WHAT COLOUR do SQUID prefer (TESTED - underwater footage)

Ever wondered what colour squid jig to use when EGI fishing on an overcast day? I ran these two colours side by side and filmed the squids reactions to the colours and which one they decided to attack and eat.
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[@KevinBooker-ex5zs]

Replacement arrived!By the way, I did forget to mention that the original lure did have a decent strike however as most anglers will attest you can get a hit kzbin.infoUgkxCbNOWAGmn6nfbCbJDmasvBq7J38KZNw2 and fish will hang on and release lure. I used the replacement lure yesterday and ran thru a Shimano Waxwing, Kastmaster, Bobber (set to sink). I found the does run deep (I casting on the flats 3.5'). Make sure you adjust your rate of retrieve and rod tip angle (up) to prevent getting snagged on bottom. Used it a couple of times and action was very lifelike (looked like local bait fish for trevally), craftsmanship very good....however eyeball fell out. I asked for replacement and it is on it's way! It was very easy to change out treble to single inline hook.

[@AdriftFishing]

Yep, they squid can’t resist

[@timwong-see7965]

Excellent video. Well shot, good duration, good lessons. Thanks mate

[@AdriftFishing]

Thank you! Thanks for the review, glad you enjoyed it

[@rush.gang.fishing]

Great vid mate, just subscribed. Looking forward to watching more 😊

[@AdriftFishing]

Thanks mate, appreciate it and the comment 🙌 will be some more for sure

[@jcsfishingshenanigans]

Awesome shots, 10\10 for creativity

[@AdriftFishing]

Thanks man!

[@walkintomydream7208]

Great info! Appreciate your work! I will look for the jig next time I go to a fishing shop. I think the white colour is the magnet 🧲 for squid. Although I haven't had any success lately .

[@AdriftFishing]

It normaly works well for me. First choice. Cool to see though aye

[@BeneathTheWavesFishingJersey]

Loved the underwater features. Made a few squid fishing videos myself this was great. subbed from little jersey - all the best this year ❤

[@AdriftFishing]

Thanks mate. It’s always cool seeing them under water aye

[@QuailsFarmY]

Hey just saw your post on this on Facebook, thanks for sharing thats really useful to know, and here I was thinking everybodys go to lure was full pink (seemed that way online and from what I could see in real life) but its obvious the redhead is preferred .

[@AdriftFishing]

Thanks mate 🙌 Yeah I would have thought the pink would be the go too

[@bafs08]

Great vid! Bleeding head whiting is my only jig I rock.

[@AdriftFishing]

It’s a very popular colour aye. Wondering if I’ll use my others

[@EthanYeo1]

That was some epic footage! You gotta get more underwater shots bro 👍

[@AdriftFishing]

Bro I do do aye! On the cards man

[@SpearfishingSouthAustralia]

Brilliant! ❤

[@AdriftFishing]

Thanks mate, told you it was a good one 🤙

[@soobz]

Well done. Would be great to see some more of them. We know they all work but it's cool to see them reject the pink when given a choice. Those cuttlefish can be a nightmare to get off the jigs sometimes :)

[@AdriftFishing]

Oh man it didn’t want to let go at all 😂 Next version of this will have more for sure. I wasted half the battery just trying to get the rig sorted to film and then only managed to two on film.

[@soobz]

@@AdriftFishing And you may have 'invented' duel jigs as a norm in SA 😁. Then you can offer 2 colours always. I have seen them on lines one above the other, sometimes 6 deep for Japanese, might get a bit tangley though. I've almost always got an unmanned rod in the yak, it sometimes outfishes me, maybe it should be a red nose.

[@AdriftFishing]

@@soobz haha maybe! You’ll see people doing it in the future. Next filming session I’ll adjust it so the shot is more stable. 🤔 I fish a drift rod too, doesn’t put fish me but does catch a couple so why not run two 😂

[@Yanniskats111]

Nice test bro…..very interesting…..Well done 👍.

