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Yes or No

Post by denis barden » Sun Oct 15, 2017 2:26 pm

Squid at night come into shallow water to feed then go back to deeper water when it starts getting light?

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Re: Yes or No

Post by mingle » Sun Oct 15, 2017 3:54 pm

I've certainly seen and caught quite a few squid in the shallows (30-90cm deep) when spotlighting.

Most have been smallish (around 15-20cm hood-size).

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Re: Yes or No

Post by KeenAds » Sun Oct 15, 2017 3:59 pm

Not sure how shallow you are talking about but I have caught squid in 6 feet of water during the day in the past. I guess they would come in pretty shallow like any fish during low light or night.

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Re: Yes or No

Post by smile0784 » Sun Oct 15, 2017 5:39 pm

I never had any luck in the darkness. Only got a few on just light in 1 mt of water. Mainly get them in 2 to 3 mt of water during light hours

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Re: Yes or No

Post by Fish-cador » Sun Oct 15, 2017 5:44 pm

Is this a question or your statement of what you believe happens?

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Re: Yes or No

Post by dazz999 » Sun Oct 15, 2017 6:53 pm

yes

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Re: Yes or No

Post by Fishnhook » Sun Oct 15, 2017 7:48 pm

denis barden wrote:Squid at night come into shallow water to feed then go back to deeper water when it starts getting light?
The answer is no they are always there it more when the water is dirty they go to deep water.

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Re: Yes or No

Post by rb85 » Sun Oct 15, 2017 8:09 pm

Have caught squid sight casting in less than 500mm of water bright sunny day.

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