18-04-2015, 08:21 AM
Quote:sizes like 2.0 or 2.5 they don't work at all or it's very heavy?When the squid are in hot and heavy, anything will work in just about any size. The old adage is that a big jig catches big squid but a small jig catches all squid. Last year, most of the squid in the Spring run were in excess of a foot long. I saw people catching them with the Walmart kind, the kind with the hooks However, if you get too small, the current and/or wind on your line will wreak havoc on you. I tried one of the really small Martinetti jigs and I literally couldn't get it to sink no matter how long I left it. The wind blowing on my line was enough to pull it in. The Yo-Zuri jigs which are available for $5-10 at most tackle stores plus behind the register at Benny's stores work well enough. I believe these are a size 2.5 which are about 3.5 inches long from hook to front. People seem to have better luck with the smaller prawn-style jig. The prevalent bait around here in the Spring are tiny shrimp, so matching that isn't a bad idea. However, another old adage is that squid strike on the drop. So, if you get a big, fast-sinking jig, you have a few seconds for the squid to see it, investigate it and grab it. With the smaller, slower sinking jigs, you have 10-15 seconds. The unfortunate thing is that you really could stand to have a bunch of colors and styles and sizes so that you can match what the squid want. At $5-30 per jig, that gets expensive real fast. Especially when you consider that you can buy fresh, RI-caught cleaned squid for very little money.