13-02-2003, 10:56 PM
Hi Glen.
When I was fishing over a reef, I saw what appeared to be a red fish break the surface and hit some bait fish. So naturally I dropped a lure. I used a rattler in the shape of a fish with 2 sets of triple hooks hanging from its body.
I dropped this into the water and got stacks of "pulls" but no hook up. I suspected squid so I reeled the lure in slowly and an arrow squid followed it up to within 1 metre from the surface.
Switching to jigs brought immediate results.
My conclusion: if my rattler lure had spikes at the back, I would have caught squid as well as the possibility of couta or salmon.
Now that would be an interesting combination lure! <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol' />
Wes
When I was fishing over a reef, I saw what appeared to be a red fish break the surface and hit some bait fish. So naturally I dropped a lure. I used a rattler in the shape of a fish with 2 sets of triple hooks hanging from its body.
I dropped this into the water and got stacks of "pulls" but no hook up. I suspected squid so I reeled the lure in slowly and an arrow squid followed it up to within 1 metre from the surface.
Switching to jigs brought immediate results.
My conclusion: if my rattler lure had spikes at the back, I would have caught squid as well as the possibility of couta or salmon.
Now that would be an interesting combination lure! <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol' />
Wes