11-02-2009, 09:26 PM
[quote name='ru 12 mug' post='13650' date='Feb 11 2009, 05:07 PM']thanks Richard
no I reduce the weight and add a counter weight to the shaft on the top set of barbs to make them sink VERY slowly and very level as well , it's what you have to do to them so that these fussy mongrels take the jigs.
put it this way ...if you cast out a jig as it comes out of the packet you may as well throw it away.
I like a sink rate of about 1 metre per 20 seconds which is Very slow and any faster will spook them and put them off.
I put up a post about how I catch them a while ago so if you can find it have a read.
you may pick up some usefull hints to try on fussy squid , we have worked on these squid for a few years now and pretty much perfected the method.
if you head up this way to brisbane I'll only be more than happy to show you how , what , when and where.
as a squid fisherman you might get a bit of a surprise from it.
once again...a big thanks mate
ru 12 mug
Paul[/quote]
Some sophisticated squids you got there <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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sounds very interesting! standard shrimp hunter sinks 1 meter per 4 seconds (according to yo-zuri, i never measured), and thats slow enough for me already. Do you have problem casting your modified jig or get it to sink in a slightly windy day? Do you have a photo of a modified jig? would be helpful for the others to see how the modification is done <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
when dealing with fussy squids, i just keep swapping jigs, until i score or had enough <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
no I reduce the weight and add a counter weight to the shaft on the top set of barbs to make them sink VERY slowly and very level as well , it's what you have to do to them so that these fussy mongrels take the jigs.
put it this way ...if you cast out a jig as it comes out of the packet you may as well throw it away.
I like a sink rate of about 1 metre per 20 seconds which is Very slow and any faster will spook them and put them off.
I put up a post about how I catch them a while ago so if you can find it have a read.
you may pick up some usefull hints to try on fussy squid , we have worked on these squid for a few years now and pretty much perfected the method.
if you head up this way to brisbane I'll only be more than happy to show you how , what , when and where.
as a squid fisherman you might get a bit of a surprise from it.
once again...a big thanks mate
ru 12 mug
Paul[/quote]
Some sophisticated squids you got there <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />sounds very interesting! standard shrimp hunter sinks 1 meter per 4 seconds (according to yo-zuri, i never measured), and thats slow enough for me already. Do you have problem casting your modified jig or get it to sink in a slightly windy day? Do you have a photo of a modified jig? would be helpful for the others to see how the modification is done <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />when dealing with fussy squids, i just keep swapping jigs, until i score or had enough <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />