Newport Ri 2016 Squid Season

[SquidFox]

Gillian's post and your post are trust worthy, we need more members like you guys. Stupid auto correct messed me up.

[lasker31]

I'm guilty as charged for using the site to get reports but I'm slowly learning what Matsquidman pointed out. Some condition changes (wind, tide, clouds or who knows what else) and an uneventful night gets good. I've also been on a pier catching nothing and the guy next to me is pulling one in every 5 minutes. Its hard to not get jealous and just try to learn from old salts who have been there and done that.

[dabeers54]

U calling me liar that what u callin me...lmao felt like a good spot for a scarface quote....two trips out 140 total. Delicious

[JANZ]

Gunslinger check your messages

[OneEyedSquid]

Guys, this is a public forum.  Info anyone shared will be viewed.  We already know that ahead of time before posting.  If you don't want it public, just pm each other and include me too = ).  

 

All, please keep the place clean and take out what you brought in to avoid the place being shutdown.  We are all fisherman and have the same interest, lets be kind to each other and not overcast and argue about small things.  

[fatso]

From what I have learned this summer. Squids hugs ur jig when it's sinking. So I think the sink rate is very very very important.

[Retired squid]

alaskanaturally is having difficulty posting from his cell phone and asked me to post this update.


"Got about 25 tonight in Galilee

Off dock right at bow of Admiral Francis. Could have gotten more but tired."

[K.O.]

Gilligan, OneEyedSquid, Skwidbert; I bought a freshwater rod with reel at $9.46 in walmart. It is very soft and thin. 

It works well and I can feel the touch of squid easily. Thank you for advisers.

 

Last Friday, it was clear night and got 19 squids at GI bridge with pink Yo-zuri.

However, Last Sunday, it was raining, I got nothing at GI bridge.

Only 3 guys got many and they used gray jigs.

 

I researched japanese fishing forum. In bad wether (rainy, high-wave, and dark night), sea warter becomes cloudy and squids prefer cold

color jigs (blue, green, brown, and gray) to warm color jigs (pink, yellow, and orange).

Is it true? How do you think?

[JANZ]

Put it in front of them and if they hit it thats the color.

[Retired squid]

Postmansquid and I went and tried our luck last night at Beverly. It was an incoming tide (high tide occurred at 9:40 pm), cold and windy. Between the two of us we caught around 20 medium to small, none were large. Postmansquid donated his catch to me so that combined I would be able to enjoy some nice fried calamari. Postmansquid was the high hook, no one else caught more than 5 between 4:30-10:15 pm. Approximately 10 fisherman braved the weather but all eventually would leave with very few squid in their bucket.

[alaskanaturally]

                                        Cephalopodmania: Update 160604


It starts ever year about mid-February. Your mind gets a little cloudy and concentration on the mundane becomes more difficult. You start noticing a little twitch in your right eye and listening to family and friends starts to become an effort. As the days and weeks move on in their inevitable march toward Spring, the symptoms exacerbate. You find yourself walking around a fog of strange images ebbing and waning. You start seeing banners flying by your mind’s eye. They say things like: yo zuri,  Yamashita,  Shimano,  Diawa, etc. No, you are not studying Japanese, just day dreaming about dropping you line into a thick school of the Cephalopods and bringing up critter after critter.


The condition becomes dangerous when your friends start glancing at you from the side of their eye with concerned looks. And it’s time to take yourself in hand. While the disorder is not curable, the symptoms can be controlled. The primary treatment is to head to your favorite squidding hole and drop a line in the water.


Martin picked up this affliction in Australia. And since it is transmittable from human to human, Ruta developed a milder case. We thought that it was something we might have to live with until we made another trip to Aussieland. But then Squidfish was discovered on line.


So when the symptoms, became unbearable in May, a trip was planned for the end of the month and early June. A garden is difficult to leave for very long this time of year:  Five days at most. We left the Eastern Shore of Virginia last Monday. We had lots of help from folks on Squidfish but Gilligan was particularly gracious. We met him in Eastern Ct. on Tuesday and he clued us in on types of jigs to use and a few locations. He actually gave us a few of the lures.


The first attempt was futile. We fished mid-day in Stonington. From there we headed to Galilee   RI. After a very generous lobsterman gave us three soft shells, we set up camp in Fisherman’s Memorial State Park. After a nap and wonderful dinner and we returned to the wharf at Galilee. Just before dark, the first squid was caught and the symptoms were immediately relieved. It took a lot of trial and error but by 10:30, about 25 of the critters were brought onto the dock.


