Newport Ri 2014 Squid Season

[Gilligan]

 I have to disagree with Anthony and 1tym about squid only hitting on the sink. I fish mostly the vinyard  and have slain them by casting out as far as I can, letting it sink for a short second or two and then start a slow retrieve back, and they hit them hard while the jig is coming back on the retrieve. This works great when they are near the surface. I have also hit them well by letting the jig sink all the way down and then verrrry slowly crank the jig back up and they usually hit it just before it makes the surface. This has seemed to get their attention when they are finicky. I have caught hundreds of them on the retrieve and they fairly well hook themselves well on the steadily moving jig. I mostly use the older wooden body Martinettis which are sadly no longer available, best commercially made jig I have ever used other than the original Chokka jig in size 1.5 or 2.0. If anybody has a stash of these jigs with the string in the front and wants to part with them I'd be interested. I get rid of the string and install a small stainless screw eye. A few years back I started using a small shiny brass snap at the end of my line to make it easier for my old eyes to change jigs on four pound test and for some reason it seems to give the jig a better action, and I outfished my buddies using the same jig. Now most of my buddies also use the tiny snap. Also for you guys who use and like the Martinettis it is a lot cheaper to order them from Jon at squid jig warehouse online. He usually gives great deals on larger orders, you can get them for the same price the dealers pay for them. If you call him up and ask for a good price on say fifty jigs he really has some great deals.