Catching occy
Submitted by Blake.T. on Tue, 2009-01-27 15:38
hey guys
just wondering, who on here catches there own occy for bait?
ive seen a pic on here before with one someone caught on a squid jig but i cant find anything else about it.
i know people get them in there cray pots, but was wondering who specificaly targets them?
Blake
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occy you can catch them in the frezer at work.
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i could even catch a cold in
i could even catch a cold in the freezer as well. hahaha
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occy
There is a couple of small reefs near the busso jetty which i can swim to from shore i snorkel and look for the hole that they are hiding in drop a herring on a pencil jig next to the hole and they will come out almost every time.
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I watched a guy rock up with a long gidgie and a piece of fish on the end of a stick, he dangled the fish in the rocks until an occy grabbed it, then gidgied said occy. In less than an hour he had 5 or 6 beauties! I reckon this would work on any rocky groyne where you have a steady supply of clean, moving water, and good visibility so you can see what you're doing. North and South Moles would hold a few I reckon.
I made some occy pots out of 90mm PVC, and put some concrete in them, and dropped them in some sand holes amongst the weed in Busso, but in six days of trying I only got one very small one.
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thanks andy, very
thanks andy, very helpful.
are there certain things you look for when you pick a spot or would most reefy beaches hold a few?
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a mate used to do the pvc
a mate used to do the pvc trick around woodies and always got a heap
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I've caught them on occy
I've caught them on occy pots, home made ones too. in safety bay area
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They must be yr pots I pull
They must be yr pots I pull Flangies ;-)
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If you pulled one of my
If you pulled one of my pots my octopus would kill you :)
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Was out squidding last Sept
Was out squidding last Sept and was getting stuck into em amongst the safety Bay moorings. Figured i'd tie up to a mooring for a bit. Turned out my mooring was in fact an okkie pot...albeit empty *darnnit*