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
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sparrow
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from 4 pots we got 6 keepers
from 4 pots we got 6 keepers yesterday and 4 under, all white except 1. behind GI
Hand over fist!
justdhuit
Posts: 20
Date Joined: 09/01/18
Nothing Today
they have not started yet
Fish like no Tomorrow
gtrmosh
Posts: 11
Date Joined: 17/06/13
Whites
Got 17 keepers and returned 18 undersize from 4 pots on first pull Saturday morning after 3 day soak. 2 red the rest whites.
Out of Two Rocks
Westy74
Posts: 225
Date Joined: 23/11/13
We got 19 today at OR. 4
We got 19 today at OR. 4 pots. All size.
uncle
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Date Joined: 10/02/07
I'm suprised
How big they are westy
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still trying
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Date Joined: 27/06/17
I got 7 today all in the
I got 7 today all in the first pot i pulled was pretty happy did better than the other guys who were at the ramp when we came in. Out from woodies
rather be fishing
uncle
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Date Joined: 10/02/07
13 keepers from 3 pots
Put the 4th pot in after putting new floats on.
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
Paul_86
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Date Joined: 27/03/09
We got 3 from 4 today out
We got 3 from 4 today out from ocean reef, all 10-15mm over size.
merdel12
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Date Joined: 19/07/12
Is anyone getting anything
Is anyone getting anything out of Fremantle?
sea-kem
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Date Joined: 30/11/09
They have certainly started
They have certainly started up our way with a mate getting 26 in one pot yesterday and 19 in one pot the day before. My finally getting dropped on Wednesday.
Love the West!
JohnF
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Date Joined: 07/07/10
Double figures today.
Double figures today. Starting to move now. Tomorrow will be better.
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
little johnny
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Date Joined: 04/12/11
Funny ATM some
Getting none . Some bagging out. Small pockets .
choorles
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Date Joined: 06/03/12
2 from 2 pots in 10 metres
2 from 2 pots in 10 metres longreach ish region this morning
1 white 1 red
Westy74
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Date Joined: 23/11/13
Not bad size uncle. No need
Not bad size uncle. No need for checking...but do anyway.
uncle
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Date Joined: 10/02/07
Still in the same spot
We are.might get out every day this week.
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
Westy74
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Date Joined: 23/11/13
Yes mate. Same spot as last
Yes mate. Same spot as last few years. Got my third license on board for tomorrow so hoping for 24
little johnny
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Date Joined: 04/12/11
Taking tanks tomoz
Bugger waiting for them to move:)
JohnF
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Date Joined: 07/07/10
8 today, small step
8 today, small step backwards
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
Westy74
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Date Joined: 23/11/13
Yeah I came back to earth
Yeah I came back to earth with a thud....2 from 6 pots.
Sea goat
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Date Joined: 26/03/17
lol me too...8 on sat, none
lol me too...8 on sat, none since, and checked both sun and monday....mind you i swear my pots were at least 100m from where i put them in..... :/ was getting excited there for a while....
bradz
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Date Joined: 29/10/07
Deploying tomorrw
Im deploying tomorrow. Based on Westy's report from yesterday I was getting all excited. Was it a false start?
I did then the best that I knew how. When I knew better, I did better.
uncle
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Date Joined: 10/02/07
Same as johnf
Only 8 today
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Markie
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Date Joined: 06/08/10
Arent we all greedy bums.
Arent we all greedy bums.
gtrmosh
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Date Joined: 17/06/13
Whites
2nd pull today, just got the 24 boat limit on the last pot which only had 3. All other pots shared limit with lots of undersize returned.
little johnny
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Date Joined: 04/12/11
Lol 8 also
Makes me wonder if there not going to start from shallows this year.
Bodie
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Date Joined: 05/11/07
it does look that way!
it does look that way!
Curndog
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Date Joined: 21/11/16
Yeah I got fuck all in my 2
Yeah I got fuck all in my 2 shallow pots that normally clean up every year when everyone is deeper. Mindarie
SeperateKnob
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Date Joined: 28/11/16
No prob bagging out diving
No prob bagging out diving 22m Mandurah
bsir
Posts: 574
Date Joined: 24/04/11
Reds
we got all reds diving. I didn't see any whites. Hillaries.
