Humboldt Squid- Garry Cooper show

RiverBoy said:
So me and a buddy got out yesterday and tried this. This was new territory for both of us. we were told find the krill, under the krill is the hake, and under the hake are squid. we ended up jigging in about 575-600’ fow and we managed to get four squid. the taxman chewed one in half on the way up.

it was very exciting g considering g this was an entirely new fishery
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Good work for your first time out!!
 
kingspring said:
Very cool!
How deep was your gear in the 575/600 water?
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we were in 1100 feet of water. our jigs were down 575-600’. this was the bottom of the bait/ krill/ hake cloud which went on for miles. the whales were insane. we must have counted 10 humpbacks . forgot to mention we dropped in at kitty on the way home and jigged up two springs in quick order so it was a good day
 

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RiverBoy said:
we were in 1100 feet of water. our jigs were down 575-600’. this was the bottom of the bait/ krill/ hake cloud which went on for miles. the whales were insane. we must have counted 10 humpbacks . forgot to mention we dropped in at kitty on the way home and jigged up two springs in quick order so it was a good day
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An excellent day!
 
Thanks for the motivation to get out there and try this again! I caught two lings over in the Thrasher area in June that had these good size squid in their bellies. Both Lings caught around 100’ so I guess the squid come up shallower at night. I suspect they are spread out through the Straight and just follow food.
 
We caught ling and hali off Esperanza, in June, that had these in their bellies. Would have been 1 foot bodies, not including tentacles, and beaks the size of a half golf ball.
 
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So here’s a very interesting video on squid fishing. Maybe these guys on on this site. What’s cool about this video is that the size of these squid are ideal for eating and the depths and location are so manageable. No need to go out in the middle of Georgia Straight in a 1000 ft of water. Wonder if English Bay holds spawning squid?

 
pescador said:
So here’s a very interesting video on squid fishing. Maybe these guys on on this site. What’s cool about this video is that the size of these squid are ideal for eating and the depths and location are so manageable. No need to go out in the middle of Georgia Straight in a 1000 ft of water. Wonder if English Bay holds spawning squid?

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Think we would be finding them in salmon stomachs if they were in English Bay. Lots of these Opal (market) squid on the outside of the island in summer. Salmon always munching them in Kyuquot, Ukee, and Bamfield, to name a few places.
 
There was an IG post the other day (forget which account) that showed a bunch of bait pulled from Chinook caught in the harbour - among anchovies and herring there was one small Opal squid. They are here, but I think in much smaller numbers that in the Seattle area. We also don't have the lighted peers that make it easy to fish them at night when they would come up to shallower waters.
 
Tinny said:
There was an IG post the other day (forget which account) that showed a bunch of bait pulled from Chinook caught in the harbour - among anchovies and herring there was one small Opal squid. They are here, but I think in much smaller numbers that in the Seattle area. We also don't have the lighted peers that make it easy to fish them at night when they would come up to shallower waters.
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Guys are crushing them off Crofton right now , I got a bunch of yellowtail rockfish 4 - 5 years ago puking them up off thrasher .
 
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adanac said:
Guys are crushing them off Crofton right now , I got a bunch of yellowtail rockfish 4 - 5 years ago puking them up off thrasher .
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opalescent,
2003 and 2008 we jigged up humbolts 3 miles out from beale while hali jigging. i was legit scared of them.
 
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adanac said:
Guys are crushing them off Crofton right now , I got a bunch of yellowtail rockfish 4 - 5 years ago puking them up off thrasher .
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Crushing Opals now? My kid really wants to go squid fishing. We keep missing the timing in Bamfield in June. Would like to fish for them here in Victoria. Trying to figure out time of year and location. We had lings spitting up good size squid in Brentwood last April and was going to try that timing and location this year but would be game to try sooner if they might be around?
 
Tips Up said:
Crushing Opals now? My kid really wants to go squid fishing. We keep missing the timing in Bamfield in June. Would like to fish for them here in Victoria. Trying to figure out time of year and location. We had lings spitting up good size squid in Brentwood last April and was going to try that timing and location this year but would be game to try sooner if they might be around?
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@adanac
 
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