Anyone catch any crays in pots this morning??

Hi guys, just wondering if anyone with pots caught anything this morning??


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Crays

Sun, 2008-11-16 15:10

Pulled our pots this morning got zero result no cackers nothing, divers are doing ok, was talking to a bloke at the ramp he had his bag limit recons they wont go into pots for another couple of weeks.

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Cheers Kev

Sun, 2008-11-16 15:17

 No probs! so the guy who had his bag limit was diving?  Did you have your pots hard up against reef??

 

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Unfortunately some divers

Sun, 2008-11-16 16:27

 are not as trust worthy, friends have seen the bubbles back of Garden Island, sad really.

 

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Get them hard up on it wade

Sun, 2008-11-16 17:26

Get them hard up on it wade , if you get one stuck , theres plenty of people to give you a hand get them out

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we put our pots out sat

Sun, 2008-11-16 20:16

we put our pots out sat morning and pulled them today - nothing!!  we placed them at another spot so will pull them on tuesday and see how we go.

 yeah we've heard the same from divers at the ramp - one guy we spoke to had his limit though he said with the full moon etc they won't be walking around much at night...

 we've got our pots in 5-7m of water - has anyone seen them at these depths or should we go out deeper?

 We also got one of them stuck though luckily after tying it off and giving it abit it pulled free...

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Sun, 2008-11-16 20:46

was talkin to some pros in the harbour yesterday bout there first pull... one boat did 130 pots for 2 size crays! poor skipper was in tears... talk about paying the bills huh... heard mixed reports for diving and pots outta gero but nothing spectacular 

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Heaps of whites around and

Sun, 2008-11-16 21:39

Heaps of whites around and very soft , got our bag no worries but doubt they will be waking at all for a while, taste good those first of the season whites....

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Mon, 2008-11-17 07:09

Good reports fella's thought I'd placed my pots in wrong area but reading your updates I now know we got some waiting to do before setting pots I'll give em 2 weeks.

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shallow crays...

Mon, 2008-11-17 07:22

went for a dive on saturday morning - forgot a bloody guage!! so only got one, the biggest one i saw. Turns out he was well and truly size and so all his buddies would have been too...this was in max depth of 7m - wicked reef, beautiful colours and heaps of caves etc. Good fun!!

There werent as many boats out as I thought there would have been, and no fisheries inspectors sighted...

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Haven't seen any ghost's at

Mon, 2008-11-17 07:39

Haven't seen any ghost's at the ramps either , matt seen a couple yesterday but I would have thought they would have been out in force

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Put my pots out yesterday

Mon, 2008-11-17 07:57

Put my pots out yesterday out form point peron...(first time Ive down from out there so not sure where to put them yet)

See hwo we go i guess. Went for a snorkle over some 3-5m reefs. Saw some feelers when i wetn down looking under 4-5 m ledges... but could not reach them.

Lots of clacking under water so there must be a few about. But by the sounds of it, might be a bit early for the pots..

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See what happens

Mon, 2008-11-17 11:14

See what happens, chucked my pots in this morning.Its good at the moment to find good ground in close as of the low tides. Will pull tomrw morning then head for a fish! 

 

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Pots dont seem to work

Mon, 2008-11-17 18:39

Pots dont seem to work straight away, I always started getting crays after about 3 weeks into the season. Has something to do with the moon phases I think. Divers are doing very well down this way though.

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Pots

Mon, 2008-11-17 19:09

 mate has been using pots..just offshore at Gero and is getting around 6 a day!

 

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So no one has got any in

Tue, 2008-11-18 07:02

So no one has got any in their pots yet?

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Nothing

Tue, 2008-11-18 08:51

 Nothing in the pots this morning!  Talked to fisheries guys at boat ramp and he said he hasnt come across anyone that has caught crays in pots yet!   He was also checking nav lights even tho is wasnt pitch dark!

 

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gonna pull mine tonight for

Tue, 2008-11-18 12:17

gonna pull mine tonight for the first time... lets just say im not very optimistic of getting any

Would like to know if anyone is getting any around Carnac / Stragglers.

Went out to rotto late yerterday with a work mate to drop his pots in.. bloody rough late in the arvo...
Had a few engine problems so only came back on one engine (2 x 200's on the back)

Good looking ground around rotto tho! He should get some crays for sure.

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Pulled mine last night...

Wed, 2008-11-19 08:05

Pulled mine last night... got nada!!

Moved them a little and put them hard up against the reef in about 6-8m of water.

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same Bodie

Wed, 2008-11-19 15:17

Pulled mine yesterday afternoon (damn SWer) and got zip after a 2 day soak.

 

Just debating when to check em next - most likely pull them Friday afternoon and leave em out over the weekend.

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yeh im debating them

Wed, 2008-11-19 16:29

yeh im debating them aswell...

I will pull mine either fri arvo or sat morning.. then depending how that goes maybe sunday morning as well.

Guy i work with is pulling his tomorrow morning (out round rotto somewhere)

So will see how he goes, and maybe i will take my pots out with him if they are doing any good.

