Potatoes

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My grandfather used potatoes all the time when I was a boy. At home he would peel the skin off a potato so it is all smooth and white in colour. Then he would shape it in the shape of a fish body, just long and oval, nothing fancy or detailed. He would then put the jig post through it and put it in a glass of water so the potato wouldn't discolour. He would take it out of water when he was ready to go fishing.



He caught heaps of squid with it on the boat and jetty, and the potato would last all day as the squid don't damage it. I guess the colour of it attracted the squid like a white platisc jig would. Also it was very cheap.