15-06-2010, 08:08 PM
[quote name='catchnrelease' post='17534' date='Feb 10 2010, 05:06 PM']Many people think squid are more active during the night. As you would expect, they're not high on the food chain so venturing out under the cover of darkness would help when looking for food. Squid also have exceptional eye sight which helps them detect prey and predators.
Many jigs have luminescent strips or are made from a material that is such. The amount that is luminescent varies from jig to jig, it could be a tiny strip or the whole body. This means they can be charged by being shone with light (from a torch, navigation light etc) so they stand out. Squid love light, and are attracted to it. Therefore they're attracted to the jigs.
Basically, squid are definitely active at night. Maybe even more active than during the day (I think it's about the same).[/quote]
I'm a total newb to squidding but have fished as a passion for 40 years.
I have been fishing Redland Bay (Bris) across the past couple of weeks; and the standout jig for capture rate for me has been the GLOW series. I run two rods and a 40 LED light system forced into a white bucket. Whilst I'm fishing one rod, the other is in the bucket and light loading up with glow charge.
I'm not saying this is perfect and the way to go as I am on a steep learning curve, but to date it has yeilded 6-8 biig squid per night that I have been out freezing my extremities off. A couple of 30cm plus bream and a coupla reasonable muddies have been good by products of the nights
Pete
Many jigs have luminescent strips or are made from a material that is such. The amount that is luminescent varies from jig to jig, it could be a tiny strip or the whole body. This means they can be charged by being shone with light (from a torch, navigation light etc) so they stand out. Squid love light, and are attracted to it. Therefore they're attracted to the jigs.
Basically, squid are definitely active at night. Maybe even more active than during the day (I think it's about the same).[/quote]
I'm a total newb to squidding but have fished as a passion for 40 years.
I have been fishing Redland Bay (Bris) across the past couple of weeks; and the standout jig for capture rate for me has been the GLOW series. I run two rods and a 40 LED light system forced into a white bucket. Whilst I'm fishing one rod, the other is in the bucket and light loading up with glow charge.
I'm not saying this is perfect and the way to go as I am on a steep learning curve, but to date it has yeilded 6-8 biig squid per night that I have been out freezing my extremities off. A couple of 30cm plus bream and a coupla reasonable muddies have been good by products of the nights
Pete