Squidding Rod

[statesquider 0]

I understand that a lot of people will believe this to be a waste of money but landbased squidding is my favourite form of fishing. I realise most people don't have much of an interest in squidding and think it should just be done with any rod or a handline or as something to do when the fish aren't biting and that squid are stupid creatures.I've been trawling the net quite a bit recently and have come across several rods that look the goods. Will be pairing it with a Shimano Stradic 2500 spooled with 12lb braid.Generally the rods are about 8ft with a slow taper and lightweight with good ability to throw jags a distance. Some of the brands I've gome across are Gladiator, Majorcraft, Daiwa, Etuoh etc and most originate in Japan as egiing is huge over there. I've seen that some are available in Australia but I'd like to know what my chances are of looking at and purchasing one in Adelaide. Does anyone know of a shop in Adelaide that stock them? Has anyone had any experience with an egi specific rod?ThanksSS

[brenton 637]

See Brian at SFS cavan,he was showing me a EGI specific rod a couple of weeks ago. cheers brenton

[bigfish 0]

http://www.plat.co.jp/shop/catalog/default/language/en/cPath/24/osCsid/cd911e7ed598a84a67d41eb2cd641c31/egiing-squid-fishing/ This is all Japanesse squiding or egiing as they call it! Cheers BF

[Piranha 76]

I totally understand as squiding is one of my favourite forms of fishing.my approach is to have a good teaser combo to throw large plastics and lures a long way to attract them (5000 stradic on 5-8 kg tcurve) then use a bream rod to jig them once their in view.I hear over adelaide way theirs a lot more squid around so I can understand just using jigs in that kind of situation.good luck finding what your after and let us know how the 8footer goes ;)cheers wes

[Breamer Boy 0]

I have a Eutoh Egi Force I got off eBay last month, its 8'3" and up to 3.5 jigs. Yet to christen it though.

[urhookedfish 12]

Ive been doing a lot of land based squidding off Pt Norlunga jetty and I have found that like others have said a long cast is imperative. The reason a long cast is needed is:1. Your covering more ground2. Your giving the squid longer to hit it.Im using just a standard bream stick about 7ft and little 2000 luvias.Problem I have been having is wind nots in my braid when casting a lumo jig a million miles with the wind. Ive now lost my two favourite lumo jags and Im going to go back to 10-12lb mono.The key to squidding of Porties is to let the unweighted jag sink down quite some way before commencing the retrieve and of course spend more time fishing over the weed and you can clearly see where this is on a jetty as its the spots with the most ink on the jetty as the most amount of squid have been captured there.The technique that is working for me is to flick the jag almost like a soft plastic and really wind the handle slow. so flick flick spin, flick flick spin the handle.The other thing that works killer is to have another rod and cast 7inch Berkley jerk shads as the squid cant resist em.get some squid in range then have a few casts with the lumo or pink Oita yo-zuri and bam, your getting stuck into them. Often too if you pull one up drop the jag straight back down as often you can get two or three.What is handy is to get a rod with a short but section so when your leaning over the rails you can flick the rod with no effort. If the but is too long it is a real pain to impart the necessary wrist action.Brett

[Cal 480]

If I am ever specifically targeting squid of a jetty I always take a crab net to land them,and use it on every single one.You dont lose any.Places like Marion Bay,they are huge and impossible to lift,nothing worse than having one half way up and the tentacle snapping then watching it fall back in to the water.Cheers

[rocknev 2]

from the jetty i use a handline or an ugly stick with an abu7000... reason being, is i can sit back and relax, and the ratchet on the abu will let me know if a squidley didly is around...from the rocks ( also love squiding from the rocks) i use the same abu 7000, matched to a 10ft snyderglas overhead rod.... excellant for flicking jigs out a long way...im just waiting for some squid to come back in.... no much around at the moment.im running short on bait so am hanging to get some squid.

[vb4me 1]

Sorry statesquider, pardon my ignorance, but wouldnt a good quality soft plastic rod do the same thing as a dedicated egi rod but at a lower price?? Although those rods do look the goods . Just thinkin that they are both designed to toss a relatively light weight around.

