Pickles Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 (edited) Been off the grid for several weeks (trialing my Lab in Victoria - showing them how a keen retriever works (bit of interstate rivalry). As it was, the seas have been too big to get outside and wind strong enough to blow a dog off its chain, so I decided to squid around middle harbour. I’m glad I did as the arrow squid were around in numbers. we got 20 in about 2 hours. My standard “squid rig” is a paternoster with 2 jigs, a 2.0 and a 3.0 of different colours and if no luck, I swap the colours until I find something they like. My buddy Steve tried his favourite rig which is a standard jig on the end of the leader and a small snapper lead fixed with a loop knot a meter from the jig and no swivel. After he had 3:1, I swapped to his set up and the score evened out. (This is my new “go to” rig now). The technique was - find bait fish on the sounder, drift until we hooked up, then MinKota down and catch a few more, then drifted again. The spots we tried were around the boat moorings and wharfs / pontoons in Middle harbour. I hadn’t ever fished her before, but will be trying it again. We then put the squid down for Kingies and bagged 15 kings (only 1 over 65) before 11 am - gotta love live squid for tackling the Kings. Edited March 5 by Pickles 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlvbw Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Excellent work Bob! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Flatty Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 We never stop learning so we Bob, even masters like yourself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sashkello Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Quote standard jig on the end of the leader and a small snapper lead fixed with a loop knot a meter from the jig and no swivel Can you please clarify what is meant here? Is it a paternoster with one dropper loop and weight at the end? Or you mean in reverse - jig is at the end and weight on dropper loop (I assume it's a long dropper and would only work if there is decent current then?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 Reverse paternoster- jig on end 1.5 m leader with a dropper not & small snapper lead near swivel attached to dropper knot. This way sinker hit bottom & jig swing around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Excellent result Bob. But I must admit with that many squid I’d be tempted to pack up and take that home as the day’s “bag” … delish cheers Zoran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 46 minutes ago, zmk1962 said: Excellent result Bob. But I must admit with that many squid I’d be tempted to pack up and take that home as the day’s “bag” … delish cheers Zoran I'd be keeping half for the plate, Zoran and Bob. Bugger giving them all to the kingies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant fish Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Hey pickles what depth were you fishing i don’t normally use a sinker up to about 15 ft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Great report Bob. You always do well when you fish with Steve. Lucky I wasn't there to jinx the session. Good result for the Harbour, both squid and Kingfish. I assume that Rosie showed those Mexicans how a good dog works. So from the rod tip...line to a small sinker then swivel. Line from swivel to dropper knot with a squid jig, then through to another squid jig on the end of the line. Is that right? Hi to Steve, cheers, bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Great report Bob! I've used a dropper rig for squid while trolling in 8-10m with some good success, it allows you to cover ground:) Great bag of squidlies and well done on the kings!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Nice session Bob! Racking up the numbers on the kings! Thanks for sharing the secret squid rig 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 7 hours ago, Bryant fish said: Hey pickles what depth were you fishing i don’t normally use a sinker up to about 15 ft Was about 7m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy 75 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 That’s awesome, top result. Love the banana pic 😮😧 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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