Jumbo Flying Squid Washing Up On San Diego Beaches - El Nino May Be To Blame

TheSanDiegoChannel ^ | July 25, 2002

[Shermy]

SAN DIEGO -- Hundreds of squid are washing up on La Jolla Coves beaches as a result of warm El Nino weather patterns, 10News reported.

Video - Calamari Anyone?

The squid may be getting stuck in a warm water current and pushed into San Diego waters 10News reported. The beachings are creating a big problem for swimmers and a big stink for residents.

The area is popular with divers and snorkelers, but officials are concerned that the squids' ink may be unhealthy.

The jumbo flying squid, known by their scientific name Dosidicus gigas, normally nestle in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Their natural habitat ranges from Oregon to Peru.

The beach strandings puzzle Annette Henry, a state marine biologist.

"I don't know why they are dying," she said. "They seem to be perfectly healthy squid."

Scientists noticed another strange stranding in May when tiny red crabs that looked like miniature lobsters covered the Ocean Beach area.

[harpseal]

Thanks

[ASA Vet]

They still don't know what the fish was

The excuse used here in the Great Lakes when a Chinook breaks tackle:
"Had to be that Russian Sub we've heard snuck though the locks."

[Grampa Dave]

After a few times after my Sage 8 weight 9.5' steelhead rod became an eight footer in the Chetco River, the Rogue, and the Sacramento River, I stopped fishing when/where the King Salmon might be.

However, I have brand new Sage 10 weight 15'1" Euro Spey Rod just for salmon this season. I just put on the new Loop 4 reel and the Rio 9/10 Accelerator Interchangeble tip line yesterday. It is rigged to go do battle with the Kings this summer and fall.

So it and I are headed up to the American River above Sacramento for a little practice casting as soon as I log off of here.

My son, the better fly fisher, said he knows what will happen if I dare to cast my new Sage 7 weight 14'1" Euro Spey steelhead rod for a few practice casts. That will be when the largest King of the season decides to chop down on my little size 12 Fox Caddis Pupah. Then, I will have a 11 or 12 foot 7 weight rod that isn't all that new. Oh course he has no room to talk. His Sage 8 weight like mine had so many broken tips, he decided to make it a 9' rod instead of a 9.5' rod.

So, I'm only putting a 6# tippet on the leader with that rod. Even a 6# tippet before you break it off with a salmon as big as your leg jumping upstream with your fly in its mouth can be a little scary.

Its tough to blame a submarine for a busted rod when the water in the river is only 10' deep.

[ASA Vet]

Its tough to blame a submarine for a busted rod
when the water in the river is only 10' deep.

Not much harder than to believe the Russian "Stealth"
Sub won't show up on the graphing sonar display.

[Grampa Dave]

No comment!

That's like the Russian Stealth Tank!

[gitmo]

It's the driving squid I worry about.

Don't forget the flying cows.

[ASA Vet]

That's like the Russian Stealth Tank!

Hey Dave, they've finally declassified the photos of that stealth Russkie Stealth Tank.

Here's one I obtained from a "source."

Like it?

[Grampa Dave]

Great picture from a good source!