# Live Crab Works Over Frozen Squid "Ika"!

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**Category:** Pier/Bank fishing and Surf Fishing\
**Created:** [November 19, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/live-crab-works-over-frozen-squid-ika/466869 "2020-11-19T17:55:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![ScubaChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@ScubaChris](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/ScubaChris)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/live-crab-works-over-frozen-squid-ika/466869/1 "2020-11-19T17:55:40Z")

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Cannot Beat Live Bait! But&nbsp; No Table Fare For Tonight:(

I decided to use my Spydro Underwater Camera today. Water clarity was very poor due to the extreme full moon tides stirring-up the bottom. So on my Cedros 11’ Surf Rod w/Surf 8K spinner i mounted my Spydro Camera using frozen squid “Ika” as a starting point before i went scrounging for live bait.

My live bait rig consisted of my HCS 9’6" Shoreline Plugger rod w/a Rockaway 6K spinner. It was an extreme minus tide so collecting live rock crabs was fairly easy though the soft mud was like quick sand. This area only allowed for 2 rods per person so i stuck to live crabs as my preferred bait. Within minutes i got a baby Hammerhead Shark which i released. Latter in the day got a Burrfish “Porcupine Fish”. Ok, the ika wasn’t working so i swapped that frozen bait out for a live crab. Bingo, another baby Hammerhead. This shows that live bait will always do better then frozen dead baits. Figures i got that last Hammerhead after the Spydro unit ran out of power. Next time i’ll start with the Spydro rig first using live bait.

Though i released everything i failed in producing sought after edible fare to give away. Considering the murky conditions, extreme tides & the storm that rolled in soaking me to the bone & causing island flooding alerts it was nice just to get a bit darker again.

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