Skunked at O hole
Skunked at O hole
Went to Octopus hole on friday with the GF, not a single octo was home all the way down the wall and back, spotted one Juvenile wolf eel in the tire reefs, and about 6 of the usual octo dens. other divers leaving as we arrived had the same luck.... is something going on in hood canal?
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In December we were disappointed with Octopus Hole but thought we didn't know where to look. Sund on the other hand is great.
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Not much pickins at the hole lately, but Sund has been a gold mine.
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- I would imagine that there would be a large amount of involuntary gagging
- I don't know about you but I'm not into swallowing it
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Re: Skunked at O hole
I've only done Octopus Hole a couple of times, but we never saw any octos. I don't know where the site gets the name from.
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Octopus hole = misnomer
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I dont know, Ive seen several Octos there in past years. But last visit there for me resulted in no GPO's either.
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populations fluctuate year to year. If there was a large percentage of mature adults last year you could be in the rebuild cycle. That seems to be happening at Hudson point this year. Last year we had 8 or more huge octos in the jetty and so far this year I have only spotted a couple of smaller guys. Once they are of mating age that's goodbye time.
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I dive there kinda frequently because I live in the Elma area, I've probably done 10 or more dives there in the past 6 months and always see tons of gpo's and wolf eels
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Clay wrote:Went to Octopus hole on friday with the GF, not a single octo was home all the way down the wall and back, spotted one Juvenile wolf eel in the tire reefs, and about 6 of the usual octo dens. other divers leaving as we arrived had the same luck.... is something going on in hood canal?
How far south on the wall did you go?
I was there last Sat. 3-9-12
We saw 3 octos and a Juvenile wolfie.
If you're interested, PM me and I'll let you know where.
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