Tootgarook, Vic

[Hutchy & Lockie]

Hi Glen,



Just wanted to share our squiding experiences with you. We are relative new comers to squiding, and have been hitting the local piers pretty hard in the last few weeks without much success. We took advantage of the beautiful weather on Saturday 27th August 2005 to try our luck from a tandum ocean kayak...



Launched from the beach at Tootgarook (opposite Truemans Rd) roughly an hour before high tide and went out about 300m to about 10m of water.



Threw in pink and orange jigs, and we managed 9 small to medium sized calamari in about an hour and a half! The orange jig was by far the most successful, landing 7.



This is a great website, its great to hear from others that fish down our way. A big thanks to Wes...after reading his comments from the Safety Beach area we went out and purchased an orange jig. It will be the first that we throw in on our next trip (hopefully next weekend weather permitting!).



Cheers,



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[supersquid]

Welcome aboard guys

[glen]

Hi Hutchy & Lockie,



Welcome to the site,



I imagine you did your squid fishing at Tootgarook over reef or sea grass beds?



I generated a map for you to try to help to locate more weed beds in your area. The map is generated using the free digital maps on the DSE website -



DSE Home > About DSE > Online Services and Resources > Interactive Maps

[url="http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/DSE/dsencor.nsf/childdocs/-0C9E3ED6FA179D9FCA256DAC00277E95-5FD09CE028D6AA58CA256DAC0029FA1A?open"]http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/DSE/dsencor.nsf/...AC0029FA1A?open[/url]



Welcome to the forums and thanks for the fishing report!



Cheers, Glen

[Hutchy &amp; Lockie]

Hi Glen,



Thanks for the reply. Don't think we were over weed beds as we could see a sandy bottom and watched the squid attach our lures in clear water.



Thanks heaps for the maps. We will definately try over the weed beds next time. Will keep you posted.



Cheers,

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[Hutchy &amp; Lockie]

Thanks Supersquid!!!