Syndey, NSW Offshore Options

[catchnrelease]

After getting sick of inconsistent results and small squid inshore, I went offshore and I realised that the squidding really is better off offshore bommies and reefs.

We got 8 nice ones, I got the biggest being 23cm from tip to mantle.

I should spend more time out there instead of La Perouse.

[glen]

Ripper photo! Thanks for sharing!

[Salty_Dog]

You sure are correct catchnrelease.... heaps more out wide and depth.

After you experience how many and how easy it is, it becomes very hard to want to fish for squid off a jetty.

[jewgaffer]

Hi fellas like to say hi as a newbie to the site and share a few pics
of some offshore squidding that we had done from sydney.
We used yammishita 2.5 naturals at first as that was the only jigs
in the bag we had but they were ripping off the hooks so we returned
with larger jigs and caught a couple.
One squid that got away left a suction cup on the jig and i left it on the bait board
and when it dried out there was sharp teeth inside it ''very scary stuff'' we just gaff them
and then deal with it once its dead.


here are some pics of the squid
while drifting late one night

enjoy!!!

cheers
jase

This post has been edited by jewgaffer: Feb 5 2010, 11:24 AM

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[glen]

very nice squid pics! welcome to the forum!

caught any jewfish lately?

[jewgaffer]

very nice squid pics! welcome to the forum!

caught any jewfish lately?

Thanks for the welcome did go last night and landed 2 in the harbour
on live squid. Have been into them a bit in the upper reaches of the hawkesbury river
on live herring and mullet

cheers
jase

[glen]

nice work jase

[catchnrelease]

That's a very rare catch for the Sydney area, Southern Calamari and Arrows are common but I've only ever seen one of those (Humboldt?) squid caught before around here.

[jewgaffer]

That's a very rare catch for the Sydney area, Southern Calamari and Arrows are common but I've only ever seen one of those (Humboldt?) squid caught before around here.

Hi alex we catch them up to 60 mile offshore they are large deep sea arrows plenty of them
and make great broadbill baits.

cheers
SS

This post has been edited by jewgaffer: Feb 10 2010, 08:05 PM

[glen]

how big do these sea arrows get?

[jewgaffer]

how big do these sea arrows get?

The average is around 2 to 3kgs but some around the 4 to 5kgs
and even larger ones have been hooked and not landed.
A mate of mine hooked one around the 3kg mark and one other
that was alot bigger was trying to eat it this was around 3 times its size.
I really dont know how big they grow but we have seen some big ones
come up to the lights at the back of the boat.
They seem to be in numbers in the colder months but are caught all year.

Well to get a average size the squid is beside my tyrnos 30 and a 15kg tcurve game stick
laying on a 200kg esky.

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[glen]

thanks for the info! nice pic!

[choad]

are you using light sticks on your rig for night jigging?

what is your rig setup? patternoster with multiple jigs, free weight, weighted?

[kingyfisher]

The average is around 2 to 3kgs but some around the 4 to 5kgs
and even larger ones have been hooked and not landed.
A mate of mine hooked one around the 3kg mark and one other
that was alot bigger was trying to eat it this was around 3 times its size.
I really dont know how big they grow but we have seen some big ones
come up to the lights at the back of the boat.
They seem to be in numbers in the colder months but are caught all year.

Well to get a average size the squid is beside my tyrnos 30 and a 15kg tcurve game stick
laying on a 200kg esky.

Hi welcome Jase,those look like a lot of the large squids sold in fish shops around Sydney. The chunky body is very different to the elongated tube of most inshore Arrows here.They also look like some of the imported Korean & Jap caught squid(that may also come from Southern Oceans)

This post has been edited by kingyfisher: Mar 18 2010, 09:24 AM

[glen]

hi catchnrelease, is this offshore from Sydney?

[catchnrelease]

hi catchnrelease, is this offshore from Sydney?

Yeah, but this is a fair way in the past though!

[glen]

ok thanks

[marriem]

great catch