You guys are so right! This is indeed the messiest type of fishing you can do. In addition to getting soaking wet, I got nailed right in the side of the head with a big shot of ink. Yuck! My son still proudly wears his totally ink-stained shirt when he fishes. Just like JJ said, when you first hit the squid, though, and everyone is pulling them in, with water spraying everywhere and everything, it is one of the most bizarre, yet funny, things I've ever experienced. My brother and I couldn't stop laughing for the first ten minutes. It was utter pandemonium, like something out of a Three Stooges short. After sitting out there for a few hours soaking wet, though, yes it gets old. The boat caught so many, that after a while, people were playing games with them, pulling them out of the water and using them to spray their friends in the face. Unbelievable! I was never so glad I went on a trip, yet so glad to get back home.