This one deserves a topic of it's own and I hope the guy responsible Davian can enlighten us as to how it was caught etc as it definately doesn't deserve to be 'lost' deep in the gallery.
Certainly this is the largest squid I've seen locally, and would be nice to know some info behind it.
(http://maltafishingforum.com/talk/gallery/778_15_12_08_8_14_47.jpeg)
i agree 100% skip!!
Hope we get a reply, im rly looking forward :)
Jesus Christ :o ....... now that is one hell of a squid. It would be nice to get more info about it.
Surely not spinning from land!!! If it would give me a pull I would be surely swimming
Im really impressed because such a squid will bend the "labardi" i.e. the hooks, of a normal squid jig!! I think Davian was using another technique and for sure a thick line.
that squid must have been on steroids....lol
joking apart i think that is a jumbo squid and those can be violent.... i never though you could catch them from malta
There are squid jigs that are made for good sized squid only, they have huge needles and a whole dead fish are put into it!
Surely one of the largest i have ever saw :)
Ermmm just thinking, could have been caught on a swordfish longline as i know of Squids (mainly totli) that were found on surface long lines ;)
I am thinking that this could be a totlu...aldo the flaps are like the ones of a squid not a totlu...totlu do grow as big as that and even bigger..but for a squid its quite a nice size !! prosit ;D..did it still taste good man? or was it like chewing gum since as they grow their meat seems to get even tougher .
nop its a squid
:o :o :o :o I never tought that we had such gigantic Squids in Malta:)
In my opinion you deserve more than a welldone you're the god of squid catching:)
It is absolutely a squid. The side flaps indicate so. The totlu ones are much smaller and even color differs too. As Granitu said ... these can be really vicious. There has been cases where divers gets surrounded by big squids and attacked too. They are even cannibalistic. They attack and eat each other quite often. When fishing for these big ones sometimes you'll end up with half a squid on the jig while pulling it up. I saw this during a squid fishing documentary I was watching recently. The indication they give before attacking is that they start changing colors like crazy.
I think its a klamar. Never thought they grow so large.
Rob
do not tell him to come on jannuary for the klamari sesion :D :D, he will leave us astonished :o :o :o ::) :P
Quote from: sirena on December 17, 2008, 13:13:38 CET
do not tell him to come on jannuary for the klamari sesion :D :D, he will leave us astonished :o :o :o ::) :P
LOL .....
hey guys at the museum of natural history they have one really big (about 8kgs i guess), but it is a baby compared to this MONSTER SQUID!!
It would be nice to be preserved for everyone to see...it would surely be a new national record!
LoL, It wouldnt be a bad idea but i have a feeling thats it already chopped into steaks...and even possibly it already went back to the sea if you understand me :P
kris the first time you are fishing for squid be careful as you may catch one of those :P
(jekk dak cempilli nigi nejnek ittellaw hihi)
dak qbadnih min fuq fuq ix xifer tela ma bazzuka mil qieh kienu aktar imma dak ilhaqtu bil ganc
mhux l ewwel darba li rajna minhom
wow its huge, well done eh!! As already mentioned he should be banned from participating in the squid competion!!! ;)
Gifieri tela magemb bazzuka jew kielu il bazzuka u issanar?
u ghal kurzita... x ghamiltu bih. ma nahsibx li ghandu xi toghma tajba perez li l hut meta jinqabad kbir ma tantx ikun tajjeb!
for curosity, what did yo do with it? was it edible?
isma sry.. ha namilha ta linjurant... dak klamar jew totlu ?
Quote from: Buddhagrass on December 17, 2008, 09:14:20 CET
It is absolutely a squid. The side flaps indicate so. The totlu ones are much smaller and even color differs too. As Granitu said ... these can be really vicious. There has been cases where divers gets surrounded by big squids and attacked too. They are even cannibalistic. They attack and eat each other quite often. When fishing for these big ones sometimes you'll end up with half a squid on the jig while pulling it up. I saw this during a squid fishing documentary I was watching recently. The indication they give before attacking is that they start changing colors like crazy.
kris
that's a 100% Squid but it would be interesting to know if after growing so much it was still edible to eat.
a few years ago i use to go fishing for totli with a guy from gnejna totli of up to 35kg where a regular thing and some times we where lucky enough to catch a couple of nice sqiud 4-6 kg keep in mind that the jig was about 10 inches long and we where fishing in 200-400 mts
just for curiosity what do u use a totlu of 35kg for?
Quote from: shanook on December 23, 2008, 10:39:23 CET
just for curiosity what do u use a totlu of 35kg for?
I think that you can use it as liska le?? :D
bait for bottom long lines, a couple thousand hooks give and take ;)
ma nafx x sar minhu ax ghamilnih flus nahseb go xi boirma ta xi resturant spicca
Here are some of the squid l catch here in Australia....But my mate in the States catches bigger models....plenty of calamari rings for every one..
(http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k372/twoutes/AASquid.jpg)
(http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k372/twoutes/squidbig.jpg)
This time of the year it is not rare to catch squides over 1 kg even in shallow waters.
During the sicc season around 8 years ago me and my father caught 5 on the tmilla. They attacked the sicca and then we simply copped them or bil gang. they were all 900 grams to 1000 grams.
Two years ago at ta Prexxa there was no sign of squid. all of a sugged I felt a monstrous pull. It was one of 1.6 kg. The only catch that night. Well enough.
Additionally I must say that it is common to find squids nearer to the land in the winter time.
Mellieha
That squid in australia seems to be bigger than that from Malta!! Is it ???
it is in fact king, those are jumbo squids if not mistaken. Their water temperature is hotter if i am not mistaken and it plays an important part for squid
plus, they have richer seas and don't overfish them-lower population densities than malta. for every 1 angler in a shore line at australia there are 45-50 anglers fishing in malta