Hyannis and Edgardtown Squid

[inthedunes]

Hi, new member here.  First, thanks for all the great information.  I've learned a lot here.

 

I have been living in Edgartown for almost two years, and my fiancee and I have had a lot of fun squidding off Memorial Wharf.  Recently, she got a job in a kitchen a block away, and I pick her up after work.  Usually between 1030 and midnight.  That means I get a lot of opportunity to scout for squid.  We thought we saw some action a few nights ago, threw some jigs, but didn't get anything.  We are pretty new at this, and I think I mistook baitfish feeding on the surface for squid.  They were moving fast.

 

Well, tonight the main lights on the wharf were off at just after 10pm.  Only the lights to the right as you walk from the lot to the wharf were on...leaving a small patch of lit water but mostly the few fishing boats there were lit up.  

 

That wasn't the first time.  Recently, I've noticed the main lights off on several occasions.  Also, it could be my poor memory, but I thought I remembered big shoe-box or larger sized single units there, and now the lights are smaller, like security lights for a home driveway?  Again, it is probably just my memory being faulty, but it seemed to both of us when the lights were on that they were dimmer.

 

So that is a long way of saying there is a problem with the lights at Memorial Wharf in Edgartown.  I don't know if it is accidental or intentional.  

 

I did see some people Saturday night with buckets who looked like they were bringing in something.  I didn't have time to park and check it out, but rumor has it the squid are in.  The question is, where are the lights?