Pick the right day and a fishing session on the NSW south coast in the middle of winter can be a beautiful thing. Pick the wrong day and you will wonder why you ever left the comfort of the leather recliner – you know the footy is on right? Fortunately the human brain, or perhaps just an overly-keen angler’s brain,…
Tag: squid
The basics: Squid Fishing on the Cheap
Squid – they are super tasty, easy to catch and widespread so it does seem strange they aren’t targeted more regularly. Their lack of fighting ability probably has something to do with it. I mean just imagine if squid had the speed of a tuna, strength of a kingy or the nastiness of a giant trevally? There’s a good chance…
The basics: collecting, caring for and cleaning shellfish, cephalopods and crustaceans
Squid- Size limit NSW- Nil, Bag limit NSW- 20 in total (all species) First, catch squid. Fish over weed beds, using squid jigs, a slow lift and drop retrieve is usually the go, but more on squid fishing in later posts. So, now you’ve caught the squid, how do you kill it. Well its easy. There are three humane methods.…