Newport Ri 2015 Squid Season

[OneEyedSquid]

Anyone know the name of the jig on my profile picture?  I've seen this jig out fished yamashita and yo-zuri, but couldn't find it online.  I don't think it is a coleman jig either.  Or maybe I am wrong.

[greg ct]

Anyone know the name of the jig on my profile picture?  I've seen this jig out fished yamashita and yo-zuri, but couldn't find it online.  I don't think it is a coleman jig either.  Or maybe I am wrong.

 

I don't know the name of it, but my guess it's a snagging jig.  Similar to a treble hook in geometry, with long spikes wider than the jig body.  A normal jig has a much narrower tine to body dimension.

 

Just a guess.

[skwidbert]

Went to Hyannis harbor this morning. Failed terribly. Walked around until I found ink and when I did, I found lots of it. Some of it looked fresh. I knew something was up because I was the only soul in sight until sunrise. Guys came off the boats with buckets of scup and the few of them that walked by me to look in my bucket all said similar things along the lines of "You're kinda late" and "they've been hitting them since the first of May over here" as well as "the whole harbor was on fire"


When I got in to my odorless vehicle i fastened my seatbelt, let out a sigh and thought, "must be nice"


Anywho, France's fleet anyone?

[OneEyedSquid]

@skwidbert,

 

If it makes you feel any better, my friends got a bucket full last night at Jamestown.  They said it was skunk until it got dark.  You can see them swimming all around.  Now I am itching to get out there again this weekend.  

 

Wondering if I should call out of work and pull an all nighter or wait for the weekend.  Squid is finally getting hot and messy.  Only thing that will make this complete is knowing the name of that Jig on my profile picture.  And the folks fishing with it didn't use it like a treble hook, the squids are latching onto it.  Now if I only know the jig name on my profile.  Lol!!!

[greg ct]

I actually found a chain of those jigs in my kit, still in their package.  The chain is called a squid striker, made by sea striker.

 

Here is a pic of the jig (lower right):

 


   

[OneEyedSquid]

@greg ct,

 

Nope.  The one in my profile picture is of the hook goes straight down, then straight out, then straight up.  

Nice squid jig collection you have there though.

[CalamaroItalia]

Anyone know the name of the jig on my profile picture?  I've seen this jig out fished yamashita and yo-zuri, but couldn't find it online.  I don't think it is a coleman jig either.  Or maybe I am wrong.

[CalamaroItalia]

OneEyed, I believe what you have there is known as the West Coast Jig. In my opinion, they are perhaps the best performing compared to all other lures I've seen. If you do a Google search on "West Coast Squid Jig" you will get "Colman's Squid Jig Warehouse" as the first hit on the list. To my knowledge, Colman's may be one of the only places to purchase them online. Hope this helps!


JR

[skwidbert]

i know a market in providence that has them! 7 bucks

[OneEyedSquid]

@Calaroltalia,

 

Thanks!  I guess it is worth a shot since I can't find anything else online besides the Colemen jig.  I'll get some on order and try them out.  It does look promising. 

[OneEyedSquid]

@Skwidbert, Where?  Not a bait shop?

[tongvo]

Anyone know the name of the jig on my profile picture?  I've seen this jig out fished yamashita and yo-zuri, but couldn't find it online.  I don't think it is a coleman jig either.  Or maybe I am wrong.

I think the squid jig from your profile picure is called Bottom Bouncer or Stealth squid jigs.  There's a company in Washington State that sell these.  

I ordered some jigs a few years back but they never seemed to work for me.  The classic Yo-Zouri and Jamasitas worked real well for me.  Pink are the best colors.  

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http://www.squidjig.com/

[OneEyedSquid]

@Tongvo, Thanks!  Hopefully they work for me.  Was it the same ones you posted that you ordered in the past?

[Squiderbruce]

@Skwidbert, Where?  Not a bait shop?

order online it's only 5.50 bucks/each plus shipping.

I ordered 50of them.

[tongvo]

@Tongvo, Thanks!  Hopefully they work for me.  Was it the same ones you posted that you ordered in the past?

No, I ordered the non-weighted ones.  Spend about a hundred bucks. Ended up sitting in my back up squid jig box.  Then I go Japan for better squid jigs.

Below are the ones I ordered  3 years ago.

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[BillG]

I have some of those jigs too. I got them last year at Sam's in Middletown. I haven't caught a squid on them (yet?), but they work well as a bottom jig in a 2-jig setup.

[OneEyedSquid]

@SquiderBruce, 50 is a lot of jigs.  

 

@tongvo, do those sink eventhough they are not weighted?  I plan on using the weighted one.  Those look similiar, but the one I want are the first picture post you had up.

[Spuid master]

My friend nick go to Newport last night first time take his boat out all night 5 people's got 18 spuid not bad

[Spuid master]

My friend nick go to Newport last night first time take his boat out all night 5 people's got 18 spuid not bad

[Squiderbruce]

@SquiderBruce, 50 is a lot of jigs.  

 

@tongvo, do those sink eventhough they are not weighted?  I plan on using the weighted one.  Those look similiar, but the one I want are the first picture post you had up.

It will sinking fast enough and it's better without sinker.

I used small hook on the bottom than I use large hook on top of that but if you fishing on fast current use 1/2oz sinker.