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Submitted by Bryce Day on Tue, 2016-10-18 13:21
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Bryce Day
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18 for morning
18 for morning
Anyfishwilldo (not verified)
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Wow! Well done, awesome feed
Wow! Well done, awesome feed there!!!
D_d_001
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nice red there !!!
got some good crays too by the looks
ranmar850
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On a full moon not during the whites run
Surprisingly good result. Obviously getting right in among the lumpiest snaggiest sstuff.
Laneo
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hi Bryce
hi Bryce did you catch in pots or dive
LANEO
Bryce Day
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Fuck diving
F@&$ diving, to cold and I do t like getting eaten by great whites
quest
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Agree
Hahaha. Totally agree with that.
Shit hot catch before the run. Well done!
scano
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Nice breakfast
A couple of bush chooks to go with an early morning cray session was it? Hahaha
Bryce Day
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Learnt a valuable lesson
Learnt a valuable lesson today, Crays and chooks in same esky don't mix, sport cans are no match for the spiky cray. A couple of clicks of the tail and they decimate half a block pretty quickly
hezzy
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how did your catch rate go
how did your catch rate go bryce all in a few pots or an even spread across the lot ?/
water being dirty with some swell on you have done well !!
stickys are good for that sort of heavy ground
hezzy
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evil flourishes when good men do nothing
Bryce Day
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Out of 6 pots, we got them in
Out of 6 pots, we got them in the last 3 as they were in deeper water, got none in sub 10m
Laneo
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Same here got buckleys
Same here got buckleys chance getting me in the drink
I potted last year did shit ,this year thinking about it more and trying to put a plan together so if ya got any pointers fire away
cheers
LANEO
Bryce Day
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I hope no one gets chomped
I hope no one gets chomped this season!
Bryce Day
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Got another 15 for the
Got another 15 for the morning
quadfisher
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Full moon flappers , nah dont bother haha
Killing it bryce , just goes to show about hard and fast rules of nature and fishing , there their to be broken.
Anyone got a handle on what sort of a year they are predicting , and for all the divers out there , any more on Bretts
courtcase , I have been out of the loop for a bit , has common sense and logic prevailed or has fisheries had a win?
quadfisher
hezzy
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with the water so dirty along
with the water so dirty along a lot of the inshore areas , moon wont be an issue as it is when you have clean water
now inshore should fish more like a winter situation imo
hezzy
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Bryce Day
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randall df223
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We got 30+ in four pots this
We got 30+ in four pots this morning after a three night soak. Are we past the full moon now? I havent really been paying attention to the moon cycle.
Fish! HARD!
Bryce Day
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Not looking forward to
Not looking forward to coming home
hezzy
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lol how far up did you go
lol
how far up did you go Bryce ??
wind is only blowing 20-25 s/sw at present had a bit of easterly in it early though ..........
hezzy
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Bryce Day
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22 from 4 pots almost home
22 from 4 pots almost home
Bryce Day
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Was going to have coffee at
Was going to have coffee at Mandurah before I cane home hezzy
hezzy
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that far hey lol worth the
that far hey lol
worth the travel though hey 55 critters from 3 pulls aint bad going !!
hezzy
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Bryce Day
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Yeah, I'm pulling out
Yeah, I'm pulling out tomorrow! May head back just before chrissy
Bryce Day
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Much better today
Much better today
Bryce Day
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Another 22
Another 22
Rick
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Tipper
That new tipper has been getting a workout mate ! Good rewards for the effort
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randall df223
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Nice
Nice
Fish! HARD!
DTrain
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Is there a reason your giving
Is there a reason your giving those crays a spa bath instead of just putting them on ice?
sashayogi
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Esteemed Fishermen Do you
Esteemed Fishermen
Do you think that it makes any difference if you you pull your pots early morning vs in the afternoon, with the obvious exception of getting in before the poachers get your pots?
I'm having trouble managing my mornings.
