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Those hard bits are Denticles, there small tooth like serrations, that help them hang on to things. All squid have them.

1 hour ago, Soobz said:

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The big question now is, has anyone tried them? And can you catch squid on them, I think if you could cast them around bait fish they may be good, or if squid were following lures.

These were the only actual lures I  could find that had a squid jag. I know the critics will say why isn't every one using them, but 40 years ago they said that about anything that did not have a dead fish tied on it. At least it might be a bit of fun lure.html

4 hours ago, Soobz said:

I bought these a while back, yet to fit any to a lure but I plan to, due to the number of squid chasing my hardbodies plus they should be more snag resistant if you pick a lure of the right diving depth.

Based on today's weather I might do it very soon

 

This is what I was thinking too. Where did you buy the jags from?

Before you judge a crazy, you should run a mile with their tackle box. That way, when you judge them, you're a mile away and you have their tackle box.

2 hours ago, Soobz said:

I bought these a while back, yet to fit any to a lure but I plan to, due to the number of squid chasing my hardbodies plus they should be more snag resistant if you pick a lure of the right diving depth.

Based on today's weather I might do it very soon

 

This is what I was thinking too. Where did you buy the jags from?

Hi I was reading this old post from 2010 and thought I would bum it up and see if anyone else has tried converting lures to squid catchers?

Hi I have been trying to research catching squid, to improve my chances on a bad day, there are hundreds of articles and videos on line. There is an almost unlimited array of colours,  patterns, features and manufacturers, as well as techniques. One of the interesting things is Squid are colour blind, yet colours are so important. I have been watching old black and white movies and there is an unlimited amount of different shade, that represent different colours.  Apparently this why squid are attracted to different colours despite not seeing them as we do. For the older Fishos out there who can remember watching The Munsters in black and white, Herman Munster was actually wearing bright violet make up as it caught the light, even though he was supposed to be a shade of green,  there is evidence that squid see bright violet in deeper water than any other colour.

Hi has any one here tried out the cheap under water cameras. They have about 20 meters  of cord on them and a 4 20 5 inch monitor. I was considering one for the boat, I though they might be good for checking out what the bottom was like when the water is murky, even if you could only see a couple of feet, you would get some idea. And they are pretty cheap, you can get them from around $120. Might also be some fun checking out the reefs as well, on clearer days. 

On 02/06/2021 at 10:37 PM, styla said:

Had a brief encounter with a fish on a live salmon troutie, fishing the coorong.  At first i thought it was a Mullie ,but it was just steady weight ,when it swam off slowly. Then it accelarated with a nice run , then spat the hook. At no stage was there any headshakes, on examining the bait i could not see any teeth marks. So im stumped at what it might of been, any ideas fellow Strike Hookers?

1 hour ago, doobie said:

Nope, can't say I have - worth a go if you catch some nippers (wonder if throwing them in a bag of rock salt would dry them out - just a random thought that entered my brain for a moment lol)

If the metho works they might be more natural looking. I would have thought the metho taste would put off the fish, but they don't seem to mind it on worms. 

Hi I have been surfing around looking for the best way to keep nippers alive and came across a post about using Metho, I know people use it on worms. This guy claims he soaks them in Metho for around 8 minutes then dries them off with paper towel and puts 4 in a small zip lock bags and freezes them, he says they last months and are tougher. Has anyone tried this?

This is with out elastic and is an American shrimp, but it is interesting. 

Thanks Doobie,  I could quickly compensate for any pollution by picking up a couple of bits of rubbish on the waters edge, so I am not really to worried about that side of it. The other thing that I have been thinking about (I do over think things :)) is I have read that fish take nippers and prawns from the tail end as it help them swallow them. The way most people put a nipper on a hook, the hooks backwards when it goes into their mouth and the lines in the way. I am thinking of trying putting the hook through the meaty part of the tail from the bottom up, just once, then running the shank of the hook up between the legs on the out side and securing it around the body with elastic. This puts the eye of the hook at the head end and the hook facing the right way if its taken from the tail. As well as hopefully keeping the nipper alive longer. I have not had a chance to give it a try and I know it will take more time,  but maybe less time than rebaiting, or not knowing if you still have bait on the hook.

Hi I was wondering if anyone here uses bait elastic? I have been thinking about trying to pump some nippers, for KG whiting fishing from a boat. But I  keep hearing they don't stay on the hook very well. I was thinking of trying to use bait elastic to keep the nippers on longer. Has any one here tried it on live nippers?

I was wondering how long I should cook blue crabs, I looked it up on google and could not get a straight answer, most of them want to pollute the pot with all kinds of herbs, spices and other crap. And even the cooking time is all over the place. Years ago I use boil them in an old stainless steal laundry trough, but I forget for how long

5 hours ago, SurfcaztR said:

Whatever is chosen can you get it,as there's a world wide shortage on many items. I'd be walking into a tackle shop and be asking for what you got in stock that suites my needs.

I  already have rods that will do the job. I was looking for a rod that was more than that. Most of the roads I am interested in are still available in Adelaide, if you check the tackle shops on line before you walk into one.

1 hour ago, MAH said:

It depends what you call cheap. Personally I think $150 is cheap for a rod, so to me I think you can get a good rod pretty cheap.

With a lot of fishing gear, particularly rods, your bang for buck has significantly increased over the past decade. Reliable name brands such as Shimano and Daiwa have graphite rods with Fuji guides and reel seat as little as $125.

Fishing for KGW from a boat doesn't require anything overly expensive, it's basically a whiting winch. So if it has enough sensitivity to detect the bites and enough power to pull a KGW, then it will be more than adequate and you don't need a lot of money for this. I personally wouldn't spend more than $250 and this would buy you an excellent rod; and i don't really believe you need to spend this much. 

What I consider expensive for a rod tend to be specialist rods, often ultra light weight rods designed for lure casting or extra long surf rods.

Don't over spend on the rod and use those savings on other items that will improve your fishing experience, maybe better line, an improvement to your boat, better sunglasses.

Same principle applies to reels. You can get super smooth reels pretty cheap, but you start paying more for specialist reels, or ultra lightweight reels or extreme water protection.

I think around $250- $300 on a rod and maybe similar on a reel, is around what I am looking to spend. I know you can get a rod and reel cheaper, that will do the job, I have had them all my life. This is as much about finally getting some thing for my self, as it is about getting some thing that will do the job. I can afford all the other stuff like glasses, boat  improvements.

I've just been checking out the  gomoku rods that Kelvin suggested and they seem to be very good, but now to try and narrow it down to which one to buy.  Then comes a reel, god help me with that one but I am thinking a 2500 or 3000?

Thanks, it looks like I need a lot more than one rod. Maybe that's why people go for cheaper rods. So maybe I need to narrow it down to, a boat rod, about 7' for fishing in South Australia, mostly targeting King George Whiting, in 1 to 10 metres of water, mostly using bait, often on a Paternostra rig and perhaps using braided or mono line, hopefully on a sunny winters day, with a gentle off shore breeze, on a incoming tide. This should narrow it down to just a few hundred rods

47 minutes ago, Kelvin said:

Bait or lure?

Boat or landbased?

Threadline or baitcaster?

What are you using at the moment?

Mostly from a boat. the rest is the question. 

All my life I have bought the cheap stuff so as "not to waste money"  I know a lot of people will tell me there are plenty of "good cheap rods that will do the job" But I want to buy a great whiting rod and reel, the one you would get if the money did not matter. I have some idea about what makes a great whiting rod, but which one to buy? I know there are a lot of people have one they like, I want the one they wish they had.