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Today I thought about how to catch squid.
Although the method of fishing varies slightly depending on the type of squid, it seems that fishing with artificial bait has existed since ancient times.
It’s said to have a long history of more than 300 years, and a squid clinging to a piece of the torch that was burned down by a fishing fire and sinking into the water was the hint.
The bait log is said to have originated in the Nansei Islands (around Amami Oshima) in Kagoshima Prefecture.
Bigfin reef squid fishing is famous as game fishing which uses bait logs in relatively shallow areas.
It’s called the Egging.


About two decades ago, the main squid fishing Swordtip squid, Doryteuthis, and Todarodes were caught by attaching many artificial baits to one line.


But recently, it's called squid metal fishing and has been very popular for game fishing.


I have been hooked on egging for bigfin reef squid for more than 15 years.
It was the first time I bought a small boat for egging.
I wrote about that time on the first page of this blog.
After that, I gradually bought a bigger boat and got a boat class 1 license to operate the boat.
Egging has also changed to squid metal fishing.
I heard that my friend Mr.bumi tried to modify his bait log to make a good result for squid fishing.
So I repainted the old and less-used bait logs with paint today afternoon.
They are black and purple.


I hope these bait logs will give me good results on my next fishing trip.