cklovetofish
09-23-2011, 08:24 AM
Wide open squid for those who wants it. I got my limits by 8:15 (about 1 hour fishing). Skipper cooked up some calamary for us to try and I tell you, it is the best there is.
By 9:00 PM squid cleaning starts and ends at 12:15 AM. That's not all people took the limits, some only 5, some none. For 48 people, estimate 700~800 cleaned, 3 deckhands, and still took over 3 hours to clean. Total
Cleaning my limit costed a lot more than the trip. If you don't want it cleaned, you can ask them some bags and double bagged them. Only a few people on the boat did that.
Squids are not line shy, so the bigger the better. However, they were only 3 lbs to 8 lbs last night, so 15 lbs line should be adequate. Captain says fish all the way to bottom and that some times is 0ver 100 ft. I got all my within 10 ft of water. So, save your strength, go shallow.
Go get them. Be ware, the fish cleaning will kill you unless you fish and release in the mean time, and if you have the muscle for it.
Oh yeah, total count varies but I estimate we caught 1600 and only kept about half of that. And there were only a handful of fishermen keep on fishing while we clean the squid and those guys must have released over 300 squids.
By 9:00 PM squid cleaning starts and ends at 12:15 AM. That's not all people took the limits, some only 5, some none. For 48 people, estimate 700~800 cleaned, 3 deckhands, and still took over 3 hours to clean. Total
Cleaning my limit costed a lot more than the trip. If you don't want it cleaned, you can ask them some bags and double bagged them. Only a few people on the boat did that.
Squids are not line shy, so the bigger the better. However, they were only 3 lbs to 8 lbs last night, so 15 lbs line should be adequate. Captain says fish all the way to bottom and that some times is 0ver 100 ft. I got all my within 10 ft of water. So, save your strength, go shallow.
Go get them. Be ware, the fish cleaning will kill you unless you fish and release in the mean time, and if you have the muscle for it.
Oh yeah, total count varies but I estimate we caught 1600 and only kept about half of that. And there were only a handful of fishermen keep on fishing while we clean the squid and those guys must have released over 300 squids.