Post by: TripleB on February 06, 2013, 01:20:16 AM
Post by: thatkidwho on February 06, 2013, 02:51:11 PM
Post by: Goldeneye on February 06, 2013, 03:06:57 PM
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,108900.0.html (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,108900.0.html)
Post by: h20hunter on February 06, 2013, 03:08:37 PM
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Post by: h20hunter on February 06, 2013, 04:00:52 PM
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on February 06, 2013, 04:09:02 PM
You have to retrieve fast so they cant get out though.
Post by: h20hunter on February 06, 2013, 04:20:54 PM
Post by: TripleB on February 06, 2013, 05:26:55 PM
Post by: h20hunter on February 06, 2013, 05:33:37 PM
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Post by: Alchase on February 07, 2013, 06:59:24 PM
Post by: TripleB on February 07, 2013, 07:39:53 PM
Coffee cans or masonry jars tied 10 ft apart on a line. Lay it on the bottom and check 24 hours later. We had an old Portuguese neighbor on Hood Canal that use to fish for octopus this way. To kill them he would bit them between the eyes.
how would he pull them up fast enough so they dont escape?
Post by: Alchase on February 07, 2013, 09:04:35 PM
Post by: Fishstiq on February 08, 2013, 08:38:14 AM
The two times we went with him, the octopus stayed put in the cans.
:yeah:
Once they are in a den, they don't come out very willingly other than to hunt.
Okay....regs say with hands or instrument that does not pierce the skin EXCEPT that octo taken while angling may be retained. Fish away!
Important note, this only applies to Giant Pacific Octopus. They are the only octo's that can be legally harvested here. Know what you are catching and how to tell the difference between GPOs and other octos.
The only other common octo we have here is the Red Octopus. The body of a red can grow to about the size of a tennis ball with arms that can measure around 20 inches across, and can very closely resemble a juvenile GPO. So how do you tell them apart so you know if you have caught a legal or an illegal octo? It's actually pretty simple. Remember....
The eyes have it...
The eyes of a Red octo have three tiny "eyelashes" below the eye, they look like this...
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1117.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk596%2Fphishstiq%2FRedoctoeye_zps6bfedaa6.jpg&hash=0e57b4625f8c53ec7352511730690ae7cecc725a)
The legally harvest-able GPO does not have the eyelashes. The skin around their eyes is "smooth", with no visible flaps or "eyelashes" (called papillae), and look like this...
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1117.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk596%2Fphishstiq%2FGPOeye_zpsa7fa9a44.jpg&hash=b3865dfaeff39f62e52be1470341f7c4ce242754)
Hope that helps!
Post by: h20hunter on February 08, 2013, 08:49:04 AM
Post by: magnanimous_j on February 08, 2013, 09:02:45 AM
Coffee cans or masonry jars tied 10 ft apart on a line. Lay it on the bottom and check 24 hours later. We had an old Portuguese neighbor on Hood Canal that use to fish for octopus this way. To kill them he would bit them between the eyes.
how would he pull them up fast enough so they dont escape?
You pull the jars up fast, but not super-fast. I have no idea why they don’t escape, but they don’t. Maybe they get confused.
Post by: h20hunter on February 08, 2013, 09:03:13 AM
Post by: Fishstiq on February 08, 2013, 09:18:30 AM
Coffee cans or masonry jars tied 10 ft apart on a line. Lay it on the bottom and check 24 hours later. We had an old Portuguese neighbor on Hood Canal that use to fish for octopus this way. To kill them he would bit them between the eyes.
how would he pull them up fast enough so they dont escape?
You pull the jars up fast, but not super-fast. I have no idea why they don’t escape, but they don’t. Maybe they get confused.
They don't escape because nothing is threatening them. Octos will only leave a safe den for 2 reasons. 1, to hunt for food or a larger home as they grow. 2, because there is a threat or irritant that forces them out. If an octo goes into a can or jar and settles there, they aren't coming out until one of those 2 things happen.
Post by: Alchase on February 08, 2013, 12:47:12 PM
They pour out like slime, and this huge octopus is staring at you :yike:
As a kid that part freaked me out, it is almost like you can see the inteligence in their eyes.