Anyone ever tried stingers on squid jigs?

 Has anyone tried stingers on a squid jig? I often get fish hitting the jig but no chance of a hookup. 

Will stingers put the squid off? Any weed on the jig spooks them immediately.


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 Lee Raynor use to do the

Thu, 2021-12-23 15:41

 Lee Raynor use to do the opposite and put a squid barb on his hooked live baits while going for kingies. but i dont reckon what you are saying will work for squid but you never know!

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Jrvis WALKER

Thu, 2021-12-23 15:46

 JARVIS  walker tired stingers for squid, the squid didnt like them and they had lower catch rates.

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Flatty

Fri, 2021-12-24 07:48

 Caught a 50cm Flatty on a squid jig once. 

Bugger had it so far down I had to cut his head off to get it out.

 

Most of the time the fish hitting jigs are blowies.

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Thanks

Fri, 2021-12-24 11:56

 Thanks for the replies. Usually fishing aorund Esperance or north of Gero so not usually blowies. Decent hits sometimes. 

The squid barb on a live bait idea might be worth a go.