26-04-2008, 04:37 AM
[quote name='stripey' post='10831' date='Apr 26 2008, 01:42 AM']Anyone have any thoughts on East winds? I've never had much luck with finfish in east winds. Sometimes it just shuts the bite down, or seems to. I wonder how squid will react to it? Are the squid definitely attacking the jig as a food source or out of anger, etc?[/quote]
EAST you catch the LEAST
WEST you catch the BEST
I don't think squids attack the jigs out of anger, but more as a source of food. Sometimes they hunt in pack, surrounding the jig and attack from different angles to take their prey (jig) down. I noticed they do this when they're feeding, but when they're full, you can have the jig in front of them and they won't bother to look at it. I found that the best feeding times had been AFTER when the conditions are windy or rainning because food is scared during those conditions...meaning bait fish don't come out to play as much as they do in calmer conditions. The longer the adverse conditions, the more the bites afterward.
This is purely my observation for the last 20 + years of fishing Newport/Jamestoen area. Any insight is greatly appreciated.
EAST you catch the LEAST
WEST you catch the BEST
I don't think squids attack the jigs out of anger, but more as a source of food. Sometimes they hunt in pack, surrounding the jig and attack from different angles to take their prey (jig) down. I noticed they do this when they're feeding, but when they're full, you can have the jig in front of them and they won't bother to look at it. I found that the best feeding times had been AFTER when the conditions are windy or rainning because food is scared during those conditions...meaning bait fish don't come out to play as much as they do in calmer conditions. The longer the adverse conditions, the more the bites afterward.
This is purely my observation for the last 20 + years of fishing Newport/Jamestoen area. Any insight is greatly appreciated.