Crayfish Season 2015/16 edition 2
Submitted by crasny1 on Tue, 2015-11-24 08:02
Dat tother one is getting too big!
LOL
Neels
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bradz
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Ocean Reef
Well that was hard work this morning. Stiff SW wind, but got 4 whites.
I think my problem earlier was not being close enough to the reef.
I did then the best that I knew how. When I knew better, I did better.
dodgy
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5 sat, 4 yesterday, 4 this
5 sat, 4 yesterday, 4 this morning. Potting out of point peron inside 5 fathom. All whites.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
petermac
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your keen
I am in the same area me and decky had a look at 6 am of bent st and said "no cray is worth your life" gave it a miss
petermac
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had my pots in
my pots have been in for 2 weeks now for a total of 11 crays 2 of which were whites haven't lost a pot yet thankfully , last year lost my two and my deckys 2 pots my complete steel pot has yet to catch a cray yet only the placky pots are catching for me
Jackalchub
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Good call
Good call
Sillo
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OK wow that was heavy going
OK wow that was heavy going with that wind today.
2 whites in one pot that was 80m by itself from all others, other 3 pots got zip from a 3 day soak.
Moved all our pots away from pot city as it is just to busy.
ill probably go tomorrow morning just to see if the move has helped.
terboz123
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mmmmm...wont get me pots out
mmmmm...wont get me pots out till monday now due to weather and terboz being too drunky this weekend...
can anyone recommend the best place to buy bulk bait? i.e orange roughy or tuna heads.
a hard days fishing still beats work
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GCGFC memberBruceleighroy
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Bait.
Hey mate,
Fella in Balcatta named Piero, 20kg frozen blocks, really good bloke.
3/8 Whipple St, Balcatta.
0418 566 103.
Small boat.... Big sounder
Bruceleighroy
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Bait.
Hey mate,
Fella in Balcatta named Piero, 20kg frozen blocks, really good bloke.
3/8 Whipple St, Balcatta.
0418 566 103.
Small boat.... Big sounder
dodgy
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Early bird bait off dixon rd
Early bird bait off dixon rd in Rockingham has the tuna heads. 20kg box for $50
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Bodie
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14 this morning, hard work
14 this morning, hard work it was.
11 whites 3 reds.
uncle
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I think you were beside us Bodie
We did well.was a bit blowy, I dip my lid to those in tinnies
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Bodie
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Hey uncle, beside you at the
Hey uncle, beside you at the ramp or on the water?
Have pots spread from OR to Mindarie now chasing the whites! Or did you see me going backwards and forwards looking for my pot... i was in the wrong spot for about 20 minutes swearing like a trooper thinking the pot had been stolen...only for me to be looking at the wrong mark on the GPS :)
How did you go today?
randall df223
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Haha. We're all human. I
Haha. We're all human. I have started colour coding my gps symbols, which are just like little cray fish
. Yellow represents where we have just dropped the pot, ie current location. When we pull it it gets changed to either
Red = we caught reds
White = we caught whites
Blue = we caught fuck all (we have a lot of those)....
Light blue = the pot is there but stuck, which we now dont have any of at the moment.
If i see some promising ground i mark with purple. Because anything purple promises plenty but may not necessarily deliver!
Fish! HARD!
crasny1
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Oh my God you never get over
Oh my God you never get over the Freo Stuff do you. I laughed at the "promise plenty, may not deliver"
At least you have a great sense of humour Randall. Cudos to you for that
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uncle
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I think you were at the ramp when we left
And you were halfway between o reef and mindarie we did very well.back out tom.
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karlos 22
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did well yesterday 8
did well this yesterday from peron, 6 whites 2 reds, pots in 15 m had nothing pots in 10 m doing the damage.
sea-kem
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Looks like a good window
Looks like a good window possibly opening up this Friday for our first pull at the Bird, fingers crossed.
Love the West!
randall df223
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Good luck! Hopefully a
Good luck! Hopefully a rewarding finish to a week that had a real crappy start.
Fish! HARD!
sea-kem
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Yeah thanks mate. I have
Yeah thanks mate. I have organised a little retail therapy and have the Ranger booked in for a Summit roo bar on Monday. Sexy looking bit of gear. Here's the link http://www.arb.com.au/ranger-px/frontal-protection/
I'll be putting a reese hitch where the winch cable goes so I can front launch the boat.
