Thread: Squid Jigging from GSP

Anyone ever attempted it? In 2015 I was catching them off a rig but have no clue if they get that close to shore...

A few years ago I caught some small ones, but they weren't my target. They were six to ten inches long and were real tasty, fresh and wiggling. I don't remember what time of year it was, but KingKiller was there. Maybe he remembers.

Plenty of people jig for baitfish from the Gulf Shores Pier. I've never caught one and I've never seen squid caught as by-catch. Maybe someone else has? I'm not sure that it has to do with "close to shore", since I've seen them in Pensacola Bay (where I've also seen huge schools of ballyhoo). Maybe it's a water-quality issue or proximity to deep water....

Originally Posted by Haywire

A few years ago I caught some small ones, but they weren't my target. They were six to ten inches long and were real tasty, fresh and wiggling. I don't remember what time of year it was, but KingKiller was there. Maybe he remembers.

So there's the missing factor! Haywire has to be on the pier for squid to be present! I bow to his expertise on all matters from squids to skrimps!

Don't remember when it was but I have to back up Haywire.
One day they were getting squid off the pier just as he claimed!
Sabikis and snagging.
If Haywire says it - it must be true!

I've tried a couple of times at night with no luck. From what I've been told since then it seems that you need an overcast or moonless night. I'd love to get some if anybody knows more.

I have seen them around the pier in the past, but did not note the exact conditions.

In the past they would drive me crazy killing live shrimp intended for sheepshead in late March, early April.

Labor day weekend 2014, eveey time i dropped a sabiki i was catching small squid on it, like haywire said, 6-10" long, never seen them before or since, only remember the date cause that was the trip i saw Tony catch that big king after a slow day of nothing leading up to it, my memory only works when big fish are involved

All the times I have seen them have been in the fall Sept through November at night. Take a gold hook rig on the end lights and you can fill a cooler quick. They typically look almost like spaghetti noodles and sorta holographic. If you hook one, the others will attack it and get hooked also