Octopus Lure
These lures used a cowry shell, with a stone sinker to attract the octopus. Octopus Lure - This was shot while diving (with Pro Scuba Center Rocky Mount, NC) in Honduras on the wall in front of CoCo.
Makau: Hawaiian Fishhooks - Honolulu Magazine PHOTO Courtesy of Na Mea Makamae: Hawaiian Treasures. Fishing Methods - Hawaii History - Fishing Hawaiians made lures as well as hooks. A Hawaiian Octopus and Cowrie University of Hawai i Reed Lab Apr 1 2014.
Nason 993) Bread loaf shape sinker on back is unique to Hawaii. Historic Hawaiian octopus lure made with a cowry snail shell, a lava rock as a sinker and bone hook, snakehead cowry, Cypraea caputserpentis, Hawaii. More Info - Hawaiian Cowry Shell Lure - Teach Ocean Science.
Lesson Four: Create a Hawaiian Tako Lure Tako (octopus). To make the lure, a cowry shell is toasted over an open fire for an hour and then licked to). To traditionally catch a hee (octopus a lure called a lu hee is used. Leho hee octopus lure - OMCA COLLECTIONS - Oakland Museum of.