Flinders Pier 16/02/18
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Flinders Pier 16/02/18
Hey folks,
Went down to Flinders pier aiming to get some whiting, but also to try my luck with the squid. I've never caught any squid at the Mornington Pier (and still haven't), but thought it'd be worth a shot.
Arrived late afternoon and was throwing a 2.5 jig around for about 20 minutes. On the retrieve, I looked down and noticed that a squid had been following it in. I dropped it back down and bang, finally caught my first one ever - hood just under 20cm.
Mate joined me shortly after, nabbed another with at least 28-30cm hood. I lost another one that felt like a decent size as well, I think probably because I didn't set the drag right on my rod after maxing it out to unsnag it from some weeds then dropping it down a little too much.
Still - super stoked about my first calamari, will definitely pop back down and try again (with a few more jigs this time).
Went down to Flinders pier aiming to get some whiting, but also to try my luck with the squid. I've never caught any squid at the Mornington Pier (and still haven't), but thought it'd be worth a shot.
Arrived late afternoon and was throwing a 2.5 jig around for about 20 minutes. On the retrieve, I looked down and noticed that a squid had been following it in. I dropped it back down and bang, finally caught my first one ever - hood just under 20cm.
Mate joined me shortly after, nabbed another with at least 28-30cm hood. I lost another one that felt like a decent size as well, I think probably because I didn't set the drag right on my rod after maxing it out to unsnag it from some weeds then dropping it down a little too much.
Still - super stoked about my first calamari, will definitely pop back down and try again (with a few more jigs this time).
Re: Flinders Pier 16/02/18
Congratulations whambamsam on joining the Squid Club. They look like nice clean Squid too, well done boys.
Now you have to be careful with squid, we all get inked, it is only a matter of time. So rest assured now that you are catching them, you are going to eventually join the Men in Black Ink Club too.
Cheers, Bugatti
Now you have to be careful with squid, we all get inked, it is only a matter of time. So rest assured now that you are catching them, you are going to eventually join the Men in Black Ink Club too.
Cheers, Bugatti
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Re: Flinders Pier 16/02/18
Nice report and pics mate!
Congrats on your first squid! Hopefully there will be plenty more to come
Congrats on your first squid! Hopefully there will be plenty more to come
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Re: Flinders Pier 16/02/18
Looking at the time of your posts I can only guess you work nights or sink a truckload of **** with the creativity my guess is the latter.Bugatti wrote: ↑Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:17 amCongratulations whambamsam on joining the Squid Club. They look like nice clean Squid too, well done boys.
Now you have to be careful with squid, we all get inked, it is only a matter of time. So rest assured now that you are catching them, you are going to eventually join the Men in Black Ink Club too.
MIB ink.PNG
Cheers, Bugatti
Keep it up.
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Re: Flinders Pier 16/02/18
Haha - that pic of my mates squid was cropped for his privacy, but he actually copped a blast of seawater from the squid to the face. Lucky it wasn't ink...
Bugatti wrote: ↑Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:17 amCongratulations whambamsam on joining the Squid Club. They look like nice clean Squid too, well done boys.
Now you have to be careful with squid, we all get inked, it is only a matter of time. So rest assured now that you are catching them, you are going to eventually join the Men in Black Ink Club too.
MIB ink.PNG
Cheers, Bugatti