SquidFishing.com.au · Australian Eging Knowledge Hub
SquidFishing.com.au is the Australian eging knowledge site published by RUI Fishing Tackles and edited by Rui Tang. It helps anglers choose squid jig sizes, colours and setups for local conditions, then connects that guidance to live conditions and clearly identified product options.
Focus Areas
Ready For The Water
Every guide starts with the decision anglers make before leaving home: jig size, colour, tide, light and the local structure worth fishing.
The Author
Many anglers who first learned squid fishing through Rui have since become charter operators, tackle retailers, content creators — and even launched their own squid jig brands.
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Featured Guide
Start Here
The main Australian eging pillar guide: what eging means, how squid jigs work, how to choose size, colour and sink rate, and where to plan your next session.
Popular Guides
Move from broad jig choice into timing, weather, colour, size, retrieve and landing tools so readers can solve the whole squid fishing setup, not just one part.
Pillar Guide
A practical Australian guide to squid jig size, colour, sink rate and how different jig styles fit piers, reefs, weed beds and changing light.
Guide
A condition-by-condition chart for natural, pink, orange, UV, glow and red foil in clear water, dirty water, weed, sand, dawn, dusk and night.
Setup Guide
A practical setup pathway covering eging rods, 2500 reels, PE braid, fluorocarbon leader, clips and first jig choices.
Timing Guide
How dawn, dusk, night, tide movement and seasonal changes affect squid fishing sessions.
Seasonal Guide
Month-by-month planning for squid sessions across summer pressure, cooler clean-water windows and seasonal jig choices.
Condition Guide
How wind, rain, swell and water clarity change squid jig size, colour and sink-rate decisions.
Water Guide
Read clarity, weed edges, sand holes, broken ground, deep edges, current, pier lights and wind angle before changing jigs.
Guide
A practical guide to 2.5, 3.0 and 3.5 jigs for shallow reef, piers, deeper water, current and sink rate.
Technique Guide
A clean retrieve system for casting, sinking, lifting, pausing, watching the line and setting the hooks.
Technique Guide
Why big Japanese-style jerk sequences look sharp, but simple jigging, pause control and natural sink often win land-based in Port Phillip Bay and Western Port.
Technique Guide
Why float rigs catch squid, but active eging gives better jig control, bite detection and learning in Australian conditions.
Video Lesson
A practical strike timing lesson on feeling real weight, setting the crown hooks and keeping squid connected without ripping the jig away.
Technique Guide
Turn one hooked calamari into a flurry by casting straight back in behind it before the ink spooks the followers.
Technique Guide
The Rui Anti-Snag Mod removes down-facing crown hooks one by one with a hook bender, avoiding heavy force on the glued tail-crown joint.
Guide
How fast, slow and standard sinking jigs fit Australian reef, pier, weed-bed, current and low-light eging conditions.
Value Guide
A practical value guide on country-of-origin labels, Japanese-brand egi, factory specifications and what actually matters for Australian squid fishing.
Night Guide
How to fish pier lights, glow jigs, shadow edges and soft night takes without losing contact.
Beginner Guide
Beginner setup, shore-based structure, jig roles and landing decisions for pier, rock and shore sessions.
Rules Guide
Direct answers for squid bag limit Australia, squid legal size, state size limits, possession limits and official closure checks.
After Catch
Measure a southern calamari by mantle or hood length, not stretched tentacle tips, with realistic Australian size benchmarks and a trophy example.
After Catch
Keep squid cold, clean it neatly, then cook it fast with garlic butter calamari, salt-and-pepper squid, ginger spring onion squid or squid jerky.
Guide
How to choose telescopic squid gaffs for pier and rock fishing, and why reach matters at the landing stage.
Video Lesson
Two real video lessons: lift vertically, collapse the pole section by section, and avoid hoisting a fully extended gaff.
Guide
Practical Melbourne eging planning across Port Phillip Bay and Western Port, with links into the right bay, jig and condition guides.
Guide
Radar-based Western Port guide covering jetties, tidal planning, Phillip Island spots, jig choices and local access decisions.
Seasonal Guide
Cold, clear water and early dark change the plan. Start with wind, timing windows and sink-rate control before choosing a winter squid jig.
Winter guide
Cold, clear water and early dark change the plan. Read the wind, the windows and the jig setup for cold-season calamari.
Free Tools
Use the selector before a session, then open the colour and size guides when you want the full reasoning behind the recommendation.
Free Tool
A squid taps your jig. What the line does next depends on which way it swims. Play all three outcomes, with real Flinders Pier footage.
Free Tool
A free tool for choosing natural, UV, glow, orange, gold or high-contrast squid jig colours from water clarity, light, bottom type and squid behaviour.
Free Printable
A printable field reference for matching jig colour, size and timing to Victorian water and light conditions.
Live Fishing Conditions Tool
Use the Eging Tactical Radar to compare wind, weather and local conditions before choosing your squid jig colour, size and fishing spot.
Open Eging Tactical RadarRecommended Gear
Once you know what size, colour and sink profile you need, move straight into the squid jig range and build a tighter, more practical setup for Australian conditions.
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