Squid technique
 

What's the trick to catching squid in the underwater lights?
I'm ordering some squid jigs and just wondering if there's a prefered color/style/size jig that's favorable? The ballyhoo are as easy as netting tadpoles.
The squid are somewhat elusive

8 lb test with a very light weight ( 1/2 oz) and the squid jigs on dropper loops - cast out a little and let the rig settle under the lights. lightly twitch it.

The squid right in the lights are always a bitch to catch - the deeper ones are dumber.

I've had good luck with the yo-zuri Ika Minnow and mini squid jigs. My MO is if they are being finicky, go smaller. Get a few in different sizes, but load up on the really small ones. Not sure where you're located, but Sams in Middletown has some good ones.

The hot color changes daily, but pink is always a good bet... Blue, green, whatever...

Off a boat, I like a 1/2 oz weighted squid jig (kinda looks like a pink sinker with the squid hooks on it) then two or three jigs on droppers, spaced ~18" apart. Drop down, and I normally just hold the rod still... Motion of the ocean gives it all the action needed. Adjust depth till you find out where the hungry ones are.

Thanks, I will give it another try
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Squid Jigs
 

Like JackK says, its all about the color they want that night. I used to do a lot of head Boat fishing for Tuna out of RI. Everybody fishes for Squid at night for bait. I like the Yo-Zuri jigs with the little weight under the nose and feathers. On one trip I was using a flouresent pink jig and I was the only one on the boat catching squid out of 25 people. As soon as I cast the jig they were all over it. Would'nt touch anything else.. On other trips they wouldn't touch the pink.

Also - Smelly Jelly makes a big diference too.

I've also tried scraping the hook on a soft butterfish and the squid jump on that

Almost any jig made by Yozuri. Hot color a depth varies day by day.

Weekend before last we jigged up a few dozen from 70-100' down using sabikis topped with a glow stick. Tipping them bait seemed to produce a little more, but not significantly so. Probably would have done better with proper jigs, but in a pinch, it worked.

Squid...they are easy to catch both inshore and offshore. Just put a net in the water!
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