Humboldt Squid- Garry Cooper show

Tried off the hump in 800 fow but was getting blown around too much even with 16 oz of lead . Moved in off lions bay and our drift finally layed down around 745. Next 30 mins we hooked two in 800’ , down around 650. Both doubled the trevalas over pretty good . I’m not sure if I was reeling too fast or what I was doing wrong but they both popped off with about 200’ to go . Will be back
 
adanac said:
Tried off the hump in 800 fow but was getting blown around too much even with 16 oz of lead . Moved in off lions bay and our drift finally layed down around 745. Next 30 mins we hooked to in 800’ , down around 650. Both doubled the trevalas over pretty good . I’m not sure if I was reeling too fast or what I was doing wrong but they both popped off with about 200’ to go . Will be back
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Progress.
 
fish brain said:
Can you feel them hit, or is it more of change in the weight of the line?
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It was unmistakable when I got that one. I was wondering how subtle it was going to be, it wasn't at all.

I would recommend a pretty light rod though. It is after all only a 1lb animal.

You don't need huge jigs. I was using the little 3" long ones from Amazon. Also you can legally daisy chain as many as you want. I ran 5, limited by they length of rig I could lift into the boat with the rod I was using.Screenshot_20230530_082429.jpg
 
Flashman said:
It was unmistakable when I got that one. I was wondering how subtle it was going to be, it wasn't at all.

I would recommend a pretty light rod though. It is after all only a 1lb animal.

You don't need huge jigs. I was using the little 3" long ones from Amazon. Also you can legally daisy chain as many as you want. I ran 5, limited by they length of rig I could lift into the boat with the rod I was using.View attachment 92905
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I've got a bunch of that size rigged up that way. Never got to use it in the 5 years I've had it. Very interesting
 
Tried solo for 90 minutes in a 4 spots north of Bowyer and between Bowyer and Sunset Marina. No love. Worked the 600 to 300 water column. I’ll keep trying. I wonder if they are here year round or if a certain time of year is better than others?
 

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So me and a buddy got out yesterday and tried this. This was new territory for both of us. we were told find the krill, under the krill is the hake, and under the hake are squid. we ended up jigging in about 575-600’ fow and we managed to get four squid. the taxman chewed one in half on the way up.

it was very exciting g considering g this was an entirely new fishery
 
RiverBoy said:
So me and a buddy got out yesterday and tried this. This was new territory for both of us. we were told find the krill, under the krill is the hake, and under the hake are squid. we ended up jigging in about 575-600’ fow and we managed to get four squid. the taxman chewed one in half on the way up.

it was very exciting g considering g this was an entirely new fishery
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What was the general area you were fishing in?
 
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