Love the West!
AHarman
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Good to see a few doing well off OR
Can't get out next couple of days with work so loaded pots up with orange roughie. See what comes of it Friday or sat morning. One pot well and truly stuck, weather this morning wasn't conducive to removal. Gave up after 20mins and a lot of swearing. Will take dive gear with me to remove its backup...
Randall. Do you have a navman tracker with cray symbol? Haha It's what I use too. Diff colours tho but same theory...
Thinking of spray painting another float and adding it on. Sometimes hard to find the white ones... What do others do?
randall df223
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No i am running a simrad
No i am running a simrad
Fish! HARD!
Sillo
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AHarmanYeah you need at
AHarman
Yeah you need at least 2 floats when the seas are up with 1.5 to 2 meters rope between them. You can see one float at the top of swell when the other is in the trough.
You can use spray paint which is easy but after 8 weeks or so the thin paint can wear off, best is brush on nice and thick gloss or just use varnish.
Had a nice 2.5 m Bronzie waiting for a feed again at the back of the boat today, this must be the fifth time in the last 4 weeks, certainly seems atracted to us, we must sound like a cray boat.
I'll try and get a happy snap next time for ya.
big john
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Lumpy
Going to be a bit lumpy in the morning, blowing hard in Iluka at the moment.
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Paul_86
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19 keepers for us today, 3
19 keepers for us today, 3 licenses and 5 pots. Not missing a pot tho, our last decky only owns 1.
Ocean reef, pots in about 15m's deep, 2 day soak
big john
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Nice
and also surprisingly calm on the water.
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Paul_86
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Cheers John. Yeah it was
Cheers John. Yeah it was much better then I was expecting which is always a pleasant surprise!
How did you guys go today? I had a few nice size ones today
big john
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Good day
Had a good morning.
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randall df223
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good work
Fish! HARD!
uncle
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Going off
If your not bagging out your doing something wrong!
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randall df223
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Now i am happy! 2 licences
Now i am happy!
2 licences and we had to throw 4 or 5 back. Didnt pull the 4th pot. Got a few in the first two and then 16 or 17 in the third!
Fish! HARD!
Paul_86
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Hell yeah!you must of
you must of trained yours well. I couldn't get mine to sit still for the photo haha
hezzy
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nice to see some reward for
nice to see some reward for your efforts randall
especially in my hezzy pot lol
keep up the good catches mate
hezzy
OFW 11
evil flourishes when good men do nothing
barracuda
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nor?
I take it all you guys are nor?
no one is bagging out in mandurah that I am aware, none for me again this morning james service :(
Paul_86
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Yeah mate NOR
Yeah mate NOR
Bodie
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nice morning on the water
nice morning on the water this morning.
23 from our pots, best pot went 13 i think with 3 undersize.
Probably threw 6 undersize back today.
Ashen
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Well done!
23 crays.. awesome!
I heard a little rumour that you like to look after your "neighbours" in the area. Haha!
A fish in the hand is worth 10 in the water!
randall df223
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We haven't seen one under
We haven't seen one under sized cray yet since we started just after season open. Only had to throw back breeding females, untill today. Most of ours today were 5 - 8 mm past the guage.
Fish! HARD!
Bodie
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we have probably thrown back
we have probably thrown back 10 or 12 over the last 10 days that were under, and not one breeding or tarred female yet! interesting difference.
terboz123
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yeoow cant wait ! pots will
yeoow
cant wait !
pots will be out saturday/sunday
Will give them a 2-3 day soak due to the bubbles!
yeoow yeoow
a hard days fishing still beats work
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GCGFC memberbradz
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Damn
After enduring yesterday mornings crap conditions I wasnt able to get out this morning due to a leg injury. Due to work I cant pull the pots again until Friday. I hope the cray gods are smiling on me and the pots are nice and full.
Dumb question, but do crays only move during the night?
I did then the best that I knew how. When I knew better, I did better.
Bodie
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yep brad only at night.
yep brad only at night.
bradz
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Cool
Cheers Bodie
If the weather is suitable I might pull pots late on Thursday arvo and re-check on Friday morning.
I did then the best that I knew how. When I knew better, I did better.
Bodie
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its possible brad, only a 1m
its possible brad, only a 1m swell and a 20kn Southerly.. a bit of chop but side on so ok. No different to yesterday!!
