2017 Rhode Island Squid Report

[alaskanaturally]

Hi everyone. Spent 4 evenings at

GIB this week. The catch was 70, 35, 21 and 42. Not fantastic but good enough for us. Had a great time. Let us know how y'all do this weekend. Might return next week.

[Matsquidman]

Thanks for the report. Many people squiding?

[alaskanaturally]

Just a few. Probably busier over the weekend.

[Fisher02813]

thats a lot of squid to me, most i ever caught was about 5 pounds. how big were they 

[alaskanaturally]

They were mostly small with some medium and large mixed in.

[OneEyedSquid]

Any report recent?  Guess no one has gone?  Please shine in and share members and guests. It is better when we are shoulder to shoulder, that way it keeps us all warm. = )

 

Regardless of reports, the squids should be in.  My squid senses are (((tingling)))  See ya out there.  

[ejburbank]

My nephew has been having good luck on the docks at Galilee.

[alaskanaturally]

Sorry OneEyed. Meant to put this up but have been so busy getting ready for deer hunting here in Va. We spend 4 evenings last week at GIB and caught about 250-300 squid. Not too bad. We fished from about sunset until 11 each night except the last one when we quit at 1 AM. That's because the squid really didn't turn on until about 11. The average size had greatly improved over the previous week.

[folkcafe]

We were out last Sat and did fairly well from dusk till tide started to slack at low.  Bite got pretty slow and we left relatively early.  Not a lot of bodies out fishing.  We are headed out for one last go of day fishing as the weather is nice this coming weekend.  If not too tired, we may stick around till evening.  High tide is around 10pm, so much better than last Sat.

[OneEyedSquid]

Thanks for the report guys!  I went and fished the incoming tide with 2 hours before max tide was best result.  They range from 4 - 10 inches.  

I wanted big squid only so I went with the method of big jig big fish.  That did the trick, but my catch ratio went down greatly.

 

They were picky and seemed to only want something with:

- slow sinking

- color white/silver

- retrieve style: shrimp

[alaskanaturally]

We were out last Sat and did fairly well from dusk till tide started to slack at low.  Bite got pretty slow and we left relatively early.  Not a lot of bodies out fishing.  We are headed out for one last go of day fishing as the weather is nice this coming weekend.  If not too tired, we may stick around till evening.  High tide is around 10pm, so much better than last Sat.

Same experience when we were there: Single slow sinking jig 1.5 or 1.8 did the best. Color didn't seem to matter. Caught them on clear, orange and pink.

[alaskanaturally]

This isn't completely about squidding but thought some might be interested.               

 

      Update 171021: Foliage, calamari and monarchs


There’s one, there’s another, there’s two, another two. We were in Quinby Inlet at the southern tip of Parramore Island. It was a clear, warm day in late October without a hint of a breeze. The monarch butterflies were in their fall migration mode. Hundreds were passing us by, barrier island hopping the Eastern Shore on their way to Mexico. It’s hard to believe that many actually complete the journey, but they do.


Though side tracked by the butterfly spectacular, the reason for being there was to fish for whiting (sea mullet, kingfish) and trout. And our piscatorial friends were very cooperative. Over 20 whiting came over the rail as well as two keeper trout, one that was 18 inches. An exciting event was that we caught a ling (southern hake). Haven’t caught any for about 10 years. Used to be be a great run here in November and  December. Hopefully, that will happen again.


This fishing excursion came on the heels of a trip to New England. We went to Rhode Island for squid then a side trip to Vermont to once again be leaf peepers. Again we weren’t disappointed. The squid cooperated. In fact we caught over 500 in a few days. And of course our drive through the Green Mountains never disappoints. Seeing old friends as well as the Autumn pageant of color never grows old. It was a wonderful few days after which we returned to Newport, RI for more squidding.


Upon returning home, the persimmons and winter squash had ripened and we were treated with this fantastic fruit and baked butternut for many days. Froze a bunch for later. Looking forward to persimmons ice cream and wine next summer. Still getting loads of peppers and a few tomatoes. All of a sudden, there are a bunch of carboys of wine that need bottling.


With deer season upon us, Martin has been scrambling to get everything needed together: finished building the deer cooler, checked all the stands to make sure they don’t collapse, sighted in the crossbow, etc. He sat in a stand for an hour or so Saturday morning. Could have shot a small spike buck but decided against it. Sentimentality won over logic.


It has been a wonderful Fall and tomorrow we’re off to the Revel’s Island Drain to try for more whiting and trout and perhaps some ling.  

[FordGT]

Good to see the squid scene over there is humming! 

 

I'm in Brisbane, Australia and forum-wise it's pretty quiet. 

[OneEyedSquid]

Usually it is quiet during the off squid seasons.  It is the newbies that brings the forum active again because they want to know more.  

There are many reasons it gets quiet and isn't worth mentioning because it will make this forum super active.

[alaskanaturally]

Don't know about the winter but we caught squid in RI in July and August. Wasn't great about 20 small ones an evening. But they were there and we enjoyed it. Surprised that more didn't take advantage and write about their experiences.

[alaskanaturally]

Anyone have any current info on Stonington and/or Galilee?

[FordGT]

Usually it is quiet during the off squid seasons.  It is the newbies that brings the forum active again because they want to know more.  

There are many reasons it gets quiet and isn't worth mentioning because it will make this forum super active.

That is true; over here it seems everyone who likes squidding does it solo and on their own time, so no need for much interaction.

[Fisher02813]

been killin it 

[alaskanaturally]

been killin it 

Does this mean you've been really getting them?

[Fisher02813]

yup