Paul_86
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Date Joined: 27/03/09
8 white keepers from 3 pots
8 white keepers from 3 pots this morning ocean reef, still pretty soft shells so should keep picking up, hopefully full pots this weekend.
also returned a big berried up Jenny and 2 undersize whites.
JohnF
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Date Joined: 07/07/10
15 today. 3 pots barren, 1
15 today. 3 pots barren, 1 pot loaded, so still very patchy.
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
uncle
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Date Joined: 10/02/07
Yep
Only 1 out of 4 pots. There's not many legs and feelers at the wash down area
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
merdel12
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Date Joined: 19/07/12
2 today off Freo first for
2 today off Freo first for the season, hard whites
ChrisG
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Date Joined: 30/12/11
Doing it tough this year out
Doing it tough this year out of OR, so far running a 4 a day average from 4 pots! 4 days fishing so far
last year ran a 9-10 a day average.
Westy74
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Date Joined: 23/11/13
Hmmm yep couldn’t be arsed
Hmmm yep couldn’t be arsed this morning. Bad year or slow start??
uncle
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Date Joined: 10/02/07
Are they further
Out allready
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ChrisG
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Date Joined: 30/12/11
Think you maybe right
Think you maybe right Unc
watched a pro boat hit 18-25m for 4 days in a row, setting back where he’s pulling. If wasn’t catching doubt he’d stick around.
only numbers I’m hearing of seem to be on back of 3mile already
Paul_86
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Hey FYI, according to my
Hey FYI, according to my diary, last year they started to walk on the new moon (18th November) and the week after that they fired. So I just think they have started a month later this year, hopefully catches start to improve this weekend. I got 7 keepers 10m’s deep, way inside the 3mile today and 1 keeper from 20m’s deep on the back edge of the 3.
Belly Fish
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Date Joined: 09/03/12
Two Rocks
My son is a pro cray fisherman out of Two Rocks. They have been averaging 20 a pot for around 10 days now. Just moved some out to 20 metres but the inside ones are still better. Hopefully Ocean Reef will fire soon, but based on what he's telling me, I'm surprised we are not getting big numbers now.
little johnny
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Date Joined: 04/12/11
0 from 4
People I know back off 3 mile hillarys bagging no problem. Maybe just late out of rocko ?.
sea-kem
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Dropping pots tomorrow north
Dropping pots tomorrow north of two rocks. Fingers crossed, weather looking pretty average till Monday.
Love the West!
ChrisG
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Date Joined: 30/12/11
Good luck mateheaps of room
Good luck mate
heaps of room in my freezer if you run out of storage space
still trying
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Date Joined: 27/06/17
22 from 2 pots this morning
22 from 2 pots this morning still some soft ones afew reds
rather be fishing
Scotte
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Date Joined: 07/12/06
I've monitored the run for
I've monitored the run for 15 years so have noticed a few things.
What I've found is on average the run starts about the 5th December.
Last year the run started 3 weeks earlier.
About 5 years ago we had a run that was late,about 12 December.
There's alot of guys bleeding down at the ramps but they will all be eating crays st xmas.
Westy74
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Date Joined: 23/11/13
Thanks for the hope mate. 4
Thanks for the hope mate. 4 from 4 this morning and a big que back at the ramp.
JohnF
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Date Joined: 07/07/10
12 today. Pros pulling
12 today. Pros pulling around us not getting many, a few pots we saw were empty.
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
devhay
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Date Joined: 27/10/14
Plenty of punters out this
Plenty of punters out this morning, busiest I've seen the ramp for a while.
We pulled 3 pots for 0 crays.. got them in 14m at the moment
Spoke to some guys at the ramp who said they were in 20-25m and were doing well.. may have to move deeper if we keep getting doughnuts haha
kirky79
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Date Joined: 13/01/12
12 for us this morning
All White. From six pots but all caught in two.
rtomkyns78
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Date Joined: 13/09/13
5 from 2 all white, 1
5 from 2 all white, 1 undersize front and back of FFB behind GI. Similar stories from most at the ramp. I notice the bait is lasting longer and there aren't as many of those sea lice, water temp (surface) at about 19.5 degrees.
