Cray catching dive video

This is a vid from a 45m dive we did a couple of weeks back. Hope you enjoy.

 

http://youtu.be/lol3Bj788Es

 

 


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Great vid and some solid

Sun, 2013-01-13 19:27

Great vid and some solid looping.Looks like you find the mass of  Berried females like me, doing my head in haha

 

Looks like great vis !

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hahah great catch at 4;00

Sun, 2013-01-13 19:27

 aussie cricket team would be happy with that

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 Cool vidwhat did you use to

Sun, 2013-01-13 19:41

 Cool vid

what did you use to film and edit the footage?

cant believe how many berries ones you got.i was feeling sorry for you by the end.....

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love the footage

Sun, 2013-01-13 19:48

being a non diver i love all the uderwater vids to get a better appreciation of what the ground looks like out of perth, that would have been frustrating no doubt with all the berried females.  cheers

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Great stuff Tiimmbo

Sun, 2013-01-13 19:55

love seeing these vids, looping is something i've never mastered and much respect to you guys who are great at it

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 Was with the gopro with the

Sun, 2013-01-13 20:10

 Was with the gopro with the dive housing and a red filter. 

 

Was a bit frustrating with all the berried ones but was my deepest dive to date so we were pretty stoked when we surfaced to have found that patch of turf. Had a school of about 10 little dhuis go past at one stage but footage didn't show up very well unfortunately so didn't make the cut. 

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I am trying to work out

Sun, 2013-01-13 20:22

I am trying to work out depths at which the females are berried/ tar spot / setose etc etc so that i can stay away from them.  The last few dives i have done have gone like this.

 

26m - Tar Spots but not that many

22m - lots of kakkas

18m - All berried!!

 

Your 45m all berried blew my theory out of the water haha, as i was thinking of going deeper, i guess not that deep!

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Got to say that has been like

Sun, 2013-01-13 20:36

Got to say that has been like every other dive this season.  Berried females everywhere.

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Top Vid

Sun, 2013-01-13 20:41

Top vid timmbo! as said above some pretty solid looping and a grab there. South metro?

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 Yeah south metro, out from

Sun, 2013-01-13 21:25

 Yeah south metro, out from garden island. 

 

We dived a spot near by last week and was similar, spent all our time moving the berried ones out of the way to find a keeper. Had the torch out and all we kept seeing were berries. 

Went in to a spot in 27 and i got a bag of 8 in 1 dive. 

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Ahh laugh - reminds me of

Sun, 2013-01-13 20:44

Ahh laugh - reminds me of another deep dive spot we have, it's called the dollhouse for the same reasons.

On those spots, best to eyeball them before lifting them, you can usually tell if they're berried because you can see it with a good torch, and they hold their tails out differently.

You end up looking for smaller ones (size males), or long legs (jumbos).

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Going to be a cracking season

Sun, 2013-01-13 20:46

Going to be a cracking season in about 7 years haha

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awesome vid

Sun, 2013-01-13 22:11

 That was great to watch, coming from a non scuba diver.

Someone lost an anchor too, pretty deep to be using an anchor hey.

 

 

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You wouldn't use an anchor in

Sun, 2013-01-13 23:16

You wouldn't use an anchor in 45m?

 

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 That's my anchor, usually

Sun, 2013-01-13 22:50

 That's my anchor, usually tuck it under a rock to make sure boat doesn't float away but was dead still out there that day so no worry of boat drifting off. When it's windy up top I actually use 2 anchors just to be sure. 

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Berry

Mon, 2013-01-14 06:18

 Yeah unlucky with all the berried crays.  What are this yellow and white striped fish called?  I usually catch a few bb

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 Classic catch there Tim.

Mon, 2013-01-14 07:18

 Classic catch there Tim. Good vid.

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Great video action

Mon, 2013-01-14 22:04

Hi tiimmbo

Great footage and pretty good vis, too.

Were you diving on enriched air because your bottom time was quite long, if you were at 45m the whole dive?

Never been that deep but I've heard from a friend who has been getting quite a few at similar depths.

I did catch a glimpse of a couple of small dhuies during your dive...did you see any sized ones?

regards
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I reckon at 45m, he was on

Mon, 2013-01-14 23:13

I reckon at 45m, he was on air.

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Deep dive Smitty what a

Tue, 2013-01-15 09:50

Deep dive Smitty what a cracker, don't tell me that Fitzwa has got himself a wetty!

Looks like a sweet lump 

ps. might have to go 'sick mate' on Saturday, shaping up very nicely

 

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 Rusty we were just on air,

Tue, 2013-01-15 13:36

 Rusty we were just on air, probably pushed our bottom time limits a bit and had a very long stop on the way up as well - vis was awesome out there and probably half of that in at 30m that day. Didn't see any size dhuis, had a school of about 10 little ones swim by at one stage though. Max depth was 45 but that was where the anchor dropped and we spent most of our time on that wall at the beginning which would have been about 38 ish. 

 

Lamby keep me posted, fits is keen as well, will pack some tanks and see how brave we are down shark alley way. 

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Thanks Tim

Tue, 2013-01-15 20:56

It looks like good ground, pity about the berried females but it's a positive sign for the crayfish stocks.

Nice to see juvenile dhuies hanging around....must be some big ones out there somewhere!

Great snaring practice and a nice catch!

regards
rusty...

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