Giant Squid Arrive In South Californian Waters

[glen]

Anyone living in california will find this interesting -

Cheers, Glen



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Thursday, September 23, 2004



Giant squid can leave fishermen feeling wet



Rain coats a good idea for night hauls because feisty mollusk sprays everyone when it's caught. By Phil Friedman CORRESPONDENT



With the Santa Ana winds and warm weather this past week, the idea of bringing a raincoat out for a fishing trip seems ludicrous. But that's exactly what is being recommended by many Southland landings operators right now.



"They're back," said Norris Tapp from Davey's Locker Sportfishing in Newport Beach, referring to the arrival of giant squid in Southern California waters. "We are starting to run nightly trips for giant squid and telling everybody to bring a rain coat if they have one."



The reason for the rain gear is the penchant for these giant mollusks to spray predators with a gallon or two of seawater as they are being hoisted on board.



"It can be downright comical," said Mike Redlew from Long Beach Sportfishing. "You can look down on deck and see streams of water everywhere with people laughing and getting doused at the same time. It can be a really fun outing."



Besides putting up a pretty good fight, giant squid are also sought after because they are good to eat.



"There is nothing like calamari steaks," said Terry Randall from Art's Fishing Tackle in Gardena. "We are already getting some calls for squid jigs. People really enjoy fishing for these things.''

[Mr_Willy]

Wish i was from California!!!!

[glen]

yeah me too!

[Guest]

The tuna baots out of west port, WA have also been doing very well withthe squid. I was listening to a radio show out of S. CA last weekend and they were very excited about the squid around. I also cam across a post from two guys who were out after tuna. They landed 37 tuna and five squid. The squid in their picture were a good 10 to 15lbs!



Squid Master

[aok47]

37 tuna AND 5 monster squid,.. guys, forget floundering trips,.. lets go tuna/squidfishing!!!!



AK

[squid master]

Check out this photo. It shows the tuna and squid.

[glen]

those squid are massive! and the tuna are not bad either! though here in australia the smallest tuna you can catch is about 300kg. hahaha ok maybe i made that last bit up.



well done, glen <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[aok47]

holly molly,... its one thing describing it, and then another seeing that photo!!!



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AK

[Mr_Willy]

Ok, now i REALLY, REALLY want to be there!!

Those squid are massive!!!



Imagine how the bloke would feel who has to clean that lot though!!

[Guest]

It's fun... but try cranking a 30+ pound parachute filled with bricks up from 400+ feet down. It's a good workout. It's also fun watching threshers and Sea Lions trying to steal them away. Click on the pic to enlarge it.



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