Squid Success Dunsborough
Got down to Dunsborough last week and managed to get out in the dinghy with the squid jigs, pretty much the first time I've given squiding a full blown effort. Lucky me cos it paid off! Was drifting very close into shore and got a lot of squid on a variety of colours. We managed to get a cuttlefish on the last day but we put it back because we didn't know how to clean them and as we were leaving that day we didn't really have enough time to fiddle around figuring out how to do it (how do they taste compared to squid??). As it was the first time I had caught squid it was the first time we had to clean them and by the last day we got it down to roughly 3 minutes a squid for it to be entirely cleaned and ready for cooking. All the videos on youtube showed it to be much easier than it actually was (as in how easily the 'quill' was coming out and also being able to hold onto the hood easily, we found it extremely slimey haha). Bu we have a nice few feeds left in the freezer for the weeks to come!!!!
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Bootboot
Posts: 67
Date Joined: 13/03/13
Top effort some very nice
Top effort some very nice squid amongst them, well worth the effort in my opinion!
Sea Hunter
Posts: 148
Date Joined: 04/07/13
Nice haul
Great catch guys, looks like you have plenty for bait and heaps enough for a good feed too. you can also clean them in the scaling bag, does a pretty good job with only a little left to do.
elliotbirch
Posts: 123
Date Joined: 29/05/12
The catchbag idea sounds very
The catchbag idea sounds very good Sea Hunter, never occurred to me to try that. I'll have to give that a go next time!
Sea Hunter
Posts: 148
Date Joined: 04/07/13
scale bag
the only down side was that I should have taken off the attack tentacles first as they are pretty delicate.
MattMiller
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Date Joined: 15/06/09
The bay
is chockas with Squid atm
Bazooked
Posts: 151
Date Joined: 18/10/12
http://www.squidcleaning.com.
http://www.squidcleaning.com.au
uncleben
Posts: 187
Date Joined: 06/01/09
http://www.squidcleaning.com.
http://www.squidcleaning.com.au/
Awesome invention
Jim
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Date Joined: 05/05/06
Boom! what are the odds of
Boom! what are the odds of both putting the same link up at nearly the same time!
Bend over
choc
Posts: 670
Date Joined: 05/01/12
Every Aussie invention has to
Every Aussie invention has to have a built in bottle opener,love it.
Mike17
Posts: 323
Date Joined: 30/06/13
First job
I reckon the steps for using it are in the wrong order the opening the beer step should be first.
Use The Force
spook
Posts: 325
Date Joined: 15/02/10
Agree totally there mate,
Agree totally there mate, haha
Haunted by water
pale ale
Posts: 1755
Date Joined: 02/01/10
OK, the squidezy looks ok.
OK, the squidezy looks ok. Anyone tried it yet?
wangler
Posts: 607
Date Joined: 26/04/08
Got a set of Squideasy
the other day, hopefully try them out on Sunday. I use a scaller bag atm
Want to make someone mad... tell a lie! Want to get the world upset... tell the TRUTH !
Dougie
elliotbirch
Posts: 123
Date Joined: 29/05/12
Looks good
Okay I think I'll definetly be buying the squidezy haha but all of the videos I've watched so far make it all look a lot easier so I might wait till someone gives it a proper review! I can't wait to get back down to Duns and get some more (if they are still there). Oh and so what do people think of cuttlefish??
pale ale
Posts: 1755
Date Joined: 02/01/10
I usually clean squid on the
I usually clean squid on the beach.
Pull the head and flaps off
Cut down one side of the tube and pull the bone / guts out
grab a hand full of sand and rub off the slime / skin.
Takes about 2 minutes max.
I recently bought a scaling bag. This cuts outs the need to rub off the slime / skin
Andy_b
Posts: 633
Date Joined: 19/10/11
i only use a scaling bag for
i only use a scaling bag for squid, easy and fast, just a tip if u get a cuttle fish take the back bone out 1st, if u dont that will rip the scaling bag open, i found out the hard way and lost my squid