catching octopus
Submitted by wombat78 on Tue, 2009-11-10 16:35
was wondering if anyone would know the rules on occy pots i rang the fisheries she told me they have to be open at ether end why i dont know but they recon they stay in there but she said there were size limits on the pipe you use but could not tell me ive been on there site & have sat here for about 2 hours trying to find info if any one could help it would be much appreciated
Feral
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most ive even seen are made
most ive even seen are made from 150mm pipe .... best colour is black that im aware of .
Davy_G
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yeah they do stay in wombat,
yeah they do stay in wombat, have pulled some occy pots up in green head, both ends are open and they sit in the middle
danno
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how do you find them and
how do you find them and lure them in???
cheers danno
Davy_G
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all we did in greenhead was
all we did in greenhead was tie some bits of pvc platic tubes onto rope witch was attached to a bit of concrete. with the other end of the rope you tie it to a float. then all we did was put them out and left, came back a next day or day after and there was occys in there
Davy_G
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i'm not a complete expert of
i'm not a complete expert of catchin occys so i suggest you ask someone with a bit more experience. another way to catch them is to gidji them.
wombat78
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cheers for the feed back
cheers for the feed back came up with from what ive red
ive got 120mm pipe then concrete in one end with pipe at 51mm from what i have red i think that will be alright see how i go will let use know
HuggyB
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If you snorkel around
you'll see heaps of occy pots in the sound(s).
As mentioned its usually a PVC pipe about 150mm with a closed end. I think they concrete it for weight to keep anchored to the bottom. Put it in the weed, leave for a few days and hopefully an octopus will have made itself at home!
The Terrorist - coming to a fishing spot near you.........
nackers
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occy pots
i use any pvc from 90mm to 400mm usually bout 700mm longwith three or so tech screwws in the end to hold the concrete in set them out in patches of 30 leave for couple of weeks then snorkle u can c the occys hangin out the end plus crab shells , razor clam shells even golf balls litered around the pots , u can size the occy up and pull out any pots with a worthy occy, pour out the salt water pour in some fresh water and they usually come shootin out / off with their head into salt ice slurry u cant buy bait like that , last year we ran 140 pots
danno
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where are you catching these
where are you catching these from??
is that leagal to leave that much pvc is the water lol?
cheers danno
octopus
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Octopus make great pets too,
Octopus make great pets too, if youve got a saltwater aquarium
fishyink
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seen some pots in the sound
seen some pots in the sound the rope was floating on the water, nearly got caught on my motor. wasnt a little bit of rope either.
davey
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okky pots
some of the guys i know use clay pipe,it doesnt need weighting down