Davy Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Came across this on the internet. thought it was quite interesting. Humboldt Squid: "A giant squid I caught on August 22, 2002, while fishing down in La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico. The squid was caught at the northwest side of Isla Espiritu Santo, south of the Bajo. The squid weighed 70 pounds and was 6.5 feet in length. The commercial fisherman indicated they haven't seen one this big in a long time. The squid was caught on a chrome and blue Iron Man jig. I used a Newell 338-5 spooled with 30-pound test. It took approximately 1.5 hours to get the squid to the boat. We also caught many others, but none came close to the size of this one" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken A Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Thats a fair lump of Callimari I saw a documentary which showed Humbolt Squid. They had a couple guys in a shark cage under the boat filming them at night while a couple guys dropped big squid jigs down on 50 pound tackle & dragged them up. When a squid was hooked the others would rip into it. One even got inside the cage & tried to bit a diver. Callimari that bites back Maybe you could switch things about & slow troll Kings on downriggers for squid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 What the ........................ Stand up 15kg to catch a squid........... My head can't get around that. B.F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lbgking Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 (edited) If that's the squid, what are their kingy's like Edited February 1, 2006 by lbgking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 did it taste any different from your average squid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy Posted February 2, 2006 Author Share Posted February 2, 2006 dont know about the humboldt, but other species of giant squid apparently have high levels of ammonia so are actually inedible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrykrocker Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 the humbolt are comerically fished, so I assume they are good eating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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