Fat Squid from Rye - Sorrento Landbased 25-28/07/2019

Rosebud, Tootgarook, Rye, Blairgowrie, Sorrento
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Re: Fat Squid from Rye - Sorrento Landbased 25-28/07/2019

Post by whambamsam » Tue Jul 30, 2019 12:36 am

Seb85 wrote:
Mon Jul 29, 2019 10:27 pm
Makes me want to get Emeraldas rod.
How much diff is the Emeraldas and the Emeraldas MX? The MX is like $100 more.
oo I reckon it's worth the jump. I went into a store and the emeraldas is definitely a bit thicker, and I just felt like the MX was the way to go.

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Re: Fat Squid from Rye - Sorrento Landbased 25-28/07/2019

Post by whambamsam » Tue Jul 30, 2019 12:37 am

Seb85 wrote:
Mon Jul 29, 2019 6:43 am
Well done! Good to eat and great bait.
What do you plan to do with the squid?
I usually eat the hood and keep the head as bait for snapper season.
Well we essentially ate all of it - I was planning on keeping the head, but I tend to prefer using smaller heads for bait (since it's more of a hassle to clean the suckers off the smaller tentacles).

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Re: Fat Squid from Rye - Sorrento Landbased 25-28/07/2019

Post by whambamsam » Tue Jul 30, 2019 12:40 am

e.welch wrote:
Mon Jul 29, 2019 8:51 am
anyone catching fish?
A lot of people at portsea in the evenings going for either gars, or maybe some mackerel (didn't take a close look). They were smashing them since peak high was about 30 mins after sunset, just off the little pier section on the RHS as you get on the pier.

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Re: Fat Squid from Rye - Sorrento Landbased 25-28/07/2019

Post by purple5ive » Tue Jul 30, 2019 11:34 am

AE092 wrote:
Mon Jul 29, 2019 9:35 am
e.welch wrote:
Mon Jul 29, 2019 8:51 am
anyone catching fish?
Salmon are around the BG area - in shallow on the beaches, look for the seal and if he's around then the Salmon aren't far behind (or in front I should say).

Whambamsam, great choice! I have an Emeraldas Stoist/Certate combo and like you said; you feel everything even in average conditions.
are they big fish?? i love chasing salmon on light gear :thumbsup:

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Re: Fat Squid from Rye - Sorrento Landbased 25-28/07/2019

Post by AE092 » Tue Jul 30, 2019 1:52 pm

They vary from 35-55cm give or take a few cm. Most of them are around the 1kg mark so about 40cm + but I have managed a couple of 53cm in the mix, awesome fun on soft plastics/slugs.

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Re: Fat Squid from Rye - Sorrento Landbased 25-28/07/2019

Post by Lightningx » Tue Jul 30, 2019 3:22 pm

AE092 wrote:
Tue Jul 30, 2019 1:52 pm
They vary from 35-55cm give or take a few cm. Most of them are around the 1kg mark so about 40cm + but I have managed a couple of 53cm in the mix, awesome fun on soft plastics/slugs.
Nice salmon those. Great fun. I recently had plenty of reels screaming with monster truck size ones! :)

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