Charter Tofino
Well-Known Member
Today i was pulling up my prawn trap (400 feet of line 30 lb 5 foot commercial trap=tired arms!).It felt heavier than ushual. i thought it was a big bait stealing starfish. I pulled the trap to the boat and low and behold a big starfish. But i took a closer look when it got closer and i noticed it was to big and red to be a starfish. It was a massive octapus. probaly 6 foot legs with a basketball sized head. I have only seen them diving and i once caught one fishing but they were never close to this big. I looked at it for a bit then let it go. It ate every one of my prawns and judging by the shells i must of had 40. I have also caught 6 full grown dogfish that broke into one of my traps and ripped it to peices. In a crab trap i also caught half a dogfish. im guessing it was killed by a bunch of crabs when it got stuck in the trap. What have you guys caught. ???
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