Consideration on the role of squid jig feathers for squid fishing

2019.08.24
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Have you have a good fishing life?

Squid fishing in winter has come to full swing in Japan, and I sometimes heard the fishery of big squid these days.

There are many kinds of Egi around the world. Squid jig was invited in Japan. Squid jig has almost always feathers in Japan.

Today, I introduce why does Squid jig has feathers and What will happen if the feathers get out.

1. The role of egi feathers
2. The summary of “Consideration on the role of squid jig feathers”

The role of egi feathers

Many things are said about the role of feathers on Squid jig.

Some professional eginger say “The feathers are useless,so tearing away!!”,other professional angler say “The feathers are important, So let’s repair!”

Which is right???

Thank you for watching until the end.

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It is often said that squid jig has feathers….

To balance sinking
To resemble shrimp and bait
To sink slowly
To adjust zigzag movement
To position to cling near the hook

and so on.

I would like to verify these one by one.

Incidently,squid jig with no feathers are also sold in Japan.

To balance the squid jig sinking

When one of the feathers was used,squid jig moved zigzag action as usual,but squid jig sink in the water with bad balance.

When I removed remaining feather , squid jig sink in the water with good balance.

Although the feathers are recieved heavy presure,I think that squid jig without both feathers sink in the water slowly.

That’s why, I think that the feathers have the role of to balance ,but the feathergs don’t have the role to slow down the sinking speed.

To resemble shrimp and bait

Privatly, I doubt this role.

Because I have caught squid with squid jig without feathers.And when I see staying squid jig ,It looks like just squid jig not a shrimp or a bait.

Squid jig without feathers looks more like a shrimp or a bait.

To stop momentum of zigzag action

I doubt this role too .

What influences the momentum of zigzag action is the form of body.Especialy, the head of squid jig influence the momentum of zigzag action.

When the squid jig has almost rod-like spindle shape,this bounce quickly to zigzag.

When the squid jig has chubby style,this bounce slowly and finely zigzag action.

I think that squid jig feathers don’t infuluence the momentum of zigzag action.

To position to cling near the hook

I think that squid jig feathers are in order to make the squid cling near the hook.

I don’t know the reason why squid avoids feathers.

The reason why squid avoids feathers may be….

Although squids bite the neck when you are Squid fishing with live bait, squids bite the back half of the squid jig when you are to fish squids.

I guess this is because squids avioid feathers.

Squids bite the neck When you are squid fishing with egi without one feather.