Cheers
Bryce Day
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Keeps em alive. Also found
Keeps em alive. Also found when I take esky and ice I come home drunk at 9am. If I was poaching I'd be out at 430am.....
no one poaches as much as people think! I dropped 2 pots on shit country last night and I knew I should have pulled them and re set them. All night I knew there was going to be no Crays in those 2 pots. Even though they were in the same line as my others they were not on the edge..... soooo easy to think they have been poached.
Those 2 pots came up empty
dodgy
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Poaching is the most
Poaching is the most credible way of saying you didn't get anything in the pots.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
randall df223
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Poaching is the most popular
Poaching is the most popular excuse given for being a crap cray fisherman
Fish! HARD!
frog4364
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Pots
if ya see my pots give me a yell cause I cant find the bastards...Somewhere just south of James service reef...Bloody GPS is rooted...I know I dropped them past 5 Fathom in 17m...spent 3 hours cruising up and across this morning couldn't spot them...Fairly close together with small float before main float...
Bryce Day
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Chucked a mates floats on my
Chucked a mates floats on my pots yesterday so he could pull em wile I was gone!!! Good result!!!
randall df223
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We checked 4 pots this
We checked 4 pots this morning as our other two licence holders are away on site.
First pot that had been in 6 days, nothing but a port jackson shark.
Second pot, 7 keepers
Third pot, an empty cray shell
Fourth, empty.
Fish! HARD!
Bryce Day
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They are patchy I know that
They are patchy I know that much! My mate 300m north of me got nothing
JacksonL
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We pulled our 4 pots for 9
We pulled our 4 pots for 9 keepers today, no undersized, after a 6 day soak. 2 were empty, they were too far from the reef, we put them out in the big swell Sunday morning and had been a bit over cautious in not wanting them to be pushed under a ledge and get stuck.
JacksonL
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Only got 2 today from the
Only got 2 today from the one night soak. All in about 10m, have moved one deeper and one shallower to prospect a bit.
Bryce Day
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May need to be hard up on
May need to be hard up on the ledges if moon is still about and the water is clear!
Bryce Day
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Pulled the last 2 pots this
Pulled the last 2 pots this morning for 9 keepers! Pots are all out now.
randall df223
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Why do you take them out?
Why do you take them out?
Fish! HARD!
Bryce Day
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Work time again! Should be
Work time again! Should be back for the whites
randall df223
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Ack. That is why we hit the
Ack. That is why we hit the water at first light. So i can get to work on time
Fish! HARD!
Bryce Day
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Pots are back in
Pots are back in
Bodie
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No whites yet, anyone seen
No whites yet, anyone seen any?
Bryce Day
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Will let you know tomorrow
Will let you know tomorrow
Bryce Day
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1 kacker and 1 sized
1 kacker and 1 sized red!
Where have all the Crays gone?
Dale
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Pretty keen getting out today, blowing it's arse off here.
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Bryce Day
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Launched in bunno retrieved
Launched in bunno retrieved in Mandurah, had it behind me the whole way smooth sailing
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whats that 80nm? why?
whats that 80nm? why?
Bryce Day
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Deckie wanted a coffee at
Deckie wanted a coffee at bouvard fish and chips!
It's a tad under 90km
Fisheries and water police were hot at bouvards conferscated some poor blokes boat 20mim before I rocked up! Cops have a nice little jet boat they get around in.
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oh well thats not far at all
oh well thats not far at all then haaahaaaah
Bryce Day
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It was always in the back of
It was always in the back of my head to keep going that way. I knew the weather wasn't going to be any good however going with it is a breeze, deckie isn't what he used to be. And 50km of bashing into pure shit would have had me looking for a new crew. Took the pots well north now. Will see what Mandurah has to offer
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someone takes your trailer
someone takes your trailer or moore up somewhere
Bryce Day
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deckie has decided to live on
deckie has decided to live on the boat now so got a pen for the next 2 weeks.
