Quote:Hey guys, I'm still relatively new at squidding, but from the messages posted thus far this season, is it fair to assume that this isn't like your "typical" year for squid? I recall a few things from last year -- such as a mid-April start to the season, FF anglers coming in with bucketfulls, and the presence of gynormous pods in most places -- that lead me to belive this will be a very slow season. I mean, we're almost in June ... meaning that stripers are flooding the bays already and it won't be long till the blues show up and clean house. Bottom line question: Has squid season already "busted wide open" (as many anglers predicted would happened weeks ago), or are we still waiting for it? Apologies in advance for the venting, but my hauls from Norwalk and back have been getting really exhausting -- especially when I'm not catching much. Thanks again, guys!
Well, there will be squid around until Oct./Nov. June is usually pretty decent. This is one of those years where the bulk of the squid seem to be going elsewhere. Hyanis had a banner year. And there have been great days here, or, at least, great hours on a couple days. Two years ago, it was worse. I considered driving over to Town Dock Seafood and buying 50 lbs. of frozen squid. I didn't do it though because I didn't want to try to convince my wife that they come that way from the ocean.
in any case, I would still keep trying. I would also try to find some spots in the Sound where you can squid. Lastly, 2 years ago, when we had a bad spring, we had a great fall run.