Colossal Squid Rare catch

[Aquarius]

Howdy Ausfishers, thought you might like to see these photos of the worlds biggest squid.
Caught by a NZ fishing crew off the coast of Antartica recently.
Took 2 hours to haul in from the depths and weighed half a ton.
These sea creatures inhabit waters around the southern ocean to depths of 6,500 ft.
They have animal like claws on each tenticle and are extremly aggressive killers.
If you were to make calamari rings from this beast they would be the size of tractor tyres.
Cheers Brent

[Ozwald]

one big bugger! Can you eat them or are they tough as old boots?

[BilgeBoy]

Love to try and Troll that round the shelf for a while.....would love to see the size of the fish that takes a hit at that :o:o:o:o Then again...maybe a big deep fryer and a few buckets crumbs.

BilgeBoy

[INTIMIDATOR]

Isn't it just amazing just what's out their or in this case down their.

The ocean is so large we still know so little about it.

Thank's for the post Brent that's a big 9/10 :o wow factor from me!

Cheer's Payney

[Runamuck]

What colour squid jig did they use????;D

[Aquarius]

Runamuck not sure of the jighead colour but it must have weighed alot to get down to that monster..lol
No seriously they say it followed another big fish to the surface and was almost dead before capture but still was a mamoth effort to get the monster aboard the fishing boat.
Its been frozen and sent to the TE PAPA MUSEUM IN WELLINGTON NZ for study.
Cheers Brent
ps; it had eyes the size of dinner plates!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Brett1907]

I'll bet he was looking for tunaman... just wanted a kiss!!!

Brett