leaving pots in the water at rotto all week
Submitted by Rig on Wed, 2013-11-13 16:22
Hi crew
I am heading over to rotto in 2 weeks with a few mates for the weekend. I am looking at also heading out this weekend so I thought I may throw my cray pots in this weekend. Whats peoples experiences with leaving them in that long? I know theres a good chance of an occy getting in and wrecking havoc on any crays but I am more worried out them still being there the following week and its 2 less things I will have to cart over the following week. If there are crays in them well thats just a bonus.
cheers Rig
DBZ
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Just go and drop them in a
Just go and drop them in a sheltered area so they aren't likely to drift away or be run over by passing boats. Then there shouldn't be a problem.
Also, chuck in a hardy sort of bait like a large fish head and you'll be a decent chance of bagging a couple of crays when you pull the pot the next weekend.
Swompa
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I quite often do it over
I quite often do it over Christmas. Drop them off one weekend and pick the up the next. If they are still there, bonus. Got 17 in one pot once. Was wondering why my then girlfriend was taking so long to pull it up.....
lame
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i that they had to be checked
i that they had to be checked daily RE: fisheries rules
Rig
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nah
thats not in the rule book
Rob H
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as far as I know they do not
as far as I know they do not have to be pulled every day unless its another of those stupid rules being brought for the sake of it.
How could they force you to do that if you deem it too rough or your boat was playing up or you were crook?
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
lame
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maybe it was years ago ??? or
maybe it was years ago ??? or i have my wires crossed ?
petermac
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went to check
went to check my pots yesterday , but got to the southern end of GI and chickened out as it would have been blowing 30 knots at 500 am no cray is worth your life , so if that rule about checking your pots every day is true I think I have a good excuse
Auslobster
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That would be unreasonable....
...to force people to pull their pots everyday. They have to allow for things like bad weather/boat trouble/illness/etc...not to mention the fact that most aren't professional crayfishermen and have things like work and/or school to worry about...
MJ
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Wobbygongs
I was over there for 2 weeks last year and found that if my pots were left too long wobbygong sharks get in.
Got 4 of the buggers but only after delayed pulls.
Next time I will be narrowing the entrance gap.
petermac
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wobbys
I have heard wobbys are good eating not sure if it is true but , might be a good by catch if they don't wreck your pots
crezz
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wobbys are beautiful eating.
wobbys are beautiful eating. just be careful when handling them as they can bite there own tail!
kirky79
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Yeah Wobby's are nice on the
Yeah Wobby's are nice on the tooth but not nice on the knives and never pick one up by the tail. First thing I was told on a snapper fish trap boat over east, when one came up in a trap. Man they can fit a few pinkies in there guts so god knows how many crays they can devour.
catchalittle
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Had a wobbly in the pot the
Had a wobbly in the pot the other day spike to the brain and back down the pot went no way I was getting that thing out of the pot in one piece dont know how the bugger fitted through the enterance in the first place,
rig you may want to paint your floats for better visibality as well you can get fluro road marker paint from bunnings for about $5 it makes the floats stand out like bulls balls
Nathan
carnarvonite
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Wobbies in pots
Best way to get a wobby out of your pot is to tie a large hook on a short bit of rope and hook it in the nose and pull it out head first. If you try tail first all its fins get caught up in the neck.
The bigger they are the better eating they are and when filleting cut from the under side of the skin by sliding the knife in between the skin and the flesh and cutting outwards, not by trying to hacksaw your way through the other way. Don't forget that the meat goes way up in to the back of a wobby's head so don't just cut it off behind the gills.
Rig
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wobbies
yeah I have filleted them before and they are a bit of a pain but I never keep them when I catch them these days, not worth the effort IMO
My main concern is losing the pots, not cheap
dkonig82
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Yeah I wouldnt bother with
Yeah I wouldnt bother with any Wobby under 6 or 7 foot.
I did one which was around 5.5ft and got stuff all fillets from it compared to the size of the animal.
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
Bodie
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pots will be fine at rotto
pots will be fine at rotto for a week at a time, i used to always do it. Still plenty of crays, especially when the whites walk. Just dont have too much rope and 2 floats as big as possible. Try not to put them too close to the pro's pots if they are out, I've watched them out there and they dont have much care for the recreational pots close to theirs, especially when the weather is rough. (Some boats were good tho)