Squid sesh
Submitted by JohnF on Tue, 2011-05-24 19:42
Quick squiddly sess with Daz after work, landed 15 nice big fatties. At some stages, we had upt to 5 squid following in the hooked squid.......easy pickings. Quick sounder snap.....
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roddo
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great effort mate i hope t
great effort mate i hope t get amongt them tomorrow.
where did you go?
what sounder is that?
JohnF
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We were West of Sydney
We were West of Sydney (hahaha....).
Ramarine A70 combo sounder. Very happy with it.
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roddo
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haha not after any gps plots
haha not after any gps plots just a general idea metro south north.
i might have to do a bit of research on the a70 it looks great.
flangies
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I think I know where you are
I think I know where you are talking about.
Good job on the squidlies.
JohnF
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North of river. Plenty about.
James, how are ya mate?
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John_M
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Also headed out this arvo
Also headed out this arvo from cockburn. got our boat limit of squid and cuttlefish in under an hour, with some 30cm tubes
SamC
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Nice Johnboy.Ill bet they
Nice Johnboy.
Ill bet they taste schweeeeet
Cheers,
Sam
milsey
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We also headed out disarvo
We also headed out disarvo and had our limit in just over an hour. Very nice night to be on the water.
grayzeee
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. how does the raymarine go
. how does the raymarine go out deeper john??
looks nice in the shallows
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
JohnF
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Grayzee....yeah, pretty easy
Grayzee....yeah, pretty easy in shallow water, any sounder should look chrisp.
At 30-40m, I can travel at 25 knots and hold a clear bottom.
I have had mine down to 140 m and still OK and picks up bottom fine, but you do need to slow down to under 10 knots to get a nice clear reading and under 5 knots to properly pick up fish.
Pretty happy with the Raymarine. The best thing is its full auto mode is excellent....I put a lot of work into the transducer (just a crappy 500 kW job) and set a few functions a few years ago and basically dont mess with it now. Basically hands off.
The Furuno 620/585 is nice, and probably a better pure sounder. I would have thought your 585 would have been pretty clear in 100m?
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grayzeee
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yeah, it's great in 200 khz
yeah, it's great in 200 khz out to 150 , just got to tweak it in 50 khz
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
JohnF
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Over 80m, 50Hz much better on
Over 80m, 50Hz much better on mine.
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kane
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Was that your spot John?
Was that your spot John? Curious if you had a go in the area I was telling you about?
Gooooone Fishin!
JohnF
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You calling me a
You calling me a pinger....... Haha. Nah, my spot. Can't actually recall the squiddly spot you mentioned, was enjoying the honey beers too much that Arvo after a great days fishing. Let me know when your free for another fish mate! Will see if we can snap that smith for ya!
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kane
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No worries :)
Anytime your keen just let me know I'll see
If I can make it, otherwise after work squid session would be sweet.
On the smith topic- have to admit I'm constantly putting more and more drag and stress on it, reckon I gotta pull my head in a bit or I will likely snap it soon as you say :)
Gooooone Fishin!
Bodie
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yep went out on sunday, got
yep went out on sunday, got our limit pretty easy, same thing had 5-6 squid follow up and attack the one hooked up!
Not seen squid that agressive for some time now