[brenton 637]

Cal wrote:

If I am ever specifically targeting squid of a jetty I always take a crab net to land them,and use it on every single one.You dont lose any.Places like Marion Bay,they are huge and impossible to lift,nothing worse than having one half way up and the tentacle snapping then watching it fall back in to the water.Cheers

An old bloke at marion bay doesn't even use the jag,just a teaser and then leads them into the crab net. cheers brenton

[rocknev 2]

vb4me wrote:

Sorry statesquider, pardon my ignorance, but wouldnt a good quality soft plastic rod do the same thing as a dedicated egi rod but at a lower price?? Although those rods do look the goods . Just thinkin that they are both designed to toss a relatively light weight around.

ive also used the snyderglas an alvey to land squid and cuttley... out at lowly, using the old wire jig with a tommy impaled on it...

[Breamer Boy 0]

vb4me wrote:

Sorry statesquider, pardon my ignorance, but wouldnt a good quality soft plastic rod do the same thing as a dedicated egi rod but at a lower price?? Although those rods do look the goods . Just thinkin that they are both designed to toss a relatively light weight around.

The idea of an egi rod is to have a stiff tip to work the jig & parabolic action to absorb the lunges of a big squid to prevent the hooks tearing free. It is also usually over 7'6" for LONG casts.

[rocknev 2]

Breamer Boy wrote:

vb4me wrote:

Sorry statesquider, pardon my ignorance, but wouldnt a good quality soft plastic rod do the same thing as a dedicated egi rod but at a lower price?? Although those rods do look the goods . Just thinkin that they are both designed to toss a relatively light weight around.

The idea of an egi rod is to have a stiff tip to work the jig & parabolic action to absorb the lunges of a big squid to prevent the hooks tearing free. It is also usually over 7'6" for LONG casts.

my 10ft snyder is the complete opposite... its whippy at the end, and gives a great cast.... when it bends, it bends believe me...the abu7000 ratchet lets me know something has taken it if i fail to see the rod tip

[Dubs The Tackle Man 0]

Hey Statesqidder, Just seen your post on squidding rods we have lox fishing rods in stock they do a 9" squidding rod not bad at all, have had them in stock for a while now. Yoshi eggi is the modelcome in and check it out Dubs

[__matt__ 0]

rocknev wrote:

Breamer Boy wrote:

vb4me wrote:

Sorry statesquider, pardon my ignorance, but wouldnt a good quality soft plastic rod do the same thing as a dedicated egi rod but at a lower price?? Although those rods do look the goods . Just thinkin that they are both designed to toss a relatively light weight around.

The idea of an egi rod is to have a stiff tip to work the jig & parabolic action to absorb the lunges of a big squid to prevent the hooks tearing free. It is also usually over 7'6" for LONG casts.

my 10ft snyder is the complete opposite... its whippy at the end, and gives a great cast.... when it bends, it bends believe me...the abu7000 ratchet lets me know something has taken it if i fail to see the rod tip

...eggi rods are a bit more specialised than a 7000 and a surf rod nev. Mate get into contact with riceboy on bm. He is the importer for Egi force rods and even if you don't grab one of his i am sure that he will help point you in the right direction. Then theres always the major craft zaltz's, pretty cheap for what they are easy to get a hold of online as well.

[DancingBream 1]

I'm no expert but if you don't want to spend heaps on a dedicated Egi outfit I would look for a longish rod at 7" at least, med to fast taper capable of casting 2.0 - 3.0 jigs. Reel wise a 2500 size spool, with light thin braid that lets the jig sink naturally. If you do have a finesse spool with light drag then use it instead of a normal drag spool as the light start up helps to not pull hooks. Leader wise, 8lb is normally heaps unless it's reel tough country.I bought in a Majorcraft 8"3 Tripplecross a while back and absolutely love it. More than welcome to come have a look if you want.

[__matt__ 0]

Agreed, generally a 7" light spin rod will be fine anyway. The extra length can be pretty useful land based though to punch that extra length into a cast. 8lb i heaps but theres really no point going any lighter as it can help pull jigs free of weed if you stall for too long. Not that that ever happens to me haha

[statesquider 0]

Wow a lot of responses there I should have looked sooner!Cheers heaps for all your input lads, I think any questions about why an egi rod have been answered already. I understand an alternative rod could be used such as a SP rod but as its my favourite form of fishing I'd like to have some individual gear only to use for the one purpose. I squid a lot of territory I've not squidded before so snags are a very common thing for me so I'm going to run heavier braid (12lb) so as to minimise my jag casualties. I also like to keep the jag in some very dangerous territory as its where I get all my hits so loses are always high @ Breamer boy I'll send you a PM about your rod, I'm quite keen on those rods.Thanks heaps for the tips also lads no new information there but always good to hear what works best for other squidders out there and as always still very appreciative for your input.Cheers SS

[Breamer Boy 0]

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