As Melburnian's are free to travel as the weather warms the Bellarine becomes one of the most popular places to visit and chase land based calamari. I will be keeping everyone updated on the squidding over the next few months.
Yamashita released an amazing video titled 'Predation Action' this week which looks at the way squid attacks it's prey depending on the sinking and action of the prey. This knowledge is key to being a better squid fisherman! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-88rOW ... ariaGlobal
St Leonards has plenty of calamari around at the moment with the large models 30CM+ moving into deeper water. This has allowed for the smaller squid to move right into the pier with larger numbers being caught with the best success being before/after high tide with a light wind and clear water.
Since they're smaller, they have been more hesitant and the difference between catching them and going home hungry is super slow, long sinks.
Squid were super hesitant, I could feel them softly tapping the jig without striking. The low activity pushed me to using three hops, and then a long slow sink. Hooked up into three smaller squid for dinner. Had people either side of me casting the same spot and I think they were not giving the squid enough time. We all know how they touch the jig a few times before striking, same thing was happening here.
Again, squid were low activity despite being in the area. They were around and tapping the jigs, but not enough to hook up. Pier was pretty busy, easily 20 people and between 2pm-3pm I saw four squid caught. I caught two and my friend caught two. Despite everyone casting the same patch of weed, the same side, the same everything, I would say the sink made the difference. The science says that squid have preference to attack a sinking jig, they also attack the jig differently depending on how it sinks. We should use that to our advantage when they are high or low activity.
