rous squid and fish id needed

[rosco1974]

took the oldman and youngfella for a fish over the rous,was a late start didn't pick the oldman up till 9.20 then headed to manly to launch,got over the rous in no time as it was flat as,threw the jigs out and droped the ting lines in the water got a heap of little reefies and the oldman gets a sole around the 33cm mark,finally met robsue on the water,was good to put a face to his name,moved around a bit and got a few squid here and there but didn't see a ting except the 1 robue's mate caught ,the oldman got this fish and wouldn't have a clue what it was pic attached,ended up with 8 squid and a sole good feed of calamari for dinner tonite
cheers rosco

[stessco]

great haul of squid, had a squid take a surface lure today ment for a bream

[daveozz]

looks like a gurnard/flying fish...could be wrong though.cheers.dave

[robsue]

same to you Rosco, good to meet up with you out there
we only ended up with 11 whiting and 14 squid, whiting not bad size, squid, 3 were only bait size, rest were ok, nothing outstanding
i have cancelled tomorrow with my son, cant be bothered going out as the tings didnt want to play the game today, might look at monday for a solo trip

[Blythy]

Hey Rosco, Dave's got it right, it's a flying gurnard

[rosco1974]

thanks for the id fella's,might have to try the compass adjustment bouy for the tings robsue,

[alleycat]

I was at the rous myself today, moved around everywhere and every time we dropped a bait it was hammered by hourdes of small sweetlip, we didnt get a single whiting, spoke to a guy back at the ramp who said he got into them off amity..

[robsue]

Rosco, just wondered if there is any reason you and others leave the squid as is, i cut their head off asap so they dont keep producing ink and then when i have time clean them so i just have to use the wooden spoon {kids are too old for it now} when i get home to turn them inside out, and finish the cleaning job and cut them into rings
one thing i want to try is just to score the tube and bbq it, may give it a go tomorrow

[rosco1974]

never give it a thought bout cutting the eyes off,normally only get the odd 1 what exsplodes ink at home,,

[gr hilly]

Alley cat i love your Australian cattle dog,he is a ripper mate i have two of my own a blue and a red the best insurance i have ever had.hilly

[sleepygreg]

Definitely a "flying gurnard"...though the name belies its habits. Its a bottom dweller....it has spectacularly coloured 'wings' when they first come out of the water (though there are probably varieties that dont). They are also not bad on the chew if ya get one about 30cm. (not sure if there is a legal size on them up here, but I used to get quite a few in the lakes south of Sydney,,,,and there was no legal size on them....but you dont get a decent fillet til they are about 30cm).

Greg

[ozscott]

What were you getting the squid with fellas?

Cheers

PS. Nice haul...plenty of battered squid rings!

[robsue]

What were you getting the squid with fellas?

Cheers

PS. Nice haul...plenty of battered squid rings!

squid jigs

[ozscott]

Thanks mate - i figured you must have been but had to ask...nice haul.

Cheers