Awhile back was a thread on octopus
Here is a pile of traps that was i guess a dream in Kodiak for longline

Cool. What are they made of? Almost looks like terracotta, but I'd think they would all be broken.

Plastic, my wife got some from bill and use them for flowers. And I see some one else in town also. Nice hanging from fencing

I bet thats a cold hard job.Interesting.

I'll take a hundred of them, free shipping right?

did they work good?

That’s cool. I’m guessing the flat part on bottom is weighted to help the trap land “on its feet” when dropped in the water.

Exactly, stabilizes it on the bottom, plus its a place for ballast inside.

Why did the longline idea not pan out? Lack of octopus? Lack of market?

I didn't realize octopi lived in Alaska waters.

You string a bunch of those on a long line it would create some drag. You might und if trolling. I don't ever remember seeing those before. Thanks for the post.

Trying to get an idea of size. Approximate volume?? The bigger octo here will overflow a 5 gallon bucket

Post some pictures if you have any. Love seeing sea life, worst part about MN is that it's about as far from saltwater as one can get

That is very interesting!! I would love to have done some of that.

Only have pic of dead one. 50 lber. These were on the other thread. Dunno how to post links. My freezer is now full. 800+ lbs

50 pound!! WOW overseas's in Se Asia 4 pound would be big I think. I have no photos of them but we had a lot......jk

They make small barrels, with locking lids and a rubber gasket, to ship pharmaceuticals in. Those look somewhat similar. I bet the small barrels would work .we use them to store single bags of feed, once opened.

Keith

We need octopus recipes?

And fresh octopus to eat.

Keith

OH YES! I thought I had the new world record halibut on a line , but it was a very large octopus hanging onto something that was on the bottom. The deck crew grabbed him to chop up for Halibut bait faster than I could say Sashimi! They are pretty tasty!! The Captain said that was the biggest one he had seen in 24 years of fishing around Seward, he guessed it at 75+ lbs. Google states that the Pacific octopus can reach 110 lbs.