Night of the Squid - NFF

[Larry S]

Not part of the Cousteau video. Shot off La Jolla Shores. Truly a "Danse Macabre."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cHbcKCqIG0

This goes on for a week or so each year. Boats are out there all night long.
Best,
Larry S

[Darian]

Larry,.... Thanks for the link. Squid are very interesting. Everytime I see one of these videos or a photo of them, I learn a bit more to use in developing a good Squid pattern for La Ventana....

[Larry S]

Darian:
I've read where a main staple for steelhead in the ocean are the smallish size squid.
Quite a few spey flies are designed with this in mind.
The truly amazing ones are the Humboldt squid getting up to nearly 6-feet long.
Have seen reports of them terrorizing divers off of Baja.
Best of Holidays to you.
Larry S

[Darian]

Yep!!! The panga captains really are careful when handling Humboldt Squid. Even a small one can cut your hand/wrist. The tentacles have a crusty edge to them that can really scrape you.

[jbird]

The first word that comes to mind is "Yummy!!"

I went to High school in Newport Beach. As a senior I took a marine biology class. The best highschool class ever! Mr. Burge. One day we disected squid. 1/2 way thru the class he whips out a couple electric grills, garlic, onions and butter. And the senior, marine biology class enjoyed calamari that day Good times......Good times!

Thanks For the video Larry!

[Larry S]

jbird:
As delicious as calamari is, probably one of the world's worst smells is a dead squid.
A few years ago, we had a number of squid washing ashore from Scripps to south
Torrey (San Diego.) Whew! If you've ever used them as bait, you can relate.
Hey, I'm a poet!
Best,
Larry S