Who's eggs are these?

[purple vonny]

Fancy finding 20 squid in St Abbs.

[Justin Owen]

Originally Posted by Fiona

There were loads on the YD Angelsey gig, the dive near the harbour wall at Holyhead.

Jammy sods...

Dived in Anglesey for four years and never seen a squid! Or an octopus. Or a cuttlefish.



See lots of the eggs though...

[CotoChris]

Couldn't it be cuttlefish eggs? Octopus is also very similar but the female is normally around blowing 'fresh' sea water to the eggs.

[Richard Mason]

Originally Posted by Jules

Thankyou. I have never seen squid at St abbs though... or anywhere in the uk for that matter, anyone know why not? Do they live deeper?

They are pelagic and will hang back from you, unlike cuttlefish & octopus which are more territorial. They will also appear translucent when swimming around, masters of camouflage, like all the cephalopods and are often very difficult to spot. I've only seen them here in very good visibility conditions and once they've seen me, they are off.

I've seen lots of squid here but more often when looking into the water from above than in the water looking up, so to speak and given the usually poorer vis in British waters, it possibly explains why many people don't see them much.

[Richard Mason]

Originally Posted by purple vonny

Fancy finding 20 squid in St Abbs.

Or even a Single Sick Squid - way too far North...

[Fiona]

Originally Posted by Justin Owen

Jammy sods...

Dived in Anglesey for four years and never seen a squid! Or an octopus. Or a cuttlefish.



See lots of the eggs though...

I didn't say I had seen any squid just the eggs maybe they head for deeper water once hatched.

[Adrian Kelland]

I've seen squid once that I can recall for certain, just outside Lamorna Cove, Cornwall. 2 or 3 of them about 2 feet long.

Adrian

[ShinyD]

I remember years ago, as a kid in the Shetlands I was out fishing in my boat in the bay that our house overlooked. It was the beginning of autumn and around 10pm, dusk had fallen and a large full moon was rising. The sea was flat calm and not a breath of wind.

Suddenly all around the boat the sea erupted into small water jets - everywhere you looked. I had no idea what it was until I pulled the Mackerel feathers up and on each of the 6 feathered hooks was a squid.

I pulled the line in and sat there watching for about 15 minutes before the shoal disappeared again. What an amazing sight. Moonlit calm water with all the disturbance of these squid, and the occasional sight of their white forms beneath the surface.

[Richard Mason]

Originally Posted by Southern_Dave

I remember years ago, as a kid in the Shetlands I was out fishing in my boat in the bay that our house overlooked. It was the beginning of autumn and around 10pm, dusk had fallen and a large full moon was rising. The sea was flat calm and not a breath of wind.

Suddenly all around the boat the sea erupted into small water jets - everywhere you looked. I had no idea what it was until I pulled the Mackerel feathers up and on each of the 6 feathered hooks was a squid.

I pulled the line in and sat there watching for about 15 minutes before the shoal disappeared again. What an amazing sight. Moonlit calm water with all the disturbance of these squid, and the occasional sight of their white forms beneath the surface.

We jig for them quite a lot here and you'll usually catch as many as you want around jetties or any kind of structure. You learn very early on not to get in a direct line with the fishing line as the ink they squirt can go for over 10M and it's quite nasty if it gets in your eyes. If I'm fishing in any kind of swell, I'll usually drop a jig off the boat on 10M of line or so, that way, the swell works the jig and more often than not, we'll catch a few.

The boys a fool. Best eating in the sea and the tentacles make great bait too.

[A. Berk]

They look like white bananas... because they are bananas! Sea-bananas, not normally found in temperate climes its true but with global warming as it is who knows what will turn up in British waters.

The sea-banana can be found growing in shallow waters down most of the eastern South-American coast, from Venezuela right the way down to the River Plate estuary. They are rather tasteless and require boiling before they can be eaten. The Guarenee Indians of Brazil believed this unusual fruit to be the eggs of a sea-serpent and treated them with great respect where most other coastal tribes harvested them throughout the year.

Berk