[color="#006600"]REVIEW OF - "EVER SEEN A RUDD OF QUIDDLE?"[/color]
by Roger Bayzand
SEA ANGLER
I have just read a great article about squid fishing around Weymouth, UK. The article was written by Roger Bayzard, who went fishing with skipper Ivan Wellington. Ivan runs fishing tours on a vessel called "Top Cat" and can be contacted on tel: 01305 823 4443. email: topcat [[at]]deepsea.co.uk
Roger explained that the traditional method of squid fishing in the Portland/Weymouth area was to troll a "dead pout" behind a rowing boat. When the fisherman felt the pull of a squid, they would gently retrieve the pout until the bait was on the surface.
The feeding squid act like a beacon, and attract others squid to the area. Such an aggregation of squid is locally known as a "rudd". And since the local name of squid is "quiddle", this is know as a "rudd of quiddle" (hence the name of the article). The squid in the rudd were traditionally captured using a gaff.
In recent times, the use of japanese style squid jigs in the UK is growing in popularity. The squid jigs are fished mid water. The locals are using Zebco squid jigs to great effect.
Roger explains that the main squid run in the Weymouth is in autumn.
The rig Roger used consisted on this trip was a 3 lure paternoster style rig with a weight at the bottom.
In the evening they caught a fair few cuttlefish. The squid were not captured until it was nearly dark.
Roger gave an explanation of the "old Portland" method of cooking squid, which requires long slow boiling. This method is now modernised by using a pressure cooker set at 15 lb. Cooking time is 20 minutes and the squid is served with butter, salt and pepper.
Thanks to our UK friends for sending me the article and thanks to Roger for sharing some information about a topic that is not widely discussed - UK squid fishing!
Cheers, Glen <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/xyxthumbs.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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by Roger Bayzand
SEA ANGLER
I have just read a great article about squid fishing around Weymouth, UK. The article was written by Roger Bayzard, who went fishing with skipper Ivan Wellington. Ivan runs fishing tours on a vessel called "Top Cat" and can be contacted on tel: 01305 823 4443. email: topcat [[at]]deepsea.co.uk
Roger explained that the traditional method of squid fishing in the Portland/Weymouth area was to troll a "dead pout" behind a rowing boat. When the fisherman felt the pull of a squid, they would gently retrieve the pout until the bait was on the surface.
The feeding squid act like a beacon, and attract others squid to the area. Such an aggregation of squid is locally known as a "rudd". And since the local name of squid is "quiddle", this is know as a "rudd of quiddle" (hence the name of the article). The squid in the rudd were traditionally captured using a gaff.
In recent times, the use of japanese style squid jigs in the UK is growing in popularity. The squid jigs are fished mid water. The locals are using Zebco squid jigs to great effect.
Roger explains that the main squid run in the Weymouth is in autumn.
The rig Roger used consisted on this trip was a 3 lure paternoster style rig with a weight at the bottom.
In the evening they caught a fair few cuttlefish. The squid were not captured until it was nearly dark.
Roger gave an explanation of the "old Portland" method of cooking squid, which requires long slow boiling. This method is now modernised by using a pressure cooker set at 15 lb. Cooking time is 20 minutes and the squid is served with butter, salt and pepper.
Thanks to our UK friends for sending me the article and thanks to Roger for sharing some information about a topic that is not widely discussed - UK squid fishing!
Cheers, Glen <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/xyxthumbs.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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