
Best squid jig colour
#41
Posted 12 April 2007 - 08:53 AM
but it really depends on conditions
#42
Posted 14 May 2007 - 07:28 PM
I also tried to make a jig look like a red spot prawn, using nailpolish...and a crimson red, nailpolish again...and the second has caught some squid. Not too sure bout it though since someone else caught more on a pale/grey jig right next to me.
#43
Posted 21 May 2007 - 09:43 AM
#44
Posted 21 May 2007 - 09:26 PM

cheers, glen
#45
Posted 07 June 2007 - 01:38 PM
Silver is interesting, I have also recently seen jigs with oversized eyes, it would be interesting to do a comparison to see if it adds anything.
Also I wonder if anyone knows why pink is such a winner with the squid? surely colours are not the same in the water? I would have thought orange would be the winning colour, given that prawns are roughly orange and not pink. Also I have heard that red is the first colour to disappear in the water, so if this theory is followed, pink should be the next closest colour to go.
Maybe it is not the colour but the action of the jig?....
#46
Posted 09 June 2007 - 08:12 AM
#47
Posted 13 June 2007 - 10:28 AM
I think I have the same jig, it is brown and gold. I call it the 'coke' jig. Yer right it does slay them I drifted with it and a pink yamashita and the yamashita caught one and the 'coke' jig got three I think.
#48
Posted 14 June 2007 - 11:59 AM

Those Yamashita 1.8s are pretty good hey! I wish they made them with 2 sets of hooks though.
#49
Posted 14 June 2007 - 03:20 PM


#50
Posted 08 October 2007 - 09:59 PM

There is no "best" colour

Pink and orange are great at night. Some places I've been, pink outfishes orange and vice versa. During the day, I have had better results with more natural colours. I say more, because one I like is Yamashita's blue with a yellow tail. I got a nice one on Sunday morning with an olive and orange jig.

Over here, people also pay alot of attention to the base colour. So far, marble works better than other bases with orange or pink cloths. Come to think of it, I think I prefer marble over any other base. That said, the olive/orange has a gold base

Recently, Yamashita has released some truely natural coloured jigs, including shrimp, jack, sardine and a couple of other local fish. Natural colour page
They also have a new colour series called Neo Trad. Very unnatural but not exactly high appeal colours either. Neo Trad page
*added picture*
Edited by egi zed, 08 October 2007 - 10:33 PM.
#51
Posted 06 November 2007 - 11:13 PM
sounds good mark. i wish i was catching some of those cuttlefish!
glen, don't wish that, cuttlefish can be boring, all this time i have fish cuttlefish, but never an squid!
now i want to fish squid, no those cuttlefish!
#52
Posted 07 November 2007 - 09:34 AM
#53
Posted 18 November 2007 - 03:20 AM
#54
Posted 21 November 2007 - 11:17 PM
blue has fish more squid than the red jig, so i think the blue jigs are the best!!!!







#55
Posted 06 December 2007 - 02:09 PM
(Just to live a quiet and simple life)
#56
Posted 12 December 2007 - 09:07 AM
(Just to live a quiet and simple life)
#57
Posted 27 February 2008 - 10:15 AM
Pink my next choice, then brown/gold.
Under the float I find a larger multi-colour goes well.
Bait ; mullet,whiting and gar in that order under a float.
Dave/
#58
Posted 31 March 2008 - 01:12 PM
With a little more experience under my belt and a few notches in my squid rod I think I'll repost
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There is no "best" colour![]()
Pink and orange are great at night. Some places I've been, pink outfishes orange and vice versa. During the day, I have had better results with more natural colours. I say more, because one I like is Yamashita's blue with a yellow tail. I got a nice one on Sunday morning with an olive and orange jig.![]()
Over here, people also pay alot of attention to the base colour. So far, marble works better than other bases with orange or pink cloths. Come to think of it, I think I prefer marble over any other base. That said, the olive/orange has a gold base![]()
Recently, Yamashita has released some truely natural coloured jigs, including shrimp, jack, sardine and a couple of other local fish. Natural colour page
They also have a new colour series called Neo Trad. Very unnatural but not exactly high appeal colours either. Neo Trad page
*added picture*
Those "natural colour" jigs are great.I am now the proud owner of the yellowtail(AJK),hardyhead(KNH),&pilchard(MIH) jigs ,wwould love to get the brown tiger(EBH) too!
Edited by kingyfisher, 31 March 2008 - 01:16 PM.
#59
Posted 16 April 2008 - 07:53 PM
#60
Posted 22 April 2008 - 10:10 AM
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