16-05-2009, 01:52 AM
[quote name='KGJ' post='15188' date='May 15 2009, 09:00 AM']Definitely a good idea, but squid are pretty fragile creatures... I think just the act of removing them from the water then taking out the jig might be enough shock to kill them.
And does anyone know what the maximum age of longfin squid is? How many years does the same individual squid come back to spawn?
While looking that up I found an interesting website...
[url="http://www.mbl.edu/publications/pub_archive/Loligo/squid/"]Loligo squid[/url][/quote]
Males 36 months (typical 20-24), not sure for females (Summers, 1971). Its thought the females spawn once, but lay several egg clusters, though as far as I've read this is still undocumented for wild D. pealei
And does anyone know what the maximum age of longfin squid is? How many years does the same individual squid come back to spawn?
While looking that up I found an interesting website...
[url="http://www.mbl.edu/publications/pub_archive/Loligo/squid/"]Loligo squid[/url][/quote]
Males 36 months (typical 20-24), not sure for females (Summers, 1971). Its thought the females spawn once, but lay several egg clusters, though as far as I've read this is still undocumented for wild D. pealei