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Tried squidding for the first time on Friday night down at Shilshole Dock A Pier, and I was the only one who didn't catch a thing. The other fishermen were really friendly and helpful, and they advised me that my jigs were much too large. The guy next to me who was catching them left and right showed me the jig he was using and told me to go down to Linc's Fishing Tackle down in the International District. He said pink worked best. I went down to Linc's the next day and got myself a small assortment of jigs.

So I tried again on Sunday night, and the difference was amazing. About a half hour after sunset a school of squid came through, and the bite was on for maybe an hour. I caught seven squid in that time, and had probably another four or five misses. Most of the time they were near the surface, and you could see them homing in on your jig. They are a lot of fun to catch, especially the way they come up spraying and squirting ink clouds in the water. The weather was clear and quite pleasant. Not too chilly. It was about 2 hours past high tide when I started fishing.

I have to say the squidders were a friendly bunch. A lot of them seemed to be fishing as a family, and there were lots of kids there on Friday night. I can't wait to take my daughter out with me.

Spiegel

10/1/2012 2:51:00 PM

If you know how to detect their byte, you'll catch more... I know, the byte of the really small ones are hard to detect, but once they are over 6 inches the byte is easier to detect. Basically you need a long and light rod, and pay attention that it's an inverted byte... you'll notice that the weight of the jig disappears. The squid normally bring the jig up when they byte, so you don't fill a shake or a pull, you fill as some weight disappear! Most beginners just jig up and down and suddenly detect that there's something causing weight and voila, here is a squid... but you actually missed a lot of them until by accident you lifted when one was biting.

gort

10/1/2012 2:59:00 PM

Now that I think about it, I did notice a couple of times that the weight of the jig took an extra second to settle, or seemed to be "missing" for a moment. I had no idea. Thanks for the tip!

obryan214

10/1/2012 9:10:00 PM

good job, wasn't expecting them at les davis pier till later in the month. have to go downand inspect tonight.

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