<div id="subtitle">Giant ink-sqirting squid invade California waters, entice anglers to book fishing trips</div><div><p>Giant squid weighing up to 60 pounds have invaded the California waters off Newport Beach and are being caught by sport fishermen by the hundreds.</p><p>The squid showed up last week and anglers started booking twilight fishing trips over the weekend to catch them.</p><p>The animals weigh between 20 and 40 pounds, but a few fishermen have reeled in 60-pound creatures.</p><p>The Humboldt squid is also called the jumbo squid or jumbo flying squid and squirts ink to protect itself.</p><p>They can grow up to 100 pounds and 6 feet long and follow food sources. The squid have also recently been spotted off San Diego, Oregon and Washington.</p><p>Robert Woodbury with Newport Landing Sportfishing says anglers in Orange County have caught about 400 of the big squid since Friday night.</p><p>___</p><p>Information from: The Orange County Register, http://www.ocregister.com</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=68263642&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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