Squid spikes

[FatTuna]

Hi Fat Tuna - I am fish commercially hook & line for cuttlefish, squid & octopus.  I found squid spikes (not for iki-jimi but for baiting with fish) in Autrailia & got them sent mail order to me in UK.  A number of outlest do them there 0 Both metal https://www.fishingtackleshop.com.au/pro...pikes.html & also plastic - The plastic ones are being marketed as 'Squidators' although I am struggling myself to find them right now.  Real simple to use & highly effective I use whole fresh mackerel as bait & often 'pods' come up simply holding the bait without being prickled.

 

I've put up underwater footage of cuttles going for squid jigs here in Cornwall:  https://youtu.be/Oqfozsq8ngM

 

Hope the info might help & the vid is of interest.

 

Shrimpy

Shrimpy that was some great footage. Thanks a lot. How are you filming underwater? 

 

That's interesting that you commercial fish for them. We have a lot of squid here in New England but I don't know of anyone who does it commercially this far north. I know they net them up down in Cape Cod. 

 

Do you fish from a boat or from land? 

 

We don't have cuttlefish or octopus here but I wish we did. I didn't know that fishery existed over in the UK. I like to watch Youtube videos of people fishing over there.