Is it worth taking the cray pots to Exmouth?
Submitted by beeroclock on Wed, 2016-02-03 14:36
Planning on being in Exxy in 4 weeks fishing out of Tantabiddi. Has anybody on here had much luck with lobster out that way? Just wondering if should take the pots with us and drop them on the way out cheers
scotto
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no
don't bother with pots.
go diving if you want crays above parallel 26.
dodgy
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There are patches of red
There are patches of red crays there but you would have to be pretty lucky or spend a lot of time diving to find them.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
dodgy
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double post
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Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
beeroclock
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OK - is it cause theres not that many around?
or they not keen on entering pots? Im thinking more about catching the larger tropical lobsters.
dodgy
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The tropicals do eat meat
The tropicals do eat meat but I was told the reason they don't go into lots is their feelers don't fold back like red crays.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
sammy85
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They don't eat meat so there
They don't eat meat so there for baited pots are useless
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Paul N
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Will be in exy same time
will be in exy for annual billy bash . Will be there from 4/3/16.
Staying for 2weeks at the lighthouse . Boat called "In Persuit". Call in and say hi if you see us .
Cheers
Paul
beeroclock
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We arrive on Sat arvo 5/3/16 our first time in Exxy
staying at Exxy tourist park in town. Will be our first time trying to catch a billfish (not competing just fishing) will look out for ya at the ramp - 2 of us in a white LTD voyager with black canopy (no name on boat) should be easy to id us - we'll be the ones who look like they dont know what theyre doing!! haha cheers Dave
cruzy111
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Simple answer no. There
Simple answer no. There are red crays here but if you dont know where to look you will never find them. They are only in very small localised spots. If your going to target tropicals they aint anything like red crays taste wise. Tough and tasteless is my view. Green crays are good youll catch these in the gulf and islands but not on the west side.
Broome lad
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Caught
Tropical Crays in fish traps when I was trap fishing like Dodgy said they can't fold there feelers back fish traps have long narrow opening bait baskets were full of mulies ?