05-05-2013, 12:37 PM
[quote name='cavemancondom' timestamp='1367703594' post='26002']
Now I know you guys love those big lights and gennies but I'm a firm beliver that less is more these squid live in darkness most of the year and I see guys with lights that cut through 15ft of stained water all I'm sayin is I've already caught this years bait without any light just my 2cents
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From a boat at least, it depends on the night. Some nights you have to turn off the big lights and use just background lighting. Others you need to need to look like one of those japanese squid boats with terrawatts of halogens over the the water.
I use the sky as a clue. If the moon is high and stars bright the lights are way up. Moonless and cloudy, low. But it isn't a hard rule. Sometimes you have to experiment.
But in all cases you will see some squid. If they are light shy, they will be on the edge of your field and you won't get as many, but you will get some.
Now I know you guys love those big lights and gennies but I'm a firm beliver that less is more these squid live in darkness most of the year and I see guys with lights that cut through 15ft of stained water all I'm sayin is I've already caught this years bait without any light just my 2cents
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From a boat at least, it depends on the night. Some nights you have to turn off the big lights and use just background lighting. Others you need to need to look like one of those japanese squid boats with terrawatts of halogens over the the water.
I use the sky as a clue. If the moon is high and stars bright the lights are way up. Moonless and cloudy, low. But it isn't a hard rule. Sometimes you have to experiment.
But in all cases you will see some squid. If they are light shy, they will be on the edge of your field and you won't get as many, but you will get some.