Thanks to Ann Anderson for sharing her photos from Seacrest Pier just after dusk tonight – a crowd turned out for squid fishing.
Above, locals Steven (in the orange hat) and Danny were using line, lure, and lights to catch squid off the pier, Ann reports. If you haven’t fished for squid, this state Department of Fish and Wildlife one-sheet has some background.
It’s amazing to see so many out on such a stormy night. How were the catch numbers? Were people filling their buckets? Fresh squid is delicious. It’s too bad that there are not any local commercial fishing boats any more. All the store squid comes in frozen from California or China with much less flavor.
Squid generally come into Puget Sound between October and January and can be caught at night off docks using jigs and lights to attract them.
Those intrepid fisherfolk are sometimes out there all night long! (Yesterday morning around 7am)
Seems like more people than usual this year; perhaps the squid are more plentiful? Really cool to see these folks, many of whom are probably immigrants. And that’s interesting about the lights. I was wondering about that.
My only gripe: Though smoking is prohibited on the wooden pier, it still goes on. Smelly, and possible fire hazard.
Other than that, happy fishing!
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