Crayfish Season 2015/16 edition 2
Submitted by crasny1 on Tue, 2015-11-24 08:02
Dat tother one is getting too big!
LOL
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Sillo
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Yay finally got better
Yay finally got better numbers, 10 today 80% whites, and first tar spot all season.
Funny thing is we still havent caught an undersize cray this season?
We did have our pots off hillarys on the three mile in 15 - 18 m and where only getting 1 or 2 per day.
Brought them in to 12 - 14 meters 2 days ago and hey presto (hopefully it just isnt due to the rough weather) , I'll probably leave them here for the next 7 days and see how my mate goes who is still out near the western edge of the three mile 15 - 18m.
Saw the fisheries boat chugging around on the three mile late morning as well.
merdel12
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How long is required for a
How long is required for a soak to start catching immediately?
Walfootrot
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2 day soak is the norm, after
2 day soak is the norm, after that you can start catching immediately lol :)
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
uncle
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Know a few who soak at home
And pull the next day and get crays
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Paj man
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I soaked Saturday night
Put in Sunday morning and pulled yesterday (Tuesday) morning for 3 crays. New pot soaked last night, went in this morning and I'm going to check it tomorrow.
aka Nick
Bodie
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Parking inspector at ocean
Parking inspector at ocean reef this morning, good to see all the knobs who park in the retieval lanes get booked, and one said knob had a yearly pass but still parked down there...knob!
Each day more and more cars in the car park, but looks like a lot getting out real early, we launched at 5.10 back in by 6.20 and a lot had already gone home.
Pot of the day had 18 in it today, out deeper in 22m
barracuda
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Yeeha!
Limit again today, loving Rockingham ATM
KT26
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Mate put two new pots in
Mate put two new pots in yesterday and got 6 first pull! I couldnt get out this morning. Bit blowie for the tinny. Was looking out the window at 12 thinking it would be nice to shut shop and get out there. Pots been in for 3 days now. Hopefully still somethimg in tomorow morn
Sillo
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Had to go out after work
Had to go out after work today in the SWester.
Not to bad out at the thee mile..
Bagged out in our pots which is a first. Pots are now in 20 - 24 meters off hillarys looks like most have moved out deeper as well.
brown364
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Pot located
anyone with id . It looks like BR81 on the pot framing. Found QR
merdel12
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Anyone heading out tomorrow?
Anyone heading out tomorrow? Weathers looking interesting
sea-kem
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Going to have a crack.
Going to have a crack.
Love the West!
Madmerv
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Headed out today
And it was very average out there. Pot were still full but. Giving the weekend a miss.
Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !
uncle
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Left it too late today
Had to abort after front hit o/reef at 8 am.lot of boats still out and in a queue to get out.very difficult conditions.always tomorrow
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oz74
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Gnarly
yeah think we recognised your boat on the dock as we were pulling out. Do you have pvc along the gunwhale?
We came up from a dive and raced the front in. Conditions Got very average very quickly!
Cheers
brett
uncle
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Grey ali
Hardtop
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Bodie
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Yep didn't get off the
Yep didn't get off the driveway this morning, not going out in that rubbish. It may pass for an arvo run but doubt it
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flat as a tack at 5am
flat as a tack at 5am
randall df223
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We hit the water before dawn
We hit the water before dawn and conditions were perfect. The lightning as we drove out of ellenbrook was a bit off putting but had cleared by the time we got to the ramp.
We got 13 today. Going to give tomorrow a miss.
Got some real dirty looks coming in to the marina from those heading out, as if to say what have you been doing out so early? (We were only 15 mins earlier than normal!
Fish! HARD!
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you were in tight to that
you were in tight to that reef break R1
randall df223
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Wsw of the marina? Yeah but
Wsw of the marina? Yeah but been watching it for weeks now. There is a break about 300m to the south west, but the tricky one is about 100m to the north. Bottom comes up to about 4m there and it doesnt vreak all the time. Just gotta keep an eye on the drift when we're pulling the pot. A couple of occasions ive thought we may not be able to get close enough, but hasnt proved an issue yet. We've done well in that little patch.
Fish! HARD!
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uncle
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Lot of boats
Out
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20+ not many
20+ not many
uncle
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Yeah 20 plus
Means anything over 20 alot of trailers still there after 8 and twenty boats trying to get out
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certainly doesnt mean less
certainly doesnt mean less then 20
terboz123
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Does anyone find it wierd,
Does anyone find it wierd, to find crays with a "clipped" tail in your pot?
Thanks
Brett
a hard days fishing still beats work
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GCGFC memberWalfootrot
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LOL yes, think its from
LOL yes, think its from people that miscount, then put one back
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
rigpig
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had a couple like that
I'm going with miscounted crays as well. I've had two like that which had me scratching my head.
D_d_001
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most likely ppl upsizing
most likely ppl upsizing
brown364
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Pot movement
thought I would have the first sleep in for the past 2 weeks and head out @ 5am and the pots have been relocated and emptied for me! 4 of them in a little cluster together not the straight long line they were dropped in. Goes to show , you can't let it slip for even a day!
