09-09-2004, 09:20 AM
It's not likely that you will see them before you fish, so it's basicly give it a shot and see how it goes venture.
We have had a pretty good run of squid this summer, so likely you have some squid around as well. We get a bigger run from October through January, that is much more productive.
I have not seen many people do very well with the typical Commercial Style jigs in the Puget Sound area. About 90% of the fishermen use handmade jigs like the "Puget Sound Squid Teasers" shown on my site [url="http://www.squidjig.com"]www.squidjig.com Colman's Squid Jig Warehouse[/url]
If you use a strong light, like a 250watt High Pressure Sodium floodlight, you can often get them to come up closer to the surface and you will see them. Otherwize, start jigging towards the bottom and working different levels.
Sometime it takes hours before they are around, as the schools of squid move around quite a bit. That's why a lot of people bring powerful lights which schools up the baitfish AND squid.
Best location is a good sized pier with lots of structure underneath, preferably with lots of seaweed down below that the squid use for cover. Usually the deeper water piers have been most productive.
Hope that helps some.
We have had a pretty good run of squid this summer, so likely you have some squid around as well. We get a bigger run from October through January, that is much more productive.
I have not seen many people do very well with the typical Commercial Style jigs in the Puget Sound area. About 90% of the fishermen use handmade jigs like the "Puget Sound Squid Teasers" shown on my site [url="http://www.squidjig.com"]www.squidjig.com Colman's Squid Jig Warehouse[/url]
If you use a strong light, like a 250watt High Pressure Sodium floodlight, you can often get them to come up closer to the surface and you will see them. Otherwize, start jigging towards the bottom and working different levels.
Sometime it takes hours before they are around, as the schools of squid move around quite a bit. That's why a lot of people bring powerful lights which schools up the baitfish AND squid.
Best location is a good sized pier with lots of structure underneath, preferably with lots of seaweed down below that the squid use for cover. Usually the deeper water piers have been most productive.
Hope that helps some.
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