What you are catching is the arrow squid, a true calamari has wings that run the full length of the body. A big tip for you is to dispatch them quickly but don't put them directly on ice, keep them cool, put them in a stiff net bag and tow behind the boat for a short distance to clean the outer skin off them. cut into rings and coat in seasoned flour or bread crumbs and cook quickly.

That’s cool that it’s becoming a fishery. They’re very sustainable one of the fastest growing creatures in the ocean. Tentacles are my favorite part as well

That's great Nick! My dad and I used to catch them on jigs at night on Martha's Vineyard. We left such a big stain on the Edgartown town docks that it was still visible years later. That was so cool to see as a kid!

Great video as usual. Baby Clair is so fun to watch. Eats whatever mom and dad eats. Sadie is adorable too. Love them reactions!! Keep up the good work.

My inner teenager had to laugh at “squid marks”. Also if you crush them right behind the eyes they die instantly and will turn white instantly. Toss them in a dedicated/separate cooler of ice. Saves the staining of your boat with the ink and clean up.

Hi Nick, my Father taught me how to cook squid, the tentacles always take longer to cook you have to cut them into 3 or 4 pieces so you cook them first then when you cook the rings once you put them into the oil you count to 5 then pull them out they are really tender that way and with the strips once the curl you take them out

Beautiful family, bro. I miss catching squid in Japan. Looks like y'all are using very similar techniques. One day I'd like to do a father/son trip with you to take my son fishing but with how things are going, not sure that will happen any time soon. Thank you for doing what you do and sharing so much with the world.

I went Humboldt squid fishing out of Dana point, California. I seen this guy almost cut his thumb off. The more squid he cut the more money he got!! I’ve never seen so many squid on a boat at 1 time. I had a blast , I’m sure you did too!! Your the first person I’ve seen do a squid fishing video on the ole tube!! A real fisherman !! Great video man!! I enjoy it!!

We usually soak the strips and rings in milk and some adolfs meat tenderizer for a few hours then bread with seasoned flour fry them and serve with marinara sauce and lemon. Yummy for the tummy

Its so cool that the tail is so short and thick....worms are are part of fish life...best video content around...good job nick

Sadie is so smart, don't eat just anything Sadie! I would like to see more squid video's. Thanks for sharing.

Adorable kiddos! Cool video! 🦑

After you clean them and slice them into rings, put the rings on a plate/sheet pan and put it in the freezer for 20-30 minutes until they’re really firm, but not completely frozen. Then, batter and fry. They’ll hold they’re shape a lot better and be more evenly cooked in the fryer. That’s why they weren’t as tender as the tentacles. Also, thinner sliced rings will be more tender. 20+ years in the kitchen & I’ll cook anything for the StanzFam!!!

Your Squid Game is Strong Nick ! The Video and Squid are Awesome.

We are in the calamar fishing season Well done my fishing friends Greetings to you

GREAT SQUID VID,AN FAMLEY VID,GOSH THEM YOUNGENS GROWING..STAY SAFE

Nice looking bait. A lot of squid sold in bait stores is FDA approved. We ate some one day and it was good. We ran into a hard clear plastic looking item that we had to remove out of the squid. I soak it down with fresh lime after frying it.

I was always told to boil the squid 1st then let it sit for about 30mins to hr in the fridge then deep fry it......it becomes really tender but I love the videos so keep making them an I'll keep watching.....be safe an God bless y'all

The Real "Squid Game"!! Nice catch Capt.!!

