I have heard about a commerical guy, in years past, getting large amounts squid in nets. I was told he was not a dragger, however, I have seen a boat rigged for small dragging operations that could not have been more than 22 feet. A non-fisherman friend of mine used to buy around forty pounds at a shot from him as one year we split it up 50/50. Do not know what type of net he used but I suspect it he would set it out and then retrieve it at a later time. Have not heard anything about him in years. He used to operate out of the Niantic CT area. Just curious if any of our charter boat captains who might have been commercial in their younger days could guess at what type of net could nail large amounts of squid. I just cannot picture a gill net doing any damage due to the fact, no gills, and large mandated mesh size. After seeing squid move when they have to, I suspect a cast net might not be fast enough either although I could be wrong about that. I have seen the ruckus made by feeding blues and bass in just eight feet water when every fish brought aboard coughed up squid all over the place. Squid will move into the shallows so they should be vulnerable to nets. When there is a good Spring run of squid in my area, they hold the large transiting bass for several days. A few years ago, this happened at Latimer's Reef, right at the D/L buoy. Every cast with a bucktail would be a hook up. Did not see much happening on the surface but all hell was breaking out below. Two days later, the action and squid move in closer more toward the Monastery. Same type of results as at the D/L buoy except this time the shallower water was boiling with surface action.
Wish you guys good fortune going for these critters this weekend, but the predicted weather just might dampen down your efforts.
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