Quick squid sesh friday
I got the chance to pop out for a quick fish on friday arvo, with the medium easterlies i decided to stay in close and get some squid.
Headed out from Mindarie and started a drift close to shore in front of the surf club. The water was a bit cloudy and it took a while to get the first one in the net and with a hood of 30cm i was pretty happy. After that they got a bit more active and within an hour we had 12 squid on ice , the largest having a hood of 34cm.
With enough for a good feed i headed out just in front of the first reef and send down the whiting rigs with the hope of some sandies to eat or for bait. Picked up one straight away and my friend got another two, not very big but good size for bait on the next outing.
The next drift we both hooked up on some thumper skippy and continued till we had 8 plump ones in the esky. They were all about 35cm and were great fun on the bream rods with 4 lb braid . On the last drop before heading in my friend hooked up and line started tearing of his reel at pace, i thought it might have been a pinky as we landed a few small ones earlier. As the fish got near the boat i realized it was a big skippy, and at 43cm on 4 lb gear my friend did well to get it in the boat.
I used to fish like this quite often but now i tend to head out deeper chasing the Dhu and snapper, I forgot how mutch fun the small rods can be , and altho i was chasing whiting there are lots of other species that can turn up and keep you happy .
Cheers Grant
Faulkner Family
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sounds like you had a great
sounds like you had a great time with the light stuff. nice size squid there but where are the pics of the other tasty morsals
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
grantarctic1
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sorry
Sorry guys no pics of the skippy. Flat batteries in the camera. Gotto put a spare packet of batteries in the boat and keep them there.
cuthbad
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thats some big squid mate,
thats some big squid mate, skippy would have been fun as well, nice work!
bod
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arvo sesh
sounds like a rewarding catch for a quick arvo sesh.
alfred
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Good size squid there. Nice.
Good size squid there. Nice.
Joodles
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Totally agree with ya mate.
Totally agree with ya mate. And that's exactly why I'm downsizing, selling my current boat and looking foward to the quick after work sessions again. Good work on the feed...YUMM!
Ryan C
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good work mate
no matter what size boat you have i look forward to the onset of winter every year when the big 40/60 cm skippy school at my favorite inshore spot along with sambos and pinks its nearly time to get the 4 and 6 lb outfits out again and have the pleasure of travelling no more than 3 miles from the boat ramp and having good action all day!
grantarctic1
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Too true
Too true Ryan, jee 60 cm skippy on 4 to 6 lb gear would be fun. Your making me want to head out again lol .
grantarctic1
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Small boat lots of fun
Yeah Joodles, i bought my 4.3 clark over 10 years ago with the intension to use it while i saved for my big dream boat .lol
Ive still got it and use it all the time, it's a bit limited for offshore but with good weather i can get out far enough to chase big fish.
The good points of the smaller boat are .Easy to tow , can launch it myself , fits in a carport , can beach launch and on average i only go through 12 lt of fuel per trip offshore.
I still want to upgrade but i now know i dont have to have a huge boat to have fun. A 5.5 m centre cosole would be ideal for me .
Cheers Grant.
P.S . The Squid were thick out there, a few boats were getting into them no prob's. My mates have been bagging out in the arvo's easily.