Mysterious squid suddenly vanish

From: Oakland Tribune | Date: February 28, 2005| Author: Leonie Sherman, CORRESPONDENT | Copyright information

BODEGA BAY -- Now you see 'em, now you don't.

The Jumbo Humboldt squid which had delighted anglers from Bodega Bay to Monterey since January and washing ashore as far north as Alaska, have left our waters as quickly as they showed up.

"As of Sunday the squid were gone," said Karl Menard, a marine biologist at UC Davis' Bodega Marine Lab. "Some guys went out last week and located huge shoals of squid but couldn't get any to bite. For a few days they were uncatchable, and then th...

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