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Hyannis and Edgardtown Squid - Gilligan - 23-05-2015
Quote:janz, that makes a lot of sense. I was paranoid about breakoffs so i kept the drag light. I was slipping a lot. Hi Greg, you might be amazed at how strong six pound really is. Try tying your line to a fixed object like a chair or something and pulling back on your rod with the drag down tight. If you have a light rod it will bend like crazy and you'll be surprised at how much you can pull on it without the line breaking. I landed a 15" dock line that I snagged while squidding on my four pound last year. It had been on the bottom a long time and although I picked it out of the water with my hands when I got it to the top, I did get it up 15' of water and it was quite heavy. Remember, things weigh a lot less in the water than they do in air. It is unlikely that you will ever get inshore squid over two pounds so you can fish for them with a pretty tight drag. I used to do a lot of light tackle fishing and one of my best feats was a 150lb blue shark on tounament 8lb test. That's right eight pound test, took a couple hours and the blue dogs are not much for fighting, but it was a fun fight on that thin line. Like Janz says, if I do get a rare squid that takes drag, I just pump and reel like any other fish that takes drag, and lean down and grab the line when I get it to the surface so as to not over stress my tiny rod.
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Hyannis and Edgardtown Squid - SquidFox - 15-08-2015
Squid are in hot and heavy
Down in P TOWN at night dust till dawn.
Fishing of boat with lights and generator.
I got enough for the season.
Good lucks
SquidFox out!
Hyannis and Edgardtown Squid - Gilligan - 15-08-2015
 Squid in Menemsha on the Vinyard too.
Hyannis and Edgardtown Squid - SquidFox - 16-08-2015
Nice
What a good year we have in a long time.
Just a couple years ago I didn't catch any but a couple of squid.
Hyannis and Edgardtown Squid - Gilligan - 20-09-2015
Been some good late night squidding in Edgartown from the docks.
Hyannis and Edgardtown Squid - Gilligan - 16-11-2015
Still squid in Edgartown and Menemsha from the docks.