13-01-2005, 12:12 PM
Hi all, first visit here.
Puget Sound boat jigging - I've thought about doing this. I live on Bainbridge Island and we don't have any piers but I have a boat. Anybody squid fishing off of boats in the sound? I've caught squid here during the day while jigging for salmon so I know they are here. Time to get the lights out and give it a try I guess. I need some jigs!
In my youth I lived in California and we would hang bright lights over the side of our boats over at Catalina Island and oftentimes the squid were so thick around the boat that it seemed that you could walk on them. We would dip net them and fill our live bait tank as they were great bait for catching bass, yellowtail and white seabass. We also took large quantities home for dinners. You could literally net a thousand squid in ten minutes!
One other phenomenom I wanted to report about was the appearance of Humboldt Squid on the WA coast last fall. I was in Westport and was amazed to see these large squid littered on the beaches. Looks like they were washed up on a high tide and became stranded. It would take some serious tackle to land one of those puppies.
Finally, I have seen large cuttlefish during warm water dives (Carribean). They seemed to always be in pairs (maybe spouses?). On a couple of occasions they would approach us side by side and suspend about 3 feet from our masks. Then while checking us out they would put on a spectacular show of lighting up their bodies with luminescent colors as if they were talking to each other through that medium - it was very much like what I would imagine an alien visitation would be like - - squid are cool!
Puget Sound boat jigging - I've thought about doing this. I live on Bainbridge Island and we don't have any piers but I have a boat. Anybody squid fishing off of boats in the sound? I've caught squid here during the day while jigging for salmon so I know they are here. Time to get the lights out and give it a try I guess. I need some jigs!
In my youth I lived in California and we would hang bright lights over the side of our boats over at Catalina Island and oftentimes the squid were so thick around the boat that it seemed that you could walk on them. We would dip net them and fill our live bait tank as they were great bait for catching bass, yellowtail and white seabass. We also took large quantities home for dinners. You could literally net a thousand squid in ten minutes!
One other phenomenom I wanted to report about was the appearance of Humboldt Squid on the WA coast last fall. I was in Westport and was amazed to see these large squid littered on the beaches. Looks like they were washed up on a high tide and became stranded. It would take some serious tackle to land one of those puppies.
Finally, I have seen large cuttlefish during warm water dives (Carribean). They seemed to always be in pairs (maybe spouses?). On a couple of occasions they would approach us side by side and suspend about 3 feet from our masks. Then while checking us out they would put on a spectacular show of lighting up their bodies with luminescent colors as if they were talking to each other through that medium - it was very much like what I would imagine an alien visitation would be like - - squid are cool!