Skerries squiddin

Great report Eoghanb, very unusual. I have only caught squid twice, (compared to at least 3 octopus), both times while boat fishing in Donegal Bay. The first time was on a flat calm day with blazing sunshine and I happened to look over the side to see a shoal of squid in the shadow of the boat, jigging with mackerel feathers produced lots of attacks but only one hook-up. It makes me wonder how often squid are responsible for the occasions when you can feel something having a go at feathers yet you can't seem to catch anything. I have seen those squid jigs in various catalogues and I think I will now get a couple and fish them on the end of the feathers rigs instead of a lead weight, the rings of spikes must be more effective at hooking them than a single hook.

They are still about got another few this evening

Fair play. I tried dun laoire myself tonight, wasnt any around.

Thats class man! Fair play! how did ya come to try for squid over there? must get meself one of those jigs and give it a lash down the gap!

Well done , myself and 2 others were out last night off the rocks trying for conger with a bait bag of rubby dubby and we could not believe our eyes a shoal of maybe 50/60 squid came in to the shallow water to investigate the sent . Never seen this before s time to try and catch one or two.

,I fished it on a single paternoster with a small weight on the bottom ,short casts about 20 meters and a slow gentle jig done the job ,if you fish with two people it would help sometimes 5 or 6 were following it

Thanks for sharing this experience eoghan. Hope you don't mind me asking if you positioned the sinker infront or behind the squid jig? I have tried a few times without additional sinker under daylight to no avail. Did you catch them off the bottom or mid-water? Appreciate you advice.

weight at bottom and dropper about 1.5 feet above it,water was about 20ft deep they were about a foot off bottom but they followed it up fairly often,try putting a glowlight on the bottom with a weight tied to it it seemed to keep them in the one spot

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Thats class man! Fair play! how did ya come to try for squid over there? must get meself one of those jigs and give it a lash down the gap!

never seen them down there but sure if they are in skerries why not ,but skerries is handy you are looking down on them sometimes i would just dangle it in there faces an was inducing the takes sure ill give ye a shout next time im goin over