Jigging for Calamari

[Buddhagrass]

Thanks for replies, since I' m new to this type of fishing I need some more info please so onto the next couple of questions  ...

Should the light set up used be bright or dim ?

Light should be not that bright (i use 50watts)

Should light cone be concentrated as per a spotlight / beam or is a floodlight type effect better ?

Floodlight its better than spotlight ...... remember that squids dont get into the light, they just stay in the halo of it (mad-dija) then small fish are attracted by the light and that is when the squids come in .... to eat. In fact normally they attack the lure as soon as you getting it in and just entered the light.

Should light used be submersed into the water or reflected onto the fishing spot ?

I prefer reflected from above. I found submersed light to give out too much light.

Do you fish in the lit up area , adjacent to or away from it, say opposit side of boat to where light is setup ?

Oh sh@#  ... i thought you were talking about squid fishing without the boat  .... anyway, I think that you can adopt some of the things I told you for boat squid fishing too. Good luck mate 

And additional advice / info provided would be of help.

Experiment yourself with different stuff and combos like lines, lures, intensity of light etc etc ... after a while you will start noticing what suits you best. I've been squid fishing for 5yrs now and every year I make modifications to my setup to improve my fishing technique. Buy different lures and use them wisely ..... 1 example is try not to use a bigger lures than 2.5 for Nov, Dec then switch to size 3 for Jan onwards. I even try to keep my swivel small ..... i found out that the bigger the swivel is, the less attractive the lure is to the squid ............ oj oj oj I think I am saying too much now  ....... if you need anything which I can help you in let me know

Thanks

No problem mate .... anytime 

[EmicMalta]

Im getting to belive that lures and good technich make the differnce with Klamari. This is the 1st year Im doing for Klamari end always we getting good results where others don t catch even one. Yesturday there was a guy next to us. We had 6 and he didn t even started up

[poor catch]

Fishing off Gozo.

Whereabouts is Barriera ?? 

[shanook]

on the east side of gozo ......

[kris]

hey guys,

I am new to squid fishing.

When u jig for klamari by boat how much time should you try an area before you change place? What i mean is this: should you wait and keep on trying an area till finally some squid come or lets say try for 15min and then change place?

[LapsiBoy]

If nothing is caught after 35 mins of constantly trying, try change place

[shanook]

if u are drifting slowly then u constantly changing the area man....the problem is when u catch as if u drift too much u lose them. if nothing happens than the currents down there arent that good for klamari fishing.

[kris]

hmm ic ic. so u guys never anchor when fishing for klamari?

[bigboy]

When the sea is not that calm you have to anchor man. That is what we always do but it is useless fishing in rough conditions (as you did )

[kris]

pffft i still managed to catch 1 haha

[bigboy]

Caught more than you when we went

[kris]

ok ux ha ninzalek il-kappell


(pls translate cause i don't know the same expression in english lol)

[bigboy]

looooolll good one kris who told you how to fish for them eeee eeeee tell them

[Gazzetta]

Caught more than you when we went

Mhux ax kien hemm jin u l Fortuna makom jew !!

Chris

[LapsiBoy]

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