Sillo
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Pull our 4 pots off Hillarys
Pulled our 4 pots off Hillarys today on the three mile in 15m, after pulling them yesterday, 3 pots empty 1 pot with three size whites.
I can only dream of double figures, but ill take 3.
randall df223
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Anyone at ocean reef lose a
Anyone at ocean reef lose a iphone this morning? There is a post on FB that someone recovered it.
Fish! HARD!
terboz123
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has anyone not been getting
has anyone not been getting up at sparrows fart to pull their pots?
terboz
a hard days fishing still beats work
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GCGFC memberuncle
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Most are there around
5am.some earlier
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terboz123
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so the general conensus is
so the general conensus is that your pots will get pulled by others if you go mid morning ish? or it just work related?
a hard days fishing still beats work
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GCGFC memberuncle
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its hard to say
we didn't pull until 11 am on the weekend,still bag out.who knows where the arseholes are or at what time!!! yuh just gotta take your chances
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KT26
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We pull ours between 8 and
We pull ours between 8 and 9.30. Drop kids to school, at the ramp by 8.30 and back in by 9.30. Three pots. We have been at it from the start and have only had one pulled or dragged by a boat that im aware of. I am pretty pedantic about how they go down and where they sit. I check them with the viewing bucket. The one that was pulled was quite obvious, it was upside down, on weed and 40m from my mark. We are pretty new to it down this way (mindarie) and until last week has been pretty slow going. Really just starting to suss the ground, havnt hit the double figures but got 8 today.
A question on pots. We have two pine battened and one beehive. One of the pine pots seems to always have a few in it, the beehive also does well, but the other pine pot has caught nothing in the same area. I noticed the ballast is only spot welded to the bars in a couple of spots and if i tap the side of the pot it makes a vibrating noise. Do you think this could be making some noise under water with the surge that turns the crays away? I cant think of anything else. Same bait, same spots and depth? Weird
Westy74
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Yeah drill some holes in it
Yeah drill some holes in it and zip tie it down tight
ranmar850
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Buzzy, rattly pots
Are generally not as good. Weld to every bottom rail or at least zip tie/tie wire. Pineys do generally take a while to catch if you put them in the water brand new--if you cop that resin smell as they come over the tipper, they've got a bit of soaking to do yet. This only applies when brand new, of course.
uncle
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Slow at o reef this morning
Fisheries boat pulled in at 4.50 am a bit of congestion when retrieving!
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randall df223
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Anyone here lose their winch
Anyone here lose their winch handle at ocean reef this morning?
If you can tell me what time you launched, which bay you were in and the colour of the handle, i'll believe its yours and happily give it to you.
Otherwise it looks like i have a spare
Fish! HARD!
Pinchy
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Hi RandallThat would be me.
Hi Randall
That would be me. It's an Alko with a red handle I was in bay 3 and we put in at around 4.45 am.
Had to go home and get the spare when we got in lucky for me I live 5 min from the ramp.
I'll be down at the ramp same time tomorrow if your going out.
Thanks Pinchy
crasny1
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Pinchy
PM him. Sounds like anoher FW winner.
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Pinchy
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Will do thanksWas almost
Will do thanks
Was almost looking for a new decky number 2 when I realized it was missing. Haha
randall df223
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You win. Spot on. I think
You win. Spot on. I think you may have left the jetty as we were pulling the boat off the trailer.
Ill be there same time tomorrow.
Look out for grey 5 m runabout. Bon peche. Blue bimini folded back at the moment.
Good to know it can find its way home.
Fish! HARD!
Pinchy
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Your a champ I'm in a 200
Your a champ
I'm in a 200 series cruiser with a white ally boat called Aroundabout now
See you in the morning.
Thanks Pinchy
edit: I've see your tub in the top rigging area I'll catch up with you there.
randall df223
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Cheers. It will behind my
Cheers. It will behind my deckies red trition. His name is dave. Ill let him know in case im havent arrived yet.
Fish! HARD!
Pinchy
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uncle
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we found it a bit slow today
2 short, mind you had a p/Jackson in one pot and a occy in another
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randall df223
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We got twelve. And a whole
We got twelve. And a whole bait sized occy.
Fisheries had been out at sea watching since about 3am
Fish! HARD!
big john
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Excellent
I hope they rolled a few pot pulling pricks.
