Squid

[Bofire]

  what do you do to eat them??
Carl

[lokidog]

We like them breaded and deep fried.

[LabChamp]

Nice catch. I’ve been out 3 times this year and not a single squid! It’s usually pretty rare to get less than 5 at all, let alone skunked. I have no idea what I’m doing wrong. How could I catch them all summer on buzz bombs but I can get them with jigs and a light?

If you wanna go let me know and I'll try helping you out

[pjb3]

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I'm up for going to Edmonds unless there is a closer place north



Any reports for Edmonds yet?

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Nice catch. I’ve been out 3 times this year and not a single squid! It’s usually pretty rare to get less than 5 at all, let alone skunked. I have no idea what I’m doing wrong. How could I catch them all summer on buzz bombs but I can get them with jigs and a light?

If you wanna go let me know and I'll try helping you out
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[LabChamp]

Typically I choose to go to Seattle over Edmonds bc the fishing is more consistent. Whenever I try Edmonds, I always go the night that damn seal shows up. If you would like to go let me know. It's a great time. Just plan on being on late... most nights I don't pack up until 2 am

[magnanimous_j]

Nice catch. I’ve been out 3 times this year and not a single squid! It’s usually pretty rare to get less than 5 at all, let alone skunked. I have no idea what I’m doing wrong. How could I catch them all summer on buzz bombs but I can get them with jigs and a light?

If you wanna go let me know and I'll try helping you out

Thanks for the offer. I’ve been doing this for years, I think it’s just bad luck. But I am heading out to Pier 86 tonight to try again. It had been so warm before, I wonder if that had anything to do with it…

[LabChamp]

Nice catch. I’ve been out 3 times this year and not a single squid! It’s usually pretty rare to get less than 5 at all, let alone skunked. I have no idea what I’m doing wrong. How could I catch them all summer on buzz bombs but I can get them with jigs and a light?

If you wanna go let me know and I'll try helping you out

Thanks for the offer. I’ve been doing this for years, I think it’s just bad luck. But I am heading out to Pier 86 tonight to try again. It had been so warm before, I wonder if that had anything to do with it…

Sometimes it's the smallest details that are the differences between catching 5 squid or 5 lbs. Sometimes, they just won't ever turn on or come in. Just like real fishing lol. Let me know how it goes for you out there. I have really kicked ass when it's been cold and clear. If the water is dirty, I don't typically do as well. Normally caused by high river water, lots of rain, ect... Hope to help any way I can

[offdahook]

i gotta try dem da loc pier i see guy fish dem now wish me luc

[magnanimous_j]

Nice catch. I’ve been out 3 times this year and not a single squid! It’s usually pretty rare to get less than 5 at all, let alone skunked. I have no idea what I’m doing wrong. How could I catch them all summer on buzz bombs but I can get them with jigs and a light?

If you wanna go let me know and I'll try helping you out

Thanks for the offer. I’ve been doing this for years, I think it’s just bad luck. But I am heading out to Pier 86 tonight to try again. It had been so warm before, I wonder if that had anything to do with it…

Sometimes it's the smallest details that are the differences between catching 5 squid or 5 lbs. Sometimes, they just won't ever turn on or come in. Just like real fishing lol. Let me know how it goes for you out there. I have really kicked ass when it's been cold and clear. If the water is dirty, I don't typically do as well. Normally caused by high river water, lots of rain, ect... Hope to help any way I can

Night and day difference. I caught about 20 last night. I think the clear and cold made a huge difference. But one of the regulars down there gave me some pointers that really helped, too. I had always caught them right off the bottom, but for whatever reason, everyone is catching them about 10 feet down this year, right below the huge school of whatever those tiny fish are. Cast the jigs right past the far edge of the light, slowly bring the rod tip to the sky and then set the bale.  Also, I was letting the jigs drop way too fast. I needed to keep the line taught and lower it over about 10 seconds. Everyone who was doing well was using red or orange jigs. I was fishing with one blue and one orange jig (otherwise identical) and every single one I got was off the orange one. I tried to tie on another orange one, but my hands were so cold I couldn’t tie the knot.

The guy said you can always get lucky and snag one as it swims by, and when they come up having been speared through the body, that’s probably what happened. But when you’re doing it right, they’re hanging upside down from the hooks.

I still wasn’t doing as well as the masters down there, but my game is much improved. Or maybe it was just a good night, we’ll see.

i gotta try dem da loc pier i see guy fish dem now wish me luc

If you’re from Tacoma, the Les Davis pier on Ruston is where I got started, and made all my best catches. If you let the jig sit on the bottom for a minute, sometimes you can get baby octopus. I’ve never been able to do that from any other pier.

[Jamieb]

Do you eat baby octopus?
I caught and released one last Saturday night.

[magnanimous_j]

Do you eat baby octopus?
I caught and released one last Saturday night.

You threw out the catch of the day! Octopus is my favorite.

If it’s a true baby, the size of your palm, you can cook them the same way as squid, just a little lower heat. They are super hardy and will stay alive for hours out of the water, and can easily escape a bucket. The best way I’ve found to kill them without mangling them is to drop them in fresh water. It kills them extremely fast, but the way their skin starts rapidly changing colors as they die is a little grisly.

Larger juveniles are pretty easy too. Stab the nerve cluster between their eyes and it’s lights-out. Then pull the head inside out and pull all the entrails out.  Beat the bodies against the concrete for a few minutes and you’ve already done most of the prep work. I like the juveniles grilled.

[Alchase]

When I was young we had a cabin on Hood Canal, our neighbor was old Portuguese fisherman who fished for octopus.
He had small coffee cans spaced about 10 feet apart on a 100 foot line, weighted, with a lighter line attached to a buoy.
He would set them before sunset then retrieve them just before first light. Usually each can would have an octopus in it.
He would pull them out of the can and bit them between the eyes without braking the skin. It kills them instantly.
It was freaky how big of an octopus could fit in a small coffee can!
He would give us the small one to play with in the tidal pools. They are incredibly smart critters.

If you have never had Taku Poke (Hawaiian for teriyaki/soy sauce octopus) really easy to make and it is to die for!

https://www.google.com/search?q=Tako+(octopus)+poke&espv=2&biw=1003&bih=687&tbm=isch&imgil=eAah3Mqrpgm0eM%253A%253BKhy8YywbzgV1YM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fcookinghawaiianstyle.com%25252Findex.php%25252Fcomponent%25252Frecipe%25252Frecipes%25252Fdetail%25252F754%25252Fkim-chee-tako-octopus-poke&source=iu&pf=m&fir=eAah3Mqrpgm0eM%253A%252CKhy8YywbzgV1YM%252C_&usg=__LVo49-fbTozKReoTBZfogvkLv2g%3D&ved=0CFYQyjc&ei=g2NmVOv4LcbuoASCpIGoBg#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=eAah3Mqrpgm0eM%253A%3BKhy8YywbzgV1YM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fcookinghawaiianstyle.com%252Fimages%252Frecipes%252F1313258285kimchee_tako_poke.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fcookinghawaiianstyle.com%252Findex.php%252Fcomponent%252Frecipe%252Frecipes%252Fdetail%252F754%252Fkim-chee-tako-octopus-poke%3B448%3B336

[Band]

Hang on, are we suggesting eating octopi from Commencement Bay?  That doesn't sound like a good idea to me.

[outdrsguy]

Hey  LabChamp
Are you up to teaching a Newbie on squid fishing?
I will meet you anywhere and I bring the hot coco and sandwiches'

[pjb3]

R they not in the north sound?
Lokidog should know I guess
How up to Bellingham?