how would you present an octopus for bait?

[justjack]

well im stuck on moreton at this present time after leaving the main land the sarv checked my sandy pots to have only 4 crabs and 5 very fat occies there quite large so do you recon its worth riging them up for snapper? i usually catch all my snap on pike but dont have any and am fishing the rocks at around 2am for a nice wet snapper sesh, so how would you rig such a bait? 10/O in and out or what? there not as smelly as pike but look inviting

[rando]

Jack
I just cut a piece of tentacle ( i like to use the skinny bit) about 70-80mm long and just put a 6/0 or 7/0 through the top part, leave a tail to waft around.works for me.
when you have used up all the wriggly bits just cut nice thick chunks to suit your hook size.... great bait for big fish.

[iceknight]

one word.. SNELL

[mattooty]

Either an 8/0 with a tentacle on a running sinker rig or a 6/0 on top and 8/0 snelled together