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[supersquid]

Hi guys

Not a good report
I fished Queenscliff peir 27/8/ and it was very very quite indeed
Absolutly no Squid were taken by anyone

It was so quite that Old Sammy the seal was having a hard time getting a feed
This was a perfect night for squid given the reports I have gather for that end of the bay but it looks like the boaties are having all the luck as far as the squid go.
This was the quietest night I have ever seen in the 30 years Ive fished the area and the feed back from the other 6 or so anglers wasnt good at all
with all saying the fishing on Queenscliff peir just gets worse and worse
Not even a Toadie
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[pw-squid]

I fished the pier last night (27-08-2003) from 7:45 pm till 10:30 pm, I didn't get any Squid, but a couple of older fellows who had spaced themselves out along the good lighted section got a few quite small ones.
The seal was there for the last hour or so at night too.
I guess I'll just have to keep trying and hope the big schools of Squid come over to the pier. I note that there is very little weed along beside the pier, is that going to mean they have no reason to come there?

[skipper]

Hi guy's, It's 2.11 am and I just got back from Queenscliff, I got there at 7 pm and the tide started coming in

at Approximately 7.40 pm, there was a light breeze from the North-North west, clear sky's, and Mar's

shinning brightly, only me and two other's on the pier, AMAZING !! No shoulder to shoulder fisherman,

and even better, NO SEAL !

I would say it was a perfect night for squidding !, I had silver whiting and a variety of jig's,

I fished all the way around the pier, every inch of it, using baited jig's and artificial's,

You guessed it, NO SQUID !! didn't even see one, dead as a maggot !!

UNBELIEVABLE, just when you think this is going to be a top night, BAM ! it hit's you between the eye's,

no fish for you tonight sucker !! I can't work out why the pier fisher's are doing so badly ?

I heard the same story from a few guy's that fished Flinder's pier, the guy's fishing from boat's in

lonsdale bight { just around the corner from Queenscliff }

are braining them, and so are the boat's at flinder's, so why are the pier's not firing ? I can't work it out?

this time last year I was doing great  from the pier's ! so why is this year so different ? why are they shying

away from pier's ? OK - OK - I can hear you say "I did well last week end" or something like that,

But my point is are you catching consistantly ? I mean at least 4 plus squid evey trip?

this is what the catch rate  was like last year at Queenscliff pier, and 4 was the minimum on any one trip,

and the size's where excellent too, I'll give it a few more trip's and see how the season progress's,

but it look's to me that I'll have to fire up my boat very soon to catch a good feed, I'd be interested to know

if anyone else has found the same as me?  till the next report, cheer's Pete.

[pw-squid]

My recent expedition to Q/cliff Pier was a bust too.
I commented on the fact that there seems to be very little weed growing around the pier and asked if that was likely to prove unattractive to the Squid. No-one said anything about it so far.

[supersquid]

Hey guys
The expirence and knowledge I have gathered from both my father myself and other anglers points to different factors on why Queenscliff peir is going down hill as far as the squid are concerned
The main factor is that since the new ferry terminal was built the sand washes back toward the peir and settles around the peir.
Another factor is over fishing Im not talking about taking too many fish
but another theory was that over the years the weed beds around the peir were stirpped bare with squid jigs being the culprit.
the jig theory came about in the late 80s when squid fishing from Queenscliff really took a nose dive it was nothing like the squid fishing in the 60s and 70s.
But dont be discouraged from fishing this peir as it still produces some good catches and is no more spasmodic than say St leonards peir.
Speaking of St Leonards peir I have found this place to be a bigger hit or miss than Queenscliff but when it does fire the action is alot faster and it seems all anglers get a good bag, where as Queenscliff you see alot of people go home empty handed while other have bagged out


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[pw-squid]

Is it hard to wade out to Bell Reef? I'm guessing that might be a good landbased option if the pier is fishing so badly and yet the boats are doing well. I've never fished off Bell Reef before and I don't fancy getting too wet in this cold weather either. How wet do you get wading out there? How long can you spend out there before you need to come back when the tide comes in?

[pw-squid]

Thanks for all that good info and advice John :-)
I really appreciate the help.

It's like you were clairvoyant with that Snapper info, I've long tried for a decent Snapper from the shore, now I've got two new spots to spend some time.

[aok47]

Bwana,

i am green with envy because i was planning on fishing queensclif but wasnt game to go out with the strong winds,... were they taken in the lonsdale bight? maybe i'll get to go this coming weekend.

...and so much for not bothering fishing for squid in murky water,...  

good one  

AK