BeachSeeker - 2-12-2025 at 09:07 PM
Fatboy - 2-13-2025 at 10:28 AM
I was camping at a Las Animas and got to talking to a local that was diving for octopus and he said he would squirt bleach in holes and it would flush
them out.
elgatoloco - 2-13-2025 at 11:15 PM
It is an irritant to the octopus and will drive them out of their den. When I was a kid we would catch octopus at low tide amongst the rocks and eat
them. Turns out they are smarter than dogs so its like eating your dog so I stopped. 
Tioloco - 2-14-2025 at 08:20 AM
The issue apparently is that it kills the reefs and anything else in the area. It is a very common practice with Mexican fishermen.
AKgringo - 2-14-2025 at 09:28 AM
I don't know anyone who has done that, but I have heard that it happens near Seward and Homer Alaska on low tides. Both the tides, and the octopus
are huge there.
[Edited on 2-14-2025 by AKgringo]
mtgoat666 - 2-14-2025 at 11:50 AM
Bleach is used to stun the target fish. Unfortunately the bleach impacts every critter and bio around it.
stillnbaja - 2-14-2025 at 12:06 PM
there's actually a test that will tell if spiny lobster have ever been exposed to bleach, I assume the same for octopus.
dravnx - 2-14-2025 at 12:52 PM
Watched a fisherman in a wet suit using bleach along the beach in BoLA once.