Post by: Hurricane on October 29, 2014, 08:57:31 AM
Post by: lokidog on October 29, 2014, 09:27:27 AM
He messaged back that he has heard some talk, but not much.
Post by: matt345 on October 29, 2014, 09:43:08 AM
Post by: lokidog on October 29, 2014, 09:45:24 AM
I have done it from pier's before in Tacoma. Any suggestions on how to Squid from a boat in the South Sound??
Bring a big light....
Post by: LabChamp on October 31, 2014, 07:14:09 AM
Post by: magnanimous_j on October 31, 2014, 07:45:33 AM
Post by: lokidog on October 31, 2014, 08:44:17 AM
We used to use the factory ones down south, but those squid were 2 to 5 times bigger than our local itsy bitsies.
Post by: aorams on October 31, 2014, 03:01:15 PM
This weekend I’ll go to this little fishing shop in the International District that sells the homemade ones
Do you mind sharing the address of the place?
Post by: magnanimous_j on October 31, 2014, 03:31:10 PM
This weekend I’ll go to this little fishing shop in the International District that sells the homemade ones
Do you mind sharing the address of the place?
Linc's Fishing Tackle.
501 Rainier Ave S
Seattle, WA
(206) 324-7600
Believe me, it's a hole in the wall, but the jigs I bought from him a couple years back do the trick. Call first though, for all I know, it's not even there anymore.
Post by: Jamieb on November 02, 2014, 07:57:19 PM
I bought anew generator and a couple of lights today.
I'll be at the beach clam digging next weekend but I'll probably try squiding the weekend after.
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Post by: bowhunterwa87 on November 09, 2014, 01:25:45 PM
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Post by: magnanimous_j on November 10, 2014, 09:10:23 AM
Post by: Bofire on November 10, 2014, 09:23:07 AM
Carl
Post by: lokidog on November 10, 2014, 09:56:05 AM
Post by: LabChamp on November 10, 2014, 11:44:13 AM
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
Post by: pjb3 on November 12, 2014, 06:56:13 PM
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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Post by: LabChamp on November 13, 2014, 06:40:04 AM
Post by: magnanimous_j on November 13, 2014, 10:03:39 AM
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…
Post by: LabChamp on November 13, 2014, 06:12:59 PM
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
Post by: offdahook on November 14, 2014, 12:50:07 AM
Post by: magnanimous_j on November 14, 2014, 08:38:47 AM
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.
Post by: Jamieb on November 14, 2014, 10:20:39 AM
I caught and released one last Saturday night.
Post by: magnanimous_j on November 14, 2014, 10:49:41 AM
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.
Post by: Alchase on November 14, 2014, 12:24:31 PM
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!
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Post by: Band on November 14, 2014, 02:21:40 PM
Post by: outdrsguy on November 14, 2014, 02:40:42 PM
Are you up to teaching a Newbie on squid fishing?
I will meet you anywhere and I bring the hot coco and sandwiches'
Post by: pjb3 on November 14, 2014, 07:05:07 PM
Lokidog should know I guess
How up to Bellingham?
Post by: LabChamp on November 15, 2014, 06:11:58 AM
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'
You bet! Sounds like there are a few around and I'm always game to go. Let me know if you wanna get out one of these nights
Post by: magnanimous_j on November 15, 2014, 08:35:29 AM
Hang on, are we suggesting eating octopi from Commencement Bay? That doesn't sound like a good idea to me. :bdid:
I'm sure it's not the best idea, but they don't live very long and you don't catch them very often, so hopefully that reduces risk somewhat.
But no, I wouldn't recommend making that part of your regular diet. But then again, people eat crazy amounts of crab that's caught within Seattle city limits, so... who knows.
Post by: lokidog on November 15, 2014, 08:13:05 PM
Hang on, are we suggesting eating octopi from Commencement Bay? That doesn't sound like a good idea to me. :bdid:
I'm sure it's not the best idea, but they don't live very long and you don't catch them very often, so hopefully that reduces risk somewhat.
But no, I wouldn't recommend making that part of your regular diet. But then again, people eat crazy amounts of crab that's caught within Seattle city limits, so... who knows.
You might not be able to keep an octopus that you have hooked, I think it is hand catch only (I could be wrong), it might be only illegal to spear them. Be sure to check your regs.
R they not in the north sound?
Lokidog should know I guess
How up to Bellingham?
A neighbor pulled up an old abandonded crab trap this summer that was covered with squid egg cases, so they are here. I have never heard of anyone fishing them though. They may not concentrate here like they do farther south. There are also no big lighted docks to fish from that I know of.
Post by: pjb3 on November 18, 2014, 06:48:03 PM
Hang on, are we suggesting eating octopi from Commencement Bay? That doesn't sound like a good idea to me. :bdid:
I'm sure it's not the best idea, but they don't live very long and you don't catch them very often, so hopefully that reduces risk somewhat.
But no, I wouldn't recommend making that part of your regular diet. But then again, people eat crazy amounts of crab that's caught within Seattle city limits, so... who knows.
You might not be able to keep an octopus that you have hooked, I think it is hand catch only (I could be wrong), it might be only illegal to spear them. Be sure to check your regs.R they not in the north sound?
