2018 crays
Submitted by merdel12 on Thu, 2018-11-08 13:55
So it's coming up to that time of the year. I've fished the whites the last 3 years and have done very well out of Freo. Any news on what state the Crays are in at the moment? Whens everyone dropping their pots in? I'll probably drop late November then start pulling in December. Hope the weather is as good as it was last year
Piggy
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december
I think there is a full moon late November / early December usually so will be getting out about a week after that when the shells start hardening.
Done well every year for the last 5, hope this year will be the same!
Cheers
I go boating not fishing
merdel12
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Yep full moon is 23rd of
Yep full moon is 23rd of November so hopefully they will start walking after that
little johnny
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Yep next moon
Tucked right up. Sea grass flowering already
shero82
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pulling the pots out past
pulling the pots out past carnac tomoz. if nothing I won't bother again till after the moon. Dying for a good feed!
ranmar850
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probably won't even get to do it this year.
have the Anchormax winch for the Reefrunner, but not yet fitted, haven't bought a tipper, and I'm pretty locked up for work until I fly out overseas before xmas.
Rob H
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retirement
Retirement not going to plan by the sounds??
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
ChrisG
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Any whites in any numbers NOR
Any whites in any numbers NOR boys?
Bodie
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none been heard of yet. our
none been heard of yet. our pots went in yesterday and will check wednesday but i think they will be another week or so yet
Sea goat
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I put my pots in about 2
I put my pots in about 2 weeks ago and have caught nothing as of yet. Last checked on sat. Then again, I’m pretty new to this so not the best reference!
merdel12
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Save your bait and fuel
Save your bait and fuel mate, wait another week or so and they will start to fire
ChrisG
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Thanksthink I’ll stick to
Thanks
think I’ll stick to original plan n hold off until 3-4 days before new moon...put in about the 3rd, first pull on 5th
sea-kem
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I reckon you'll be right on
I reckon you'll be right on the money there Chris, Mine will be dropped hopefully at the end of the month. Going up there this weekend to repair pots etc.
Love the West!
ChrisG
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still trying
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How is the ramp up at
How is the ramp up at Seabird Andy. Im taking the family to Leeman this year we rented a house that lets you take your dog so that will be a nice bonus for us.
rather be fishing
sea-kem
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there's still some winter
there's still some winter damage to fix Guy. The committee has a meeting up there this weekend to hopefully make some sort of decision on repair. I hope they pull their collective fingers out as the boaties are getting toey.
Love the West!
still trying
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Hope they sort it out
Hope they sort it out quickly. You are very lucky with the setup that you guys have built up there, its awesome my misses is glad im not asking her to beach launch so far this year.
rather be fishing
sea-kem
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Ha ha yeah it's hard work
Ha ha yeah it's hard work off the beach but I reckon worth it.
Love the West!
still trying
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Yeah there is alot less
Yeah there is alot less travelled ground up there .My old dinghy was alot lighter than the new one i would be happy to launch with a mate but the misses or my son can only help so much they are both enjoying the ramp at woodies since i got the bigger dinghy. My misses says its civilised
rather be fishing
devhay
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Pulled our pots this morning
Pulled our pots this morning and got nothing but a cuttlefish in one, free bait atleast haha
May have to get the snorkel and mas out and swim fow some until they're on the move
Sea goat
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careful tho...had a bloody
careful tho...had a bloody big shark circling the boat today just past the 3 mile in about 12m of water... guess all the bait in the water doesnt help.
my pots were empty too btw....keep telling myself the wyll b here soon!
little johnny
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Went today(dive)
50/50 hard and soft all white.shells everywhere you look. And there out of dark holes easy prey. Should start to go on weekend
Sea goat
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early on is it best to have
early on is it best to have pots in close and gradually move them out, or does it not really matter?
sea-kem
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In close mate, I only fish
In close mate, I only fish in 8m all year. You can follow them out but I've never needed to as there's plenty of reds always hanging about.
Love the West!
Sea goat
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cheers! might need to move
cheers! might need to move mine in as have in 12-14m of water....may be the prob!
sea-kem
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Wouldn't think you'd be far
Wouldn't think you'd be far off it at that depth.
Love the West!
Bodie
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1st pull today after being
1st pull today after being put in 3 days ago, donut.... give it a little while longer before the next run
merdel12
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Are you NOR brodie?
Are you NOR brodie?
