We fished Westernport yesterday with the initial aim of catching a couple of snapper. When we weren't getting any action on that front we got a little distracted by the hoard of flatties in a couple of spots. None were big but every other was legal so we were getting a feed at least. At one point after getting a bite on a squid bait I wound the line in and saw what I first thought was a large flattie following it up. Then realised it was too big for a flattie, must be a banjo. Nope, it was a squid. I asked the deckie to get the net ready. The live squid had passed the squid bait, but did an abrupt U turn, came around behind the bait and latched onto it. As it did this I jerked the rod and was fortunate to hook a tentacle with a 5/0. Dinner!
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The squid had clearly had a good chew on the squid bait. Anyone seen this? I'd always thought that squid was a good tough bait for many species of fish - never really occurred to me that squid would go for it tho.....
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After that we tried another spot for snapper without success so when the tide picked up we targeted squid in earnest, catching more with squid jigs, but again we found them grabbing our pillie baits - the ones setup for snapper/gummies. They wouldn't touch the whole pilly rigged with the squid spike. But being a little slow to release the pille, we were able to get the net under some so came home with a good feed of squid.
And a reminder in fishing, as in life, even when you're not having a good day, its likely there is someone else having a worse luck.....
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