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uncle
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I noticed at o reef
They walked past 7 boats to single out a boat as soon as it docked
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Paul_86
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Good to hear the fisheries
Good to hear the fisheries blokes are at it again! Pot pullers need to be punished.
Didnt go out myself today but will be back out tomorrow morning
Bodie
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Yep good to see Fisheries
Yep good to see Fisheries out and about, they were talking to the boat infront of us then specifically moved over to another jetty and pin pointed one of the boats.
We got our bag from 3 pots today as well as one occy which was on a pot with 9 in it!
big john
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Nice work
Our first pot had 12 and we finally scratched up to 22.
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crasny1
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Jeepers
They're here!! From the OP of the original Crayseason post where nobody was getting any to now things have changed for most.
Still no action down mandurah way from what I have heard.
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Paj man
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Hillaries
Anyone potting out from Hillaries at the moment? It's the closest ramp to me and I'm wondering how busy the ramp is getting through the week.
aka Nick
randall df223
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Sorry to tell those down
Sorry to tell those down rockingham way, a colleague has pulled his pots out from safety bay two days in a row for 19 each day. He only put them in on sunday.
Fish! HARD!
crasny1
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Good to hear mate
Might be starting down here soon then
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Kal
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We got 15 today on the 5
We got 15 today on the 5 fathom and 2 undersized.2 pots had nothing, one pot had 12 and the other 5 . one was also a jumbo.There was a boat out there that looked very dodgy ,but lucky for him they didn't touch our pots from where we were watching
Walfootrot
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Good your getting crays, but
Good your getting crays, but every boat out there looks dodgy during Cray season lol
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
dodgy
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Well come say hello then
Well come say hello then
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
merdel12
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Anyone pulling them in off
Anyone pulling them in off freo yet? Yet to get a cray on ffb haha
jng
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we have been struggling out
we have been struggling out of carnac. only 4 crays to date
Dirt
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Merdel 12
I'm hearin ya mate struggling big time hopefully tomorow
sparrow
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last 5 days have got the 24
last 5 days have got the 24 bag without pulling more than 3 pots. that's at GI. Was on FFB and got sfa
Seen a few shady acting boats around which would move on once we get near. Ive got to know most the people around my pots so keeping a sharp eye out for pirates!
plastic pot is doing more than the others combined. If this a coincidence??
Hand over fist!
Leigh85
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Last year we caught more in
Last year we caught more in the plastic pots I think ended up with maybe 10 between two, the plastics averaged 12 each per pull. The year before majority were caught in the wooden, just waiting to see what this year will bring, only had one pull so far and got nothing
Bodie
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a bit early for FFB, come
Walfootrot
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After this full moon you
After this full moon you will have the main run start, then 20+ per pot will be the norm.
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
Madmerv
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Not bad
Got 12 today from 3 pots. The 4th one has gone walkabout. Spent 20min looking for some sign of it but not even a rope under the water, for if the floats got chopped with someones prop.
Off Mindarie.
Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !
randall df223
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Quite on the cray front at
Quite on the cray front at OR today. Everyone we spoke to was single figures. We only got two.
Fish! HARD!
Pinchy
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Randall thanks for my winch
Randall thanks for my winch handle mate. Sorry I didn't get to meet you had to send the decky I was lining up
with the rest of the northern suburbs boat owners haha
Funny you only got a few we bagged out again.
Thanks again Pinchy
randall df223
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No problem and many thanks
No problem and many thanks for the voucher which wasnt necessary. Glad you got it back.
Fish! HARD!
uncle
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ha ha you pulling our
Leg
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scottnofish
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we are getting 18 + per pot out
the back of five fathom in 20m the last 3 days so they are on the march now
Paul_86
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2 person limit from 3 pots
2 person limit from 3 pots for us today, 1 decky slept in, he is spewing haha. Also noticed a pro boat working right along the back edge of the 3 mile, so for the guys who arnt getting any at the moment there's a big hint for ya.
Also had a boat come over to me and ask "do you know who's pot your pulling?" I said yeah my pot and showed him my floats. I've had a pot in the water next to this guy for weeks, see him in same spot same time every morning I'm out there. He mustn't of caught enough crays so decided to start pointing the finger instead. He said my floats looked the same as his but in that area there arnt any similar to mine at all. Ah well I guess me and him have broken the ice now, hopefully our next chat on the water is a bit more friendly