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Great Cammo!!!
- Thread starter Royal
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Wayne in BC
New member
they are cool critters and i have seen my share. They like to rob crab traps and even a 30 lb-er can squeeze through a 4x6 inch hole!
I once caught a real big one that did not get off the crab trap quick enough and played with it a bit in the boat, to the total terror of my landlocked buddy from Alberta who was fishing with me. She (all the big ones are girls
) had tentacles over 3 ft long and was quite mellow just wanting to get away while he was at the other end of the boat ready to jump over as i offered to hand her to him as soon as i could get her unstuck from several places
I told him not jump in cause they came in herds and this was a small one
Contrary to common myth, they do not get as huge as the stories sometimes say. Octopi do not "spawn" until they are quite mature and usually die after the young have hatched and they have protected them for a few weeks.
We have the largest Octopi in the world here, the giant Pacific Octopus, ask Mike, he knows them very much better than i do.
I once caught a real big one that did not get off the crab trap quick enough and played with it a bit in the boat, to the total terror of my landlocked buddy from Alberta who was fishing with me. She (all the big ones are girls
) had tentacles over 3 ft long and was quite mellow just wanting to get away while he was at the other end of the boat ready to jump over as i offered to hand her to him as soon as i could get her unstuck from several placesI told him not jump in cause they came in herds and this was a small one
Contrary to common myth, they do not get as huge as the stories sometimes say. Octopi do not "spawn" until they are quite mature and usually die after the young have hatched and they have protected them for a few weeks.
We have the largest Octopi in the world here, the giant Pacific Octopus, ask Mike, he knows them very much better than i do.
Rob/Windsor Ont.
New member
n/t
I saw a demonstration of that on TV years ago. They put a fish in a glass jar with a screw lid. The jar was also full of water too. They gave it to a OP and that sucker messed with it and soon unscrewed the lid and grabbed the fish. After he did it the first time he didn't hesitate the next time.
Rob/Windsor Ont.
New member
They had aquariums with all sorts of sea life scattered about. One of the aquariums had a type of fish that was disappearing NIGHTLY from it's haven. They couldn't figure it out until they installed a camera to observe. I kid you not, an octopus was filmed LEAVING it's aquarium and venturing over to where the delicacy sat in its ! Climbed in, had dinner and went back to it's aquarium !! I sh!t you not ! The darndest thing I ever saw.
Larry (IL)
Well-known member
Just amazing.