Lokidog should know I guess
How up to Bellingham?
A neighbor pulled up an old abandonded crab trap this summer that was covered with squid egg cases, so they are here. I have never heard of anyone fishing them though. They may not concentrate here like they do farther south. There are also no big lighted docks to fish from that I know of.
Post by: mainer78 on November 30, 2014, 04:40:49 PM
Post by: Hunterman on November 30, 2014, 05:14:00 PM
Hunterman(Tony)
Post by: lokidog on November 30, 2014, 08:03:39 PM
Where can u get jigs. I'd like to give this a try!!!
The best jigs are not from WalMart but from the folks, usually Asian it seems, that make them. For these squid, store bought jigs have too thick of points from my experience. You want the ones with points that look like a sewing pin with an 'L' shape. I think someone posted where they can be bought but don't remember the thread. They are not super hard to make, some pins, wire, beads, lead, and solder.
Post by: LabChamp on December 01, 2014, 04:53:28 AM
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Post by: Jamieb on December 14, 2014, 09:26:37 PM
Lots of small ones.
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Post by: lokidog on December 17, 2014, 08:08:42 PM
Is anyone stuffing them ?
I find these small PSound squid hard to clean without opening them up, but then I love deepfried shrimp more than any other way. :drool:
I haven't been squid jigging in years and never did very well when I went. Do the squid jigs with lights in them (green or a different color) work any better than regular jigs?
I saw a guy with a red flashing one fill a bucket while the rest of us just got one here and there. He then sold the jig to someone and went home. The problem I have seen with the storebought blinking ones is that the pins are too short and fat to catch the squid as well as the homemade ones that the Asians sell. :twocents:
Post by: Band on December 17, 2014, 09:25:24 PM
Is anyone stuffing them ?Not anymore, on the advice of my Proctologist. :llam:
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Post by: magnanimous_j on December 18, 2014, 08:48:28 AM
Is anyone stuffing them ?
I’ve stuffed them with pork sausage and baked them. They turned out well, but just remember that sausage expands as it cooks, so don’t stuff the whole body. Otherwise it starts to come out of the bottom and the whole thing looks a bit unseemly. :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: magnanimous_j on December 23, 2014, 08:16:20 AM
So I'm new... Is it better to go late or during the day?
After dark, the best time is about 2 hours before high tide.
Post by: Revwrangler on December 23, 2014, 08:45:06 AM
Post by: magnanimous_j on December 23, 2014, 08:49:50 AM
Post by: Jamieb on December 28, 2014, 11:45:28 AM
Most folks were leaving with less the that.
Post by: Revwrangler on December 28, 2014, 02:58:47 PM
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Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on December 28, 2014, 11:07:36 PM
Olive oil, garlic, chopped onions and celery, tomatoes, Italian seasoning, then a mixture of apple cider vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, and lemon juice. Then I chop up some oranges and limes and toss them in. Let it soak over night and yummmmm! Do the same with octopus.
I never measure anything, just throw in what ever amount it looks like it needs and finish it off by taste.
Post by: Jamieb on December 29, 2014, 07:07:30 AM
Please post how you do during the day.
Post by: sled on December 29, 2014, 07:47:37 AM
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Post by: magnanimous_j on December 29, 2014, 03:27:00 PM
I hope it's at least mediocre tomorrow night. I was hoping to get at least a pound for my New Year's Eve Cioppino.
Post by: Revwrangler on December 29, 2014, 03:29:45 PM
Post by: pjb3 on December 29, 2014, 07:02:26 PM
Went today and nothing too incredible. Caught a few in about an hour and a half.
was that day or night? DId you try the day trip yet?
Post by: Revwrangler on December 29, 2014, 07:15:35 PM
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Post by: Jamieb on January 13, 2015, 07:05:53 PM
I'm going to try Stillicom one last time Friday night.
Post by: magnanimous_j on January 15, 2015, 12:21:30 PM
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Post by: magnanimous_j on January 20, 2015, 01:33:51 PM
We went out last night down on the Seattle water front...water is nice and clear this week. We didn't catch that many and they were all small. We hit 3 different spots and all about the same. Not many and all small. I am starting to wondering if the season is winding down.
You might be right. I haven’t read anything in the last few weeks to be optimistic about. My only thought is that the warmer weather we’ve been having isn’t forcing the big ones as close to shore as earlier.
Post by: doyourtime89 on January 21, 2015, 08:35:09 AM
Post by: pjb3 on January 21, 2015, 08:26:47 PM
Post by: Trapper John on January 29, 2015, 08:17:47 PM
hmmm, nuttin' at Edmonds?
I went out the last few nights at Edmond's Pier and picked up a half dozen each trip. Slow :bash:
If your going watch the tide maybe that will help. I've been hitting an out going tide. There are only a few people there during the week days. Their there but it is slow. Plan on a couple of hours.
Oh and my daughter caught a small octopus on her last cast. She through it back right after it bit her. :yike: Don't grab um :bdid:
JC :hello:
Post by: hornhunter1987 on February 06, 2015, 01:59:07 PM
Post by: WSU on February 06, 2015, 02:18:04 PM
Anyone have squid they want to get rid of? My favorite Sturgeon bait...
Cash n carry. Boxes of squid are like 3 bucks.