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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: rasbo on May 05, 2011, 01:52:36 AM

Title: baby octopus
Post by: rasbo on May 05, 2011, 01:52:36 AM: anyone ever use it for halibut? Ihear it really sticks to the hook and almost impossible to strip
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Post by: PolarBear on May 05, 2011, 02:16:59 AM: We use to use squid but ha vent tried octopus. It should work. :dunno:
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Post by: KNOPHISH on May 05, 2011, 06:37:33 AM: Yes, it's one of their favorite foods. Doesn't have to be baby puss, a tentacle off a larger one works also. You can leave it down after a nibble cuz you know it will still be on your hook.
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Post by: dirty24d on May 05, 2011, 06:46:41 AM: Rasbo ,

its a good bait i like to add scent to all my bait whether it is purchased gel herring formula, or my favorite is to just buy a couple jars of smoked oysters and thing of sardines and soak my bait in its juices for 24 hours, i also like putting the octopus in a ziplock adding the juice or gell and freezing it. Its very sturdy only time i lose it is when the dogfish are chowing down.
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Post by: jackmaster on May 05, 2011, 06:57:47 AM: its great bait its just like using squid, you wont have to worry about checkn it on a bumb, especially if you double hook it, leave the bottom hook as a trailor like you would a cut plug, its expensive if you gotta buy it though
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Post by: Hornseeker on May 05, 2011, 07:44:18 AM: Wherever Octopus live... it is good bait... all them fish LOVE it.... ;)
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Post by: rasbo on May 05, 2011, 09:23:20 AM: thanks guys,if you ae dropping down to real deep depths its good to know the bait is hanging on...
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Post by: jackmaster on May 05, 2011, 10:50:27 AM: YA GOT THAT RIGHT, aint nothin worse than wondering if your fishn a bare ass hook :bash:
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Post by: YoterHunter on May 05, 2011, 12:06:19 PM: horse herring and octopus.is my faverate halibut getter.
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Post by: robodad on May 05, 2011, 05:18:31 PM: It doesnt cling on the hook as well anymore because of the barbless rule, I even lost a piece of white halibut skin to the dogfish and that stuff aint easy to get on the hook let alone off. :bash:
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Post by: cohoho on May 05, 2011, 10:05:03 PM: Are you using Circle hooks????
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Post by: robodad on May 06, 2011, 06:38:24 AM: Quote from: cohoho on May 05, 2011, 10:05:03 PM
Are you using Circle hooks????

Yep !!
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Post by: benhuntin on May 06, 2011, 06:39:59 PM: Rasbo who are you goin with out of lapush. are you goin to the "center of the C" or the south west corner either way you should get a 24-28 oz norway jig that is all you will need the jig kinda looks like a chrome banana and has a large trebble hook with a red piece of plastic on the shaft. I have fished out there 9 years straight and unless you are on the "Rock Pile" you will not need anything else Good Luck Pm me if you need cordinates
Title: Re: baby octopus
Post by: rasbo on May 06, 2011, 07:18:35 PM: Quote from: benhuntin on May 06, 2011, 06:39:59 PM
Rasbo who are you goin with out of lapush. are you goin to the "center of the C" or the south west corner either way you should get a 24-28 oz norway jig that is all you will need the jig kinda looks like a chrome banana and has a large trebble hook with a red piece of plastic on the shaft. I have fished out there 9 years straight and unless you are on the "Rock Pile" you will not need anything else Good Luck Pm me if you need cordinates
going on a boat named Izzy,not sure where we are going its deep and about thirty miles out...1st time for me so it will be an experience