09-10-2020, 02:57 PM
A funny squid story. I've been squidding and fishing in or near Edgartown for a couple of weeks, the squidding has been sporadic but most of the sharper guys are getting enough bait and a few for the table. The Edgartown albie hunters love live lining squid in the harbor and all have keepers for their live squid. The guys who put more into it use lobster cars which float at surface level and have folding tops on them. Those who can't spring for a lobster car use round laundry baskets with a foam noodle around the top to float it. All around the docks you will see lobster cars and laundry baskets floating tied to the docks and people are generally respectful and leave each other's keepers alone. Well, a couple of days ago squid began disappearing from the laundry baskets but not the covered lobster cars. People were getting edgy on the town dock wondering who was stealing their precious bait. (I mean we're getting them but it may take a couple hours for twenty baits.) So my buddy the harbormaster is hearing all these complaints when another fisherman tells him he pulled up his keeper of peanut bunker and an otter popped out!! Otters had found the topless keepers and have been gorging themselves with little effort. By the way, live lining squid is great fun!!