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Squid Jig HACK for FAST LIMITS - Using line counters!
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Feb 5, 2025
I unpack and explain a simple but very effective approach to jigging for squid from a boat using line counters and a precision squid jig system to get right to the correct depth in the water column to catch many many squids. Full blog post on this: https://pnwbestlife.com/out-squid-jig-your-friends-by-using-a-line-counter-reel-to-pinpoint-squid/ Here are links to the gear I talk about in my video: SQUID JIG CASTING RODS: https://amzn.to/3CEZpQh Dobyns Fury up to 1.5 oz lure weight 7’3” one piece casting rod https://amzn.to/4g38Nfb Ugly Stick Tiger elite medium heavy 6’6 rod the closest to my previous 7’ version 12-30 lb as well LOW PROFILE LINE COUNTER REEL: https://amzn.to/4agC1o9 OTORI BEADED SQUID JIG https://amzn.to/4fAR2nq - 2 hook https://amzn.to/3OlqElz - 3 hook
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nice they're just they're a little bit
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above the bottom guys there's also some
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lines at
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40 what's up everybody today I'm going
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to show you the secret technique and the
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setup you need to outfish all of your
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friends all your buddies when you're
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squid jigging out there in pet swn
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that's right I'm going to reveal the
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secret method to catch more squid than
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anyone else around you drive people
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crazy with much squid that you catch and
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it's all right
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here all right before you get too
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excited and like who is this guy
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claiming to be a squid jig master I am I
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am not I am nothing I am uh just a guy
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who loves to squid jig and I I'm okay at
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it all right I I uh I don't think I'm
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any kind of expert Master squid
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however I do think I've got a method for
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squid jigging that generally without
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fish uh people around you who aren't
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using it so uh if you combine your
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incredible squid jiging abilities with
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this technique and and this tackle setup
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that I'm going to uh unveil for you here
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uh I think you could probably even catch
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more squid than than me I mean it's
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possible all right the basics of this is
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you need a different kind of setup right
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for your rod reel and your tackle then
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then what typically people use you know
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they think oh squid they're small they
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don't fight so let's get a little trout
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Rod little spinning reel and you know
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have some fun okay that that's that's
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great that's fun but what if we combine
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catching with uh with with the fun I
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mean what if we what if we had the best
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of both worlds and for that I like to
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use a casting rod that can handle a
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decent amount of weight cuz I'm going to
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use 3 oz and 100 ft of water maybe even
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more if the if we've got current or
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other factors or maybe if you're digging
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deeper water you might need to go higher
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so I I I want a rod that can handle at
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the at the upper end a one and a half
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ounce maybe even 3 oz um and and and I
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want it to be you know kind of on the
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smaller side with a great taper and a
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sensitive tip so I I'll have a few links
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in the description for you that you can
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look at um be able to purchase them on
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Amazon and I'll show you what my rod
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spec are have two different setups one
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that's more sensitive one that's less
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sensitive but they both they both work
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so um you know you're able to feel the
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squid that's the thing you got to be
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sensitive to feel the squid when when
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you know when it grabs your jig so now
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obviously the secret toss is the line
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counter re right cuz what we're doing
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the basic technique is we're looking at
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the fish finder we're seeing where the
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squid are on the fish finder and we're
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using the line counter to drop right to
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them I know it's it's pretty complicated
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but there is one other aspect to this
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that that I think is important as well
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which is your actual squid jig terminal
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tackle so I don't use kind of the the
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normal string of individual jigs that go
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up um you know with like a foot and a
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half two feet between them you know
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usually have three or four in a string I
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don't I don't use that what I do is I
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start at the bottom end I have h a a
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string of unweighted jigs with a a snap
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swivel on the bottom which I attach to a
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cannonball that I can switch out at for
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for however much weight I need 1 two
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three maybe more ounces but often times
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it's 2 to 3 ounces and uh otori sells
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these beaded unweighted jigs that's
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that's what I like to go with I'm sure
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there's other brands out there as well
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again Link in the description for you to
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pick them up pretty easily you can find
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them sometimes you can find them in the
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sporting good stores too um although
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they're not there they're not as
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commonly Avail available sometimes but
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then I'll I'll go like um you know foot
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and a half 2 feet to you know pick your
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favorite weight jig I mean there's a
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bunch of Tor makes those too but you
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know grab grab whatever your favorite
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one was from your old uh method your
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tackle grab that jig put it up there you
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know at least 40 lb 50 lb test in
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between a nice stiff stiff line in
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between and then attach your main line
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to the top of that jig and and you're
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good to go you've got my secret uh squid
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jigging tackle set up but the what why I
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advocate for this way of doing it is
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that cannonball at the bottom with the
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unweighted jigs
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keeps it all in straight like you don't
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you don't tangle this up right the way
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you can on some other setups and you you
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it allows you to go right to the spot
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you're fishing you're not waiting
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forever for that thing to get down you
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know on the bottom so a lot of times you
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can get jig you a lot of times you can
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get squid by going right to the bottom
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going up a crank you know I watch people
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their spinning reels they don't really
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know where they are in the water column
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they put a lot they put a lot of squid
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in the boat doing that it works but
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sometimes a lot of times the squid are
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10 ft off the bottom maybe they're 10 to