After driving back to camp, we realized how tired we were. Not surprising for two old farts who are used to hitting the sack at 8. We repeated the story the next night also catching about 25. It was time to start heading home the next day. Before doing so, we returned to Galilee for an attempt at daytime squidding. Surprise, surprise, we caught another 28 in two hours in the late morning.


During the trip back to Stonington, we stopped at a NWR and strolled along a trail for an hour or two. The plan was to fish the evening at the Ct. port and then spend the night at a rest area on 95. Upon arriving at the wharf, we were told that buckets were filled the night before raising our expectations. Alas, like any other angling, thing can change quickly. We only caught three in three hours and another fellow caught three. That was it!


We’re back in Quinby and packed and froze all the calamari, 33 meals. Happily all the symptoms of Cephalopodmania are gone. However, its going to take a while to get our Circadian Rhythms back in order.     


 

[Matsquidman]

Glad to hear you got your fix! When you caught the late morning batch was it cloudy? I have found that you can do real well at times on cloudy days.

[alaskanaturally]

Glad to hear you got your fix! When you caught the late morning batch was it cloudy? I have found that you can do real well at times on cloudy days.

It was sunny. Go figure! We probably made a mistake by moving on. Might have been real good that night as it appeared that a new body of squid had moved in.

[jeepsrs]

I went down to Newport this morning all around Goat Island at 6-7am. Only 1 person on the bridge didn't seem like he was catching. I did see a few others around the area dock catch 2-3 and a couple guys on a boat catching a hand full. Has anyone caught more than 25? And when do you guys think the best time will be to go this upcoming week? Any advise is appreciated. Thanks

[JANZ]

Nice going Alaska.  Most of the time on that type of adventure folks are

lucky to catch 1 or 2 .   You did well.  Maybe next time you might just hit

the motherload.  The squid are always somewhere and its really nice

when your at the same somewhere also.

[alaskanaturally]

Nice going Alaska.  Most of the time on that type of adventure folks are

lucky to catch 1 or 2 .   You did well.  Maybe next time you might just hit

the motherload.  The squid are always somewhere and its really nice

when your at the same somewhere also.

While it doesn't hurt to have experience fishing all over the world for hundreds of different species, we got lucky. And of course had lots of help from folks on this board. Thanks everyone. We hope to come up in the fall and try again.

[skwidbert]

Caught 5 bags ranging 4-5 lbs a pop on memorial night goat island. Was the only one fishing the first light post on the bridge from 1-4 amish was shocked nobody else was there *shrug* anywho, I was free floating a high low setup during slack tied

[K.O.]

Alaska; I felt like traveling with you by your exciting post. It encourages me when I think about your wonderful fishing-life.

 

Jeepsrs;  I'm a beginner of squidfihing starts from last year.

   Last Saturday, I was at GI bridge from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m.  I got 10 squids and most squids were caught from 1p.m. to 2 p.m.

   I asked some guys on bridge that they caught only few from 7p.m. to 11 p.m.

  School of squids become hungry suddenly and many anglers hit simulataneously. It usually happens.

  There are many factors to get squids. Tide, moon, rain, temperature etc. It changes by a day.

  If you have enough time, you shoud be there without giving up for a long time.

 

  Lamp is also important. Lights of Lamps gather planktons. Planktons gather small bait fish. Small bait fish gather school of squids.

  You can see school of bait fish in the surface of the sea and this is a good spot for getting squids.

  Only one lamp is not enough. You should cooperate with the guys with lamp. There are many people with lamps on the bridge from 9 p.m. to 12 p.m.

  I recommend the period from 10p.m. to 3 p.m.

[daved]

sorry new member.. went last week wed,thurs,fri and got a half bucket each time on the outgoing on an over under rig two pink small lures with a 1/2 oz sinker. they are there but in 8-15 feet of water. if you dont see sand eels piling up around your light move. outgoing was the best time again. was at shore in newport near goat island. havent gone this week but i imagine they are still there. 

[OneEyedSquid]

K.O -- lure color concept applies day or night and also depends on weather.  Here is a very good youtube video on colors and practically everything you need to know about squiding.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swl5JfD4yvg.