Newport, Ri - 2007 Squid Season

[squid28]

Anyone fish in GI bridge for the past couple days! Any squid caught? Thanks,

[squid28]

Squids are gone and so are the fishmen!

[webmoss]

[quote name='squid28' post='9009' date='May 26 2007, 03:40 AM']Squids are gone and so are the fishmen![/quote]



That's an understatement buddy... I went there on boat and with my special technique in which I choose not to share bagged myself a cooler and 3/4 5 gallon bucket. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/w00t.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':beer' /> Oh the squid are still there and there were more than I've seen in weeks! I could of easily sold it for 200 bucks on the causeway but I'll save the big ones for eating and medium to small for bait. I got enough bait for June! My shoulders are sore *winks*



The fishermen may be gone but the squid surely aren't! Blame it on lack of effort or gas prices, I can careless!

[Tatonka]

People are still fishing and catching squid on Goat Island. Not even close to the numbers from a couple of weeks ago.....season seems to be winding down due to bigger fish chasing and eating our yummy friends. However, there could certainly be few good days left with the full-moon arriving next week. I may try again then. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup2.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':beer' />

[webmoss]

[quote name='Tatonka' post='9026' date='May 28 2007, 06:16 AM']People are still fishing and catching squid on Goat Island. Not even close to the numbers from a couple of weeks ago.....season seems to be winding down due to bigger fish chasing and eating our yummy friends. However, there could certainly be few good days left with the full-moon arriving next week. I may try again then. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup2.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':beer' />[/quote]



Yes the bigger fish are in and I'm planning on catching it off the SW winds tomorrow and with the tides at around 4, it's ideal fishing for stripers! When the big fish are in squids tend to school more often but feed less.

[squidmon]

I was there last night. Only caught two squids but there was something strange. You know on the other side of the bridge where it says no fishing, there was squids jumping. It seems like they were feeding. I went over to the wooden walkway and I tried to catch some but no luck and my light went out. I also seen alot of baby squids inking my light(I can put my light underwater).

[Tatonka]

[quote name='squidmon' post='9048' date='May 31 2007, 01:06 AM']I was there last night. Only caught two squids but there was something strange. You know on the other side of the bridge where it says no fishing, there was squids jumping. It seems like they were feeding. I went over to the wooden walkway and I tried to catch some but no luck and my light went out. I also seen a lot of baby squids inking my light(I can put my light underwater).[/quote]





I've noted this behavior before with squid. Similar to smaller bait fish, squid also jump out of the water to avoid larger predators.

[webmoss]

[quote name='Tatonka' post='9052' date='Jun 2 2007, 04:25 AM']I've noted this behavior before with squid. Similar to smaller bait fish, squid also jump out of the water to avoid larger predators.[/quote]



I was fishing at Fort Adams one night and seen a squid go 2 feet airborne! It was pretty funny.

[squidman1000]

Has anyone had any luck catching squid in Newport over the past few days? Or is the season pretty much done.

[Snaildarter]

[quote name='squidman1000' post='9065' date='Jun 4 2007, 03:29 PM']Has anyone had any luck catching squid in Newport over the past few days? Or is the season pretty much done.[/quote]



We've been catching them while fluking along the beaches between Pt. Judith and Charlston Breachway. When squid pull on the fluke baits while drifting then put down your squid jigs and you'll get plent. If you want to target them, anchor up once you find them and jig away. good luck. Snaildarter

[Sarah]

[quote name='squidman1000' post='9065' date='Jun 5 2007, 05:29 AM']Has anyone had any luck catching squid in Newport over the past few days? Or is the season pretty much done.[/quote]





I second that question. I'm a grad student and I need to catch squid for an experiment. I didn't realize they only run through for a short period of time. Any chance of my catching some off the GI bridge? Any spots anyone can recommend for jigging? Or are all the squid gone? Man, I hope not, or I'm screwed...

[battam]

[quote name='Sarah' post='9096' date='Jun 14 2007, 11:03 AM']I second that question. I'm a grad student and I need to catch squid for an experiment. I didn't realize they only run through for a short period of time. Any chance of my catching some off the GI bridge? Any spots anyone can recommend for jigging? Or are all the squid gone? Man, I hope not, or I'm screwed...[/quote]



Your only option at this point in time is to contact the Frances Fleet down in Joint Judith to see when their last night time squid party boat is going out.

[Sarah]

[quote name='battam' post='9097' date='Jun 15 2007, 03:43 AM']Your only option at this point in time is to contact the Frances Fleet down in Joint Judith to see when their last night time squid party boat is going out.[/quote]





Thanks. I tried but they're all done for the season. Guess I'll keep trying to catch squid off piers in Newport.

