as a general rule look for weed beds then cast your jig over it anf let it sink to near the bottome then lift the rod once or several in short sharp tugs, let the jig fall again near the bottom. youll get the hang of how deep it is and you can keep the jig near the bottom long and get a better chance.

if you are doing this from a boat you can just drift over the weed beds and lift the rod ever now and again. but make shore you keep it off the bottom a fair bit so u doing get weed on it because squid wont touch the jig if it has weed on it. and also so you dont lose your jigs.

cheers danno

This may be the dumbest thing some of you have heard, but how do you know your on a weed bed? Being a diver I normally avoid them like the plague.

is it pretty easy to find in a clear sunny day but it is normaly just a dark patch in the middle of sand.

are you squidding froma boat?
and if you are where are u based?
cheers

Thanks Danno,

i'm, in Rockingham and fish from a boat. I have caught most of my squid by trolling at idol. Usually over the Southern flats in about 3m of water. Can you do squidding in deep water?
pj

you can but the squid out there are few and far between. if you see some squid throw a jig and they will normaly eat it no worries. the best thing to do is google squidding in wa or something like that and it will come up with a fair bit of useful info but it will also just not so helpful info to.

but bye far the best was to learn is to practise and see wat is workin for you.
do u use cheap or expensive jigs?
cheers danno

I was using cheap jigs but bought a yozuri a couple of weeks ago and have had instant success. My mate and i both had similar coloured jigs out the back and i was up 9-1......i won't be going back to the cheapies. I'll go and have a chat with Phil and Mark at Camping World next week...local boys...local knowledge.

Thanks for the tips Danno....i think overall i am doing the right things....just need to find where the squid are now......bit more reading to do...appreciated.

p.j.

no worries man
any where in cockburn sound near over the weed beds.
also at GI.
good luck mate.
cheers

last time over at GI the navy kicked me out after i drifted towards camp markham....caught a couple of squid in there too!

thanks mate..

As the "Professional Japanese Squid Fisherman" said at the presentations for the last Squid fishing comp.

"Aggressive style..... stay.... no stay, no squid"

ahhhh sooo.....

Found best technique is to pick your jig size to your drift and water depth so the jig doesnt snag. Then just put the rods in the rod holders and kick back let the boat do the work. Natural colours in the haramitsu seem to do the job.

yer
there is places around GI that youre not allowed but moct of it you are allowed in quite close.

Gotta stay north of the markers near the red buildings or ya get ya number taken lots of squid ther too but usually small.

thanks all.....saltatrix i'm converted to the better jigs....all comments appreciated guys i've looked on u tube at some techniques there i'll try...cheers
pj

see if you can get your hands on the yamashita egiing DVD, you will learn heaps (even though its in japanese hahaha).

very helpful DVD

where can you get those dvds from

cheers

i think you email them and they send one out for you.
the ad for it was in the WAFM mag a month or so back, ill try to find it for you.

ok cheers