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They are there but are very flighty!

Thu, 2008-11-20 21:57

Sick mateeeeeeee!

They seem to be in 7 - 12 meters. Trust me! dived twice in 20m off hillarys which produced well last year not one cray. Dived 7 -12m on three mile worked hard but most were red locals still had barnicals on them, two whites soft. Have had good reports that divers got quotta easily north of mindarie. This time last year pots were out doing divers, some think they have walked already and the whites that are left missed out and will walk on the end of the moon cycle. I just hope every one gets some crayfish for christmas and hope it is not a bad start to a season for all. 

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Dont know about that wogboy

Thu, 2008-11-20 22:21

Dont know about that wogboy , from what I have seen and bagged since saturday they haven't walked yet . Half have been whites of god size and lots of corals and even a few reds with hairs already .  Have seen quite a few ledges where they have been jam packed with crays up to three deep with the jumbo's sitting at the back pushing out the smaller crays to the front . Dived a cave recently where i stuck my head in to have a look and all I could see where crays a rough guess would be around 40 . Personally i wouldnt be putting out pots untill another two weeks time

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hey feral

Fri, 2008-11-21 05:00

 Hey feral, when the crays start walking, do they head straight for deaper water? Or do they walk up and down reefs for a while then slowly head out to deaper water?? Cheers

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When are the pros able to

Fri, 2008-11-21 07:15

When are the pros able to put their pots in? if not already??

If they are, are they doing any good?

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Fri, 2008-11-21 07:26

Just spoke to my uncle my uncle in Jurien he is a pro up there. The pots are out soaking but they cant pull them until monday. B zone start on the 15th and they are struggling. He said it is going to be a slow start to this season.

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They'll go deeper wade but

Fri, 2008-11-21 09:50

They'll go deeper wade but as matt said most of them havent maulted yet so still a few weeks mate , just strap on your tanks 

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i need to renew my dive

Fri, 2008-11-21 09:56

i need to renew my dive license (been 5 years since ive dived......)

Free diving tho...anything to 5-6m is ok :)

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Um the actual padi ticket

Fri, 2008-11-21 09:58

Um the actual padi ticket dosent run out its a life time thing , plenty of crays on the rock walls that would make an easy dive to get back into it 

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agreed matt  , wait till

Fri, 2008-11-21 10:24

agreed matt  , wait till you get a few dives then get in there , nothing like coming up after a dive with a bit of skin missing 

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crays

Sat, 2008-11-22 09:18

Sat morning....water is looking good !  I expect some decent cray catches today.... 

 

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first crays in the pots

Sat, 2008-11-22 16:35

first crays in the pots today out towards rotto...6 in 1 pot, none in the other.

All had eggs so all went back.... But atleast final,ly something in a pot!!

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sweet

Sat, 2008-11-22 16:51

 Good stuff..the pot boys will get some runs on the board soon!

 

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Friday

Sat, 2008-11-22 17:47

checked mine - zip. But I suspect I was in 2nd place as they weren't where I left them - close, but they were in the sand and not against the reef. Grrrrrr

 

So I have pulled them out and will put em back in in about 2 weeks time. too busy next week and off-shore the following week.

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HuggB checked mine about 10

Sat, 2008-11-22 19:30

HuggB checked mine about 10 am this morning (after i went out with my mate to get his) and i dont think ours were in the same spot either.... but they had been in 4 days.

Going out early tomorrow morning....

Lots and lots of divers from point peron at the moment.

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what happens if you catch

Sat, 2008-11-22 21:06

what happens if you catch someone pulling your pots

do you knock their block off then report or just knock their block off and what will happen to these low lifes who pull others pots?

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Just get a balloon filled

Sat, 2008-11-22 22:52

Just get a balloon filled with red enamel paint and tie it on your rope about ten metres down then watch for the boat with the paint on it as it goes through the pot puller , justice

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this works better

Sun, 2008-11-23 04:53

 I find putting a couple of treble hooks in my cray ropes, stops them from getting pulled to often!  Just look for the guy swearing at the boat ramp with a rag around his hand !

 

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Pot raiders

Sun, 2008-11-23 05:10

I was talking to a guy a couple of days ago,who has in the past had a pot taken by some low life heading to rotto on holiday .A mate found his pot and gave him a call with the location.It moved about 28 nm from where he had it set now that is a strong current.

My idea is to put a rope and float on an old limpet mine and look for the BIG BANG and the guy swimming to shore! 

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11 crays in pots over the

Mon, 2008-11-24 07:32

11 crays in pots over the weekend... 5 with eggs rest without

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crays

Mon, 2008-11-24 08:42

 nice work! What depth you have them in mate?

 

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8-12m of water... hard up on

Mon, 2008-11-24 08:51

8-12m of water... hard up on the reefs.

all reds too

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cheers

Mon, 2008-11-24 11:06

 Thanks 4 the details...moon is looking good now..hopefully they will get itchy feet..and will head out of there holes for a midnight snack!

 

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thats the plan. Moving my

Mon, 2008-11-24 11:27

thats the plan.

