Don't hunt octopus in Seattle, even if it is legal

[lupinus]

I'll be honest, when reading the start of that narrative, I was rooting for the octopus.  

I'm just picturing the fight between man and octopus. Man trying to strangle the octopus in particularly amusing.

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[Tallpine]

I'm just picturing the fight between man and octopus. Man trying to strangle the octopus in particularly amusing.

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About 50 years ago I read a kid's adventure book about some guy trying to do underwater salvage.  Among other things he had to fight an octopus to get the treasure.  Seriously scary!   

[mtnbkr]

Tallpine, I think I read the same or a similar story (though not 50 years ago).

Chris

[Perd Hapley]

So how tough are those critters? Could the average dude expect to take on a 9-foot octopus, and win? I guess a lot would depend on how close it was to the surface.

[Gewehr98]

I pride myself on being able to eat damned near anything - especially after all my survival schools.

However, I've never been able to really enjoy squid or octopus. 

Maybe it wasn't prepared right when I tried it, but IMHO there are better food critters to wrestle with in the quest for a meal...

[BobR]

I really like squid, and it doubles as fish bait!! I always carried a can of something in my LPA when flying. A lot of times it was either smoked oysters or smoked octopus. It was best on those hot, bouncy flights down low, because then I could try to share it! 

bob

[BlueStarLizzard]

I've only had calamari, but I liked it.

But then again, if you fry it right, pretty much anything is good.

[Matthew Carberry]

Tallpine, I think I read the same or a similar story (though not 50 years ago).

Chris

Standard fair.  Like the stories in those men's magazines with the lurid covers, only they took out the heaving bosoms and sltry eyes.

Giant clams drowning poor pearl divers, barracudas as "man-eaters", giant grouper swallowing a diver whole.

Good times.

[Matthew Carberry]

I really like squid, and it doubles as fish bait!! I always carried a can of something in my LPA when flying. A lot of times it was either smoked oysters or smoked octopus. It was best on those hot, bouncy flights down low, because then I could try to share it! 

bob

I think you must have gone to the same gross-out school as Doc (HM1) Caldwell. He would always have something smoked or pickled on hand when we jumped with the Army and did low-levels in the C-130s.

[Tallpine]

So how tough are those critters? Could the average dude expect to take on a 9-foot octopus, and win? I guess a lot would depend on how close it was to the surface.

I'll be glad to hold your beer if you want to give it a try