Attack of the killer octopus

So today was Labor Day so we decided to celebrate by going spear fishing. We had been out on the water for about 2 1/2 hours with very little luck all day. Jake had shot one decent sized parrot fish and Brian had another nice parrot fish. Me, Nate, and Aaron were getting skunked. Earlier in the day the band on my spear gun broke so me and Jake we taking turns making dives while the other one was getting their breath back and slowing their heart rate for the next dive. This system had been working pretty well. I dove really well all day, but my shooting was just off. I had probably 5 great chances at parrot fish which I miss every time. I was getting pretty upset at myself. Jake had just made a dive on a parrot fish at about 35ft. when I saw something on the bottom moving. It didnt take long for me to realize it was a nice sized octopus. I remembered Jake telling me that if I ever got the chance to get one that I should shoot it. So as soon as Jake surfaced he passed me the spear gun, I then dove down about 35ft. and lined up on this beauty of an animal. As soon as I shot I was a big cloud of ink and felt a tug on the spear line. I knew I had landed a great holding shot. The octopus took off and went in a little cave with my spear. I tugged and tugged but couldn't get it free. So I swam to the surface to get another breath. When I surfaced Jake told me it was a good thing I didn't try to grab the octopus from under the rock because they will grab you and the rock at the same time and you wouldn't be able to get free. I was out of breath so Jake swam down and finally pulled the spear free with the nice 3 1/3 foot beauty on the end. We spent the next 20 minutes or so trying to kill the dang thing. Finally we killed it and cleaned it. It was a great experience and a very big adrenaline rush. When I got back to school I showed Mr. Ramel and he told me that his wife could show me how to cook it and make a nice octopus salad. So I spent the afternoon cooking and eating octopus. It was a great holiday! Peace and Love from Saipan!