Humboldt squid

[coral diver]

Becarefull diver Humboldt squid that can grow up to 8 feet are invading the California cost specially night diving thier known to attack divers (calamare anyone) :eek:

[BigAir]

Too bad they have an ammonia taste to them from being so big.

[DiverDave]

I'm not getting it.

[Nick_Kun]

I wonder if I can fit an adult in my 90........hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[brianth3lion]

I've seen a bunch of 4 footers (not including the tentacles) washed up around the la jolla area. Smelled like some good sea food.. yum

[Nick_Kun]

calamari yummmmm

[SDguy]

Calamari soaked in ammonia...not so yummy :(

[Nick_Kun]

I'm alergic anyways.

[Redeye]

anyone seen that video where that guy was trying to disprove the "man eating" legend of them?

that thing was VICOUS:)

[Chris]

my neighbor owns the dive shop in oside, he was out on his boat fishing FOR those things. he gave me one cleaned, it was pretty good, just a ton of meat. no ammonia smell or taste though

[BigAir]

my neighbor owns the dive shop in oside, he was out on his boat fishing FOR those things. he gave me one cleaned, it was pretty good, just a ton of meat. no ammonia smell or taste though

Right on, he must have caught/targeted the smaller ones. It is the HUGE ones that have the ammonia taste to them. Marinading in milk or buttermilk is the best way to minimise the the ammonia.

[coral diver]

So Chris when can we drop by to have some calamares :D :cool:
my neighbor owns the dive shop in oside, he was out on his boat fishing FOR those things. he gave me one cleaned, it was pretty good, just a ton of meat. no ammonia smell or taste though

[malachai629]

anyone seen that video where that guy was trying to disprove the "man eating" legend of them?

that thing was VICOUS:)

Can you find / post it? I adore vicious.

[dhuynh]

so... planning on diving wed night. Are the squids still out there? Anyone dive with them yet?

[seahorse_man]

Check this out.They are pretty cool how they move..........I want one:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG3IRWZSDos

[jrjuiliano]

I saw this one as a related video. In San Diego!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKrR_xLs1pQ

[malachai629]

How close to the shore do they come? In other words, do I have to worry about them during a surf session?

[BigAir]

How close to the shore do they come? In other words, do I have to worry about them during a surf session?

They do come in on real high tides, but are also primarily night feeders that follow the bait fish. Typically, you will not see one in the day.

[coral diver]

They do come in on real high tides, but are also primarily night feeders that follow the bait fish. Typically, you will not see one in the day.
Dont know how close they could come to the shore but surprisingly they come out during day time one of our box supplyer just came back from a fishing trip and seen it personally grabbing the tuna while being reeled in to the boat and snatching the fish crazy

[dhuynh]

Okay.. Went diving last night north of Scripps and luckily no squids. :) We were only down about 60 feet and stayed away from any schooling fish (in case of a feeding frenzy). :)

[BigAir]

Bets way to find out where they are is to call the offices for the party boats. They can tell you how far out they are going to get them.