Hot Squid Jigging Action in Puget Sound

Day-time jigging for market squid in Puget Sound.
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[@ryangeorgi5159]

oh man I know that feeling. Hitting doubles and triples. Every cast reeling one in. Such fun

[@MassMoment]

Just tried this for the first time Labor Day weekend 2017. It was a lot of fun! Although, so early in the season we weren't catching anything until midnight - 1 am. Thanks for sharing!

[@RandomTXDude210]

That music though...annoying yet oddly enticing.

[@ohhenrycandybar]

Nice video! Didn't even see any edit cuts. Looks like a kid day out squidding. Can't wait for season to start up here.

[@ohhenrycandybar]

*a good day out

[@chabnock]

Hi there Henry. Pretty cool to catch these squid in the day. But he does edit it a lot. He Clips it and then blinks in the rod jerk that nails the squid, this throws off your perception. it has been about 15 years since I did this. We just used 1 oz weight and 3-4 triple hooks tied in line. the schools would swim through the lights on the surface of the water. We would cast ahead leading them and jig through the school. Usually catching 2 to 5 squids a cast. We must have been lucky in those days.

[@tiffanywelton5116]

Darn Seacrest pier? I have never caught a squid during the daylight. Always when it is past sunset.

[@ricksrice5576]

Is squiding in Puget Sound all year or is there a specific time of year to go

[@PixsterTime]

Market squid is in the Puget Sound and can be caught year-round. However, squidding is much more productive in the Autumn and Winter months.

[@TheamazingFisherman-yb7ox]

Wow, I miss squid fishing. This is some serious action though.

[@bc123132123132]

What time do you squid during the day? No luck until sunset and after when I go. Also, do the squid prefer certain colors or shine during the day? My glow and red/green striped jigs slay at night.

[@PixsterTime]

It's hit | miss with different areas during the day. This place has not been good this year for day-time squidding except a few days in the fall. Squid and all cephalopods are color blind. They can differentiate between light and dark (grayscale). Actually, it's a little more complex than that. However, it's better to have highly reflective (silver) and/or glow than any color. I've been telling people this fact for years, but no one ever listen. Squid are spawning now, so if you pull up clumps of squid eggs, please drop them back into the water.

[@bc123132123132]

Speak of the devil, I just went to the Great Wheel today to try day time fishing for the first time today. Caught my limit in like two hours. Hooked up on some eggs and dropped them back, then I stayed off the bottom to prevent more hook ups. I find reflective does help attract squid, but the slight twitching action and pause is what gets them to strike.

[@stevenosmek4609]

Fun. That music is enticing yet oddly motivational.

[@dahnoied6893]

During the day? Where was this? Any chance there is somewhere near Oly that we could go squidding during the day?

[@PixsterTime]

+Dahnoie D Les Davis, Redondo, and Dash Point are probably closest to Oly that can be productive daytime. Good luck and have fun!

[@dahnoied6893]

+Pixster Time How about in January at those locations? Thanks so much for the reply and for the video! I've been wanting to try this since I moved here 13 years ago. :-)

[@PixsterTime]

+Dahnoie D Squidding usually lasts through at least Jan and sometimes much longer. It just all depends on the squid and when/where they leave for deeper waters. Go out and catch some while the season is good.

[@Sazqwatch]

Dahnoie D That would be the Seattle skyline across the bay.

[@louischen3767]

Hi, do you let the jig sink to the bottom or in the middle column of water? Do you ever let the jig sink to the bottom? I see many people squid jig and they dont seem to let the jig sink to the bottom? Why???

[@PixsterTime]

Squid can be anywhere in the water column. They can be at the surface, middle, or all the way to the bottom. Watch the techniques of people who catch a lot of squid and mimic their actions.

[@ilovefriedrice9891]

damn that looks so fun. what time of the year is this.

[@PixsterTime]

Winter

[@slyarsenal]

Wow how does he get the squid to release the jig so quickly?

[@ryangeorgi5159]

just flip the jig upside down and wiggle it a little.

[@williamtoch7435]

How far do you let it drop in the water and how heavy is your jig

[@PixsterTime]

I think the top jig is 1/4 oz and bottom jig 1/2 oz. How deep to let the jigs go depends on how deep the squid are...where I'm fishing is probably 30-40 feet.

[@Krnsuy84]

Where is the location? My husband and I just started squid fishing and we only know couple of places and it's not as awesome as the place you're fishing. Surprised you catch so many!

[@PixsterTime]

+Krnsuy It's really not the location, but the timing. During those weeks most of piers around Puget Sound was just as productive.

