Rod Sarkees hooked this already dead squid in Elliott Bay from shore and landed on Beach. Over 100lbs and 8 ft long. Any idea species? Picture by Kyle Kashiwabara
Jumbo Squid landed by angler Elliott Bay
by sethook (Subscribe)
Posted on: Jul 3, 2009 at 4:04 PM PST
Channel: On the Scene
Location: elliott bay Seattle
Humbolyt would be my guess as well.
No clue what species...awesome nontheless
Awesome
No clue what species...awesome nonetheless
Nothing awsom about killing something like that..they should be left alone.
Uh! MrFredrickson, Did you read the caption? It says " already dead".
Mr Fred...? It was already dead. nuke the whales!
I like when people don't read a story and then try and comment on it. Mr. Fredrickson, you also mispelled awsome.
yup its probably a humboldt. They dont usually live here in the sound, but get brought up here by currents then die because its not the right environment for them.
Humboldt Squid Recent findings suggest the range of this species is spreading north into the waters of Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska.
Though they usually prefer deep water, between 1,000 and 1,500 squid washed up on the Long Beach Peninsula in southwest Washington in the fall of 2004 and have ventured into Puget Sound.
Source information on humboldt squid: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumbo_flying_squid
Additional information: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Invertebrates/Facts/cephalopods/FactSheets/Humboldtsquid.cfm
There are reports that this may actually be a Clubhook Squid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robust_Clubhook_Squid
Awesome! Mr. fred is right!
Calamarius mortuus.
Nice one, PapaPat! As a diver I wouldn't want to come across one. Humboldts can be very aggressive and can tear large chunks of flesh.
Nice, calamari anyone?
"Although comparable range expansions have taken place in the past, notably in California during the mid 1930s, both the spatial and temporal extent of the ongoing range expansion appears to be unprecedented in the historical record." www.calcofi.org
The fisherman (my brother) said he saw it out there floating and pulled it in by aiming with his rig and snagging it. If it had been alive, I'm pretty sure it would have been moving and not sunbathing in the sound.
cool not
Ryan says ...
On Saturday, Jul 4 at 9:08 AM
Humboldt Squid.