there are some little secrets to cook squids. squid will be soft but crunchy when they are still alive on the cutting board, that's kind of difficult to follow that practice. but we know that, when squid touch fresh water or ice (alive or dead), their skin membrane will becomes tough to chew. you can either put ice in empty soda bottle, or put squids in plastic bag to solve the problem. japanese have their way to do it, they put squid in the bottle. it was a old trick to preserve food before refrigation era. prepare a large mouth bottle/jar with top cover, 1 part of "thick dark" japanese soy sauce, 1 part of cooking wine (mei rim), 1 part of drinking rice wine (sai kei), 2~3 tea spoon of sugar. half fill the bottle, for a 2 litter coke bottle size, you can put 2~3 live squid inside (tactaicle side first, or you will be cover in ink and soy sauce), tide the bottle cap. no need for refrigation but do require stay in shade cool area in the boat (ice the entire bottle is a safe proof idea). when you reach the pier, it is ready to eat, and eat raw. clean them as usual (do not wash it with fresh water), fine slice them in thin strips. you can eat the liver too. the osmosis pressure difference of that soy sauce brime solution will kill most common bacteria known to cause disease. you can also grill them whole or oven them, it is pretty fast to cook. dry them up from the brime and you can bag them in the refrigerator too, usually a week is still safe to eat. yea, that's pretty strange dish in the eyes of westerners, that's where the culture difference is. to avoid tough squid, we usually "cross cut" the squid (some people call it "checker", for obvious reason), it cooks faster, some people use self rising flour and beer to coat it (in fact, any carbonated drinks, even coke will do), that will give a crunchy shell when fry. use high heat and short time, 2~3 mins max. salt it after fry, you can use less salt with same taste.

You killed it 2 times hahaha takes Les then a minute

That’s so cool , as a native Floridan fisherman I have never seen squid fishing done here. That was awesome.

Those are some beautiful kids- Life is good. enjoy those roster sized squid.

That looks amazing! :)

My favorite appetizer ! 😋

Aloha, either fast or slow. Scoring for sauté, buttermilk for frying. Nice ika.

Claire is so funny too!!! 😊

Love the tunes

Great family bro

I love your job

A tootie toot. Lmao. I didn't expect that.

Love your videos. Trick to squid is to not over cook it. Cook to medium medium rare. You can also hit it with meat clever. Thanks for making great vids

The taste of that squid surprised the crap out of Sadie 🤣 Maybe you could beat the squid with a mallet to soften it up a bit

In 1979 through 1982 I worked at a place called gus's clam house in Pompano Beach we sold so much fried calamari but we also sold it in a salad when you boil it real quick and then put Italian dressing lemon garlic olive oil and you serve it with octopus and shrimp in a salad and then you get also used to have it with tomato sauce where you saute it real quick and olive oil and garlic then put a couple scoops of tomato sauce and serve it over pasta or a hard piece of bread like a biscuit I love squid an octopus!🌻✌💖💪👨‍🍳🎅🚌👍

Cut the squid down one side open it up then cut slightly into it in a criss cross diamond pattern on both sides then cut into strips,cooks super quick and is really tender🤟🏻👍🏻

Nick, you catch more broadbills than any three guys put together....ive been searching the net...you da man...wish or hope I can meet you

“What was that” Sady, a “tooty toot” 🤦🏼‍♂️😂😂

Man those freshwater squid are the true delicacy though! Best sashimi there is🤣

I'm not a chef but squid either has to be quick fried or cooked really long. Time is the secret. 😋

Nick cut in chunks or strips double badder deep fry well done then put sweet chili sauce over them and try its my favorite way to eat hope you guys like as much as I do. Your old buddy from NC Chris

Tips with squid, 1. clean it as soon as you catch it (easier to peel and clean) 2. Marinate in milk overnight or a few hours 3. Don't need to cook it for very long talking a few minutes either that or cook it for longer. However since you tenderised it with milk this tip shouldn't matter too much

I think of eating squid as trying to eat fried rubber bands! No doubt other seafood is higher on the menu than squid for me!😊 The girls are growing Dad! 😊

frie with gralic squid awesome

A tooty toot! Lol! Beautiful family!

No way! You have GOT to be squiding me! lol😂🦑 Watch it again and every time they say chewy take a shot! lol 😂

Shouting out Frank the tank from Jensen Beach. We need to see more Frank!

Next time try stuffed squid, stuff the tube part and slow cook. Had stuffed squid in Malta, it was sausage and rice, in a tomato based sauce, really good! Tight Lines!!

I fished on the Miss, wish I had seen your videos and did more research before I came down. Would have loved to fish with you.

Them fried ones looks delicious

Sadie has always been excessively cute, but Claire takes the cake on this one.

Good cooking!

Best served with red cocktail sauce. You can cook steaks if you get them big enuf. The sea of cortez inside Baja Calif has 10' long squid. You should make vids even if u dont catch stuff, it happens.

I can't stop watching your vidz bro now i wanna buy a boat

I didn't see your banner! Those squid jigs have been around for at least 40 years!

