Quote:hi sheep,
have you ever considered using an automated jigging machine? it might help you to catch more squid! is there a limit on how many squid you are allowed to catch? i am guessing you can keep a lot more than 20kg.
are you using lights on your boat to attract the squid/mackeral? i wasn't clear on whether you catch the mackeral and squid at the same time.
cheers, glen
Hi Glen yeah we started squidding and are looking at maybe setting up lights to improove our catch rate, our season here lasts approx 3-4 weeks and thats your lot, i have looked at automated jiggers but at a starting price of approx £1500 GBP , my wife would kill me and land me if i bought 2 of these <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':unsure:' /> , yeah we use lines with 40 hooks for mackeral and with the 2 lines we work thats 80 hooks working the water mannually and we catch approx 300-400kilo of mackera; per trip of 3-4hrs , our squid catchs are not huge approx 20-50kilo on a very good day and they tend to show here November time inshore not sure about offshore as we do all our work within the 5-6mile limit.
There are not restrictions at present on the amount of squid we can turn in with on each day , but the Uk runs a quota system and when the quota is up we are told and we cannot land another single fish of that type, hope this helps speak soon sheep <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup2.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':thumbsup2:' />