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Captain Rusty : Squid Fishing - For those who like to feel......

Who Like to Feel......

For a Screaming Reel Lover like me the Squid Fishing has always　been extremely boring. To be honest i’ve always the prejudices againt the “light” like many lure caster. Then one day i tried the Eging and, as happened for　the first fish with spinning tackle, the first squid has opened up a whole universe of unknown and fascinating. I had to supply the frenzy of “cephalopod” dedicating much of my time.

There are many secrets behind fishing for squid, which are jealously guarded by those who practice it so assiduously. Some studies a certain “predatory sensitivity” of squid to heat. On this and other theories combined with exercise have been developed many of Egi Baits that we use today with great success. In Japan, the Eging Fishing si a real “must”. Isn’t a coincidence that from this country are the most important innovations dedicate to this field, last but not least the Tataki Fishing that has debunked the myth that the squids catch is possible just in the changes of light or in the darkness.

The main techniques of squid fishing with artificial baits are the Eging and the Tataki-Misaki Fishing . In the first case the bait is usually linked to the main line and the technique is very close to the spinning, while in the second case we have a solution with more baits in the same line with a lead at the end. This is a very short and basic descrition of this two fishing techniques. We can say that the Tataki-Misaki Fishing is devoted to offshore fishing while Eging finds ample space in the inshore.
 

This sinker decides in practice the “character” of the lure. The sinking speed plays a key role in the squid fishing. Many “Eging Anglers” fish from Japan dividing the water column in 3 layers ( a depth of 9 meters is divided into a 3  superficial meters, 3 central and 3 meters of bottom). This technique does not obviate the measurement of backdrop in which you are fishing. These three distinct layers are ispected time by time using Egi Lures with sinking speed appropriate to the layer. This is the reason why on some boxes of Egi Bait show the speed of sinking in meters for second. Therefore, knowing the depth and knowing how many feet  down our lure in a second we can inspect, we can inspect the the 3 distinct layers, and once indentified the layer where the squid are present persisting in this last part of water for best results.
 

As already mentioned the Eging is practiced mainly by the coast. The technique mostly practiced by boat from Squid Fanatic is the Tataki-Misaki Fishing. This way of fishing is practiced at depths ranging from 30 to 40 meters. At these dephts in the Mediterranean Sea in autumn and winter time the squids will gather in dense shoals searching for food. Very Often the squids are near the bottom so this is the area where is necessary to focus the fishing action. Then the Speed and direction of the boat drift is fundamental. The weight of lead goes chosen based on the drift, in principle is necessary to try to hold the line in the vertical for the longest possible time.

Once the line has reached the bottom we must  retrieve with soft and long “Jerks” so that the lures of a few meters up, then let it fall again to the bottom. We must retrieve the lures in the classic “Sawtooth style”. The Tataki line system must be made so meticulously to allow the bait to work in the right way. We can make lure system with 2 to 5 Tataki bearing in mind that these should be spaced 20 to 30cm from an other. Another importan device for make the right tataki line system is to be spaced a few inches for the carabiner where we put the line mother, in this way the bait may have more large and sinuous movements.

Tataki Fishing is less sensitive respect Eging, this is because the lead at the end of line take away much of the sensitivity and for this is more hard feel the squid bite. While with this technique is possible make multiple catch, retrieve a line system with a lead in the end deprives us in the unique feeling that gives the attack of a predator. More than once i looked for lures that would allow me to challenge in deep water without additional weight. For this problem some Japanese brands seem to have been solved. One of the best solution seems to have found by DUO with the D-Squid

the D-Squid is a lure for the cephalopod very conceptually modern, a real challenge to the stereotypes of squid fishing. Conceptually it was designed for fishing from the boat and precisely what the Japanese Anglers called “Tip-Run”.It is basically a technique that is based on observation of the rod tip to perceive even the most subtle touch. the D-Squid sank very quickly, thanks to absence of classical sinker under the head of Egi Lure, and lend themselves well to use hugging the bottom. There are two size (the 95mm/21gr. designed to operate from 15 mt to 30 and the 105/27gr. designed to operate from 20 to 30mt. I was able to try the new D-Squid 2, a lure that has the weight just below the head. The weight is designed for don’t damage the hydrodynamics of lure. The version 2 allows us to draw well from 30 to 35mt and in general can be used when the drift boat is more strong. The esthetics of D-Squid are very closely resemble to the legendary minnow of this Japanese company, while the body shape and the weight distribution are put in order to make alive the lure in the sinking action. Reading these features i immediately thought to have found what is was looking for a Squid Fishing Lure capable of making me forget any additional lead on the line. But will it work? This the key question...

I took two sizes and i tried to use them at dephts of 20 mt to 30mt. With a reduced rate of drift and a little current i did work the D-Squid (105/27gr) and the D-Squid2 in 30mt depht water to make them lift up just for 3 mt from the bottom. I animated the lure with 3/4 vertical “Jerk” then i left again to the bottom

After a few meters i felt a touch, just another turn of the handle and the squid was hooked, i could hardly to believe, i head the the bite at a 30mt water depth....like taking off the condom when you’re makin’ love!
 

I tried the D-Squid in various areas and with different conditions. When the drift boat increased we use the floating anchor. This method allows to fishing also when the wind increased. We feel the bites on the deep water, and now ins’t seemed to pull up a plastic bag from the bottom. The “bite demon was satisfied once again.....

Gianluca Sulas For Salwater Rusty Memories
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