Newport Ri 2015 Squid Season

[BillG]

First time finding this forum and posting, went out to goat island last night got there around 1215am-5am, no one was really there but us and we only got 3 baby squid the whole time. Are we late? I've only gone a handful of times in the past years and before we got bucket fulls. Are we just going at the wrong time or what?

 

If I had to guess, it was probably the rain/cold that made them "off". However, Goat Island has been less than stellar this year. There is also a huge lack of small bait around, so there isn't much out there to concentrate the squid. Given the high numbers of baby squid, I would guess we are in for a killer Fall run. However, given the absence of small bait, if we get huge numbers of blues around, that might not end up the case. In any case, the squid should be around all Summer and into the Fall if you're inclined to look for them.