Humboldt Squid- Garry Cooper show
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the force
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lol yeah he plays it pretty smooth. That is a monster squid!
Dorman Point
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I was kind of hoping it would clamp into his arm, just to hear the reaction.
trophywife
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it has happened in march to july in bam many times. very impossible to know when. i watch for the sea lion invasion and then cruise the harbour checking the heavily lit areas.
Rain City
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I've only ever seen them once at the Saltspring island public dock around Canada Day
pescador
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We’d see them by the truck load in Nootka in July every year. I’m pretty sure they’re around us more than we know or think. I’ll tell you one thing, if they’re in Seattle Harbour they’re here too. Nobody’s tried for them so we don’t know. Im pretty sure the most active thread on this board in 2035 is gonna be “Squid Fishing” Vancouver, Victoria and so on and so on……
CBsqrd
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As a kid in the 80’s/90’s there were a couple years where they would come into Cowichan Bay. Two people could fill a 5 G pail in a couple hours.
We would tie 5 - 6 table hooks on our line with a Buzz Bomb or something else for weight at the bottom and cast through the schools when they swam by. Others would use herring rakes to load up.
Good fun, good eating and good bait!
We would tie 5 - 6 table hooks on our line with a Buzz Bomb or something else for weight at the bottom and cast through the schools when they swam by. Others would use herring rakes to load up.
Good fun, good eating and good bait!
trophywife
Crew Member
exactly how to fish them.
the force
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This is a great (informative l) vid, I was just going to post it here but see you beat me to it.
Hoping to do this this summer with my fam, my son had a blast catching them off the dock last year at Secret Beach, and they tasted excellent!
Anyone have a bc source of decent squid jigs? Heard there is a guy in Ukee that makes them….
the force
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Ha, this is likely how I need to approach it as getting a ‘bite’ took a lot of effort!
My boat is in shop so did not get out that weekend.
Went out in friends boat yesterday to try out luck in Saanich inlet. We trolled through some areas with the sounder and stopped to jig over various bait balls.
Both my son and I had a couple of taps but probably not squid. He had something on for a few seconds but did not act like squid so probably a cod grabbing the squid jig.
After a couple hours we finally found some squid… on the menu at mill bay pub. So enjoyed those snd some chicken wings. Tide was low so picked a couple dozen oysters then pulled 3 crab traps which were loaded with 10 keeper crab.
So pub squid for lunch and oysters, crab and Caesar salad for dinner. Amazing day on the water. So nice to get some salt air in the lungs.
I am hopeful for April- June when I have heard is spawning time and better chances.
Meanwhile will be listening for squid sightings.
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kaelc
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We tried pat bay and deep cove yesterday squid chasing a kayak report of 50 caught from two weeks ago. Couldn’t see much worth jigging for. Messaged back and forth with the kayaker and we didn’t see anything on my sounder that looked like what he described. He said in 100-150 feet of water, he was seeing them everywhere. I need to get my 3 in 1 Lowrance transducer setup couldn’t seem to get away from the Airmar setting.
Like you I was pretty happy with the perfect weather and producing traps.
