| #1  04-05-2008, 11:35 PM | ||||
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| A Bit Different Yet another snap decision by Mark on Thursday night saw Pete, Mark and myself heading down to the dreaded Torquay for a session off of Princess pier, luckily Mark knows his way around, i'd have still been driving around now, (hence the "dreaded"!) We started at 9ish, and within half an hour, Pete had a take, a few minutes and this chap made an appearance  We were well pleased, as we had made the target species, within a short time as well, shortly after, Mark managed one  another shot of the amazing colours  What an incredible animal. Pete added to to tally a little later, and Squidward was introduced to Max  Neither were impressed by the encounter! I was the next one, but mine came off on the surface inches away from the net, gutted! But at least the method was coming together for us, and we'd all had a bit of action.  We headed back in the early hours, having fished far later than planned, I was happy though, a good evening in excellent company, and a new method learned. The next day at work, i was a tad tired, to say the least, as i'd managed 7 hours sleep in 48, Mark had to go and say he was returning that night! (Friday) Well, i had to tag along! Even though fatigue was taking hold and another working day loomed, a couple of cans of Red Bull and we were on the pier at last light. We started much the same as the previous night, but very little happened apart from the odd pull to the jigs, about an hour into dark, Mark saw a brown shape coasting along the wall, we grabbed the landing net and the result was a very surprised, but extremely unhappy Cuttlefish   The colours were incredible, and it lit up green on the belly, we put it in a bucket of water, whereupon, in a fit of pique, it proceeded to ink four times, everytime we replaced the water, and it also bit the live pout we had caught for bait virtually in half, proper annoyed it was! Then it proceeded to produce a series of bubbling and amusing noises for a while, before calming down a bit. We moved down the pier a bit for the last half hour, and I eventually managed this little one   A Loligo Vulgaris landed at last, (had to look that up!) I was a bit chuffed. Nothing more followed so we called it a night and Mark held the Cuttle up to try and show the green light on the belly, but the camera does'nt do it justice.  Give it a try, it's a good way to spend an evening! Take it easy __________________ Remember what the dormouse said, ...... Feed your head.... Jefferson Airplane Giggety Giggety Giggety... Quagmire Practice CPR, catch, photo, release     |
| #2 04-06-2008, 12:01 AM | |||
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| Re: A Bit Different awesome!... those squid can be quite large on the pier.. it seems to me from the pictures you got the small ones! ive had some monsters down there... i usually float fish a jig though.. not sure how you was doing it.. and we seem to get better luck in the daylight strangely enough.. so maybe i should try a session in the dark well done anyway and i will dig out the jigs and have a go myself soon if i can find time! __________________ fishing for fish is not as simple as you may think! |
| #3 04-06-2008, 07:22 AM | ||||
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| Re: A Bit Different amazing pictures and that is deffenantly a different kind of fishing trip  __________________ Richard|Sea Fishing |Carp Fishing| Spud Gun | Zander fishing | Fishing Reports | Hunting Reports |
| #4 04-06-2008, 07:41 AM | ||||
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| Re: A Bit Different Great report Ian, I didn't even know you could get squid round here. I even had to check the rport wasn't dated 1st April! Going to have to give that a whirl soon! Well done mate.  __________________ People that listen to radio's and throw eggs around for a living, really shouldn't comment on what constitutes hard work;-) |
| #5 04-06-2008, 08:12 AM | ||||
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| Re: A Bit Different That looks like great fun, well done. When are you going to organise a forum squid and cuttlefish meet then??? __________________ Life is brief and fragile. Do that which makes you happy. |
| #6 04-06-2008, 08:14 AM | ||||
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| Re: A Bit Different well thats a very interesting and different report,i have never heard of catching squid like that before, well done you guys |
| #7 04-06-2008, 08:38 AM | ||||
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| Re: A Bit Different well done never seen anyone catching squid __________________ CrAiG.wHiTeLaW .The Guy in the Blue Hat http://www.bebo.com/ctwhitelaw 2008 so far - Trips 11 - Blanks 4 Species 2008 - Brown Trout ,Sea Trout,Rainbow Trout |
| #8 04-06-2008, 11:06 AM | ||||
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| Re: A Bit Different Awesome and well done Ian and mates, I ditto Baggie, I didn't know you can get squid around here.....you guys never stop to amaze me. Max does look a little puzzles, bet he thought...hey hey that is not a fish is it?  __________________ There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind." - Washington Irving |
| #9 04-06-2008, 02:32 PM | ||||
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| Re: A Bit Different Great read mate.Well done.All the best marty.  |
| #10 04-06-2008, 02:37 PM | ||||
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 Re: A Bit Different Really interesting report Ian. I've had a couple of Squid jigs in my tackle box for a while. One luminous & one Shrimp rig. Not quite sure how to use them though. Could you give an explanation of your tactics please as I've heard a few are caught off Weymouth Breakwater? Has anyone else got any info on catching Squid in the Weymouth area? |
