sqids

[Karletto]

Squids are fast, swim close to the bottom only, can change color and press black liquid in order to disorient -> cover the bucket. Squids are hunted by pulling jigs long/ fast up and down movements from coast or boat + during whole year except summer. In my experience heavy and bright color jigs are the best. If u want more tips about hunting send PM. Recipe is similar to frying smelts recipe.

Pull its head and the bone out; calamari don't have the big bone. from the head, only arms are eatable/ soft.
Wash the squid with a lot of water in all pockets/ squeeze out
With fingers inspect if all hard parts are removed (if not clean it again)
Cut in pieces (usually rounded) and roll in flour
Heat the oil in a pan till it almost boils -> check the temperature of the oil with dropping a small amount of flour in the oil -> it should begin to fry right when it falls in the oil
Fry till gold color
Remove on a paper towel on a plate in order to get rid of excess oil
Add salt

Serve with half a lemon, maionese and bread; the decoration can be a piece of parsley; drink dry/ semi sweet or sweet white wine
Bon appetite

[Karletto]

Hunting it:

where are squids there are also calamari. i usually use the fishing rod with a jig attached from land; of course longer rod means longer throw -> more chance to catch it. learn fishing knots a bit or you'll loose the jig!

in my experience heavy/ bright jigs are the best; the only problem with cheap Chinese jigs is the weight -> simply too light. in this case help yourself with some extra weight. in case of color help yourself with thin white rope -> roll it around the jig (of course end with a knot). modern jigs have a light in it in order to attract squids/ calamari (probably the color stuff that you can illuminate with light).

the time to hunt is
- whole year except summer
- moonlight
- early morning or late evening
- night
- after/ before bad weather (?)
location:
- rock

street lights on the coast help to attract squids/ calamari

the trick is this:
throw the jig as long as possible. wait till the jig reaches the ground. start rolling your reel in order to prevent the jig to catch the ground. every 5sec stop rolling and immediately pull on the side as fast + long as possible. the feeling is -> it becomes heavier at the moment u pulled. the idea is that the jig represents a fish which escapes (the squid will reach for the bate with its arms etc).
if the jig catches itself in the rock, help yourself with changing position on the peer (first let go the fishing string) and pull in different directions. if u loose the jig, be sure that you are first to found it in the spring. if not there are plenty for u in rocks

from a boat the pulling trick is the same like from the coast -> fast + long/ hard pulls and of course throwing the jig is not needed