Recreational " Trigger Trap " Ocky Pots
Recreational " Trigger Trap " Ocky Pots - In Stock (Limited numbers)
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Have you always wanted to catch tasty Australian octopus like the professionals?
Well now you can,after many years of research and development its finally been made. Cost-effective and eco-friendly octopus trap that is 70% more effective than the traditional shelter pots currently used by commercial octopus fishermen.
These pots are designed for both commercial and recreational use. Yes recreational, the Fisheries Department of Western Australia now allows recreational fisherman to fish for octopus. You as a recreational fisherman are now entitled to own and operate up to 3 pots per person (2 Traps on frame = 1 pot) or up to 6 individual traps. So now you can catch and cook your own octopus or get yourself some quality fresh bait.
* The full setup is in kit form that you make up but its quite easy. The kit includes frame,trigger pots (2), LED lights & crabs(2),screws,bolts,washers,anode and rope bridle etc
* You just need a rope and float that we sell here and away you go
* With every setup we will supply a Construction Instruction and Exemption paperwork which also outlines the full legal requirments/details etc
$ Full setup of 1 pot (2 Traps on frame = 1 pot)
More info from the Fisheries Department
Link;
http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/About-Us/News/Pages/Octopus-trigger-trap-trial-begins.aspx
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Tradewind
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Date Joined: 18/09/12
10kg of occy caught would pay
10kg of occy caught would pay back the cost instead of buying bait at the current price.
Very nice i'll have to come in and have a look
willy2668
Posts: 122
Date Joined: 18/10/11
199 go check it and it's
199 go check it and it's gone I can guarantee that will happen
Walfootrot
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Date Joined: 23/07/12
dont use floats, run 20m rope
dont use floats, run 20m rope between 2 pots, just run a graple between the pots to pick them up, easy!
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
Rob H
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Date Joined: 18/01/12
not allowed unfortunately"no
not allowed unfortunately
"no more than 2 traps may be combined on a single cradle or line"
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
Andy_b
Posts: 633
Date Joined: 19/10/11
i done a run of occy pots,
i done a run of occy pots, lasted 2 weeks befor they got stolen, and i did not use floats, same as above
bitten
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yeah seems a bit pricey to
yeah seems a bit pricey to me for 2 occy pots sorry ryan
Oceanside Tackle
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Ocky Trigger pots
Its Blake here, since I did the post we have had a lot of enquiries and a few coming in over the weekend to buy.
The commercial guys sells the same unit for $210 and one tackle shop South of us has sold 25 plus. There's a market there for sure and we kept on getting asked about them so we got them in
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bitten
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fair enough i wasnt
fair enough i wasnt suggesting you were over charging, just a personal thing i wouldnt pay 200 to catch 2 occy at a time as i dont buy them for bait because i dont use bait and wouldnt eat them all that often i guess for other peeople it might make a good investment
just a personal thing thats all
Oceanside Tackle
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no probs mate
We do agree that its not going to be for all people. We do sell the commercial premium ocky here also for the guys that are chasing it.
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Butters29
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Date Joined: 28/03/13
Pot floats
I think you'll find that your local fisheries officer might not be overly keen on you not attaching a float to your occy pots. Chatting to one down this way, they must have a float set up similar to that of a cray pot.
I had grand plans of doing the exact same thing so every man and his dog won't steal them. I'm now rethinking my strategy.
Rob H
Posts: 5810
Date Joined: 18/01/12
Unless the rules have
Unless the rules have changed, I thought that crab (and by omission occy) gear did not need to have identifying marks on them.
That may have changed with these new occy rules though
Sad to say, $199 is way over for me as well
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Walfootrot
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http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/Doc
http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/Documents/recreational_fishing/recreational_octopus_trigger_traps.pdf
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
Rob H
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ha-yeah posted the same thing
ha-yeah posted the same thing above where you suggested not using floats at all!
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little johnny
Posts: 5362
Date Joined: 04/12/11
be great out wide
30 to 35 meters and dive on them when your getting crays. would become expensive i loose heaps every year in close.(home made ones) .trigger traps work exellent for pros pulling them from deep water (they cant escape)
Butters29
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Date Joined: 28/03/13
Yeah I'm not 100% sure on
Yeah I'm not 100% sure on the rules it's just what I was told. Maybe it's because like cray pots they are set for an indefinite period of time, where as crab pots are usually monitored over a shorter time period?
perth fisher
Posts: 132
Date Joined: 02/06/11
you would really want to have
you would really want to have these setup where pot stealers cant find them easily
Outsider
Posts: 3
Date Joined: 27/07/13
Never Again!!
Well they say live and learn, my mate and I brought six traps, all but one have been stolen and they didnt even pay for them self, much cheaper to buy bait from your local tackle shop....
big john
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Did you catch any?
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Oceanside Tackle
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yeh
Not good to hear outsider, yes like craypots theres a few bad guys out there wanting to steal. We have a few customers that have been cleaning up near Rotto with the trigger traps and interestingly these guys said they been getting many ocky in the T/Traps but not setting off the trap door (not grabbing the crab) just loving a new home.
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Daniel 82
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How often do you check the
How often do you check the trigger traps?
out wide
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Wouldn't last one day in
Wouldn't last one day in close arseholes would steal them. I lost two strings of home made last year didn't even get to pull them.
epic restos and...
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yup must agree I have made
yup must agree I have made two set ups now worked a treat but yup its the same old 1st one 3 days 2nd didn't do much better so at $200 a pop think you got your work cut out best of luck thou
Oceanside Tackle
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how long
Hi Daniel,
Some guys are leaving them for 3 days and some longer ie 1 week so find out what works better for you. As for stealing we've already discussed that above, its like craypots theres a few bad guys out there wanting to steal but so many people still put out craypots and get good results. We have sold a shit load of ocky trigger traps and our custoemr feedback has been good.
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