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20 ft off the bottom sometimes they're
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changing their depths as they're going
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sometimes in 100t of water you find them
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about 40t 50 ft right so you've got to
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be flexible you got to be be able to get
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you know I see a lot of times people on
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other boats or they they go oh the the
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squid stopped biting it's like uh I mean
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they didn't stop biting they're just
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they're just not at the bottom where you
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know where you think they are where cuz
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you don't know where you are in the
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water column so um you know try this it
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out make the adjustment you will not
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you'll not regret it you'll put a lot
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more squid in your boat especially when
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when they moving around the water comp
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the other thing I'll say about this
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technique and and this way of doing
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things is you know the same rod reel
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setup the the canonball stinkers all
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that it translates right over to
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Rockfish right you go you go out the
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ocean you go to the the the um you know
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niab bay seq area and you you know you
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fish for Rockfish do the same thing get
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an unweighted Rockfish set up with
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without weighted jigs or anything that
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just the Plastics of the Flies and you
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put the Cannonball on the bottom and Bam
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do the same thing look at where they are
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on the screen drop drop to that spot
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with your line counter and you're into
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the Rockfish right so works works great
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for that works for salmon as well
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suspended salmon you see them on the
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screen in the summertime they're not
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always on the bottom right you drop
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right down to them and Bam there you go
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you got some salmon as well and the rod
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handles sensitive enough for
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squid fun to catch Rockfish on you can
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also land a nice nice shnook salmon on
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on the same Rod so um yeah another topic
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with with uh squiding that people talk
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about is like what do you what's your
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boat strategy right do you anchor do you
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drift um do you do you get a a tether do
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your buddy's boat or a lot of times
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these days people are using these bow
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mount uh trolling motors using spot lock
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technology so is say to tell it to stay
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in one location uh which can be really
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nice you know sometimes squid will move
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around a lot and if you're staying in
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one location you're anchoring it's a
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huge pain you have to pull the anchor
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and you got to find him again it's
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better to just be on the trolling the
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kicker motor and just just motoring
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around trying to stay on top of them
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those days are kind of grindy though
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you're not going to put nearly as much
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squid in the boat on on days like that
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so uh but if you get enough boats in the
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same area a lot of times you'll the the
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the the commotion of the the the jigs
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dropping and catching squid and all that
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it keeps the squid sometimes in one
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place and that's optimal scen scenario
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for limiting on squid especially
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especially during the daytime which is
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my favorite time to do uh the the squid
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jigging absolutely now my favorite boat
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strategy is uh if I can I'll just stay
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on them with the trolling motor try to
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use it's manual spot lock uh with my
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Kicker and try to back into wherever
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whatever Direction current or wind is
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trying to blow me and try to get really
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close to the other boats that I don't
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know until uh until I make friends and
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they're like hey do you want to you know
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they're they're like on anchor on spot
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lock and they toss me a dock line and
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I'm like oh thank
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you how you doing sir good how are you
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good you talk me how to shrip did I oh
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awesome I love to hear that your YouTube
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channel yeah yeah
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excellent ready yeah
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yeah gotcha thank
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you all right um actually I really do
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appreciate it when people do that that's
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pretty awwesome and uh and you to meet
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people that way uh connected with this
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one dude who was like yeah you your
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video was awesome on uh on how to shrimp
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INF fug town and and uh it was cool we
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had a conversation then later connected
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on uh on um Facebook messenger and you
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know that's that's fun squiding is a
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social activity you know the more boats
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in in an area the more that school's
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going to stay there so you kind of
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invites people to come in and everyone
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gets everyone's happy everyone gets
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their squid so you know don't be shy get
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right up in there and uh and and and uh
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you know make it make some friends this
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is a pretty good daytime squiding
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man oh there a bunch of them back on the
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screen
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again today
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h not going more than like a minute
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without a squid over here I see him down
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there 60 to 80
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now all right closing real quick
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subscribe to the channel if you haven't
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notifications on I don't think I did
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that in the right order but you get the
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idea more content coming your way and
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you know the last thing for squiding all
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you need is you just need a uh a non
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small craft advisory day on the sound to
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go out there which is sometimes harder
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than than you might think in November
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December so um you know give give it a
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try get out there give give this method
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a try pick up that gear I'll have links
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in the description and feel free to drop
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me any questions comments um if you
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think my if you think this idea sucks I
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mean you know you're welcome to tell me
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that too I mean you're wrong but you
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know we'll uh we'll see where it goes so
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have a good time out there stay safe
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hope to see you out there at the next
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daytime squid party on P town
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