28-03-2009, 07:38 PM
Hi Squidders
Hi and compliments on such a comprehensive and useful site!
I went for my first attempt at squidding last night in Sydney (from the land, not a jetty) and was actually just happy that a few squid actually turned up. It was an odd night because I started at 11:30pm and finished at 3:45am so it was long after sunset and long before sunrise.
Here were my observations:
* Squid had no interest in my cheap Jarvis Walker jigs (tried pink, 3.5")
* Squid (and fish) followed my $13 Yakamito j-series jig (pink) but that's all they did. They followed it around but never struck it.
* I can't jig. I ended up just doing a retrieve but even then I have no idea how fast that should be.
* I had a seperate rod rigged up with prawns and as I was reeling it in a good-sized squid actually hooked onto it but fell off. I lowered the prawn back into the water a second later and the squid went for it again. Fell off again and dissappeared. Squid are dumb!
A few questions:
* Has anyone used or even heard of Yakamito jigs? Whilst it got their attention none tried to hit it (I could see them).
* I thought perhaps the squid weren't hungry but the squid that took the prawn made me think that I would have been better off getting a spike and just putting a prawn on it.
* How fast is a slow-retrieve?
* When you jig from a level-shoreline, do you raise the rod and then immediately retrieve the slack line? I can help but think with soft-plastics and jigs that a slow sinking fake-bait gives the fish/squid enough time to get close enough to touch/smell and realise that it's not food.
I'm keen to get out there again and reduce the number of variables but I think in the meantime I'm going to buy a Yo-Zuri.
Cheers
Hi and compliments on such a comprehensive and useful site!
I went for my first attempt at squidding last night in Sydney (from the land, not a jetty) and was actually just happy that a few squid actually turned up. It was an odd night because I started at 11:30pm and finished at 3:45am so it was long after sunset and long before sunrise.
Here were my observations:
* Squid had no interest in my cheap Jarvis Walker jigs (tried pink, 3.5")
* Squid (and fish) followed my $13 Yakamito j-series jig (pink) but that's all they did. They followed it around but never struck it.
* I can't jig. I ended up just doing a retrieve but even then I have no idea how fast that should be.
* I had a seperate rod rigged up with prawns and as I was reeling it in a good-sized squid actually hooked onto it but fell off. I lowered the prawn back into the water a second later and the squid went for it again. Fell off again and dissappeared. Squid are dumb!
A few questions:
* Has anyone used or even heard of Yakamito jigs? Whilst it got their attention none tried to hit it (I could see them).
* I thought perhaps the squid weren't hungry but the squid that took the prawn made me think that I would have been better off getting a spike and just putting a prawn on it.
* How fast is a slow-retrieve?
* When you jig from a level-shoreline, do you raise the rod and then immediately retrieve the slack line? I can help but think with soft-plastics and jigs that a slow sinking fake-bait gives the fish/squid enough time to get close enough to touch/smell and realise that it's not food.
I'm keen to get out there again and reduce the number of variables but I think in the meantime I'm going to buy a Yo-Zuri.
Cheers