new guy

[Gilligan]

 Welcome Greg, where are you located?? I am mostly a dock/pier squidder and do most of my fishing on the Vinyard. I prefer a short 5-6' (mine is 5') light action trout style rod with four pound test line. The more sensitive the rod the better so I use graphite rods. I also use a TINY snap with no swivel to make quick jig changes easier (getting hard for me to see four pound at night). I prefer jigs 3&1/2 inches or less with the Yamashita Naory RH in size 1B being my new favorite although I loved the Martinetti prawns for years. White, pink, and orange are the colors I use the most with green and tan right behind. If you are in the Boston area Tomo's Tackle in Salem is a great source of jigs, and so is Lucky Bait and Tackle in Warren, RI if you're down thataway. Squid Jig Warehouse (google it) is the best source for the Martinettis and he is very reasonably priced for online or phone ordering and he carries a huge variety of jigs but no Yamashitas or Yozuris. Tomo has a website also and you can phone order from him too. So if you freshwater fish just spool up a light rod with 4-6 pound line (flouurocarbon is great), get a few Naorys and watch the reports for squid near you and go get 'em. As far as jigging technique, just watch a couple of other jiggers and you will get the action down in no time. Well lit docks are very productive although when the squid are in thick they will be easy enough to get in dark areas. Have a ball, squidding is addictive!!