Cray Potting
Submitted by C.P on Sat, 2012-12-08 12:11
I posted this question earlier - then realised it was in the middle of an initial post from 3 years ago. No wonder no one replied. Any way I'm wodering how easy is is for crays to get out of a pot. As I often cant get out through the week, there can be 7 days between pulls. Is it likely that crays have been & gone during that time?
snapper_seeker
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Occys
I think that the biggest problem with leaving pots in the water is that the octopus and anything else that likes to eat crays ( everything ) may eat them personally we have pulled pots with occys in them and just cray heads :(
sea-kem
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Yeah damn Occies. Had a
Yeah damn Occies. Had a jumbo last year that got cleaned out.
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Bluedog
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Yeah we see the occy attacks
Yeah we see the occy attacks all the time. 7 day pull is a little too far apart imo, by then all the bait will be gone and a good chance the crays will have left too. I usually don't go longer than 3 days apart.
carnarvonite
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Lack of bait
Once your bait has gone the crays will look for ways to get out and once one leaves the rest will be right behind it.
If you can get hold of orange roughy, hoki or other big fish heads that you can jam in to the bait boxes to make it last as long as possible you may have a chance of holding them in. Until about 9-10 years back we could use cow scalps, hocks etc as a holding bait but with the opening of European markets and mad cow disease it became an offence to use any animal product with a fine of $5.000 per pot.
Have heard of blocking off most of the holes in the bait box to prevent them getting at the bait and making it last longer but have never tried it out so cannot vouch for it, may be worth a try.
C.P
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Thanks
I might try blocking some holes in the bait box. Its worth a try
meglodon
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fly wire
i line my bait boxes with fly wire and that seems to keep them hanging around for a while as it takes them a lot longer to get to the bait
Oceanside Tackle
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Crays
Ryans been using orange ruffy heads and even after 5 days theres bait left and yes crays also. The orange ruffy bones keep on breaking down and leak out oil. Ockys can leave you with heads only but they can jump into a pot anytime.
Make sure you dont choke your baitbox too much as you want water flow, very important to get the smell out also.
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C.P
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Thanks for the tip
I'll be out tomorrow (Sunday) If all goes to plan I'll pull up a couple of crays & then land a plump Dhuie to go with them.