Newport Ri 2010 Squid Season

[eatfish]

Got out today on a scouting mission. The boat and Travis were covered with ink!! Got about 90 this afternoon had to call it due to the wind. It's just getting going..... should get better as we go.

[Jahab]

[quote name='eatfish' post='18870' date='May 3 2010, 10:45 AM']Got out today on a scouting mission. The boat and Travis were covered with ink!! Got about 90 this afternoon had to call it due to the wind. It's just getting going..... should get better as we go.[/quote]

Were you at the causeway???

[Capt. Dom]

I wasnt sure if this report should go here or elsewhere, so sorry if it belongs in another topic.



For those of you unfamiliar with my posts, we use 5 gallon buckets as a measure of the catch rate. Each bucket holds about 50 pounds of tasty squid when filled to the top with no water.



Had 2 charters this weekend for squid out of Hyannis, MA. Saturdays trip was 1/2 tautog and 1/2 squid, so we didnt get going on the squid until 1:30PM. The bite was very spotty and the squid were not around in any rweal concentration. We looked in all the usual spots, and found a small piece of bottom with a small fleet sitting in a loose clump. We anchored up and managed a slow pick on tubes until we called it quits at 5pm. It was good fun being back out on the squid after a year long absence, but the bite could have been better. We only managed just over a bucket for the entire boat of 5 anglers.



Sunday started out much the same, and I was worried it was going to be another slow day. We searched all over the area trying to find a productive bottom but could only find small pods of not so hungry tubes. About mid day, one of my anglers got a call from his friend on a party boat saying they were killing them in a fleet of about 35 boats. We located the fleet, and the guys wanted to get there ASAP, so we took off at mach 1 and made the 6 mile run, only to find his friend had pulled a joke, and there was no bite to be had in amongst the manhy anchored boats. The call worked in other ways, as on the way back to the original spot we had been picking away at, I stopped in an area I had located a bite in the past, and found a fresh sheet of newly arrived squid that were very receptive to our jigs. The squid were really hitting the jigs hard, all coming up stuck by their long tentacles rather than the usual assortment of snagged and foul hooked squid when they arent red hot and chewing. I stayed out an extra 2 hours for my crew, and we managed a very good bite in the last 3 hours of the day. High hook had just over a full bucket, with the other guys scoring between a half and 3/4 of a bucket or so.



Best color producer(as always) was pink in 3.5 inch size.



I have a few daytime open boat spots available for this coming week if anyone is interested in getting out on a boat for some squid jigging madness. The bite should improve and I would imagine good through the new moon mid month. By then the bite should have materialized in Newport and the south shore of RI for the night bite.

   

[Capt. Dom]

anyone have any idea how I can post more than 1 picture? I tried, but it made me shrink everything down to a small size, and limited me to 150KB on the entire post. I had more pics to put up...

[chopper56]

Went out Friday night and Saturday for about 4 hours each time. Met some great people but didn't meet any squid! The air was very warm and the wind was light but the water was so cloudy you couldn't see your jigs more than 2-3 feet below the surface. Tons of baitfish. Maybe next weekend.



Ps. C'mon Sox! Is that the best you can give us?

[TravisS]

[quote name='eatfish' post='18870' date='May 2 2010, 08:45 PM']Got out today on a scouting mission. The boat and Travis were covered with ink!! Got about 90 this afternoon had to call it due to the wind. It's just getting going..... should get better as we go.[/quote]



It was a great day on the water with you as usual...wish the lobsters were home!

[flukeprodigy]

[quote name='Capt. Dom' post='18882' date='May 3 2010, 09:17 PM']I wasnt sure if this report should go here or elsewhere, so sorry if it belongs in another topic.



For those of you unfamiliar with my posts, we use 5 gallon buckets as a measure of the catch rate. Each bucket holds about 50 pounds of tasty squid when filled to the top with no water.



Had 2 charters this weekend for squid out of Hyannis, MA. Saturdays trip was 1/2 tautog and 1/2 squid, so we didnt get going on the squid until 1:30PM. The bite was very spotty and the squid were not around in any rweal concentration. We looked in all the usual spots, and found a small piece of bottom with a small fleet sitting in a loose clump. We anchored up and managed a slow pick on tubes until we called it quits at 5pm. It was good fun being back out on the squid after a year long absence, but the bite could have been better. We only managed just over a bucket for the entire boat of 5 anglers.



