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ive been reading some reports on the fishing websites about encounters with octos in the charleston area this time of year in shallow water in the inlets and deeper channels... so i made a trip to lowes...
25 dollars later ive got 3 sets of octo pot traps and each set has 3 pot traps of 3 different sizes so that i have a better chance of catching at least 1 regardless of size... basically i bought several different sized pots and epoxied the tops together so that each end had a small hole. i then tied 3 in a row about 8 feet apart each so that when i throw them out an octo might come along and decide to make a home out of one...
im going back to charleston this weekend and im planning on setting them out one night and checking them the next morning after the octos should of returned to their dens... if i catch one i will simply put the pot trap in a live well and let the octo live in there till i come back to columbia. i figured this would be better than paying for one and having it sit on a plane for 24 hours before getting to me completely stressed out... at least this way there is a minimum of stress involve for the octo and it allows me to have the enjoyment of catching it
anyway if it works ill post pics of the traps and the results so that all of yall that live in octopus infested areas can try it yourselves.
25 dollars later ive got 3 sets of octo pot traps and each set has 3 pot traps of 3 different sizes so that i have a better chance of catching at least 1 regardless of size... basically i bought several different sized pots and epoxied the tops together so that each end had a small hole. i then tied 3 in a row about 8 feet apart each so that when i throw them out an octo might come along and decide to make a home out of one...
im going back to charleston this weekend and im planning on setting them out one night and checking them the next morning after the octos should of returned to their dens... if i catch one i will simply put the pot trap in a live well and let the octo live in there till i come back to columbia. i figured this would be better than paying for one and having it sit on a plane for 24 hours before getting to me completely stressed out... at least this way there is a minimum of stress involve for the octo and it allows me to have the enjoyment of catching it
anyway if it works ill post pics of the traps and the results so that all of yall that live in octopus infested areas can try it yourselves.