Back in my squid fishing days, we used to take the commercial jigs and cut both baskets off. Take a white Bic pen, cut it to about an inch to 1 1/2 inches and through wire a single basket to it. They would far outfish the commercial jig.
I assume your fishing for them at night under some sort of light?If so the Yo zuri squid jigs will out fish the generic ones 10-1,especially if fished 3 on a line with a glow one in the middle...........................http://www.kitterytradingpost.com/product.php/pid/3/sid/34/tid/189/prodid/19071................................these generic ones suck......................Change up your technique a lot,sometimes they like a real erratic jigging motion,other times they like it barely moving.Another thing that helps a lot is bringing a small bucket of mackeral or herring cut up into real small chunks.Throw a handful of chunks in when you see the squid and that will get them frenzied up somewhat,then throw your jigs in right behind the chunks.I just had a big calamari feed last night,they are great eating.Good luck.
thanks, we are fishing them at night . Will try to chum them next time to see if it helps. Do you tip the jig with bait too? Thanks agai. Am trying to get 2 little boys hooked on fishing, so catching is an important part of the gettin them hooked process cause at 8 and 6 no action equals dad I am bored and almost as bad is dad we can see them why arent we catching them
Now where are some good places to go. (i am not looking for exact spots) but i have never fished for squid but could you catch them running up a river say the sheepscot or is it something you would have to do by going offshore a bit?
I grind the jig into some chum, it doesn't stay on long but seems to make them hit it.
Way back in the early 1980's when there were huge schools of herring Downeast, we used to pick up squid at night on an ebb tide along the beaches. The squid were chasing herring and often their method of jet propulsion would "ground them out" on the beach as they propelled themselves in a direction where there was no water. We walked along with a Coleman light and when we heard their squirting sound, we would go to the edge of the tide and pick them up in buckets. Once we had enough, we cleaned and rinsed them right on the beach, then went home, stripped them up and fried them in deep fat. Delicious!! Have anay of you done this in your areas of Maine? It must happen elsewhere.