Sunshine Coast, QLD

[froglet]

hi this is my first post, i would like to know how to catch an octopus or cuttlefish, where to do it and what to use. i would like to be able to keep the octopus/cuttlefish that i catch so what would i need in a tank to keep it alive and healthy. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' />



i live on the sunshine coast in QLD

[manny]

[quote name='froglet' date='Dec 20 2005, 02:58 PM']hi this is my first post, i would like to know how to catch an octopus or cuttlefish, where to do it and what to use. i would like to be able to keep the octopus/cuttlefish that i catch so what would i need in a tank to keep it alive and healthy. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' />



i live on the sunshine coast in QLD

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Hi mate, i have had some success in catching octopus.

The way i did it is get a small piece of flat wood eg:10*15 cm by a cm thick. place two large hooks on one side of the wood,aprox 2cm apart place them there with u shape hooks hammer them in.once you have done this place a lead weight on the rear of the wood so that it sinks (nail it on ) on the top of the wood place a hook (picture hook) that you can run a strong rope through so that helps you pull it up from the rocks.Once you have made this device, u put a pilchard running through both hooks and dump the device about 10mts in front of you and it will land close to the rocks.

leave it there and go fishing. keep an eye on the rope cause you will know when there is an octopus on it he will drag the rope.

Once you see this pull hard once. pull him up quickly cause if he holds on to the rocks you might us well say good bye. to the rig and the octopus.

Let me know how you go!!!

Manny. :

[froglet]

[quote name='manny' date='Dec 22 2005, 04:27 PM']Hi mate, i have had some success in catching octopus.

The way i did it is get a small piece of flat wood eg:10*15 cm by a cm thick. place two large hooks on one side of the wood,aprox 2cm apart place them there with u shape hooks hammer them in.once you have done this place a lead weight on the rear of the wood so that it sinks (nail it on ) on the top of the wood place a hook (picture hook) that you can run a strong rope through so that helps you pull it up from the rocks.Once you have made this device, u put a pilchard running through both hooks and dump the device about 10mts in front of you and it will land close to the rocks.

leave it there and go fishing. keep an eye on the rope cause you will know when there is an octopus on it he will drag the rope.

Once you see this pull hard once. pull him up quickly cause if he holds on to the rocks you might us well say good bye. to the rig and the octopus.

Let me know how you go!!!

Manny. :

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thanks for the advice but all i would like to no is if this harms the octopus because i would like to keep it

[glen]

hi there,



the best way i know of to catch a squid is to go out at night with a torch and spot them. I am not sure where you live but in port phillip bay (in Victoria, Australia) I often see small red coloured octopus crawling around on the sand in shallow water as I am spot-lighting for flounder and other fish to spear. It would be quite easy to use a small net to scoop up these octopus without injuring them.



There is a good website called [url="http://www.tonmo.com"]http://www.tonmo.com[/url] for tips on keeping an octopus in a fish tank.



Let us know how you go,



Cheers, Glen <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/xyxthumbs.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' />

[froglet]

[quote name='glen' date='Dec 28 2005, 01:40 PM']hi there,



the best way i know of to catch a squid is to go out at night with a torch and spot them. I am not sure where you live but in port phillip bay (in Victoria, Australia) I often see small red coloured octopus crawling around on the sand in shallow water as I am spot-lighting for flounder and other fish to spear. It would be quite easy to use a small net to scoop up these octopus without injuring them.



There is a good website called [url="http://www.tonmo.com"]http://www.tonmo.com[/url] for tips on keeping an octopus in a fish tank.



Let us know how you go,



Cheers, Glen <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/xyxthumbs.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' />

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i live on the sunshine coast, but would a beach where there is no waves that is near rocks be alright for catching them??



ps thanx for the info

[glen]

sounds like it would be worth a try!



let us know how you go,



cheers, glen <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' />

[snasman5]

G,day m8 I do a heap of squidding off the end of the shornecliff pier during the squid season and also catch quite a few octupus which I use for bait I simply use a squid jig to foul hook them as for hurting them they are still alive quite a few hours later in a plastic bag I was tld last night that they are called a spider octupus,you can see them on the surface of the water.hope this helps .cheers Snas