Anyone ever fish for SQUID?

Fishing out of Bangor: I fished for squid in france once, using strange squid lures. Im getting a few sent over to give them a try here. Has anyone ever fished for or catch squid in N.Ireland? Is there a season? etc.

never FISHED for them but have caught plenty octopus too end of season seems best.

I 've taken squid up to 3 odd pounds occasionally when jigging off Donegal in daylight with mackerel-baited coloured feathers - more of a fluke than anything else I think. About 30m down, hard on the bottom.

Also had small ones grab trolled coloured feathers at dusk on the surface.

No idea about seasons but I hear that dusk is the best time and it helps to dangle a light over the side of the boat to attract them - I think they come to the surface at night to feed???

I saw a program with Rick Stein (i think) where he went out fishing squid in a small rowing boat at night in the Autumn off the south English coast.

I have never fished for them but I know a guy who caught one down in Black Head,Clare.He was fishing from the rocks.

Cheers
nige

they rise to the surface to feed at night and go back to the bottom during the day, saw that on a David Attenborough documentary!

Have seen yo zuri squid jigs advertised. try: http://www.squidjig.com/
or: http://www.billfishtacklesupply.com/Squ ... idJigs.htm,

Good luck. Mark.

they have been hooked on the fly before round our coast. none landed as far as i heard keep tearing and falling off

The Skipper on the Boat I used to work on Described them as 'Silver Squid', We were out Mackeral Jigging off the back of Donaghadee Pier once and Hammered a few of them.... On Feathers! lol...

That was at least 2 years ago, havent seen any since...

a by catch while mackerel bashing on the boat sometimes out of glenarm around the cages

Try http://www.Squidfish.net the self proclaimed "world's biggest squid fishing community, or the December edition of the american "Sport Fishing" mag.
The feature "Invasion of the Red Deamons" deals with fishing for Humboldt squid, but the same tactics apply