[@wesyoungquist393]

+Krnsuy That's the Don Armeni pier in West Seattle. (Looking East across Elliot Bay to Seattle)

[@outdoorsrj]

Seacrest park pier

[@wesyoungquist393]

Seacrest pier is in West Seattle near Salty's

[@mayandecendent31]

I like catching them at marine view lots of people catch also herring and big squid also caught one octopus once feel like going today after watching this video love squid fishing also in redondo beach there's lots of squid shark and other fun to catch fish

[@lesspost17]

What time exactly you fishing squid? Nice music for faster catching...hehe

[@PixsterTime]

I think it was 2:34:15pm PST. I might be off by a few ticks. :-)

[@e1f1ra]

What kind of bait do you use?

[@anthonybecharareps8586]

u don't use bait, just a jig

[@JustCuzImBrian]

what jigs you using?

[@PixsterTime]

I made my own.

[@BobbyZataTv]

too much squid man

[@PixsterTime]

Haha!

[@5winder]

Now you got bait... to actually go fishing.

[@jimmyd09]

great video thanks.

[@kyle206fishing6]

good old Seacrest

[@Eskah.Mof0]

what pier

[@snook2janxy30]

Where ought sound at

[@PixsterTime]

Devin Chlom "Where ought sound at" everywhere sound

[@baronprevost4577]

Squid fishing I not seen this before ?

[@mauricebrown9094]

What sort of squid jig do you use ????

[@PixsterTime]

I make my own and don't have a pic to show. You might be able to pause the video and see. This webpage has various ones that work in this area: www.squidfish.net/forums/index.php?/topic/3274-northwest-squid-jigs/

[@anthonybecharareps8586]

IS THIS IN ALKI....! I SQUID AND FISH THERE!

[@jamestobin2529]

Looks like bremerton pier by the view

[@jillhendricks2977]

2018?!?!

[@michfan7804]

Idk what state this is but it looks like it sucks, way too crowded

[@chabnock]

WAHHHHHHH!!! There are other people here.. Boo-Hoo....

[@anthonybecharareps8586]

it's Seattle Washington

[@michfan7804]

Paul Newman If you want people fishing up your ass then go ahead. But like to have my own space to fish, its supposed to be fun and relaxing and that video doesn't look like it is to me.

[@chabnock]

michfan7804 Squidding is just something to pass the time. And it is not like combat fishing the NW rivers with 100 salmon fishermen. I do not jig squids on piers like this. I have better places. Been yeas since I have done it. But I think I am going to do a little squiding in a few months for halibut bait.

[@RandomTXDude210]

Not everyone has the option. Salmon/steelhead season starts up here in WA (where video was shot), and you have a few options: go fishing after work with hundreds of other people, but get in a few hours of fishing before dark, or don't because the nearest not crowded river is too far away before dark. Though if you're willing to do some hiking and deal with the crazies that live along the banks of some of the rivers around here, you can find decent, uncrowded spots.

[@hongben5472]

wow does are some really small squid. Were we live we catch squid up to 2m long or over

[@hongben5472]

looks fun though

[@GOODFELLOWFINC]

hong ben it's market squid. native to puget sound. know for being smaller but better eating and better bait

[@maxliebert4138]

Change the name to squid jigging

[@sliturarse]

some kind of porn music?

[@trivo9102]

Can I get some a Hung?

[@TheAidanodian]

Pines

[@flokijhdfjkvnhsdfjkl]

Trump squid yaaaaaaa Trump 2020

[@alexisvazquez5628]

Overfishing at it's finest

[@PixsterTime]

Can you please clarify your comment of, "Overfishing at it's finest"?

[@summertime2433]

That's nothing compared to what the commercial squid boats take in on a single night

[@PixsterTime]

LT 205 "Over fishing from the same people all the time. With the limit already being 10lbs per person and many of these ppl taking from a few pounds over to double and triple limits just imagine what would happen if the limit was 30lbs per person? Many of these people squidding run from dock to dock. I talked to a guy there recently who told me he had just returned from getting a limit at Edmonds Pier." That's called "poaching", and is illegal. Did you report the guy to the authorities? If no, why not? wdfw.wa.gov/enforcement/reporting_violations.html

[@calvintsai9063]

It's rod and reel fishing, not trawling

[@operationmoyda]

Pixster Time A friend of mine reported an Asian family @ the Edmonds pier for overfishing squid and the wdfw said that they didn't have anybody available to go down to the pier...... Needless to say that didn't help. A normal person would be totally cool with 10 lbs..... that's plenty!!! These people felt they needed to fill the trunk of a Toyota Carollal...... Smh