Moving my pots out now.

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Pulled my pots in this arvo

Mon, 2008-11-24 20:41

Pulled my pots in this arvo to take out deeper tomorrow.

Got my first cray in my own pots, man did it taste so good!!!!! nothing better than fresh cray

the weather was so shite tonight when we went out... rough as all hell!

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24 crays in pots, 12 kept..

Tue, 2008-11-25 20:54

24 crays in pots, 12 kept.. good size too

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Good stuff

Tue, 2008-11-25 21:15

Sounds like your putting in the hard yards and starting to reap the rewards.

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rewards!

Wed, 2008-11-26 17:15

Well done Bodie, good to hear. Many of my clients have only just now been getting a few in pots. Certainly the first 2 weeks are hard with the moon and soft molt. The whites havnt bolted yet like last season but the beach is a no go with the commercial guys that i know. Most are in 8-15m (ledges) and have a few tester post on the outside contour lines to see if they can get the early walk!

Rotto has plenty of good reds but in berry so no take, depths 10-15m & on reef ledges with sand being the go.....the big hard reef structure being quieter!

 

 

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Thanks Ryan, Yeah plenty of

Thu, 2008-11-27 07:49

Thanks Ryan,

Yeah plenty of Berry ones still about... good sign tho.

Have not seen any Pro cray pots anywhere between back of carnac through to rotto (Not sure if they pot through there or not.)

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step out

Thu, 2008-11-27 18:11

Yeh they wont step out until the crays harden up and walk Bodie. Most com pots in close atm especially on the sand ledges more so......a few weeks away me thinks for the step out!

 

 

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cheers

Thu, 2008-11-27 18:19

 Thanks for the updates Ryan !

 

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Huge amount of

Sat, 2008-11-29 16:08

Huge amount of crays!!

Pulled pots today

8 pots (2 boats out)

wouldnt believe it but 72 crays were caught!!!!

20 kept

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Nice work

Sat, 2008-11-29 17:09

 Well done mate! We got zip this morning, maybe im to close in. Might try 3 mile next time i put the pots in!

 

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Well done

Sat, 2008-11-29 20:18

Well done again Bodie......those Oceanside pots are really working atm Laughing

The com guys are "slowly" stepping out from what i saw today, the outer reefs & banks (3nm) are looking promising!

 

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hey ryan...yeah the pots are

Sun, 2008-11-30 13:13

hey ryan...yeah the pots are doing the trick :)

23 crays in 1 pot!!!!!! never seen anything like it...

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tables!

Sun, 2008-11-30 13:22

haha....tables are turning, the potters are doing very well atm.....good onya Cool

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A little tip,if your pot is

Sun, 2008-11-30 08:42

A little tip,if your pot is in a different place than where you left it ,it could have been the fisheries checking them for gap sizes etc, problem is they dump them anywhere after they finish checking ,,,i like the paint filled ballon booby trap,,don't think the fisheries will be happy with you but,lolCool

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least they'll get paid to

Sun, 2008-11-30 10:03

least they'll get paid to clean their boat , no rules against it

 

 

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Hey shortyWe were thinking

Sun, 2008-11-30 13:12

Hey shorty

We were thinking the same today, we went out and 2 pots were not in the locations we put them yesterday...they were right in the middle of the sand (obviously moved)

But they still had crays in them....and they were whites....the first we have caught :)

another 10 today

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I know the Pros get annoyed

Sun, 2008-11-30 13:24

I know the Pros get annoyed with the pots getting moved,,must cost them big $$$$

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Couple of pics of the

Sun, 2008-11-30 18:19

Couple of pics of the plastic pots hard at work.... Gets the blood pumping seeing it :)

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You got to love that ,

Sun, 2008-11-30 18:25

You got to love that , sunday bbq

 

 

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nice

Sun, 2008-11-30 19:23

Great pics...wish my pots looked like that when i pulled them! 

 

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Went out and pulled the pots

Wed, 2008-12-03 07:37

Went out and pulled the pots again after work yesterday...

Went out in our ally boat (6.4 Razor line) normally head out in a mates 25ft black watch...

Man long rough ride!!! didnt think the wind would be too bad, but 12 mile out it was rough!!

34 crays total, 6 kept.

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And a note... long line of

Wed, 2008-12-03 07:42

And a note... long line of professional pots out on the 5 now (Towards rotto) in about 20m or water.

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Still truck loads of crays

Sun, 2008-12-07 19:52

Still truck loads of crays about

New boat total yesterday

44 in 4 pots!!!

Many went back

still in 8-10m

Fishereies at the ramp said many boats bringing back their limits from pots. Most behind GI.

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well done mate!

Sun, 2008-12-07 20:05

 Im so jealous! Hopefully there is some out at three mile reef off hillarys next week when i fly back to Perth. Im sure i saw pro boats working out there about a week ago.

 

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Ahh that is great news.

Mon, 2008-12-08 16:50

Ahh that is great news. There will be some left over for me to pick up after friday, when I have my ticket!

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