I don't know what the wind is li9ke down there but up here (Mandurah) it's blowing its' socks off.

 I would be a little conserned if they were my pots. They may walk  [ float ] with only one ballast in them. Give them a day or more under the sprinkler.

 All ready soaked them under sprinkler for 2 days.... and year its blowing its ass off down south but we dropping in close

just curious , are you putting them in off the capes down south ??
or up at peppy somewhere ?

hezzy

 Capes down south first, then if we get nothing will try Peppi 

why? 

hahahhaha those pots would look excellent hanging in my bar, great ornaments ;)

bussogirl,

Just a suggestion; the ballast needs to be as close to the bridle/yoke as possible to lessen the possibility of the pot "walking"; the swell/waves lift the floats up and down thus causing the bridle/yoke end of the pot to lift and down also and drag the pot along the bottom; and as suggested more ballast would be better, especially because the pots are so small.

Hope this suggestion helps a little, good luck with your cray catching.

Old Banga!

 Yeah good luck Bussogirl! Just ram as much bait in as possible and if you can get Tuna heads or Blue Macks. 

 Yea thanks old banga.... jus got them out back submerged under water for 2 days... in the shed now with huddy and dad sorting out more ballast now to sink them with as much weight as we can manage to pull up. 

Will add ballast to them on tues morning then try dropping them.

Thanks for your help banga and sea-kem....... and defko5000 clearly your bored with nothing better to do! Ha ha

[Capes down south first, then if we get nothing will try Peppi

why? ]

well , if your going down south , when you put them in they will sink and seem ok , however imo the first decent swell & they will move like buggery

id strongly recommend you wack another fish plate in the bottom , and bolt it in with two bolts , don't use cable ties etc or the weights will come loose and your pot will be gone , either washed into the beach/rocks or smashed and jammed under ledges /reef etc

potting between the capes you need heavy cray pots to handle the swell ,
if you put them at peppy, you would get away with less weight in them as they are

as they are you will get crays while the swell is down , but first big lift in swell and id bet you will have issues & possibly lose them

good luck hezzy

 Ok thanks hezzy, adding in the steel pipe with cement to add heaps more weight, 

keep watching, There will be a picture post on here in the next few days from me with some Crays ha ha! Were not stopping till we get some and master the pots! 

Thanks for help!

theres plenty about , put your pots in at least 10 metres on the west side of any lumps, as others have said , bait em up full as you can ,
id recommend to stay away from any surf break areas, or areas where it will break ,

also be sure not to set them across or close to any navigation pathways ,where other boaties coming in or out might not see them and run them over ,

good luck

hezzy