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Conditions (auto-filled or manual)
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Condition factors
Recommended jig size
3.0
All-Rounder
Go-to starting point
Weight
14.5g
Sink rate
3.5 sec/m
Best depth
3–6m
Wind
Moderate
Current
Light–Mod
Casting
Good
Best all-round jig for PPB.
Jig size is calculated from water depth, wind speed and current strength.
Jig body type
Jig colour
Target depth rating
Bite tip
24-hour activity guide
🌅 5–7am
Dawn — Peak Window #1
Squid use low-light vision to ambush baitfish. Move from deep to shallow.
PEAK
☀️ 7–11am
Morning — Decent
Activity slows as light builds. Fish seagrass edges with natural colours.
GOOD
🌞 11am–2pm
Midday — Deep Retreat
Squid hide deep avoiding predators. Go deep and slow right down.
SLOW
🌤️ 2–5pm
Afternoon — Building
Activity builds toward dusk. Target structure and seagrass edges.
GOOD
🌆 5–8pm
Dusk — Peak Window #2
Best session on PPB. Squid move shallow in fading light.
PEAK
🌙 8pm–12am
Night — Nocturnal Hunt
Target lit piers and the shadow line. Glow/UV jigs essential.
GREAT
🌃 12–5am
Late Night — Slower
Best on full moon. Luminescent jigs and target lights.
OK
Tidal rule of flow
⏳ The 2-Hour Rule
The 2 hours before and after high tide are the most productive windows. Moving water stirs baitfish and squid follow.
Best
Rising to High ★★★★★
2nd best
Rising from Low ★★★★
OK
Falling ★★★
Toughest
Slack water ★
Moon phase effects
🌕 Full moon
Bay-wide hunting
🌑 New moon
Target pier lights
🌓 Quarter
Moderate activity
🌔 Gibbous
Good night sessions
💡 Shadow Line Ambush
At night squid lurk at the dark boundary of pier light. Cast into the lit zone, retrieve through the shadow line — that is where strikes happen.
PPB spots ranked for your conditions
Location guides
Rye to Sorrento
Most consistent squid grounds in PPB. Seagrass beds and deep channels. Rye Pier is the benchmark — fish the end on a rising tide. Both piers lit at night.
Blairgowrie Marina
Protected water and pontoon lights — ideal for night sessions. Channels concentrate squid on a falling tide.
Queenscliff / Point Lonsdale
Deep water and strong tidal flow near the heads. Best in winter for large squid. Use size 3.5 due to current.
Campbells Cove
Famous kayak squid ground on the western bay. Extensive seagrass beds. Best at dawn and dusk on a rising tide.
Fish Guide — land-based and kayak
Squid
PPB squid guide.
📍 Where to target
🌊 Best conditions
🪱 Bait
🧵 Lures / plastics
🧍 Land-based
🚣 Kayak
📏 Rules reminder
Smart Fishing Assistant
🤖 Smart Fishing Assistant
Ask about a spot, species, tide, wind, jig size, or whether it is worth going. Uses saved logs, current conditions, GPS marks and built-in PPB fishing knowledge. No Google/API needed.
Smart Insights
🧠 Auto Intelligence
Reads your saved catch logs only. The more sessions you log, the smarter it gets. Nothing is uploaded.
Log at least 5 sessions to unlock proper patterns. You can still see early hints once you have a few saved catches.
Today Match
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Need saved logs.
Best Window
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Based on your best sessions.
Best Wind
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Speed + direction pattern.
Best Tide
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Your highest catch sessions.
Recommendation
Save more sessions and I will start finding your personal squid pattern.
PPB Squid GPS Marks
Tap Open Maps to launch Google Maps/Apple Maps · Tap Copy for fish finder coordinates
No squid marks found. Try: Rye, Campbells Cove, Clifton Springs, Avalon
Session logger
📋 Auto-detected session data
Date, time, location and GPS can be edited below before saving.
Session history
About
📱 Install this app
iPhone: Safari → Share → Add to Home Screen Android: Chrome → menu → Add to Home Screen
Live detection uses
GPS — browser location (stays on your device)
Open-Meteo — free Australian weather (BOM source)
Sun/moon — calculated from GPS + date
Tides — estimated from PPB tidal patterns
How squid see
Black and White — detect silhouettes and contrast
UV vision — can see ultraviolet light humans cannot
Glow — highly sensitive to bioluminescence in dark water
Jigging technique
Cast parallel to structure or seagrass edges
Let jig sink — count it all the way to the bottom
Slow, steady retrieve with occasional twitches
Pause at depth changes — that is when they strike
Always use a landing net
Victorian squid rules — bag and size limits
Minimum legal size: No minimum size.
Bag limit: Combined total of 10 per person from squid/calamari, octopus and cuttlefish.
Important: You cannot collect squid, octopus or cuttlefish in Marine National Parks or Sanctuaries.
Source: Victorian Fisheries Authority. Always check the VFA website before fishing in case rules change.
🤖 Smart Fishing Assistant
Ask about a spot, species, tide, wind, jig, or whether it is worth going. Uses saved logs, current conditions, GPS marks and built-in PPB fishing knowledge. No Google/API needed.