Newport Ri 2015 Squid Season

[greg ct]

good reliable report off the beach in point judith.  Not in thick but 1.5 buckets worth......

[luftnpanzrwagn]

Hit the seawall over near GI on Saturday night, was able to bail a little over a half of a bucket in about 3 hours (all the catching happened within a window of about 15 minutes).

 

They weren't too picky, I was fishing a 12 foot telescopic crappie rod with 12 feet of line and a sinking/suspending jig with good results.

[OneEyedSquid]

Went Friday night around tiv, there were lots of squid. Most did not bite, but got 1/2 bucket. Few people came from gi and says it was skunk. They were so excited when they came here and saw soo many swimming around.


They brought there green underwater lights. It was Hella bright, but it was scaring the squid away. They were bad luck because we were not catching squid after they arrived.


I would recommend using natural and amber light. Or hid light. Avoid un-natural lights. That's my opinion. That is why squid like docks because of the dock bulbs. Taug n striper is also hot.

[Squiderbruce]

Went Friday night around tiv, there were lots of squid. Most did not bite, but got 1/2 bucket. Few people came from gi and says it was skunk. They were so excited when they came here and saw soo many swimming around.


They brought there green underwater lights. It was Hella bright, but it was scaring the squid away. They were bad luck because we were not catching squid after they arrived.


I would recommend using natural and amber light. Or hid light. Avoid un-natural lights. That's my opinion. That is why squid like docks because of the dock bulbs. Taug n striper is also hot.

I totally agree.

Over the years. I've been trying most of light available on the market.

That include LED,HID, metal halide, Coleman's gas lentern etc.

Worst of the worst light was green LED light follow by HID, metal halide.

I personally recommend Coleman gas lentern or halogen work light. Or LED warm white.

Anything light color temperature is 3000K~6000K will be suitable.

Other than that pretty much waiting money.

[JANZ]

Bill gets my vote for president.

[skwidbert]

That dock in sakkonet point by the yacht club any good?

[Unclemeat]

Was at GI late last night, nothing. Just a few people there, didn't have much

[usergopats]

Was at GI this morning, nothing.  Drove to the cape got 1/2 bucket

[Snktido]

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9lZhc...authuser=0

 

As you can see from the graph, red light has the lowest penetration of only a few meters. I believe this light is not as visible to squids and fails to attract squids at deeper water. Orange has a penetration range of 10m so I perfect for the squidding sweet spot. It is strong enough to reach squids farther at the bottom but not strong enough to keep them there so they stay near the surface. Yellow light is brighter and penetrates about twice as much as orange light which is still in the acceptable range so it works. How ever squids will preferably stay fairly deep and deeper with increasing light intensity. Any light in the frequency range of 550 or lower will simply penetrate too deep and thus squids will stay away at max distance and deepness. That is at least 100 meters away in all directions for green light. 100m is a long distance.

 

There is three technique. One is to have a Dimmer. Use the yellow light have it on high intensity to attract squids deep and far for the first 20-30 minutes to your zone. Then lower the intensity so there is less light so the squids stay closer to the light source. The second is to combine yellow and orange light. Use the yellow light to attract the squids. Then use the orange light to keep them closer and in the higher water column.  I tried the yellow + orange light last year a few times and it worked wonders. Squids came right to the top meter and just hung around. I was able to snag them easily and sometimes did not even bother with using traditional jigs. Sadly that was later in the season (around august) so there weren't as much squids around. The technique is not perfect and works best when no other light source is around. I wish i had a private dock to do further testing. I will try again tonight and hopefully no one else will be around to bother me since it is a weekday all but I highly doubt it. 

 

If there are absolutely no squid in your area you can try out blue/green to increase your attraction range then switch to, yellow, then orange. 

 

What do you guys think about this?

[Squiderbruce]

<a class="bbc_url" href='https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9lZhcJRn1vtdjh2alRXRjE1eGM&authuser=0'>https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9lZhcJRn1vtdjh2alRXRjE1eGM&authuser=0</a>

 

As you can see from the graph, red light has the lowest penetration of only a few meters. I believe this light is not as visible to squids and fails to attract squids at deeper water. Orange has a penetration range of 10m so I perfect for the squidding sweet spot. It is strong enough to reach squids farther at the bottom but not strong enough to keep them there so they stay near the surface. Yellow light is brighter and penetrates about twice as much as orange light which is still in the acceptable range so it works. How ever squids will preferably stay fairly deep and deeper with increasing light intensity. Any light in the frequency range of 550 or lower will simply penetrate too deep and thus squids will stay away at max distance and deepness. That is at least 100 meters away in all directions for green light. 100m is a long distance.

 

There is three technique. One is to have a Dimmer. Use the yellow light have it on high intensity to attract squids deep and far for the first 20-30 minutes to your zone. Then lower the intensity so there is less light so the squids stay closer to the light source. The second is to combine yellow and orange light. Use the yellow light to attract the squids. Then use the orange light to keep them closer and in the higher water column.  I tried the yellow + orange light last year a few times and it worked wonders. Squids came right to the top meter and just hung around. I was able to snag them easily and sometimes did not even bother with using traditional jigs. Sadly that was later in the season (around august) so there weren't as much squids around. The technique is not perfect and works best when no other light source is around. I wish i had a private dock to do further testing. I will try again tonight and hopefully no one else will be around to bother me since it is a weekday all but I highly doubt it. 

 

If there are absolutely no squid in your area you can try out blue/green to increase your attraction range then switch to, yellow, then orange. 

 

What do you guys think about this?

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.

[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.

[squids2112]

Hey guys new to the fourm.. Trying to go to newport for some fresh squid. can anyone point me in the right direction havent been down that way much and can use all the help i can get

[Snktido]

I totally agree that light attracts bait and bait attracts squid. How ever when there is light, squids think to themselves "hey that area is lit up, lets go check it out..." Not to say that they actually think. Now if there is bait then they will probably stick around. If not then they will probably seek out another light source where bait might gather.

[JANZ]

I have the green led and it works for certain types of squid, the smaller inshore ones like it.  I had nights when they came and wrapped themselves

around the tube (probably for the heat?).  Tried it on the offshore squid when they come in and have to agree it seamed to hinder the attraction

to the area.   One of the best nights I had was with twin 500 watt halogens but that was with the smaller inshore squid.  Then there has been those

times when no light was best.   No set rule for using the lights or using weighted double jigs or no weight at all (free floating) some nights and some

squid are only willing to hit certain presentations.   Ask squidder bruce he'll know better than I.

[skwidbert]

Was at GI this morning, nothing.  Drove to the cape got 1/2 bucket

From a pier?

[squidman13]

I squid at a pier under town lights.there are squid to b caught when there around but as soon as I hook up my stand of worklights the squid come right into the light within minutes as long as there are squid there to b seen that is

[greg ct]

in japan, the boats have dozens of very high output halogen bulbs.  they are bright enough to see from space.    So brightness isn't always a bad thing apparently.....

 



 

[usergopats]

From a pier?

 

From a pier?

Yes

[skwidbert]

anybody looking to put together a squad for a charter? am free thursday, friday and saturday morning

[squidman13]

Quarter bucket tonight in Bristol in 2 hours.very slow still.once again heard Newport is hit or miss.hot one day cold the next.starting to think the new moon will b key to turning on the bite