Cray alert
Submitted by Paul G on Tue, 2010-11-09 18:47
Just got back from a dive inside .seen a good show of crays ,would have bee 50crays along one ledge,big blue grouper 20kg ,2 small dhuies,a large school of snapper some 8kg and upward.and the usual shit fish .Did see a black ass with a hook and leader with a swivel at the end under a leadge.didn't seem to bothered by it hanging there.come on cray season.the only problem is were do we go first .
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carnarvonite
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Decisions, decisions
Where to go first, decisions , decisions, its a hard choice you have to make Paul.
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Good to have so many options
Good to have so many options that you don't know which to choose!
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A few boats loaded up with
A few boats loaded up with pots
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hahahah
you no you have worked hard in life when your hardest decision is where to dive for crays first haha
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You could give me a bunch of
You could give me a bunch of your points Paul, and I'd report back on them?
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Hmmm im in the same boat but
Hmmm im in the same boat but i will be shore diving
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What
What sort of depths are they in paul?
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Awesome report Paul, if only
Awesome report Paul, if only I wasn't allergic to shellfish:(
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These were in 18m ,will do a
These were in 18m ,will do a dive in close nearer cray time and see what is there.
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Cheers
Thanks for that Paul. I'm gagging to get out there for a dive early next week. Have a very close eye on the weather and mon, Tues and Wed off work.
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sounds like a great spot, if
sounds like a great spot, if you need someone to watch the boat and share the catch , i'm the one
. come on cray season hey.
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good to hear the news Paul,
good to hear the news Paul, hopefully Monday's weather improves a little though.
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21 knot ese
perfect pot dropping weather.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
Lucky Tim
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it's not going to be 21kts
it's not going to be 21kts ESE underwater though...
you dusted off the dive gear yet?
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Was heading down for some abs
and a bit of a snorkle to see what depth i could get to and ended up doing cpr on a ab popper instead.I will head back down on sunday and try again.The gear is all out and serviced i just need to set up a weight belt to suit the new semi dry and i am away i hope.Will let you know when i am sorted.How is the new tub going?Got a name yet?Was thinking maybe Hayl Damaged.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
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nah no name yet, but going
nah no name yet, but going very nicely otherwise. Let me know when you're sorted and we'll go for a shallow dive.
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Still got a couple of shallow spots
they blew the crap out of a couple of my good ones but replaced them with a bigger one
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
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Good to hear Paul:) When
Good to hear Paul:) When you say inside... u talking between the first and three mile - or are u still out on the back of the three mile?
Can't wait for the season to start!
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Inside edge of three mile
Inside edge of three mile mate.
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interesting... were these
interesting... were these whites or reds? i don't really know too much about the cray run - though I thought they would appear on the back of the three mile first? eg, as they migrate from the deeper water...?
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Nice work!
Can't wait to get back to Perth and get under the water!!!
Paul G
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The whites will start on the
The whites will start on the beach 20m ofshore if conditions are good and over three weeks move out to the back edge,The crays we seen were reds.
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Crays
Interesting if it will be like last season. Crays everywhere in close at the start of the season then they head out wide and dribs and drabs after that...