We are using the squid for bait for crab season next year. It is unreal the whole boat basin is alive with humbolt squid. We have caught close to 10;000 pounds since this afternoon. We pay 70 cents a pound for squid for bait so this will save us a lot on our bait bill. There are a lot of people catching them on fish poles and squid jigs and catching them to eat. Don;t know how long they will be in but they die right after they spawn the last time they came in it lasted 3 days.