Bodie
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Yep i am
Yep i am
Walfootrot
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Thinking they wont go before
Thinking they wont go before tue, wed next week
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
hilly9
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Checked mine for the 1st
Checked mine for the 1st time today off mandurah. Donuts
Bodie
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heard a pro pulled 120 pots
heard a pro pulled 120 pots off two rocks on thursday for 2 whites
probably still another week away
little johnny
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Nrth always before us
I would say your on the money. I thought it would be this weekend.
uncle
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Lots of pots going in today
At ocean reef.
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
aussiejoe
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Not yet
Pulled our six pots today. Nothing to report.
Sea goat
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Pulled mine sat, nothing.how
Pulled mine sat, nothing.
how long does the “whites run” usually last?
merdel12
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I pot and catch them all the
I pot and catch them all the way up until Christmas
sea-kem
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Lol no pots going in up my
Lol no pots going in up my way, ramp outta action till the 20th :( FFS We'll miss em but should be plenty of stragglers to get a Xmas feed.
Love the West!
ChrisG
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(No subject)
little johnny
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Bugger
:)
still trying
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I got nothing again this
I got nothing again this week but i was pretty proud of myself i was able to snorkle down 7.5 m without flippers and unhitch my cray rope from being woven through 2 layers of reef i couldn't have placed my pot any better but it was still empty.
rather be fishing
Walfootrot
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Ok Changed my mine, back to
Ok Changed my mine, back to last years forecast for the whites, 1st week in December.. just like the last few years
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
JohnF
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We had 2 large sharks follow
We had 2 large sharks follow us while we pulled pots, they hoovered up all the old stinky hokey heads. No crays.
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
meglodon
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Any idea what type
Just curious that's all, are you N or S of the river.
gregory.hartmann
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No crays yet
We have pulled our pots twice for a resounding zero from Ocean Reef. This time for the past couple of years has been traditionally very quiet, but when it hots up its pretty good. White run lasts for a couple of weeks at best in close. You can follow them if you have time on your hands and lots of longer ropes.
Greggo
shero82
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I was thinking about heading
I was thinking about heading out tomorrow and baiting up but maybe I'll leave it till Thursday...
little johnny
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Be good move
Yesterday pros got 200 kilo , way up nrth.( whites) they are always 1 week ahead of us.
justdhuit
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Nothing Today
Try again Friday baits untouched
Fish like no Tomorrow
Sea goat
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tried again this mornig and
tried again this mornig and nothing....
pity weather looks average over coming week.....brought my pots in closer within the 3 mile so can check em sat if weather is rough.
\heard 1 guys at ramp had 2 whites.
sea-kem
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It'll start happening in the
It'll start happening in the next week
Love the West!
ChrisG
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Wednesday next week!!!
Wednesday next week!!!
diver
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Crays
The mate & I pulled our 4 pots,after a whole week ended up with 1 keeper,put back 1 berried 1 tar spot 2 empty shells complentence of our 8 legged mates.
Bodie
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1ST white today, rough this
1ST white today, rough this arvo
lost pot to go with it, likely cut off id say. this year is going to be f@cked for lost pots with this bullshit rope weight rule...
tiimmbo
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Where is the pot north or
Where is the pot north or south ?
Bodie
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north
north
ChrisG
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Yep th8nking about fishing
Yep
th8nking about fishing entirely in less than 20m just to avoid the weighted rope rule!
little johnny
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Lead rope
Or spliced leads into rope or snapper clip with lead 100 percent loose them. Could have been stolen. Pretty hard to cut them going at any speed. Floats push away. Rope follows. It's all about protecting whales lol. More like a multinova ( money maker). I've done it by choise ( leads ) have done for a while . Still hasn't stopped people in shallow water having 10 m off rope floating on surface , also in channels. I like idea only because it makes it safer when driving boat in dark. ( fishing trips).
Bodie
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Id say more like a pro
Id say more like a pro reversing over it, they jave potted all over me!
not sure why anyone would steal it, its a littler pot, single baiter old girl, not worth keeping and had my license engraved on it
i think some common sense needs to come into play with fisheries, ie; we always pot with the required rope for the depth leaving little to none on the service (floats bobbing). people who deliberately leave miles of rope on the surface should be held accountable, including the professionals. i took photos the other day with whole lines of pro pots with 10-15m of rope on the surface on each pot...
Curndog
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I just dog bone it with
I just dog bone it with cable tie. Good enough
little johnny
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Agree Bodie
Shouldn't be made to do it. Should be people's choice. It's not going to stop whales getting caught up. That's a joke . Migration of whales no where near lines up with 90 percent of amuture potters.
merdel12
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Half the people out there
Half the people out there arnt following the rules anyway. Dropped my pots out there yesterday in the 20s and there were quite a few pots out with Line on the surface.
