Hey everyone,
Went down to Portsea Pier from 5:30pm to about 7:15pm today with some friends targeting squid.
First ten minutes and we'd hooked up two hoods, and then it went silent until about 6:50pm - the sun had set and we tried our luck in the shallows before we left, and we sure got lucky! 8 more squid in the span of less than half an hour. The sizes were quite small, the biggest had a hood of maybe 15cm, but we sure weren't complaining.
The jig that did the work for me was the Sutte R in white/glow size 2.5, and we used a UV torch to charge up the glow body which may have helped us get an edge over all the other fishos that had flocked over to where we were.
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I've just got a quick question about squid heads; I'm thinking of heading down to either a pier or Docklands soon for some other fishing and planning to use the squid heads as bait, as we ate all the hoods and the arms/tentacles (I don't understand why people avoid those; they're just as delicious).
So basically nothing but the eyes of the squid and a bit of flesh on either end. Would this work or will fish not take it at all?
Thanks for your help and definitely recommend a trip down to Portsea!
Portsea Squid
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Re: Portsea Squid
Nice catch well done. Must be fun.laoganma wrote: ↑Sat Apr 09, 2022 10:45 pmHey everyone,
Went down to Portsea Pier from 5:30pm to about 7:15pm today with some friends targeting squid.
First ten minutes and we'd hooked up two hoods, and then it went silent until about 6:50pm - the sun had set and we tried our luck in the shallows before we left, and we sure got lucky! 8 more squid in the span of less than half an hour. The sizes were quite small, the biggest had a hood of maybe 15cm, but we sure weren't complaining.
squid.jpg
The jig that did the work for me was the Sutte R in white/glow size 2.5, and we used a UV torch to charge up the glow body which may have helped us get an edge over all the other fishos that had flocked over to where we were.
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I've just got a quick question about squid heads; I'm thinking of heading down to either a pier or Docklands soon for some other fishing and planning to use the squid heads as bait, as we ate all the hoods and the arms/tentacles (I don't understand why people avoid those; they're just as delicious).
So basically nothing but the eyes of the squid and a bit of flesh on either end. Would this work or will fish not take it at all?
Thanks for your help and definitely recommend a trip down to Portsea!
And yes, fresh squid head works!
I do that all the time. I've caught snapper and gummies (banjos and rays too), with a fresh squid head as bait. With some of the guts too though.
So I do the same as you whenever I got some squid. Pull the head off, cut the tentacles (to be cooked and eaten), and leave the guts attached to the head. Put on to a 4/0 KL hook, or to a 6/0 for gummies.
In Portsea, you can cut up the squid (any part of the squid) and use as bait. You can get whiting and trevally.
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Re: Portsea Squid
That’s a nice session mate!laoganma wrote: ↑Sat Apr 09, 2022 10:45 pmHey everyone,
Went down to Portsea Pier from 5:30pm to about 7:15pm today with some friends targeting squid.
First ten minutes and we'd hooked up two hoods, and then it went silent until about 6:50pm - the sun had set and we tried our luck in the shallows before we left, and we sure got lucky! 8 more squid in the span of less than half an hour. The sizes were quite small, the biggest had a hood of maybe 15cm, but we sure weren't complaining.
squid.jpg
The jig that did the work for me was the Sutte R in white/glow size 2.5, and we used a UV torch to charge up the glow body which may have helped us get an edge over all the other fishos that had flocked over to where we were.
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I've just got a quick question about squid heads; I'm thinking of heading down to either a pier or Docklands soon for some other fishing and planning to use the squid heads as bait, as we ate all the hoods and the arms/tentacles (I don't understand why people avoid those; they're just as delicious).
So basically nothing but the eyes of the squid and a bit of flesh on either end. Would this work or will fish not take it at all?
Thanks for your help and definitely recommend a trip down to Portsea!
Well done.
Fresh squid heads are awesome baits!
Cheers
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Re: Portsea Squid
Great session mate, that colour is always so good at night in the cooler months! Smashing them!
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