Popular Post mike farrants Posted November 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2021 no not that strange program on netflix - actual squid. After talking about it all summer me and my boat friend decided to hit the squid yesterday after hearing rumours they had arrived in Weymouth bay. Armed with some cheapo ebay squid jigs, some slight better DTD ones, and a crude (john locker) twisted boom rig we headed out at the crack of sparrows - ahead of even the charter boats - 6am under the bridge we headed to our spot on Tims boat. first drop and I'm in - couldn't believe it - beaten Tim to the squid - however in the process of untangling the lure from the net the squid escaped. 1st one caught and lost! didn't have to wait to long for more - they came thick and fast - lures close to the bottom, not much more movement than the boat itself needed, not a bite as such but a gentle pull - slow and steady small ones were coming up - then Tim's 2nd rod (left in the rod rest) has a definite pull - bend in the rod - and up comes a huge 4lber - followed by another of similar size we ended as follows: Me caught 3, lost a further 3 2 rod Tim - 7 of various sizes - including 3 absolute krakens! the bites (? if you call them that) wore off as soon as the sun came up although this coincided with high water so may be the reason they disappeared. we both had mackerel attack the lures but none landed. we then decided to head over some rough ground where we heard reports of bass being landed to try with soft lures and SPJs - but after losing some gear gave it a miss - and headed home. fully satisfied to have a plan and it not only work, but worked spectacularly well! cleaned the squid on the pontoons (thankfully), home by lunchtime, southern fried squid rings for tea - happy days! first one: 2 of mine: Tims 4lb Kraken Dr P bottle for size reference sunrise was spectacular! Saintly Fish, jonnyswamp, GPSguru and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Very nice work there Mike. Even the Dr.P sized one is a decent bait size! good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted November 8, 2021 Author Share Posted November 8, 2021 yeah we kept all the heads for baits, shared some with the neighbours - what doesn't get eaten gets frozen! Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Very envious! Well done. I've been meaning to try for squid for a while and I keep hearing of a few coming out in the East Wight area, so you've given me added impetus to get out there. 👍 That 4lb'er is a beast. Top marks to Tim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Mike, were you using a light source e.g. starlights or glow in the dark squid jigs for these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook12 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 good work 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Looks like you had KRAKEN time 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Great report 🙂 mike farrants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 24 minutes ago, Odyssey said: Looks like you had KRAKEN time 🤣🤣🤣🤣 badoom-tish! 🥁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, mike farrants said: badoom-tish! 🥁 Had to be done 🤣🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyhookit Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 awesome something id like to catch never herd of any been caught in our neck of the woods ( East Yorkshire ) might have a go the next time im down in cornwall with the boat Tight Lines Alain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 9 minutes ago, willyhookit said: awesome something id like to catch never herd of any been caught in our neck of the woods ( East Yorkshire ) might have a go the next time im down in cornwall with the boat Tight Lines Alain We have a run of Cuttle and Squid in the autumn / early winter when they come inshore to spawn. You need to be careful of the ink as it is a bastid to get off. We normally annoy them in the landing net to fire off the ink, and then dump them straight into a covered bucket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyhookit Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Ive watched a few Video`s on you-tube of them catching Squid i was Surprised at how fast they can swim be good sport on light gear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted November 23, 2021 Author Share Posted November 23, 2021 yeah great fun on light spinning gear - the big ones pull, and when one slips off, they really do move quickly in the water! you just need them to expel their water before bringing them aboard and then they cant ink you - rather than agitate them (the ink can scare off others), we bring them to the surface carefully and then let them jet above the surface a couple of times until they're empty - no water = no ink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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