sqiud or octopus? good session red bay

Sat Nov 21, 2009 8:21 pm

People:me

Duration:20:00-02:00

Tide:Incoming

Weather:calm

Bait:rag

Rigs:3 hook clip rigs

Results:2 cod, 3 dogs, 2 dab, 3 flounder, 1 coalie, (squid or octopus)




Report:

Fished red bay harbor, the fishing was slow to start with and last couple of hours picked up when tide was flooding.
Caught all fish on rag.
seen a nice mixture of fish and foul hook a (squid or octopus).
DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THIS IS A SQUID OR OCTOPUS?
(Made some strange noises when i caught it)
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Re: sqiud or octopus? good session red bay

Sat Nov 21, 2009 8:27 pm

Well done and welcome to the site, nice octopus :lol: :lol:

Re: sqiud or octopus? good session red bay

Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:04 pm

nice octopus they change colours every time :o

Re: sqiud or octopus? good session red bay

Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:14 pm

Nice fishing man and i agree with the lads its an octopus alright caught one in Wicklow a few weeks ago, did it release any ink?

Re: sqiud or octopus? good session red bay

Sun Nov 22, 2009 1:04 am

Hmm stir fry!

Re: sqiud or octopus? good session red bay

Sun Nov 22, 2009 1:33 am

dfella25 wrote:Hmm stir fry!

Always thinking about your belly :wink:


Well done and welcome and yes the common octopus also caught one of these 3 weeks ago :D

Re: sqiud or octopus? good session red bay

Sun Nov 22, 2009 1:39 am

clownfish wrote:
dfella25 wrote:Hmm stir fry!

Always thinking about your belly :wink:


Well done and welcome and yes the common octopus also caught one of these 3 weeks ago :D


You know me :D

Re: sqiud or octopus? good session red bay

Sun Nov 22, 2009 1:48 am

Yes, as said its an octopus possibly a Octopus vulgaris depending if the skin could be described as "warty" but dont quote me! Nice catch and one that you may never catch again!

Well done

Eglintonangler

Re: sqiud or octopus? good session red bay

Sun Nov 22, 2009 1:55 am

Might be of some interest


http://www.nationalaquarium.ie/species/ ... rofile.php

Re: sqiud or octopus? good session red bay

Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:13 pm

nice one man, that was a good mix of fish you got :P octopuss is a mad looking wee creature :? :| :shock: :P

Re: sqiud or octopus? good session red bay

Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:22 pm

Youre rite Al they are a strange looking creatre.

Well done on the strange species mirwin, hopefully the first of many.

Re: sqiud or octopus? good session red bay

Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:21 pm

welcome to the site and nice haul of fish is it my imagianation or are we catching a lot of octopuss as of late? and from the shore there seems to be a good few reported in the last few months or is this the norm?