What is this thing?

[briansnat]

So do a lot of recreational anglers actually fish for squid?

[Gerry Zagorski]

Mostly done at night while on anchor chunking for Tuna. The lights from the boat attract the squid. You cast the jig out and jig it up and down until you get one. Once the squid are caught they are put in the live bait well, and or usually go right back hooked through the mantle on a Tuna rod.

Tuna love live squid.... It's almost a sure thing if you have Tuna in your slick. Swordfish love them too.

[Jigman13]

Originally Posted by briansnat

So do a lot of recreational anglers actually fish for squid?

Yes, party boat outta MA go for them in the spring when they move in thick. I also catch them off the docks in Montauk at night during the incoming tide.

And as Gerry stated, at night when chunking tuna... Although I tend to use a sabiki tipped with some meet from the chunk totes : )