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This lure has no hook... and squid still can't let go. 🦑 It's called an egi, and it's been fooling squid since the age of the samurai. Legend says it began in southern Japan, when a squid grabbed a burnt stick floating by a fisherman's fire. A squid hunts with its eyes, fires two tentacles in about 30 milliseconds and hugs its prey with eight arms. That hug is the whole trick: the lead under the egi's chin makes it sink slowly, tilted like a shrimp, and at the tail two crowns of barbless needles catch the squid's arms. Start with a size 3.5, about 4 inches. Most squid are colorblind, so brightness beats color: gold and silver flash in daylight, and red turns into a black silhouette against the sky. To fish it: cast, count it down to the bottom (about a foot a second), snap the rod two or three times, then stop and let it fall. Almost every squid grabs it on the fall, so if your line twitches or goes slack early, sweep the rod up, and keep it tight. Best spot: a pier at night, just outside the lights. #fishing #squidfishing #eging #squidjig #nightfishing
Catcharium352,100 views • 19 days ago
Doctors pull fishhooks out of people... with fishing line. 🎣 Here's the trick, why it works, and when you should never try it. Why it's stuck: right behind the point is the barb, a tiny spike that points backward. Pull straight back and it snags collagen, the tough fibers that hold your skin together, so the skin tents up and tears. First, check where it is. Just under the skin in a fleshy spot like a fingertip or your palm? You can do this. Anywhere else, see a doctor. The string trick, worked out by fishermen in South Australia and written up by a doctor in 1961: 1. Lay the hand flat on something solid. 2. Loop strong fishing line around the bend of the hook and wrap the ends around your hand. 3. Press the eye of the hook down against the skin. That rocks the barb off the fibers. 4. One quick, hard yank straight along the shank. It flies out fast, so keep faces out of the way. Point already pushing up under the skin? Plan B: push it through, snip off the barb, back the hook out. Afterwards: soap, clean water, cover it. Last tetanus shot more than 5 years ago? Ask a doctor about a booster. Red, swollen and hot, or a red streak creeping up your arm? See a doctor. Better yet, squash your barbs flat with pliers. #fishing #fishhook #firstaid #fishingtips #fishinghacks
Catcharium294,800 views • 20 days ago
A perfect cast... and then this. 🪺 If you've ever used a baitcaster, you've picked one apart. Mid-cast the spool can hit 20,000 turns a minute: a flywheel that wants to keep spinning. The lure doesn't. The air drags it back, the spool keeps feeding line, and the extra line balloons into loops: a bird's nest. It strikes at three moments: a jerky start, mid-flight (a light lure or a headwind), and splashdown, when the lure stops dead and the spool doesn't. The fix: feather the spool with your thumb as the lure slows and pin it the moment it lands. Brakes, centrifugal or magnetic, push back harder the faster the spool spins. Set the tension knob so the lure falls slowly and the spool stops right when it lands. Start with the brakes high, cast smooth, not hard, and turn them down as your thumb learns. Already got a nest? Pin the spool, crank a few turns, then pull the line out. The spool's a flywheel, the lure's a feather. Your thumb decides who wins. #fishing #baitcaster #bassfishing #fishingtips #backlash
Catcharium166,300 views • 19 days ago
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