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As you can see from the graph, red light has the lowest penetration of only a few meters. I believe this light is not as visible to squids and fails to attract squids at deeper water. Orange has a penetration range of 10m so I perfect for the squidding sweet spot. It is strong enough to reach squids farther at the bottom but not strong enough to keep them there so they stay near the surface. Yellow light is brighter and penetrates about twice as much as orange light which is still in the acceptable range so it works. How ever squids will preferably stay fairly deep and deeper with increasing light intensity. Any light in the frequency range of 550 or lower will simply penetrate too deep and thus squids will stay away at max distance and deepness. That is at least 100 meters away in all directions for green light. 100m is a long distance.
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There is three technique. One is to have a Dimmer. Use the yellow light have it on high intensity to attract squids deep and far for the first 20-30 minutes to your zone. Then lower the intensity so there is less light so the squids stay closer to the light source. The second is to combine yellow and orange light. Use the yellow light to attract the squids. Then use the orange light to keep them closer and in the higher water column. Â I tried the yellow + orange light last year a few times and it worked wonders. Squids came right to the top meter and just hung around. I was able to snag them easily and sometimes did not even bother with using traditional jigs. Sadly that was later in the season (around august) so there weren't as much squids around. The technique is not perfect and works best when no other light source is around. I wish i had a private dock to do further testing. I will try again tonight and hopefully no one else will be around to bother me since it is a weekday all but I highly doubt it.Â
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If there are absolutely no squid in your area you can try out blue/green to increase your attraction range then switch to, yellow, then orange.Â
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What do you guys think about this?
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As you can see from the graph, red light has the lowest penetration of only a few meters. I believe this light is not as visible to squids and fails to attract squids at deeper water. Orange has a penetration range of 10m so I perfect for the squidding sweet spot. It is strong enough to reach squids farther at the bottom but not strong enough to keep them there so they stay near the surface. Yellow light is brighter and penetrates about twice as much as orange light which is still in the acceptable range so it works. How ever squids will preferably stay fairly deep and deeper with increasing light intensity. Any light in the frequency range of 550 or lower will simply penetrate too deep and thus squids will stay away at max distance and deepness. That is at least 100 meters away in all directions for green light. 100m is a long distance.
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There is three technique. One is to have a Dimmer. Use the yellow light have it on high intensity to attract squids deep and far for the first 20-30 minutes to your zone. Then lower the intensity so there is less light so the squids stay closer to the light source. The second is to combine yellow and orange light. Use the yellow light to attract the squids. Then use the orange light to keep them closer and in the higher water column. Â I tried the yellow + orange light last year a few times and it worked wonders. Squids came right to the top meter and just hung around. I was able to snag them easily and sometimes did not even bother with using traditional jigs. Sadly that was later in the season (around august) so there weren't as much squids around. The technique is not perfect and works best when no other light source is around. I wish i had a private dock to do further testing. I will try again tonight and hopefully no one else will be around to bother me since it is a weekday all but I highly doubt it.Â
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If there are absolutely no squid in your area you can try out blue/green to increase your attraction range then switch to, yellow, then orange.Â
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What do you guys think about this?