tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post4380077464852619656..comments2024-01-29T03:04:24.219+11:00Comments on Flinders Family Freer: The Big OneAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-27714281049432682212010-05-12T12:52:55.155+10:002010-05-12T12:52:55.155+10:00Hah! I had no idea, but Dr. Google pointed me at a...Hah! I had no idea, but Dr. Google pointed me at a scholarly article studying these traps! http://cpi.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/sps/sps19/19-3.pdf seems to indicate several possibilities, although what I saw was probably Japanese bush clover (as if I knew what that was before reading this report -- or after!). Really fascinating -- apparently there's been a lot of research on these traps.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01422171964652699673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-25525442493342737502010-05-12T09:19:37.674+10:002010-05-12T09:19:37.674+10:00I love the whole idea of the bush traps, that will...I love the whole idea of the bush traps, that will hopefully remove the danger of an ink filled face as we can dangle the trap just out of the water until the ink sac is empty! Any idea what sort of bush??Barbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356146279347458771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-56694076228849249152010-05-11T21:57:33.438+10:002010-05-11T21:57:33.438+10:00Since I know you like to hear about different ways...Since I know you like to hear about different ways to catch squid...<br /><br />The news here in Japan recently had a short piece about the opening of a squid-catching season somewhere here. This particular region uses traps. Take two fairly large rings -- they never showed one beside a person, so I'm guessing on size, but maybe 80 centimeters or a meter? -- and space them out with some shorter crossbraces so that you have a squat cylinder. Now put a reasonably fine mesh net over the whole thing, with some one-way funnels in the sides for the squids to swim inside. Basic traps.<br /><br />The bait, though, was really different. It looked like a small bush to me, and the commentator asked if the squid eat it. The fishers looked at him like he was nuts, and said no, the squid use them to lay eggs. Apparently the squid swim in to lay eggs on these bushes, then can't get out. The fishers explained that you pull the trap up, take out the squids, and then put the eggs back so that they can hatch.<br /><br />Since they showed us a wharf covered in these traps, I'm assuming they are reasonably effective. Now all you need is bushes that your local squid want to use for laying their eggs, and you'll be in business.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01422171964652699673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-58324721402089819822010-05-11T11:04:55.230+10:002010-05-11T11:04:55.230+10:00I hope I do not meet the maiden aunt at dusk on th...I hope I do not meet the maiden aunt at dusk on the pier! It was enough of an effort landing that one. <br /><br />I reckon it will feed us for a bit, even the tentacles looked enough for a meal, they were long and sticky enough.Barbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356146279347458771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-32924031760252064962010-05-11T05:33:33.431+10:002010-05-11T05:33:33.431+10:00A Battlemother! (okay, wrong author but close ...A Battlemother! (okay, wrong author but close 'nough I reckon)<br /><br />Good job, Barbs. That's a solid meal for two indeed.Quilly_Mammothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233071648647457818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-78215528334152681512010-05-11T01:08:18.961+10:002010-05-11T01:08:18.961+10:00Hi Barbs.
I had a maiden aunt in England who looke...Hi Barbs.<br />I had a maiden aunt in England who looked rather like your catch, big eyes and her nose always seemed to be running. Reminded me of the Giles Aunt.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11418497274946318891noreply@blogger.com