig used, are you just using a single large squid jig (33g) without a sinker? Cheers! Yep just a single jig mate no paternoster or ball sinker. I find it just moves more naturally being in control of the single jig. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fun2fish Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Hi I've never tried for squid offshore either even though I've seen it on tv what sort of depths are you looking at. Only problem then is bait or dinner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielsydney Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 18 hours ago, Fun2fish said: Hi I've never tried for squid offshore either even though I've seen it on tv what sort of depths are you looking at. Only problem then is bait or dinner Hey mate I usually focus on 20-30m depths in close off Sydney. Dinner more often than not at my place! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fun2fish Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Thanks mate love a feed of calamari but always hoping for something nice if using for bait.last time in pittwater 2 squid caught tried for kings with no luck so ended up keeping them and getting a couple of blue spots can't complain at all 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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