I like the tentacles, especially deep fried with lemon. The squids look creepy with a big ass eye ball. Sadie was funny when she didn't like the sauce. Then she held the eye ball and dropped it. LOL. Cool video. I'll eat all the tentacles. I think if you use a mallet and tenderize the ring part, they won't be that chewy. 😊

From shrimp to squid.🦐🦑

The way you guys are cooking them I might have to try calamari again. Was not impressed last time I tried it. Nice to see Doug Berry's cutting board front and center.

Been wanting to fish for squid in the keys for forever

soak the rings/strips in milk or kiwi fruit juice for a couple of hours , will soften them right up then cook them.

up here in the northeast we get longfin and short fin. longfin taste better and we only have to fish in about 15 - 20 ft ..

That's the Broadtail Shortfin Squid. Very tasty.

Stanz Fan

That is a whole lot of deep to catch squid. But the reason the swords are down there too!!

always cook squid really hot and for 2 min max if you get it right they are not chewy at all 😄 got got to try filling squid tubes with a slice of ham and good cheese and put it on the grill 😁 thats the best flood ever 😁

great video once again, next time use a meat mallet tenderiser to the body of the squid it helps with the chewyness

I've been fishing Florida all my life (55) and the squid have always been here. Just go offshore at night, shine light in water, and they will come to the surface.

Hi Stanz fam.

what frequency used to find the squid on the low chirp?

Try frying it for 15-20 seconds. The longer you fry it, the tougher it will get. This is how we cooked it in a restaurant i worked at

Next time you deep fry the whole squid try and dip the legs in the oil and pull it out. Repeat 2 or 3 times and they will start to curl up!!! makes for a cool presentation. I think you dip the legs little by little. Like 1 in. into the oil then 2 in.

we buy Humboldt down in Cabo at Walmart for bait if we don't use we eat haha!!!!

I wouldn’t be surprised if the Florida reefs alongside the Gulf Stream are a squid breeding ground. It’s an untapped fishery. Do the squid follow the mullet?

Reminds me of eating Clams in Oregon way back in the day 60's and 70's. Same texture same way we fried them

That whole video was just GREAT, who wouldn't love to go squid fishing!

Wasn’t that a view of the 42 pulling in at 12:08 but you were fishing on the 37

If I remember correctly they have cartilage in the head that I need to remove… Dear Meat For Dinner did a video on it a couple of wks ago were he shows u how to clean them xxx

Squid is cool…we catch them in about 30 feet of water. You can get a 5 gallon bucket in about 15 minutes👍Excellent fried…but also good when you stuff the bodies and bake them.

I like Calamari . Clair was trying to eat it

Capt. Nick, the correct name is dinner, no matter where in the world you are.

Soaking the cleaned squid in lemon juice will help in making the squid more tender.

Hi Nick what happens with the 42”freeman I see you only drive the 37” ?

I love calamari but it is so expensive in the restaurants here.

Make a sausage stuffing, stuff the tubes and smoke then on the Trager.

Nick next time u cook them soak them in Italian dressing all day dredge in meal/ flour then fry only a minute they will be more tender.

We need to start a squid fishery here in FL! I wonder if there are any size, bag, season limits on squids?

Y’all should cook squid in Alfredo

If it's chewy, then you cooked it to long. Squid only takes 2 minutes in the rings size you were cooking.

I’ve heard the flesh softens up if you freeze it for a week or two, which is the opposite of most seafood that you want to eat fresh. Have you tried to catch diamond back squid in your area nick? They get up to 15kg/30lb.

A lot of things happen around squid 🦑 especially that thick

Put them in the frezz 4 night and they get softer and tender 💪💪

Nothing like living off the sea

Ever try a tenderizer?

Next time do a squid parmigiana with mariner sauce

Well sea👍

For their size, squid have the largest eyes. By the way, smack the squid mantles a few times with a tenderizing hammer, it’ll help.

Super easy to over cook. Literally takes a couple of minutes and stays tender.

Shoulda titled this the squid games lol loved that intro that fake lemon squeeze can not taste good bro.

Hey nick I have had this question for a long time who owns that center console with that like double tower

Try tenderizing them with a tenderizing hammer first then cook them.

Blackfin Tuna,,fresh,chilled, ,sushi,