09-05-2005, 12:51 PM
hi all,
this is my first post & I'm looking forward to some serious squid talk!
I'm from the UK originally, but came to live in spain about 14 years ago.
squid fishing is a national pastime in this country.
I live on the north-west coast & any night of the week, spring, summer, autumn or winter, you'll see the harbour walls festooned with folk casting jigs in the pursuit of 'luras', the local name for squid or calamar, or 'chocos', the word for cuttlefish.
people stand almost shoulder to shoulder, which is a bit intimidating at first, but as they say, when in rome... sometimes there are the inevitable crossed lines with the resulting tangles, but everybody is cool & civilised about it...
I can spend hours at it, especially on warm summer nights, often staying until first light. I use a 2.4mt shimano spinning rod, a spanish grauvell reel loaded with 0.25mm monofilament line. people here use a little phosphorescent green tube attached to the line about 60cms above the jig, it helps with visibility, but I don't know if it attracts the beasts themselves.
my favourite squid dishes are 'calamares/chocos en su tinta' - i.e. squid/cuttlefish in its own ink... 'calamares en tomate' (cooked in tomato sauce) & 'a la plancha' - 2 minutes on a hot griddle with a dash of lemon or lime juice. lovely!!
cheers
mac
this is my first post & I'm looking forward to some serious squid talk!
I'm from the UK originally, but came to live in spain about 14 years ago.
squid fishing is a national pastime in this country.
I live on the north-west coast & any night of the week, spring, summer, autumn or winter, you'll see the harbour walls festooned with folk casting jigs in the pursuit of 'luras', the local name for squid or calamar, or 'chocos', the word for cuttlefish.
people stand almost shoulder to shoulder, which is a bit intimidating at first, but as they say, when in rome... sometimes there are the inevitable crossed lines with the resulting tangles, but everybody is cool & civilised about it...
I can spend hours at it, especially on warm summer nights, often staying until first light. I use a 2.4mt shimano spinning rod, a spanish grauvell reel loaded with 0.25mm monofilament line. people here use a little phosphorescent green tube attached to the line about 60cms above the jig, it helps with visibility, but I don't know if it attracts the beasts themselves.
my favourite squid dishes are 'calamares/chocos en su tinta' - i.e. squid/cuttlefish in its own ink... 'calamares en tomate' (cooked in tomato sauce) & 'a la plancha' - 2 minutes on a hot griddle with a dash of lemon or lime juice. lovely!!
cheers
mac