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[Gilligan]

From a boat at least, I've found that light can either your friend or enemy.  There are nights when I turn off the underwater and spot lights and suddenly start to catch.  Other nights, you don't get a sniff without them.

 

My feeling is that like other species, squid are skittish on nights with a bright moon and stars.  They can see very well and avoid the brighter areas.  Dark nights, different story, but you will notice they hang out just past where the light is brightest in the water.  They are near the light, but they don't spend time in the light.

 I agree with that, often dock fishing they come right into the light (dock lighting not in the water), but sometimes they hit best just outside the lit area of the water. Usually when I see someone set up with those underwater LED tubes I do much better away from the light than they do right over the light. I have fished with a friend with one of those lights, and it seems like it has to be in the water at least an hour before any squid come near the area, and I am not convinced they wouldn't have come by the same place in that time if the light weren't there.