2019 Massachusetts Squid Report

[alaskanaturally]

Fished last Wednesday and loaded up all morning.  It died off around 11:00 and we called it a day.  When we arrived at the ramp in Hyannis all of the night guys were coming back in with bucket fulls also.  Had friends out Fri/Sat and they did not do well, complained about dirty water after the storm.  Amaizing to me how much better all the Asian fisherman do they we do using what appears to be same size / color jigs and setup, but for every 1 we catch, they catch 3-4, really amazing.  My het's off to them with all the respect.  We got our buckets but have to work much harder / longer.  Wish I knew their secret.  :-)   They are great fishermen.

Perhaps it's genetic. Been doing it a lot longer.  The first time we squided in North America was from GIB. I was fishing next to a Vietnamese fellow, He was catching them one right after the other while I couldn't even get a touch. Finally asked him what I was doing wrong. After watching my jigging technique and examining my rig, he said, "Everything looks fine." I dropped in and immediately hooked up. From that time on, I caught as many as he did.  Guess all I needed was an expert's validation. Perhaps you should try the same thing: Ask an expert.