Deep sea squid
Submitted by joe m on Mon, 2013-04-08 21:20
So I have seen numerous documentaries on these massive squid pulled from the depths. Mainly from Mexico and around numerous parts of the americas. Was wondering if anyone has tried this off Wa and how you went? I'm not referring to giant squid but they do look a solid 10kg plus. Just curious as it is a big ocean and there are a lot of strange creatures amongst the depths
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Joe M
Auslobster
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Wrong part of the world...
...for that sort of squid. They are Humboldt squid, named after the cold water Humboldt Current, which runs northwards along the west coast of South America. Our warm water Leeuwin Current simply doesn't support these type of creatures and the food they rely on...
Versus
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what he said
what he said
Rob H
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not entirely trueWhile
not entirely true
While longlining for tuna and swordies over 6 or 7 years 97-04, we often pulled just tubes half digested from swordies around a meter long. There seemed to be alot in 98-99 and other years much less but there none the less.
We also saw ALOT of sucker marks on swordies up to small cup size, and no not cookie cutter scars but regular patterns on the side of big swordies.
Only once can I recall seeing a live exceptionally big squid, ironically about 20 miles outside the Abrolhos in the early days and that was maybe a meter and a bit all up.
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grantarctic1
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I think
I think you are talking about Humbolt Squid. Yes they are big but i don't think they are found in Australian waters.
Mind you we get some huge Cuttle fish here, Ive got some around 5 to 7 kg and seen bigger pictures of them .
till
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We saw some metre-long arrow
We saw some metre-long arrow squid in the trench one night, but no humbolts.
joe m
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Cheers for input guys. Til
Cheers for input guys. Til you have inspired me to give it a crack. Now to source some of those jumbo lumo jigs
Joe M
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Ha ha If anyone's gonna get
Ha ha If anyone's gonna get em it'll be you Joe.
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breamslayer
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I now were to get some 6.0 if
I now were to get some 6.0 if you want them? or do you want bigger?
joe m
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Cheers breamslayer but im
Cheers breamslayer but im thinking much larger than a 6.0. The jigs these guys are using are aroung 30cm long and prob weigh 500gm or more
Joe M
billy69
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Try www.squidjig.comThey have
Try www.squidjig.com
They have several giant squid jigs that are used to catch the Humbolt squid listed on the website. The prices arn't too bad either.
joe m
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Legend Billy! I'll call ya
Legend Billy! I'll call ya round for jumbo squid rings in the near future
Joe M
breamslayer
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Calimari Hoola Hoops more
Calimari Hoola Hoops more like it
new age
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thats an expensive way to
thats an expensive way to catch fresh bait
smicko
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My bro....
Did several trips from Esperance to Albany on a longliner and caught massive squid on jigs at night, up around 1m long in the mantle. They looked like this thing caught up Leeman way
http://www.squidfish.net/forums/index.php?/topic/2238-massive-15kg-squid-caught-in-wa/
also caught Blue Marlin up to mega sizes, Spearies, lots of these things http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opah which apparently go like the clappers, believe it or not.
and of course the target species Southern Bluefin Tuna.
Not very friendly ocean down that way though....
joe m
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Just put my order in for the
Just put my order in for the jigs. Should be here in week or so. Just need nice night and a like minded moron that is willing to give it a crack with me. PM me if ya keen.
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Joe M
Geoff78
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Good luck Joe. You might
Good luck Joe. You might discover a whole new fishery.
Rob H
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one thing we noticed from the
one thing we noticed from the big tubes we recovered was a very strong ammonia smell even after being in a swordie stomach for days!
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
Versus
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Well i'll be damned. Have any
Well i'll be damned. Have any of the deep sea fishos seen big squid in the guts of trevalla etc?
harro
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hit the shelf
mate hit the shelf at night , huge jigs with escas,
they come up to the surface , and when they head back down the whales nail them, ive heard a full moon
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