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How to catch Squid in Florida
Squid feed in 0–0°F water and bite best at 0–0°F.
Bait · in the book, no points
About
The bottom-fishing bait that never comes off the hook: frozen in a box from the shop, or jigged at night under a light in the winter around the passes and the bridges.
How to fish it
A pink squid jig on light line under a bright light off a bridge or a boat on a winter night; they come to the light and grab the jig.
What it eats
a squid jig under a light at night
Getting it, rigging it
Getting it
Frozen from the shop is what most people use; catch them at night under a light with a squid jig in the winter.
Rigging it
Strips on a bottom rig for snapper, grunts and porgies; whole on a deep-drop rig.
What it's for
Mangrove snapperGag grouperYellowtail snapperLane snapperRed snapperVermilion snapperRed grouperScampBlack sea bassGray triggerfishWhite gruntJolthead porgyGolden tilefishSnowy grouperSwordfishNurse sharkSand perchMahogany snapperSilk snapperBlackfin snapperQueen snapperYellowedge grouperWarsaw grouperRed hind (strawberry grouper)Blueline tilefishBanded rudderfishRed porgy (pinkie)Summer flounder (fluke)Scup (porgy)Blue sharkAlbacore (longfin tuna)Atlantic bluefin tunaAtlantic codHaddockPacific halibutLingcodRockfishCabezonKelp (calico) bassBarred sand bassWhite seabassPacific yellowtail
What to fish it with
the sizes that fish itHook#8–#1
Braid10–15 lb
The rule
not confirmed hereBait rules — confirm at MyFWC.
The current rule at MyFWC →