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squid fishing

#1 Post by eoghanb »

I was out in skerries last week and seen what I think were squid under the lights behind the light house, so I was gonna try for em ,does anyone have any info on how to go about it or a homemade jig,I am thinking of using a light stick and a few trebles, won't get a shop open on a sunday so any tips welcome
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Re: squid fishing

#2 Post by roger de dodger »

squid jigs have needles not hooks with barbs but i,d say two small trebles tied in tandem might work they are attracted to lights maybe a few starlights taped on would work why mot try a big torch or high powered headlight shining down into the water to get them interested ,i,m sure they would be a killer bait for alot of different speices 8)
was out netting sandeels few weeks ago and we got a good few in each haul 8)
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Re: squid fishing

#3 Post by southaussie »

red glow sticks used to work best they change colours themselves and its a red type colour when they get excited, you should be able to get a squid jig from a tackle shop or else online just watch out they dont ink you :oops: plenty of fun and they taste great :D
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Re: squid fishing

#4 Post by eoghanb »

What kind of size do ye get? And would a 4" light stick be too big, I'm gonna try at the weekend late high tides, if a get any ill put up a post
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Re: squid fishing

#5 Post by Dave »

Eoghan, do a quick search for 'eging' on the web and you'll find plenty of info on squid fishing. It's something that I'd love to try but I wasn't really sure if squid were target-able here from the shore, where and when to try etc.
roger de dodger wrote:was out netting sandeels few weeks ago and we got a good few in each haul 8)
Any size Rodger?

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