Skerries squiddin

[johnwest]

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.

[eoghanb]

They are still about got another few this evening

[Turner85]

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

[cd07]

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!

[Determined Dan]

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.

[40Footer]

,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.

[eoghanb]

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

[The Austrian]

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[eoghanb]

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