NEW AGE OF SQUIDDING
Since moving back to southern NSW, I’ve become reacquainted with our southern calamari once again. I missed them immensely while in Hervey Bay and I must say I’ve enjoyed some great sessions locally in Jervis Bay and surrounding coastline chasing this very tasty species. I find it’s just a nice and relaxed way to spend a morning or afternoon while catching some of the most versatile seafood available.
One thing I had lost track of was the Japanese Egi techniques that have completely revolutionised squid fishing over the past 10 years. The Japanese have refined squid fishing to an absolute art form but it’s taking Aussie anglers quite some time to get up to speed and catch on.
TACKLE
The Japanese have developed squid fishing or “eging” to the point where it is completely removed from dragging a $2 servo squid jig around on conventional tackle. I still see a lot of people just tossing any squid jig around most weekends, sometimes on handlines! The traditional squid technique in Australia has always been to
