Why did you shoot the tako? There is such an easier way to deal with them. Poke a little with the tip of the gun until it puts its arms around the gun and tries to get out its home, then grab its head and shake back and forth. When it tries to pull out by wrapping legs around your arm, it will always do that with its eyes facing up, then you can bite between the eyes or stab with knife until they turn white on both halves.. Its a waste in many ways to catch tako by shooting them. You lost a shaft for nothing and made it way harder on yourself. Dive safe. Try lightly poking it next time then grab its head.
I think you have watched too many youtube videos lol. Not every octopus acts the same. Everything was tried and I Didnt loose the shaft I was able to straighten it.
@@Gearsub I've never come across a tako that didn't act the way Andrew described, as long as it was in its hole. I have however seen a video where the tako had a back entrance that it used to try escape. I assume Andrew is also from Hawaii cause he called it a tako, so maybe it's different over here than wherever you filmed this. I know some species act differently.
@@grant5864 yes it could be the species acting different and this was not a small octopus like I see most people catching on UA-cam and Instagram. The size could have to do something with the way it was behaving as well
He's quite frankly right there is a easier way. Yes bigger tako are stubborn, you still don't just shoot off the back. The UA-cam videos you see is in shallow water where the biggest you see is probably 8# which is rare in the shallows. When you hit deeper water you can find 8-15# octopus. There are 3 types I dive for, all act the same. Big, small, different colors. I typically would not use a speargun in the first place it's a waisted shot. Three prong always works best because of the dynamics of the tip seems more threatening than a single point. When in doubt 3 prong the mouth lol literally lol. All octopus's main weapon is it's teeth when threatened in fight or flight responses. It literally fights, looses it's leg then inks then digs by that time the predator is highly discombobulated due to the effects of the ink and still moving unattached leg. Octopus are really smart, humans are smart too. Enough with the nat geo, nice catch bro.
Hahah no way that’s hilarious. Yes I guess I was just lucky, I wasn’t even looking for one. I just saw it move and decided to take that shot. It was the most difficult thing I dealt with under water ever. In short, the first ever octopus I saw I shot it and the first ever mullet I saw I shot it and it was a 3-4kg one as well. My dive buddy caught mullets frequently but never anything that big lol. I guess I just got lucky nothing else.
Most difficult time cuz u don’t shoot them . They just cling on for dear life until dead .
Nice one ...very intertaining video ...kept it up ...dive safe always...
Wow that's great good catch otopus
Thank you very much!
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wow what a catch
Why did you shoot the tako? There is such an easier way to deal with them. Poke a little with the tip of the gun until it puts its arms around the gun and tries to get out its home, then grab its head and shake back and forth. When it tries to pull out by wrapping legs around your arm, it will always do that with its eyes facing up, then you can bite between the eyes or stab with knife until they turn white on both halves.. Its a waste in many ways to catch tako by shooting them. You lost a shaft for nothing and made it way harder on yourself. Dive safe. Try lightly poking it next time then grab its head.
I think you have watched too many youtube videos lol. Not every octopus acts the same. Everything was tried and I Didnt loose the shaft I was able to straighten it.
@@Gearsub I've never come across a tako that didn't act the way Andrew described, as long as it was in its hole. I have however seen a video where the tako had a back entrance that it used to try escape. I assume Andrew is also from Hawaii cause he called it a tako, so maybe it's different over here than wherever you filmed this. I know some species act differently.
@@grant5864 yes it could be the species acting different and this was not a small octopus like I see most people catching on UA-cam and Instagram. The size could have to do something with the way it was behaving as well
He's quite frankly right there is a easier way. Yes bigger tako are stubborn, you still don't just shoot off the back. The UA-cam videos you see is in shallow water where the biggest you see is probably 8# which is rare in the shallows. When you hit deeper water you can find 8-15# octopus. There are 3 types I dive for, all act the same. Big, small, different colors. I typically would not use a speargun in the first place it's a waisted shot. Three prong always works best because of the dynamics of the tip seems more threatening than a single point. When in doubt 3 prong the mouth lol literally lol. All octopus's main weapon is it's teeth when threatened in fight or flight responses. It literally fights, looses it's leg then inks then digs by that time the predator is highly discombobulated due to the effects of the ink and still moving unattached leg. Octopus are really smart, humans are smart too. Enough with the nat geo, nice catch bro.
don’t shoot it dive down and grab it or poke it out it’s home with your speargun. shooting it is just wasting meat
So.... you're telling me that your first ever octopus seen is a 4kgs octopus??? :) I caught hundreds of octopuses and the biggest one is 3.6kgs! :)
Hahah no way that’s hilarious. Yes I guess I was just lucky, I wasn’t even looking for one. I just saw it move and decided to take that shot. It was the most difficult thing I dealt with under water ever. In short, the first ever octopus I saw I shot it and the first ever mullet I saw I shot it and it was a 3-4kg one as well. My dive buddy caught mullets frequently but never anything that big lol. I guess I just got lucky nothing else.
@@Gearsub Oh come on even for the mullet? :) If you're in Malta, please come for a dive with me so I can film some giant creature :)
@@JOSGAIL hahah yea man I just got lucky lol. I will surely get in touch if I am ever there.
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