cuttlefish galore
Submitted by mako magic on Mon, 2009-06-15 13:09
Took the boat out solo from two rocks yesterday, what a awesome day on the water, not alot fish wise for me, keep a few for a feed, but damn got plagued by cuttlefish and occys, and some big cuttlefish too, never seen so many.
Sitting back at work atm having some fresh cuttlefish and what can i say, mmmmmmmmmmm better than squid anyday for me
Colin Hay
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You lucky bugger
Fresh cuttlefish for lunch. Sounds like a good day out Matt.
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mako magic
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yeah about to cook the 2nd
yeah about to cook the 2nd batch now colin, if your here in 5 mins i will share lol.
was a top day out, flew back in at around 42knots, just a bit of a quick trip out sorting the boat out and just a relax in general
hlokk
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I was out yesterday as well
I was out yesterday as well and jigged up a small undersized dhuie. As I got it near the surface, I saw a red shadow under it and thought I had the dhuie on one hook, and a sargeant baker on ther other. Then the shadow moved off, rose, came back the dhuie, opened its tentacles and latched onto the dhuie. Massive cuttlefish, took 3 gaff shots to get it on the boat. Must of been several kilos. The boat got absolutely drenched in ink too (there was even ink stains on the roof). The dhuie had a chunk missing off his head from the cuttly, but after getting the water through his gills, he swam off strong.
Bodie
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re painting a boat in ink
re painting a boat in ink and you wanna come out in my boat!!! :P
hlokk
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Haha, I pulled it up from
Haha, I pulled it up from the deep, not on the boat :p. Skipper wanted to keep it and did the gaffing and made the mistake of lifting it with head facing the boat. I inadvertantly managed to shield the boat from a lot of ink though, lol. I gave the boat a washdown as the skipper was putting the cuttly in the bucket, but we missed a small bit on the roof :p.
train
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went out last week on sun n
went out last week on sun n mon.
got 3 cuttles and an occy on sun then 3 occies and a cuttle on mon.
couldnt beleive the occies stayed on the hook in 34 meters of water first time ive every caught occies out deep on hooks before.
never keep the cuttles cause they have too much ink and theres too much wastage. sometimes i cut the 2 big tenticles of 4 bait and let them go, seems like a fair sacrafice!
wadetolley
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Cuttle
Cuttle fish is great bait...yesterday we caught all our fish on skinned cuttlefish tenticles. The fleshy bits right up the top were the best!
7739ian
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Cleaning
i've caught and cleaned plenty of squid but never a cuttlefish - how do you clean them? Saw a big one floating near the Lena dive wreck on Saturday when out with Damo - i t was floating on the surface head up and looked very fresh - possibly alive - should have grabbed it for bait.
wadetolley
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basically
Basically like cleaning a squid mate. You eat the belly flap. Just cut it out, remove skin and cook him up. Then cut its head off and put in freezer for bait for next trip!
makai
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No point letting them go if you cut off tentacles
Train, there is no point letting them go if you cut off the 2 big tentacles - they are what they use to catch their prey. You are just condemning them to a slow death through starvation. Either let them go unharmed, or keep them.
Faulkner Family
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So did what fish did you get mate
love to eat cutlefish & Occy really good bait for your next trip . Or was that to the fads seem to remember a deal was made a while back *LOL*
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mako magic
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just kept a black bum for a
just kept a black bum for a feed, and i can take you to the fads but they arent there
hlokk
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Getting to the fads this
Getting to the fads this time of year is easy. You dont even need a boart, you just need to have a key or know someone, lol.
Faulkner Family
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its alright i will forgive you then
if you finish painting my shop *LOL*
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