My biggest worry with putting weight on your line is its hard to tell exactly where someone else's pot is sitting due to the line going directly down and then running off sideways towards the bottom to the pot. When it gets crowded once these crays start running I can see alot of pots getting caught up on each other if there's a heep of spare rope down on the bottom.
sea-kem
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Just got a message from a
Just got a message from a mate in Dongarra, he bagged out on whites this morning in his pots.
Love the West!
XF347
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Yep barely a boat coming in
Yep barely a boat coming in now without quota last few days.
still trying
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Does that mean they are
Does that mean they are still afew weeks away yet Andy? Seams abit that way
rather be fishing
sea-kem
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I still reckon a week and it
I still reckon a week and it will be on for young and old. Hoping to get a mate's dinghy to get mine out early next week.
Love the West!
Marineboy
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Crays
dived on Monday bagged out easily, all crays were either double shells or very soft whites. Was in 18m south of hillarys.
Cheers
mark
My spots are so secret even the fish don't know about them !
Belly Fish
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Did anyone get any...
...from Ocean Reef or Hillarys in pots this morning?
little johnny
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Done pots zero crays
Wet suit on swam down :) good news about dongara. Means 1 week away for us in rocko.
little johnny
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Everyone seen wooden pots
Floating on surface on face book. classic example . Pmsl no dought in my mind they will report stolen
merdel12
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Pulled 6 pots of Freo today,
Pulled 6 pots of Freo today, 3 day soak for 0 crays. Have not started yet
ctan1968
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Mindarie
Got 2 whites from 4 pots out at Mindarie. Pros have bombed the edge I fish up to the point where it was hard to get to 1 pot with their long ropes so close. The whole place was deserted when my pots first went in to soak.
uncle
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Some arsehole chopped my floats off
Were had lead on for 5 years luckily rope was floating. Got 4 keepers from 3 pots.
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
little johnny
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Bugger ,got few
Whites today in pots rocko. Mon/ tue surely must be in full flight
justdhuit
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none today
Back Garden Island 16 mtrs
Fish like no Tomorrow
aussiejoe
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Another Duck
0 from 6 off Freo again today. That two maidens to start this innings.
uncle
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Their showing up
North of the river.had a guy wave me down and give me his ticket today, passed it on when we pulled out.
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
gregory.hartmann
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No crays yet
Has anyone ever done any research on sea water temperatures and how it affects the cray run? I am told by a source that the waters of Ocean Reef are 4 degrees cooler this year (18.5c) than in 2018. I always thought that water termperature didn't vary that much.
Our tally 2016-51, 2017-23, 2018-0.
Greggo
ChrisG
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I can confirm the spray
I can confirm the spray coming off my boat at ocean reef has currently got icicles in it at 430am
little johnny
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I always was told go on native trees
Flowering , also sea grass flowering. Sea grass been flowering for a week ( failed) native plants half bloom pretty close. Anyway don't know. Only what I was told from early age. Can't beat nature
sea-kem
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Xmas trees Johnny, don't
Xmas trees Johnny, don't think they've bloomed yet?
Love the West!
Dale
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They have down my way Andy, and fully too.
"Just because you are a Character, Doesn't mean you have Character."
Mr Wolf
little johnny
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No not them ones
Wattle trees, look like crap and attract millions of bees.:):)
sea-kem
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Ahhhh ha ha
Ahhhh ha ha
Love the West!
uncle
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Is a shared pot
Have the owners id and a shared pot id, only 2 floats? It appears it does. I'd better take one off ours.
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
shero82
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pulled the pots this morning
pulled the pots this morning and still zero. Bait not even touched. 10m deep 1.2Nm past Mewstones
Paul_86
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Any luck today for anyone out
Any luck today for anyone out from ocean reef?
1st pull for us today, got 1 keeper, few blokes I spoke to at the ramp also all had 1 each
ChrisG
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Few guys at OR ramp this
Few guys at OR ramp this morning had their bag, most had 1’s and 2’s.
mate got 13 from 4, all white, just behind 3mile
we put ours in at OR yesterday. Didn’t expect any this morning due to no soak time but went 0,1,4,0, with 4 keepers. 3 whites 1 red.
Westy74
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3 from 2 after dropping
3 from 2 after dropping yesterday. OR.
little johnny
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Few people lost
Half there gear last few days. Fair few extra wrecks on bottom. Or someone needed them more.sad. Most people got small numbers out from rocko today. Some got great catches
JohnF
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We got 6 today, all white,
We got 6 today, all white, just starting.
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
shero82
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Where have you got your pots
Where have you got your pots John?