Sunday started out much the same, and I was worried it was going to be another slow day. We searched all over the area trying to find a productive bottom but could only find small pods of not so hungry tubes. About mid day, one of my anglers got a call from his friend on a party boat saying they were killing them in a fleet of about 35 boats. We located the fleet, and the guys wanted to get there ASAP, so we took off at mach 1 and made the 6 mile run, only to find his friend had pulled a joke, and there was no bite to be had in amongst the manhy anchored boats. The call worked in other ways, as on the way back to the original spot we had been picking away at, I stopped in an area I had located a bite in the past, and found a fresh sheet of newly arrived squid that were very receptive to our jigs. The squid were really hitting the jigs hard, all coming up stuck by their long tentacles rather than the usual assortment of snagged and foul hooked squid when they arent red hot and chewing. I stayed out an extra 2 hours for my crew, and we managed a very good bite in the last 3 hours of the day. High hook had just over a full bucket, with the other guys scoring between a half and 3/4 of a bucket or so.



Best color producer(as always) was pink in 3.5 inch size.



I have a few daytime open boat spots available for this coming week if anyone is interested in getting out on a boat for some squid jigging madness. The bite should improve and I would imagine good through the new moon mid month. By then the bite should have materialized in Newport and the south shore of RI for the night bite.

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Thanks for the report Cptn! Good thing you found the squid on the way back or I'd imagine that guys friend might have quite a few bruises, maybe a busted lip. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[luftnpanzrwagn]

Wow am I late with my first post of the season... anyhow, I'll be prowling around the causeway starting this weekend, see you all then <==:E

[squidtogo]

Went out to Hyannis on a boat around 4o'clock Saturday morning. Come back at mid-night, 13 buckets and 1 cooler for four guys. This is consider very slow for us.

Big weekend coming up. good luck to all!!!

[Redsoxxx927]

[quote name='squidtogo' post='18892' date='May 4 2010, 03:24 AM']Went out to Hyannis on a boat around 4o'clock Saturday morning. Come back at mid-night, 13 buckets and 1 cooler for four guys. This is consider very slow for us.

Big weekend coming up. good luck to all!!![/quote]



Was this on a boat?

[squidtogo]

[quote name='redsoxxx927' post='18893' date='May 3 2010, 01:46 PM']Was this on a boat?[/quote]



Yes, on a boat for 18 hours.

[flukeprodigy]

[quote name='squidtogo' post='18892' date='May 4 2010, 03:24 AM']Went out to Hyannis on a boat around 4o'clock Saturday morning. Come back at mid-night, 13 buckets and 1 cooler for four guys. This is consider very slow for us.

Big weekend coming up. good luck to all!!![/quote]



[quote name='redsoxxx927' post='18893' date='May 4 2010, 03:46 AM']Was this on a boat?[/quote]





Your username says it all. A yankees fan would not have made that error. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[flukeprodigy]

[quote name='squidtogo' post='18894' date='May 4 2010, 03:56 AM']Yes, on a boat for 18 hours.[/quote]





Good god....sea legs much? That shatters my squid fishing record of 14hrs straight at the bridge. Thought my back was gonna snap in half from leaning over the rail all night/morning.



Glad to hear reports of people catching. Wish I could make it up to Hyannis <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[squidtogo]

[quote name='flukeprodigy' post='18896' date='May 3 2010, 01:59 PM']Good god....sea legs much? That shatters my squid fishing record of 14hrs straight at the bridge. Thought my back was gonna snap in half from leaning over the rail all night/morning.



Glad to hear reports of people catching. Wish I could make it up to Hyannis <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote]



My leg, my back and shoulder are killing me, however the squid is licking good.

[spawnle]

All I ever want to catch is ::::::: Travis's girl

[Tatonka]

[quote name='squidtogo' post='18892' date='May 3 2010, 01:24 PM']Went out to Hyannis on a boat around 4o'clock Saturday morning. Come back at mid-night, 13 buckets and 1 cooler for four guys. This is consider very slow for us.

Big weekend coming up. good luck to all!!![/quote]





How far did you guys go out?

[spawnle]

It is all Tatonka fault, Squid scared of his 2000W yamaha, I wish he could move back to Oregon

spawnle

[Tatonka]

[quote name='spawnle' post='18901' date='May 3 2010, 02:28 PM']It is all Tatonka fault, Squid scared of his 2000W yamaha, I wish he could move back to Oregon

spawnle[/quote]





Hey now... I caught a few squid elsewhere, I think you have the squid jinx. Also that wasnt mine, that was my friends genny. Mine is in peices at the shop. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



East Coast squid, just taste better. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Btw, when you heading out again?



-Tatonka-



Also, where were you Snfox this weekend?

[squidtogo]

45 minutes from Hyannis harbor.

[TravisS]

[quote name='spawnle' post='18899' date='May 3 2010, 02:23 PM']All I ever want to catch is ::::::: Travis's girl[/quote]





ahhhhh there you are buddy! Hope all is well. It was great to get out there and catch some squid yesterday. Been out yet?