Guide Index
Start with the main squid jig guide and the retrieve or strike lessons, then move into colour, size, sinking rate, weather, season, monthly planning and night fishing decisions. After that, build the gear system, check the rules, and use the Melbourne location cluster to plan Port Phillip Bay and Western Port sessions properly.
Hub Structure
Core Guides
Start Here
What is eging? A complete Australian guide to squid jig (egi) choice, size, colour, sink rate, rod setup and active eging technique — plus Melbourne-region spots.
Core Guide
Egi float rigs do catch squid - but they're not how you get good at it. Here's why active eging wins on control, bite detection and presentation in Australian waters.
Core Guide
Choose the best squid jig in Australia by matching size, colour, sink rate, wind, depth and local eging conditions.
Core Guide
Learn when to strike when squid fishing, how to feel the take, and why beginners miss calamari by striking too early or too softly. Practical eging tips for Australian squid fishing.
Core Guide
Southern calamari move in pairs and small packs. Learn how to turn one hooked squid into a feed by casting straight back in behind it — before the ink spooks the rest.
Core Guide
Learn how to work a squid jig for Australian eging, including casting, sink control, rod lifts, pauses, line watching and when to strike after a squid takes the jig.
Core Guide
Flashy Japanese eging jerks look the part, but do they catch more squid land-based in Port Phillip Bay and Western Port? Here's why simple jigging often wins.
Core Guide
Squid jig snagging weed and reef? Remove the down-facing hooks one by one so you do not stress the glued crown-to-body joint. The Rui Anti-Snag Mod, step-by-step + video.
Core Guide
Which squid jig colour for clear, dirty or low-light water in Australia? Get a condition-by-condition chart, a simple colour rotation, and a beginner colour kit.
Core Guide
A practical Australian squid jig size guide covering when to use 1.8, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0 jigs around shallow reef, piers, deeper water, current and heavy wind.
Core Guide
Learn how squid jig sinking rate affects Australian eging, including when to fish slower or faster sinking jigs around shallow reef, piers, weed beds, current and low-light conditions.
Free Tools
Free Tool
Choose a natural, UV, glow or high-contrast squid jig colour from Australian water clarity, light, bottom type and squid behaviour.
Condition Guides
Condition Guide
A practical guide to the best time to catch squid in Australia, covering dawn, dusk, night sessions, tide movement, seasonal patterns and how to match squid jig size and colour.
Condition Guide
A practical Australian squid fishing season guide covering cooler months, warmer periods, water clarity, weed beds, bait movement and how to adjust squid jig choice through the year.
Condition Guide
Winter doesn't switch the squid off - it changes the water, light and wind. Here's how to read cold-season conditions and adjust your eging across Victoria's bays.
Condition Guide
A practical month-by-month squid fishing calendar for Australia, covering seasonal patterns, water clarity, wind, bait movement and jig choices.
Condition Guide
Learn how wind, swell, rain, water clarity and stable weather affect Australian squid fishing, and how to choose squid jig size, colour and sink rate for the conditions.
Condition Guide
Learn how to read water clarity, weed edges, sand patches, broken ground, current, pier lights and wind direction for better squid fishing decisions.
Condition Guide
How to fish for squid after rain in Australia: why a light drizzle is often prime time, why the freshwater worry only matters near river mouths and drains, reading water clarity, and the best jig colours when runoff turns it dirty.
Condition Guide
A practical night squid fishing guide for Australian eging, covering pier lights, glow squid jigs, line control, retrieve speed and how to detect squid takes after dark.
Condition Guide
A beginner-friendly guide to land based squid fishing in Australia, covering pier, rock and shore-based eging setups, squid jig sizes, colours, rods, line, leader and landing gear.
Condition Guide
State-by-state squid fishing rules for Australia: bag limits, size limits and official government links, with a reminder to check current rules before fishing.
Gear Guides
Gear Guide
A practical Australian eging setup guide covering squid fishing rods, reel size, PE braid, leader, jig clips and beginner-friendly buying decisions.
Gear Guide
A practical value guide for Australian squid anglers comparing made-in-Japan egi, Japanese-brand squid jigs and properly specified factory-made egi for real fishing use.
Gear Guide
Learn how to choose an eging rod for Australian squid fishing, including rod length, casting control, jig weight range, sensitivity and land-based pier or reef fishing.
Gear Guide
Learn what line to use for squid fishing in Australia, including PE braid, leader choice, casting control, sink rate and practical eging setup tips.
Gear Guide
Learn how to choose a squid fishing leader for eging, including fluorocarbon leader, leader length, abrasion resistance, water clarity and practical Australian setup tips.
Gear Guide
A practical eging tools checklist for Australian squid fishing, covering gaffs, jig storage, snaps, headlamps, towels, buckets and small accessories for land-based anglers.
Gear Guide
A practical Australian guide to choosing the best squid gaff, including telescopic squid gaffs, ideal lengths for piers and rocks, and how to land squid cleanly.
After Catch Guides
After Catch
How to measure a southern calamari the right way — mantle (hood) length, not the tentacle tips — plus realistic size benchmarks and why 'metre-long squid' claims are almost always a measuring error.
After Catch
A practical Australian guide to keeping, cleaning and cooking fresh squid from the bay, with garlic butter calamari, salt-and-pepper squid, ginger spring onion squid, a Cantonese squid and prawn stir-fry, squid ink pasta and squid jerky ideas.
Location Cluster
Location Hub
A practical guide to Melbourne squid fishing across Port Phillip Bay and Western Port, covering conditions, squid jig colours, jig sizes and location planning.
Subcategory
This branch now breaks one level deeper into Metro Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula and Bellarine so local readers can find their own water faster.
Metro Port Phillip
Mornington Peninsula
Subcategory
This branch now breaks one level deeper into Western Port proper and Phillip Island so the radar points feel less flat and easier to scan.