Bryce Day
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Including fisheries and
Including fisheries and water police!
ranmar850
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Sounds like they are down for the moult
When you catch crays in October, it would be because it is the tail of the winter reds run. Back when the start was 14 Nov, did you ever catch anything worthwhile on opening day? Did you ever bother? All the intel we ever used to get was that the pros wouldn't catch a thing until the whites started. The run starts south and heads, time-wise, north, ie earlier off Perth, then gets later as you head up. Gero would be later, and last of all, Kalbarri. Very common not to catch worthwhile whites until 12 Dec or so--They'd be going off in Port Gregory long before Kalbarri. With the old arrangements--fixed season and 14 Nov bait-up--Kalbarri would usually have a very good but very brief opening surge, all reds, and cleaned out very quick, down to very little within three days. This was because there was a build-up, last of the winter reds run, catch them and there was nothing left until the whites ran. So we would all pack up and disperse further south, anywhere from Gregory to Dongara, to catch some there before they started at home.
Now, with the pros working all year, the ground doesn't get that rest, so it is more or less pointless putting them out in October up here unless you are happy with just a few crays per pull, if you are lucky. Mine will go in on the 9th, start of an R&R.
Bodie
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not sure where you get all
not sure where you get all your info from
I've a mate who is a professional fisherman. Whites start north, Jurien and Cervantes before Metro.
Pro's have a quota system now, they are able to catch crays when the price is best. Red's are generally worth more than whites, hence you dont see too many pro's potting for whites.
A lot of pro's have already got their quota, and the new quota does not come in until mid Jan.
Water temps more likely whats effected the start date. I bagged out last year on the 17th Nov on whites but water was warmer.
meglodon
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At 90 bucks a kilo
At 90 bucks a kilo at a prominent Fremantle fish and chip eatery I say that the price is dam good right now. This may be the reason that there is quite a bit of pot robbing going on even, if selling crays on the black market at half that price that's damn tempting to the stealing (and that is what it is) bastards
little johnny
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Yep nth( start)
Then Sth start to fire. Few whites popping up out the sand last few days.
Bryce Day
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They better start within the
They better start within the next 2 weeks
Mitch88
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Hope they wait till after
Hope they wait till after the 9th December :)
Bryce Day
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How's work?
How's work?
mrwinta
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Home time!!
15th for me Mitch!
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ranmar850
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Here
not sure where you get all your info from
Mate, I got my information from being behind the wheel of a crayboat for 26 years, to answer your question. And I am well aware of the current quota system and how it affects the way they work nowadays, as I still have regular contact with working fishermen.
When you dispute the north/south thing, we are talking apples and oranges. Everything south of the line between B and C zones is south to us up here, we made no distinction between Cervantes and Mandurah. . As I said, they start south much earlier than they do north. And Kalbarri is the last place of all to fire. They'd start at Leeman before Dongara, Dongara before Gero, Gero before Gregory, Lucky bay before Kalbarri. And I was making this point to try to show the relationship between the end of the reds run and the start of the whites, with the lull inbetween when the whites are down to moult. So why do ALL crays go very quiet during this period, and not just the ones in their whites phase? After all, crays are only believed to do the whites phase once in their lifespan, at first maturity. Our best answer on that would be that the larger reds also tend to have a moult around the same time--as well, the greatly diminished competition for food means that the few crays that are actively feeding just don't need to go into a pot.
Mitch88
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Any Reports Brycey?Reports
Any Reports Brycey?
Reports of soft whites in close diving Port Kennedy way.
Bryce Day
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Got 3 softies today! 2 reds.
Got 3 softies today! 2 reds. No good. Better of going to work.
sphere
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A mate of mine who used to
A mate of mine who used to fish commercially from Mandurah to awedge reckons in that area Two Rocks is the place where the whites run first.
Have only been out for 3 dives this season for a few good feeds. Reading all the reports on here and stalkbook the last week at work cant go quick enough
t bone
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fly out day?
When ya back to work Bryce? I got about 16 days, 15 & 1/2 hours till I get home for break. Kinda hoping there gonna be a few hanging around still ready for a chrissy fed at least.
little johnny
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2 rocks today
Pros 20 a pot . Not good for them but a start. ( in sand)
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not sure where that rumer
not sure where that rumer came from.
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little johnny
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X Deckie
At ramp this morn . Unsure ?
Paul G
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Not much happening yet still
Not much happening yet still be another week,
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