ChrisG
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Date Joined: 30/12/11
By my reckoning water is
By my reckoning water is about 3 degrees cooler than this week last year. Had a surface temp of 18 at OR this morning.
Also saw a graph in the PGFC newsletter this week that the water waaaay off shore was 20 degrees late last month but had dropped 19 by 2nd Dec. but that’s waaay off shore and closer to shore was another 2-4 degrees cooler.
weird shit
ChrisG
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0,0,0,9 this morning, 7
0,0,0,9 this morning, 7 size
the 9 were in a pot that was on its own in no mans land in 12m
obviously bombed that pot with the other 3 pots - hopefully better numbers tomorrow...hopefully!
insane busy ramp at OR this morning, was full on from 415 onwards, back in marina by 515 but it was 550 before getting boat back on trailer and off home. Not much stacking space inside the marina if jetties are all full...glad it wasn’t windy else might have been playing bumper cars.
Happy to say nobody yelling or carrying on...everyone patient.
blu2fish
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Date Joined: 23/01/13
Out again from Mandurah for 0
Went out to the back of the 5 fathom for another doughnut this morning and didn't see any feelers in the boats that went before us so won't bother to pull for a couple more days, quietest start for a few years.
hilly9
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Date Joined: 13/10/12
Out north of the service
Out north of the service this morning I got 1. Very quiet
sea-kem
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Cluster fuck for us Chris,
Cluster fuck for us Chris, my mate's dinghy motor started playing up as soon as we put it in gear
under load. What a load of fun on the beach with a boat loaded with pots getting waves up the arse end and full of water trying to load back on the trailer FFS. New Ranger went well on the sand though one consolation. Just not menat to be for us at the moment.
One good think though the diggers and front end loaders were up there fixing the ramp corrosion so maybe in a week I'll be able to launch the Quinny.
Love the West!
ChrisG
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That sux arse mateIll shout
That sux arse mate
Ill shout you a simpathy beer and consolation cray when you get back to the big smoke mate....
tough going
sea-kem
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Cheers Chris, yeah a wasted
Cheers Chris, yeah a wasted trip up there apart from the beers Tuesday night lol.
Love the West!
uncle
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Date Joined: 10/02/07
Only
5 today
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
Stevo81
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Date Joined: 16/04/12
6 whites from 4 pots off OR
6 whites from 4 pots off OR this morning after dropping in last weekend. All in approx 10m but the one furtherest out had all 6.
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tiimmbo
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Date Joined: 16/08/09
16 from one dive in shallow
16 from one dive in shallow for us today. No pots anywhere near where we were. Very nice morning on and under the water.
Happy dayz
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Date Joined: 29/04/18
Just out of curiosity
Just out of curiosity we're you behind garden island?
Happy dayz
tiimmbo
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Date Joined: 16/08/09
Was out behind Carnac, before
Was out behind Carnac, before any of the pots in 8-11m
Happy dayz
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Date Joined: 29/04/18
no worries i was behind
no worries i was behind garden island yesterday and saw 2 divers on a shallow reef i have always wondered about / how many crays it would hold, was wondering if it was you guys
Happy dayz
gregory.hartmann
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Date Joined: 18/11/18
Busy day at the OR ramp
Caught 10 size 2 under after two day pull out from OR. At last.
Greggo
gregory.hartmann
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Date Joined: 18/11/18
Busy day at the OR ramp
Caught 10 size 2 under after two day pull out from OR. At last.
Greggo
gregory.hartmann
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Date Joined: 18/11/18
Busy day at the OR ramp
Caught 10 size 2 under after two day pull out from OR. At last.
Greggo
still trying
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Sorry to hear about your
Sorry to hear about your morning Andy i have certainly been there smaller boat doesn't always mean easy launch you have to be quick if the motor doesn't start /run you are in trouble. I have 2 pots now in a 5 square metre area that are doing well get out of that and you get nothing
rather be fishing
sea-kem
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Date Joined: 30/11/09
Yeah absolutely Guy, some
Yeah absolutely Guy, some quick thinking was required and a decision made to get it back in.
