Newport Ri 2015 Squid Season

[BillG]

very interesting.

I'm not a scientist nor doctor but basic theory are same.

I don't think you can attract squid just using ambient light, their eyeballs are bigger than most of sea animals to live deep inside of ocean.

There is only reason people using light is to attract bait fish.

Bait fish is excellent food for squid and most of other fish out there.

I think if you using too bright light, squid goes blind and loosing appitate, if you not using light color temperature 3000k~6000k.

Well even scientists couldn't figure out yet about squid life cycle.

I just followed my instinct.

 

I agree with Bruce. Light doesn't attract squid. Light attracts bait. Bait attracts squid. Squid are looking to feed and breed. They are instinctually compelled to do both. However, they are also instinctually compelled to not get eaten. The really bright lights make them skittish, so you could set up on the periphery of the light cone of a really bright light or just use a light which isn't as bright. I found a similar but different graph on a NOAA site which shortened the ranges for coastal water light penetration. Green still goes the deepest but everything limits out around 50 meters. In addition, this is likely a frequency spectrum of sunlight penetration which is going to be way, way more intense than a typical consumer-grade light.

 

Back to Newport squidding, anyone going out tonight? I was going to but it's supposed to be 5-9 foot swells. With those kinds of waves, you don't even have to jig.