[@AdriftFishing]

Thanks man, thought it would be an interesting test

[@Fishingreminder]

wow, that is so cool man. what an awesome idea of testing this under water. Not often that we can see footage like this. Shows how picky those buggers can be. Now I'll have to get some red heads, haha. I haven't had much luck with squid this year.

[@AdriftFishing]

Thanks mate, I’m planning on doing a series of it. Always good to know what works better aye. Pretty cool to see them being selective

[@Fishingreminder]

@@AdriftFishing That would be fantastic. Really looking forward to seeing more of those vid. That is such a good idea and very helpful information.

[@AdriftFishing]

@@Fishingreminder yeah man that’s what I was thinking. See how it goes

[@HeinickeMikey]

Cool video bro. 😍

[@AdriftFishing]

Cheers bro 🤙

[@anglerkere]

Mantap ini .. bisa buat referensi untuk kami pemula

[@jasonbishop48]

Cool vid mate

[@AdriftFishing]

Thanks bro 🙌 you know I like my squid

[@overloadfishing]

Great video i give you sub for this,hello from Croatia

[@AdriftFishing]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the tips. Good luck applying for Croatian squid 🤙

[@AndrewH-NZ]

cool footage

[@AdriftFishing]

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it. A cool aspect to see, taking preference to one over the other

[@GooseyC]

More of these please with different colours/types of jigs 🤞

[@AdriftFishing]

For sure.. it’s on the cards. Winter special 🤞

[@GooseyC]

@@AdriftFishing awesome. Love your work!

[@stevecrop6264]

Very interesting 👍🏻

[@AdriftFishing]

Cheers mate

[@KeshabOli-rz8mc]

Nice

[@AdriftFishing]

Thanks mate

[@ironmaiden1236541]

Great video mate, but the data sample is way too small to be statistically significant. Also worth noting squid are colour blind

[@AdriftFishing]

Yes they are, but the contrast is what works. I’m going to do more studies

[@ironmaiden1236541]

@@AdriftFishing yeah sounds like a good plan. What I'd be curious about is how much the texture of the lure is a factor considering they have neurons in their tentacles. Obviously when they are hungry they'll whack anything, but sometimes they do like a cop a feel of the jig before committing to it. As their visual acuity is quite literally one of the greatest in the animal kingdom, I'm not sure how much of a factor a slight colour change in the jig matters. I think the colour selections available are to sell us suckers more jigs, myself included 😂

[@AdriftFishing]

@@ironmaiden1236541 there is always the sale factor. But they do swear by the foil on certain days. Another thing I’ll try and cover.. looks like I’ll be buying a lot of jigs haha!

[@YharnamHoonter]

Man you're a legend for still replying to comments to this day. What color would you recommend for night jigging?

[@AdriftFishing]

Haha, always man. I need to do a vid to compare and work it out. But I have used a variety of darker colours with glow section. But it would be cool to work out white vs black at night 🤔

[@imbranjamil4994]

Wow amazing bro mankaji kaji best k no komen k

[@AdriftFishing]

Thanks man

[@tristanlobo8597]

Absolutely awesome content mate, not often do we get to see that sorta perspective when working our jigs. Just purely outta curiosity why are you fishing on such a heavy setup for them squid? i thought lighter was better?

[@AdriftFishing]

Haha! You mean why was I fishing a pe2-4 with 50lb braid and a 5000 saltist ltd? Because they fight hard here man 😂 for the content I was fishing heavy for the cameras sake, the jigs were sacrificial on 10lb It’s cool to see though for sure aye. Keep an eye open for future comparisons

[@tristanlobo8597]

@@AdriftFishing cheers man! looking forward to the other comparisons. but you never know if a stonking kingy might take a liking to them underwater cameras.....🤣

[@AdriftFishing]

@@tristanlobo8597 hence the big stick 😂😂

[@vascor9344]

sick video man, what rig were you using to mount the camera?

[@AdriftFishing]

Cheers man. Just Jerry rigged a troll cam. Worked well.