Love the West!
Ahpuka
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Date Joined: 23/05/13
Heaps of crays behind GI, 54
Heaps of crays behind GI, 54 out of 6, all whites except 1 red jumbo. 20m mark
biggerfish
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Date Joined: 02/03/09
Good to hear someone’s
Good to hear someone’s getting some numbers down our way finally. Was today your first good day or have you been getting numbers for a while? We been getting 3-4 out of 6 pots last couple of weeks. Long soaks though.
Play hard fish harder
Ahpuka
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Date Joined: 23/05/13
That was our first bag out.
That was our first bag out. Hadn’t been pulled for a week and a half. Had been getting small numbers and 1 donut before this. Still had heaps of bait after a week and a half so they have only just started. Hopefully a slow start means a long run.
Bodie
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bagged our 24 this morning,
bagged our 24 this morning, with a few to spare. Quite a few little ones as well.
The wind was a bit of a surprise at 5.15!
Westy74
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Date Joined: 23/11/13
Solo run for me with low
Solo run for me with low expectations. Had about 13 in 2 pots..... I don’t want to jinx my luck like last time but I think the run has started.
Sea goat
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Date Joined: 26/03/17
got none
got none yesterday...hopefully my luck will pick up tomorrow.....getting hungry!
Paul_86
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Date Joined: 27/03/09
Checked it out this morning
Checked it out this morning but way too windy at 4:00am for my 16ft boat. Went back down this arvo and managed 12 keepers, 8 from 1 pot, 4 from another pot and 2 empty pots.
brown364
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Date Joined: 25/08/15
4am rolled over
and back to sleep , 6:30 wind was down so hit it at 730 . only 5 white keepers today from 4 out of mindarie. hopefully by next frid when this wind f%$@s off, we will be bagging out.
kirky79
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Date Joined: 13/01/12
1 off
23 whites this morning. Happy days
sea-kem
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Date Joined: 30/11/09
Nice mate.
Love the West!
Westy74
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Date Joined: 23/11/13
Finally ...24
Finally ...24
Curndog
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Date Joined: 21/11/16
Me and a mate bagged out two
Me and a mate bagged out two pots mindarie today. 13 keepers in one pot all whites
Piggy
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Date Joined: 24/08/12
five fathom?
Any reports from the five fathom woodman point way?
I go boating not fishing
gregory.hartmann
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Date Joined: 18/11/18
Very Busy at OR Boat harbour
Bagged out today. First for the season.
Greggo
JohnF
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Date Joined: 07/07/10
Got our 24 bag from 4 pots
Got our 24 bag from 4 pots this morning. It's on.
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
Piggy
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Date Joined: 24/08/12
what marina
Where are you out off John?
I go boating not fishing
Paul_86
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Date Joined: 27/03/09
New moon full pots, called it
New moon full pots, called it
Deleted
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Date Joined: 26/04/14
Should up the bag limit for
Should up the bag limit for the whites run. Stupid amount of effort for 8 crays. Maybe for the month of December rec fishos should get 10 each. Im only catching a feed for family and xmas
Alan James
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Date Joined: 30/06/09
This is depressing reading
Pulled six pots this morning for 1 cray. We got 7 keepers in one pot yesterday however the other 3 pots were donuts.
merdel12
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Date Joined: 19/07/12
6 and a stuck pot off Freo
6 and a stuck pot off Freo today
aussiejoe
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Date Joined: 01/03/14
Still struggling off Freo
I share your pain Alan James. Pulled our first pot this morning with two tar spot whites. (WTF?) The next five were donuts. We now have 1 keeper from 6 X 5 runs. Same spot we were bagging out this time last year in the Stragglers area. Anybody doing well off Freo?
Sea goat
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Date Joined: 26/03/17
same....1 cray out form
same....1 cray out form hillarys...2 pots. judging by the the que at the ramp, the run has started! unfortunately my pots tell a different story lol. christmas lunch is looking a bit sparse!
sunshine
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Mate got 15 from 6 pots Pt Kennedy
And he only put them in yesterday morning so didn’t even have a soak ....all from 12-15 metres