unwashed squid

Member Joined: Nov 03, 2010 Posts: 21 Location: Poringland

Somebody told me that unwashed squid is better than the normal frozen squid. anybody had any experience?

Member Joined: Nov 12, 2011 Posts: 18 Location: Norfolk

It certainly smells a lot stronger than the 'clean' sort and therefore should attract the fish better - in theory, at least. It's difficult to quantify the results though, as the tiny Whiting are grabbing just about anything and everything at the moment.

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hi mile
personaly i think ita much better .ive spent the last year trying it aganst the washed squid and have better resulys with it
cheers steve

Occasional Joined: Nov 10, 2009 Posts: 132

it's like all bait it's works on the day

Member Joined: Nov 03, 2010 Posts: 21 Location: Poringland

Thanks ! i'll give it a go this weekend.

Joined: Dec 03, 2011 Posts: 3

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Somebody told me that unwashed squid is better than the normal frozen squid. anybody had any experience?

for boat fishing there is nothing better.

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 6:06 pm

Welcome seafisherman.

DAZ big grin

Occasional Joined: Jun 04, 2010 Posts: 113 Location: hull

my biggest shore caught cod was on a single unwashed squid, and seem to do better with it, but at the moment i don't think the whiting really care big grin

MPM

Joined: Dec 03, 2011 Posts: 3

SEAFISHERMAN wrote:

Quote:

Somebody told me that unwashed squid is better than the normal frozen squid. anybody had any experience?

for boat fishing there is nothing better.

I use it in the summer for roka smoothhounds bass why spend a fortune on
crabs and ragworm lug.you must use it frozen.

Member Joined: Nov 12, 2011 Posts: 18 Location: Norfolk

SEAFISHERMAN wrote:

Quote:

Somebody told me that unwashed squid is better than the normal frozen squid. anybody had any experience?

for boat fishing there is nothing better.

I use it in the summer for roka smoothhounds bass why spend a fortune on
crabs and ragworm lug.you must use it frozen.

Your comment regarding using it frozen interested me. Can you explain why you do this, please? I have always thawed mine out as I found that the hooks sometimes tore out of a frozen bait when casting. The frozen flesh simply 'snapped off'. When thawed out, it's as tough as old boots and is almost impossible to cast off. Does using it frozen help you to present it better? What sort of rig do you use it on?

Joined: Dec 03, 2011 Posts: 3

Sandfly wrote:

SEAFISHERMAN wrote:

Quote:

Somebody told me that unwashed squid is better than the normal frozen squid. anybody had any experience?

for boat fishing there is nothing better.

I use it in the summer for roka smoothhounds bass why spend a fortune on
crabs and ragworm lug.you must use it frozen.

Your comment regarding using it frozen interested me. Can you explain why you do this, please? I have always thawed mine out as I found that the hooks sometimes tore out of a frozen bait when casting. The frozen flesh simply 'snapped off'. When thawed out, it's as tough as old boots and is almost impossible to cast off. Does using it frozen help you to present it better? What sort of rig do you use it on?

As soon as it is thawed out you lose the ink and sent, as i only boat fish
on my own boat we only uptide and down tide fish .no hard casting.
Terry.