74Formula233

Apparently GI Bridge is dead now for squid, but I don't know that first hand.

I do know that the bay is hot as hell with Bass right now, after yesterday's trip!

I haven't had a chance to post a report, and am only here for a sec, getting ready for tomorrow......will post up hopefully tomorrow nite on both!

Will I try once more for squid? Maybe....only maybe tho.

I just filled my belly with some fresh striper cooked with black pepper, Town House crackers, butter......and mized stir fry veggies.

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GP-TJ

Are you just trying to get 200 replies for this post?

74Formula233

LOL!

BTW, I hate to say this, but as soon as you took off from us today, the bass busted wide open on us

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GP-TJ

That's the story of my life...

I heard someone on the radio say something about east of rocky point. I figured that's what happened.

GP

Scup

Today,

At the wholesalers, I saw tons of squid. The draggers are now targeting them. The current wholesale price is around $2 per pound. Should you need squid for whatever purpose, now would be the time to call your wholesaler to make make whatever arrangements you wish to acquire as much fresh squid as you wish.

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ifish

Is there a wholesaler local in RI that anyone can grab some squid from?

74Formula233

Yeh, real big ones too

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fishon99

Here is a hint, if you are fishing for fluke of Misquamicut drop a squid jig down! All of those marks you see on your depth finder, right along the bottom might be something. Caught about 150 of the squirters right in the middle of all of the flukers.

Scup

The closest wholesaler I know of to RI is Seafood Unlimited (860) 599 9039 who are located inland just over the RI border. They have been moving squid lately, but as always, seafood is constantly being moved in and out of the wholesaler. At any given instant of time, one cannot predict what will be moving through the place. I would always call first, tell him what you want, and verify the price as prices can change by the hour. Once you agree on an amount, price, and availability, then go for it. Bring a cooler to put the squid in, and ask him for permission to dump a shovel of ice on your squid. I have never known any wholesaler not to allow a customer to ice down his purchase. Currently, the price of squid is running around $2 per pound but again, check first by phone. Since RI is a large commerical fishing state, I would call any of the fish wholesalers in the yellow pages. They are in the business to sell fish. Sure, they would rather sell 1000 pounds, but most will not have a problem in selling smaller quantities such as ten pounds. Wholesalers only make money when they resell fish and they are not idiots, your buck is as good as anyone else's. One last item, these are eating squid but they make a great bait as well. If you wish to freeze them, just dump them into zip lock bags and squeeze out as much air as possible before doing the final zip. Do not clean squid before freezing as they keep better with their skin intact. After you defrost them for eating or bait, then you can do to them whatever you wish.

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Scup

When I saw such large amounts of squid being brought in , I was curious as to what size net mesh they were using to catch these small crustaceans. I had thought they must be using something as small as 3/4 or 1/2 square mesh. Found out I was way off in my guess of mesh size. What happens is they target a school of squid as large as a building. When they pass through the school, the first bunch of squid will pass right through the large mesh but some will end up broadside to the net and get pinned there by their companions coming into the net. There will be so many squid being piled into the net, that the first few that get pinned to the net by the weight of the remaining school of squid getting caught. In other words, it is the squid themselves that actually reduce the size of the mesh with their own bodies. Once the net gets blocked by the first batch of squid, then it becomes curtains for the rest of the school as they get scooped up by the net. You may not like draggers, but they sure can catch fish!

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