[@andrewcourt9634]

Grear video mate. Any details on the setup you where just running including jig brand and sizes? Also do you often run that double setup? Im trying to get into catching squid but having trouble finding spots with the boat, and trying to find a decent setup to start really landing them. Going to look into this jig though. Thanks for the video

[@AdriftFishing]

Hey mate. The dual rig is just for filming, and I catch more on the rod. I use a purpose egi rod by storm gomoku. With a 2508 emeraldas with 10lb line. Jigs are yamashita Good luck

[@andrewcourt9634]

@@AdriftFishing legend thanks. Would you have a video on helping how to find a location where squid would like? Definitely new to the scene, and have done a little bit of land based night squidding and spotting them, but new to boats and blind casting. Would you be able to share some insights on what your looking for in regards to weed/sea grass, rocks/reef/sand, Depths of water and things like that? Sorry for all the questions

[@AdriftFishing]

@@andrewcourt9634 most rocky weedy 2m+ spots will hold squid if it low current. Marinas and break walls are good. Back eddys. In the open I look for sea grass areas that are slightly broken

[@andrewcourt9634]

@@AdriftFishing thanks heaps mate. Will keep at it. Looking forward to any more vids you post :)

[@BarCohen880]

do you have a link for the lure?

[@AdriftFishing]

ejtodd.com.au/Yamashita_Egi_Sutte_R.html

[@lachlanbradley4456]

Wicked video mate! Just curious do u always use that wire set up when you drift? Also where can I purchase that setup or did u make it?

[@Psevdokranos]

mate, when I watched this video couple of weeks ago I got really amazed with the easy way to make same setup. I will share with you what I did myself. Got a thin but sturdy enough shirt hanger. Cut the horizontal part and left the two legs of it. Got a plier and bent the edges of it. Before bending them I ve fitted the swinging swivels, each on one side, then used the plier and made the closed loops. On the top hanger's hook-alike edge, used the plier to make another loop and attached it to my leader. The rest comes obvious I think e.g. how to mount the squid jigs. There are improvements to be made for the rig not to drift more to one side, needs balanced weight. The drop-weight to mount on the center should be (depending the currents and depths you consider working it) something like 10-20 max grams, that's what I used and it worked. Got with kayak slow trolling 4 squids and a cuttlefish (the cuttlefish strike was when I kept the rig at the bottom and pedalled half a turn my kayak for about 5-6 times). It's very easy, worth a try.

[@lachlanbradley4456]

@@Psevdokranos thanx heaps mate, yeh I will be in my boat when I go out next and I’ll give it a crack! U don’t recon the squid see the wire or anything?

[@lachlanbradley4456]

@@Psevdokranos when your drifting with this rig have u got its few metres behind the boat or nearly straight under

[@Psevdokranos]

@@lachlanbradley4456 I am offshore kayak fishing, depth max 20-30m, I leave it to touch bottom first, then leave say 20 more m and move slow, veeery slow speed. The sea swing makes its part, the rig with its drop weight is swinging up and down over the bottom, the squid jigs do not touch bottom but 'fly' over the bottom smoothly. The squids cannot resist, will try their luck and statistically, depending on their appetite and rush of the attack to feed...will get caught. You can try it, it's easy, fast, efficient and you can experiment more with it for sure. White coloured jigs reign, red head and white body. Of course i fish in Med sea, and the sea place has not very clear waters. Squids won't bother with the metal part. If you could get a grip on some glow paint to make it more flashy it'd work too. Green glow works.

[@lachlanbradley4456]

@@Psevdokranos thanx mate! Here in sa I'll be fishing between 3-8m so hopefullly will still work

[@kevinbrian3244]

Interesting vid John. I often wonder if all the colours available are to attract fisher folk rather than the squid? lol.

[@AdriftFishing]

Well as testing continues I’ll do other ones and maybe brands too

[@1977aliveandkicking]

👍

[@AdriftFishing]

🙌🙌

[@1977aliveandkicking]

@@AdriftFishingCheers from Istra Croatia.

[@AdriftFishing]

@@1977aliveandkicking you are welcome. Thanks

[@drevil4454]

it all depends on how you train your squid. ; )

[@AdriftFishing]

Hahah! Some of them are real friendly 😂

[@user-bm7hh7de2i]

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