Winter Squidding

[mchan79]

Hi All

Went for a quick flick in the Harbour last nite for some bait squid/cuttles for the weekend.

Just as we got started, I was saying to my mate that I have caught squid & cuttlefish before but never a calamari.

Then...

After throwing out the jig a couple of times, I got a hit! It felt weighty and I thought it was just another Sydney Harbour Seafood Salad Special, BUT, then the 6lb fireline started peeling off in short spurts!

I finally got it to the wharf and it will now be great S & P calamari for the weekend.

Got it home and it weighed in at approx 1kg.

[denzor]

Nice hood on that model mate.. what size jig were you using?

[sydangler]

nice work mate i love it when you hook a squid that pulls drag you know its a good one.

[Keflapod]

G'day Harbour Hoodlum,

Very nice southern calamari you got there.

You say you're gonna eat it (I would too), but with a name like Harbour Hoodlum, I'm thinking you may tempted to bait it fro a kingie.

Either way, very nice catch.

You know I'm a bit confused regarding naming od cephalopods.

Squid is the english generic term for a, well, a squid.

The word Calamari is the Greek word for a squid.

At some point, the word calamari was adopted by the species-naming-people when they named the southern calamari.

But there are lots of species of squid, eg, arrow squid, grays squid, humbolt squid, etc, etc.

As well as cuttlefish, octopus and nautilus...the mind boggles !

So I guess when we are stating which squid we have caught, we can say we have caught arrows and southern's and occasionally catch the oddballs of cuttlefish and octopus.

Bonne appetite mate....

Tony

[mchan79]

Nice hood on that model mate.. what size jig were you using?

Just a 2.5 Orange (the jig in the foto is the one that I caught it on).

[mchan79]

G'day Harbour Hoodlum,

Very nice southern calamari you got there.

You say you're gonna eat it (I would too), but with a name like Harbour Hoodlum, I'm thinking you may tempted to bait it fro a kingie.

Either way, very nice catch.

You know I'm a bit confused regarding naming od cephalopods.

Squid is the english generic term for a, well, a squid.

The word Calamari is the Greek word for a squid.

At some point, the word calamari was adopted by the species-naming-people when they named the southern calamari.

But there are lots of species of squid, eg, arrow squid, grays squid, humbolt squid, etc, etc.

As well as cuttlefish, octopus and nautilus...the mind boggles !

So I guess when we are stating which squid we have caught, we can say we have caught arrows and southern's and occasionally catch the oddballs of cuttlefish and octopus.

Bonne appetite mate....

Tony

Cheers! I was thinking the same thing but I've got some other squid in the freezer saved up for the weekend!

[GreyNurse]

G'day Harbour Hoodlum,

Very nice southern calamari you got there.

You say you're gonna eat it (I would too), but with a name like Harbour Hoodlum, I'm thinking you may tempted to bait it fro a kingie.

Either way, very nice catch.

You know I'm a bit confused regarding naming od cephalopods.

Squid is the english generic term for a, well, a squid.

The word Calamari is the Greek word for a squid.

At some point, the word calamari was adopted by the species-naming-people when they named the southern calamari.

But there are lots of species of squid, eg, arrow squid, grays squid, humbolt squid, etc, etc.

As well as cuttlefish, octopus and nautilus...the mind boggles !

So I guess when we are stating which squid we have caught, we can say we have caught arrows and southern's and occasionally catch the oddballs of cuttlefish and octopus.

Hey Keflapod,

The following web page gives us a good enough description of the various squid species caught in NSW;

http://www.sydneyfishmarket.com.au/FISHline/SpeciesInfo/SquidCalamari/tabid/172/Default.aspx

I think the biggest problem with squid ID, like many marine creatures, is the number of local names that get adopted. For instance, which one is the "green eyed" squid? I think it's the Southern Calamari, but someone may wish to correct me.

Regardless of all that, they are great fun, great bait, and good eating. And you don't need to spend a motza on gear to catch them!

I haven't been out since last week when I went to Wally's Wharf for just the one little Arrow [Gould’s Squid (Nototodarus gouldi)], but the weather report looks good for this upcoming week, so look out!

Cheers

Nursie

[sphoukari]

G'day Harbour Hoodlum,

Very nice southern calamari you got there.

You say you're gonna eat it (I would too), but with a name like Harbour Hoodlum, I'm thinking you may tempted to bait it fro a kingie.

Either way, very nice catch.

You know I'm a bit confused regarding naming od cephalopods.

Squid is the english generic term for a, well, a squid.

The word Calamari is the Greek word for a squid.

At some point, the word calamari was adopted by the species-naming-people when they named the southern calamari.

But there are lots of species of squid, eg, arrow squid, grays squid, humbolt squid, etc, etc.

As well as cuttlefish, octopus and nautilus...the mind boggles !

So I guess when we are stating which squid we have caught, we can say we have caught arrows and southern's and occasionally catch the oddballs of cuttlefish and octopus.

Bonne appetite mate....

Tony

I can understand why your confused after reading your post, i am now confused myself.

[Belligero]

Nice, I had a shot at squidding friday and came up with no results! Good to see they are out there however

[sydangler]

I agree all squid are fun simple run down.

Southern calamari, green eye same thing. Think bodied, wing from top to bottom of hood and yes green above the eyes but only when fresh.

Arrow squid are slimmer bodied and no green eyes.

I'm hungery now... Mmmm calamari