Octopus trap
Submitted by Ericl on Thu, 2014-08-21 16:26
Hi
Just finsished making my occy trap. It's made of 2 x 100mm PVC pipes , 400 long attached to each other and plugged at the back end with concrete plugs held in place by galvanised bolts. It has a frame below weighted down with lead sheet. I have 2 pieces of angle at the back which I hope will force it fall in the correct way. I have some galvanised wire rope bolted to the front end and a float on the rope attached to this harness to try and keep it all out the way so the occies wont be fearful of going in
I will be deploying it off Ocean Reef marina. Hope it wont be stolen.
I'll report back on whether its succesfull
Cheers
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piston broke
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Great setup
but there's some low life around, fingers crossed. cheers Pete.
We had lots stolen, so ran a 20m line with 4pots and no floats. Just used a grappling hook
tim-o
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Ahh shit, just read your
Ahh shit, just read your reply after writing mine haha
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tim-o
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Good chance it will get
Good chance it will get pulled now youve told the world. Make a second trap, connect the two traps together with a desired length say 10m, you could attach a small float in the middle to aid in retrieval. All you need to do is throw or drag a grapnel between the traps (mark spot on gps) to retrieve them. Obviously deploying them on sandy bottom, near a reef is the best option, no one above water will know they are there
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
randall df223
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Sandy or weedy? I thought
Sandy or weedy? I thought the latter would have less risk of being accidently snared by a sand anchor????
Fish! HARD!
little johnny
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Date Joined: 04/12/11
it will go
always put pots with land marks and gps ,no float,swim swim they last longer,always paint pots dark colour,they don't stand out so much.nice job ,just conc in back of pot enough,iam going tomoz to see how many are still around,keep in mind occo breeding season over,only few big boys left ,,,they die,,good luck