Got Calamari - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Pete_G · 05-13-2005, 09:26 PM

It's been almost 24 hours a day in some of the usual spots lately.

All you need are some squid jigs .

Vectorfisher · 05-13-2005, 09:34 PM

So what you are saying is that I can buy a squid jig throw it over and squid will be on the other end?? I always thought you had to do this at night, any water temps preferred?

chipwood · 05-14-2005, 05:14 AM

I just jigged up a bucket from 2AM to 5AM today. Squidlees were thick.

Pete_G · 05-14-2005, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Vectorfisher

So what you are saying is that I can buy a squid jig throw it over and squid will be on the other end?? I always thought you had to do this at night, any water temps preferred?

I'm no expert on squid jigging but it seems that everyone who comes in the store and buys a squid jig comes back just a short time later with a bucket full, even during the day right now. I don't know much about ideal water temps for squid either.

I've caught them on the fly though, they're pretty aggressive sometimes.

chipwood · 05-14-2005, 08:49 AM

I really don't pay much attention to the water temp. I don't live far from the water so I check sporadically. When I see the bait schooling, the herring flipping and the sandworms slithering I know the squid are'nt far behind.

chipwood · 05-14-2005, 08:52 AM

By the way some of the best squidding happens during the day. You just have to go and put your time in when you can, be it day ornight.

Mr. Sandman · 05-16-2005, 08:50 AM

Finally lit up soild here.. (has been intermittent) One man, midnight run, alone in the cool north wind and light rain...3 hours results: quality fluke bait for 1/3 of the season (will go again tonight with the full crew and wrap it up hopefully)

(PS...the things that eat these are also around in real numbers too)

These are funny and interesting creatures...when the bite is on it is hot but when it is off you can dangle it in front of there nose, change jigs a doz times and play games till it drives you nuts. Then the bite switches on again and it is off to the races. They only live a year, spawn and die sometime afterward and fall to the bottom (not right away but within a couple months). The ones you catch I think have already spawned...if you don't catch them they just become bait anyway. Taste great fresh and make a fantastic strip bait or whole bait. (its the first step to landing a doormat)

It is fun fishing for these damn things to boot.

keeperreaper · 05-16-2005, 08:58 AM

Nice job. Jiggin for these thing is fun as hell. Going tonight for some more.

Notaro · 05-16-2005, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Vectorfisher

So what you are saying is that I can buy a squid jig throw it over and squid will be on the other end?? I always thought you had to do this at night, any water temps preferred?

u can cast it and let it sink and probe it . snap the rod or jig it up at least five times and stop and deadstick it for a few moments. so you can give them a time to go near it and soemtimes they are hooked and u might think that u snagged on the bottom. reel it up and pull it up. work by the shadow area.

NaCl H2O · 05-16-2005, 06:41 PM

How do you prepare them for the freezer?

Notaro · 05-16-2005, 07:00 PM

clean them up and freeze them for consumption. for freezing them as baits, vaccum sealed them or use a strong ziplock bag and seal them in.

Fish On · 05-16-2005, 11:34 PM

I go out of the Merrimack. Are they up that far?

Notaro · 05-17-2005, 02:32 AM

bllep, blleep, i got a lousy result tonight. i managed four squids and lost six of my jigs. but i got some [errr... funny but probably not too appropriate, ya know, family friendly site and all] squinting their eyes at me behind their husbads' backs, but a dew of them were attractive and the rest...uh, no.