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Photos: Squidding from Tacoma's Les Davis Pier

caption: Kody, 26, of Denver, squids on Friday, November 17, 2023, from Les Davis Pier in Tacoma.
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Kody, 26, of Denver, squids on Friday, November 17, 2023, from Les Davis Pier in Tacoma.
KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer

Each fall and winter, anglers line up at various locations around the Puget Sound to catch squid. A popular destination is in Tacoma at Les Davis Pier. On a November night in 2023, crowds gathered to cast their lines.

caption: Various glow in the dark jigs for catching squid made by Curtis Alm are shown for sale on Friday, November 17, 2023, at Les Davis Pier in Tacoma.
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Various glow in the dark jigs for catching squid made by Curtis Alm are shown for sale on Friday, November 17, 2023, at Les Davis Pier in Tacoma.
KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer
caption: Max, 26, squids on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, from Les Davis Pier in Tacoma.
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Max, 26, squids on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, from Les Davis Pier in Tacoma.
KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer
caption: A line of people squid from Les Davis Pier on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, in Tacoma.
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A line of people squid from Les Davis Pier on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, in Tacoma.
KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer
caption: A squid caught from Les Davis Pier is shown on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, in Tacoma.
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A squid caught from Les Davis Pier is shown on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, in Tacoma.
KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer
caption: Shawn Lindsey, left, purchases glow in the dark jigs for squidding from Curtis Alm, right, on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, at Les Davis Pier in Tacoma.
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Shawn Lindsey, left, purchases glow in the dark jigs for squidding from Curtis Alm, right, on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, at Les Davis Pier in Tacoma.
KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer
caption: Squid caught from Les Davis Pier are shown on Friday, November 17, 2023, in Tacoma.
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Squid caught from Les Davis Pier are shown on Friday, November 17, 2023, in Tacoma.
KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer
caption: From left, Max, Kody and Deanna, of Denver, hold glow in the dark jigs toward a light before squidding on Friday, November 17, 2023, from Les Davis Pier in Tacoma.
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From left, Max, Kody and Deanna, of Denver, hold glow in the dark jigs toward a light before squidding on Friday, November 17, 2023, from Les Davis Pier in Tacoma.
KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer
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