Why do you fish squid at night?

Because squid will come out for food at night, fishermen will confuse hungry squid with prepared fake shrimp at this time, and squid are often trapped because they are too focused on eating.

Experienced fishermen told us that squid fishing must be done at night, especially at dusk, midnight and dawn. Another main feature of cephalopods is that they have very developed eyes.

Studies have shown that although it is a lower invertebrate, the complexity of squid eye structure is close to that of vertebrate eyes. Therefore, squid living in the ocean have excellent eyesight and are extremely sensitive to light.

In the ocean at night, especially in the evening and dawn, or when the moonlight is all over the sea in the middle of the night, the light becomes very weak, not completely absent. Predators with poor eyesight mostly go home early because they can't see, while the small marine creatures they prey on end their frightening hiding during the day and finally come out for activities.

However, the squid who can "see through autumn" did not rest, but took this opportunity to prepare a delicious meal. At this time, the opportunity to catch squid came. Fishermen confuse hungry squid with prepared fake shrimp, and squid is often trapped because it is too focused on eating. As the saying goes, "mantis catches cicada, yellowbird is behind"!

Fishing point selection

Squid is a warm temperate mollusk, which lives in the sea area with clear water color, high salinity, slow waves, rocks and shells, algae and uneven water bottom. Inhabit the bottom of the water during the day, swim to the upper layer for food at night, approach the shore when it is sunny, and sink to the bottom of the sea in rainy days, with strong phototaxis. You can choose fishing spots according to the above characteristics when fishing.

From August to September every year, when the squid enters the breeding season, there will be a strange phenomenon when the squid lays eggs: the big female squid is located in the center, surrounded by smaller male squid, and the outer layer is slightly larger female squid, and the outer layer is smaller male squid, and the fish schools are arranged in a ring and gathered together. This is the best time to catch squid.