Squid at Freo

was thinking of going for a drift for squid, between Fishing boat Harbour, and South Mole, got a good bag of them a few years ago, but have not been back since, does anyone know if they are catching them in this area?

 


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 Went few months back,

Thu, 2017-03-23 13:34

 Went few months back, cleaned up. CLoser to fishing boat harbour rock wall was very productive. Not sure if are there recently but would assume they arre always there.

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I went out briefly with a

Thu, 2017-03-23 13:36

I went out briefly with a mate on Monday just gone for an hour near the power station but didn't catch any on that day. However, caught some near woodies point last weekend.

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Can't go out too far as I

Thu, 2017-03-23 13:52

Can't go out too far as I don't have an Epirb on this boat, maybe have to get one, last boat was 21ft Northshore, but now have a 4.88 Quintrex whic is easier for me to handle now I am getting on in years :)

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 dont need an epirp. loads of

Thu, 2017-03-23 14:32

 dont need an epirp. loads of squid around there, as there are between woddies and the next wall north

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out of interest assume you

Thu, 2017-03-23 14:53

out of interest assume you are either close in to beach or further out at sea - every time I go out of the heads -if you drew a straight line between FBH and south mole there seems to a "freeway" of boat traffic between the two -
on quite a few trips back from 3 mile reef I have stopped and thrown jigs all along the rock wall of the north mole a few times and got nothing

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With my other boat, just

Thu, 2017-03-23 15:45

With my other boat, just headed to the rock wall at FBH then drifted back towards South Mole, got lots of squid and 8 cuttlefish (which I threw back ,didn't know if they were good eating at the time, do now..lol )

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nice one - do you drift a

Thu, 2017-03-23 15:50

nice one - do you drift a mulie or work jigs?

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squid jigs they liked the

Thu, 2017-03-23 16:35

squid jigs they liked the green ones, can't wait for a calm day, then I will be at them! been wanting to do that for ages.

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thanks mate - looking at the

Thu, 2017-03-23 16:43

thanks mate - looking at the forecast you might be in luck on saturday!

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freo is good

Fri, 2017-03-24 07:41

white jigs inside the freo marina works the best we ended up with 15 in about 1 hour just on sunset  

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 Plenty of squid thru there,

Fri, 2017-03-24 07:53

 Plenty of squid thru there, bagged out many times on my kayak there