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[Jazman]

After many hours on the water, and after seeing a few other kayak fisherfolk catch squid, I've finally caught a squid in NSW from my kayak. But it didn't happen quite the way I thought it would........

Last weekend about 6 kayak fishers from Canberra made a trek to Bateman's Bay to chase snapper and (hopefully) yellowtail kingfish offshore. I managed to catch a small slimy mackeral (see pic), and dreaming of big fish I hooked him through the nose and sent him out on my 10kg outfit as a live bait. I drifted along for about an hour, catching a few fish on soft plastics along the way (see pictures of a few of them, a snapper, an elegant wrasse and a pike). All of a sudden the rod which had the live mackeral on it started to bend like it had a dead weight on the end, then it started pumping - we all know what that means!

Since I was unlikely to hook the squid on the single hook I had in the mackeral, I slowly drew the squid to the surface, and removed the mackeral, replacing it with a squid jig. He took a little bit of convincing, but the squid eventually grabbed the jig and I landed him. Tasted fantastic on the BBQ that night

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[glen]

good work jazman on getting all of those fish and the squid!

maybe you will get a kingfish next time? did you have a plan on how to land the kingfish if you actually hooked one?

cheers, glen

[Jazman]

If I hook a kingy, landing it will be the easy bit (either landing net, grab the tail, or lip grips) - keeping it away from the reef after hookup will be the hard part. Some of my fellow kayak fishers caught 2 kingies at 50-55cm long (legal size in NSW is 60cm), and had no problems getting them aboard.

[kingyfisher]

If I hook a kingy, landing it will be the easy bit (either landing net, grab the tail, or lip grips) - keeping it away from the reef after hookup will be the hard part. Some of my fellow kayak fishers caught 2 kingies at 50-55cm long (legal size in NSW is 60cm), and had no problems getting them aboard.

HO HO HO "Landing it will be the EASY BIT " just wait till you hook a few decent sized fish instead of those 1-2yr olds you've been molesting.......90cms and up will tow you around like Captain Ahab on the back of Moby Dick

[Jazman]

Hi Kingyfisher, welcome to the forum. Maybe you should re-read my post, I think you missed the point of what I was saying.

Landing the fish (once it is beaten and next to the kayak) will be the easy bit - I will net the fish or use lip grips.

The hard bit will be keeping the fish off the reef after I hook it.

[Zante]

HO HO HO "Landing it will be the EASY BIT " just wait till you hook a few decent sized fish instead of those 1-2yr olds you've been molesting.......90cms and up will tow you around like Captain Ahab on the back of Moby Dick

Hi Kingyfisher,

you know all about catching 90cm+ kingfish.

[glen]

welcome aboard zante! catching any?

cheers, glen

[Zante]

welcome aboard zante! catching any?

cheers, glen

Thanks Glen,

My most recent specimen landbased......



74cm.

[glen]

that is a ripper of a kingfish! i have yet to catch (or see) one!

[Waldo]

Hi there you fishos, I'm new to this, happen to come across this forum whilst researching for squid knowhow and where.
I have a kayak, I fish regular in the cowan river on plastics but yet to tangle a squid. Your stuff is great, love it. Waldo

[glen]

g'day waldo! welcome to the forum! we should have you tangling a squid in no time!

cheers, glen

[leadman101]

Hey Jazman,

Where near the bay did you get that beauty?

L.