[Rhii9516]

Sarah let me know the limits of your study I have some frozen guys from earlier in the season if it helps. Always looking to help out science and interested in what kind of study you are doing.

[1tym]

I've been in australia for the last 6 months and learned quite a bit on new tricks and squid..





from previous experiences I know places where you can still catch squid but thats to the north.. in terms of RI.. i reckon the new methods I learned can still provide you with squid..



However, as much as I would love to try it out and share the new knowledge, I am still in australia til the end of this month.



let me know if i can help ya..

[Sarah]

[quote name='NeverBlanked' post='9099' date='Jun 15 2007, 01:23 PM']Sarah let me know the limits of your study I have some frozen guys from earlier in the season if it helps. Always looking to help out science and interested in what kind of study you are doing.[/quote]





Wow, thanks, that's very generous of you, but unfortunately, I can't use frozen squid. I'm doing experiments with the blood, so I have to extract blood from live squid. And since Loligo pealei are so small, I have to get blood from about a dozen individuals in order to have enough to do an experiment. One of the university boats does trawls every Monday, and they caught squid last week so I'm tagging along this Monday.



I've heard that it's easier to catch squid by diving (which I don't know how to do), or by jigging at low tides. Should I wait for low tides, or does it matter?

[Sarah]

[quote name='1tym' post='9100' date='Jun 16 2007, 01:03 AM']I've been in australia for the last 6 months and learned quite a bit on new tricks and squid..





from previous experiences I know places where you can still catch squid but thats to the north.. in terms of RI.. i reckon the new methods I learned can still provide you with squid..



However, as much as I would love to try it out and share the new knowledge, I am still in australia til the end of this month.



let me know if i can help ya..[/quote]



Thanks. If you're still interested in helping when you get back in the States, you can post a response on this site and I'll see it. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' />

[Rhii9516]

Well from what I have learned about long fin and short finned squid through reading scholarly journals there may be a few factors to help you out. the species is sensitive to water temp there is an adequate spawn temp they go for generally in a range of 47F-57F degrees. Seeing how we are quite past that the big spawn is over and that is why the pier fishing has died off. Probably the reasons there are still getting caught by trawling is due to the amount of food in the area and arrival of predators. As more stripers and blue fish move in there will be less and less squid caught. Another thing the species is sensitive is water clarity and cleanliness so after a rainstorm isn’t probably the best time to go. If you don’t get any on the trawl and you opt to snorkel dive for them you probably want to target sea grass beds as they provide excellent cover and spawning area. I know there is a fairly large sea grass bed off of 3rd beach in Newport but you would need a boat to get to it. And is only in about 10-20 foot of water and good luck on catching them I would be interested how that would be done. Other than that general fishing info is go on a moving tide either low to high or high to low. Lunar phases are always preferable. Night could still produce with help of a lantern as an attractant. But best of luck I hope this info helps you out if you have any questions or anything else I will be returning from a vacation in a week and provide a hand and as I can only assume you are a URI student maybe RWU, as an URI alumni I am only happy to help so feel free to ask away.

[Sarah]

[quote name='NeverBlanked' post='9103' date='Jun 16 2007, 09:28 AM']Well from what I have learned about long fin and short finned squid through reading scholarly journals there may be a few factors to help you out. the species is sensitive to water temp there is an adequate spawn temp they go for generally in a range of 47F-57F degrees. Seeing how we are quite past that the big spawn is over and that is why the pier fishing has died off. Probably the reasons there are still getting caught by trawling is due to the amount of food in the area and arrival of predators. As more stripers and blue fish move in there will be less and less squid caught. Another thing the species is sensitive is water clarity and cleanliness so after a rainstorm isn't probably the best time to go. If you don't get any on the trawl and you opt to snorkel dive for them you probably want to target sea grass beds as they provide excellent cover and spawning area. I know there is a fairly large sea grass bed off of 3rd beach in Newport but you would need a boat to get to it. And is only in about 10-20 foot of water and good luck on catching them I would be interested how that would be done. Other than that general fishing info is go on a moving tide either low to high or high to low. Lunar phases are always preferable. Night could still produce with help of a lantern as an attractant. But best of luck I hope this info helps you out if you have any questions or anything else I will be returning from a vacation in a week and provide a hand and as I can only assume you are a URI student maybe RWU, as an URI alumni I am only happy to help so feel free to ask away.[/quote]



Thanks! I am a URI grad student. Nice to know some URI alumni check this forum. Thanks for the advice, the only other time I went squid jigging was for Humboldt squid in the ocean, so jigging for tiny local squid off the piers is a new experience for me...

[Tatonka]

I cant wait til next year...almost out of squid <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' /> .......my freezer is getting lonely.