Hope all the honest ones made it back in safe as it got gnarly quick out there
Madmerv
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Piss Poor
It would have to be someone who dosent even have their own pots out OR more likley someone who is going all out like the guy with 90+ tails.
We have been bagging out (for 3) with just 2 pots. They are the kind of scum that need a 20K+ fine and banned from a cray liscence for life.
Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !
Broome lad
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Pot moved
I got out to mine thismorning for the first time since Monday due to being away for work fist pot good right where I left it 13 Crays in it next pot a good 300 m north west and empty , still got my bag from the first pot but still annoying was hoping to move out a bit deeper but the weather was closing in on me so it was pull bait dump an run ..
hezzy
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not bad of margs early this
not bad of margs early this morning
weather is not looking good for the next few days though
poachers are around , heard some crew down south got pinged for large amounts of abs over the limit , fisheries are out and about down our way , which is good imo
hezzy
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brown364
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Bloody oath
its great to see them out doing the rounds and it a necessity that our waters stocks are managed. all for my kids experiencing what we have if not even better if managed well, just need to delete some of the scum out there that are shitting on others. I applaud fisheries for doing what they can do with the resources they have available on the stretch of coast we have over here
Sillo
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Went out today at 0700 which
Went out today at 0700 which turned out to be maybe 30 min to late.
By 0820 the squall came through and conditions went from OK to very hairy, mainly just the wind the swell was down so just wind waves.
we got 10 between us on the 3 mile which was ok, but Id just like to say if you do find yourself out in those conditions make sure you know where to go through the reef safely and stay on track.
A boat in front of us today was tracking OK then right where you go through the reef was at least 60m north of the gap as they where sorting some stuff on deck.
Where they ended up going through was very very very shallow and I was surprised they didnt hit bottom, They did realise eventually but by that time they where over the reef, this reef sucks dry when swell runs.
The last place you want to break down or hit bottom is either in the passage or just out of or in the heads.
uncle
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3 bags full
Abes now
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big john
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Lumpy and cold in the water
But still worth getting up at 5am on a Sunday.
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Westy74
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ummmm. Got me uncle. What??
ummmm. Got me uncle. What??
dodgy
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Abalone season today.
Abalone season today.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Westy74
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Gee you are super keen
Gee you are super keen fellas. I rolled over and went back to sleep.
Paul_86
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A bit bumpy out there this
A bit bumpy out there this morning, a few boats checking out the conditions and then turning around and heading home. 7 keepers for us today, a few blokes at the ramp with 0, another boat with 8. Couple more days and my pots are coming out.
uncle
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Yeah it was fine when we launched
Turned shitbag real quick the calmed off!!! Only 11 for us
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Westy74
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Yeah uncle. We got there at
Yeah uncle. We got there at 545 to be greeted by a 20kt southerly and rain in the distance. Turned around and went home. By the time I got back to Hillarys the wind had dropped and ocean was calm. Bugger!
sea-kem
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Tomorrow morning for us,
Tomorrow morning for us, fingers farkin crossed no one has raided the pots.
Love the West!
Broome lad
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Not many today
Out of garden island just the two and one eaten by an occy both big reds so I've moved out deeper into 22-24 m see how that goes anyone else do any good down this way ?
merdel12
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I got 8 in which 3 massive
I got 8 in which 3 massive females had to be thrown back due to eggs. All were whites but i was told females with eggs were generally reds. Am i too close to reef?
Broome lad
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What depth
Are you in Merkel ? From what I've read on here generally whites don't carry eggs but I'm just learning the two big reds I got today were both males but in the same sand patches I was getting the whites in but I've moved now from 9-12 m out to 22-24 but wouldn't mind getting out a little deeper to say 30 m if the weather lets me had yakka in a little boat got soaked today me a my young bloke .
merdel12
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Im in 15m off stragglers at
Im in 15m off stragglers at the moment. Id like to go deeper but my ropes wont allow haha....rookie mistake
randall df223
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Still getting a feed. 14
Still getting a feed.
14 today off ocean reef including five in pot in the 30's. One being a jumbo.
Been a good first up year for me. Between four of us working six pots we've kept 179 crays to date.
Fish! HARD!
Broome lad
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Nice going mate
I've been still getting Crays out out of GI got nine in one pot today mix of reds and whites only five keepers tho and seems my other pot has disappeared no where to be seen some theiving prick has grabbed it !
randall df223
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Fisheries officer was
Fisheries officer was telling me when they checked us today that a guy phoned them to say he had found a float and rope drifting past. Thinking it wasnt attached to anything pulled it and found a timber pot still attached, floating.... the owner had lost it a couple of weeks before and was very happy to get it back!
Fish! HARD!
Broome lad
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Mine
Won't float away they are well weighted as I have a winch I'll get a mate to dive and see if it's been cut of , fingers crossed