Mandurah crab scooping
Did a bit of early morning scooping along the Coondanup foreshore and Dampier Ave with pretty disappointing results. Only managed 9 crabs between the 4 of us. Barely any crabs out, even undersized ones were few and far between. Coondanup also seemed pretty weedy compared to last year, not too many sandy spots. Even chucked the mask and snorkel and dunked my head under to have a better look and nada. Hoping it might just be this particular weekend.
Not sure if it was because the tide was going out, or if because the weather's been a little on the cool side lately, but it was sparse pickings this morning. Had a chat to an older couple walking the flats and even they've never seen it this bare. Anyone else had any luck early morning scooping in the estuary?
Paul_86
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Me and 3 friends hit the
Me and 3 friends hit the same so this morning and got bugger all too! 1st time trying coodanup and was suprised it's such a popular spot with all that weed, it was thick and just kept going! Barely seem the bottom the whole time we were out. Checked out another spot too and no one there seemed to have many either.
Mars2atk
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Coondanup was a brilliant
Coondanup was a brilliant spot last year. It was a nice mix of sand and weed, and produced well for me. I'd always managed to get a decent feed there, no idea why it's so weedy this year.
MandurahMatt
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Falcon down to Dawsvile &
Falcon down to Dawsvile & parkridge is doing better.
Bewdey Fellaz
Mars2atk
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Would you reccomend north or
Would you reccomend north or south of the Parkridge boat ramp? Or is there a different spot that would be good? Had a look at the weather for this weekend and it doesn't look promising, cool weather and high winds, but I'm determined get a decent feed, doesn't feel like summer without it!
MandurahMatt
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falcon area behind novara
falcon area behind novara store or miami shops is best spot i recon mate can get a bit muddy down past south of Parkridge,
Bewdey Fellaz
JamesB
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Bouvard
Scooping went well down at bouvard near the caravan park, but mainly after dark weekend before last. Pots worked better...
Jackfrost80
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I've been doing really well
I've been doing really well at Coodinup the previous 3 times I've been in the last month. Got 20, 18 and 10 with whiting as my target species
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
Belly88
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Aus day
Between 4 blokes got our 40 in just over half an hour on Aus day. If your not getting your limit I'd suggest searching for a new spot.. They are in force in the right areas..
Belly
Mars2atk
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Cheers guys, I'll be out for
Cheers guys, I'll be out for another try this Saturday, hopefully the nephew will stay entertained long enough for us to get a decent feed for the family.
millsy
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how did you go mars2atk?I
how did you go mars2atk?
Jackfrost80
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I found the bigger ones came
I found the bigger ones came out later on in the morning once you started stiring things up a bit. At one point I'd jumped out of the dinghy to scoop one and another three biggins scat in different directions and another one savaged my calf.
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
Mars2atk
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Date Joined: 29/11/08
No luck this morning, came
No luck this morning, came home with a big fat 0. Tried Coondanup again, Novara ramp and Island point. Probably would've gotten something at Novara if I had a chance to get deeper, but had a work collegue who wanted to come along, yet didn't listen to my instructions to bring enclosed shoes. She wore some shitty "fashion" shoes and ended up being too terrified to walk any deeper than knee deep. Last time I be nice and let someone tag along. Even my nephew was getting peeved about it.
Jackfrost80
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I've been out twice this week
I've been out twice this week and have gotten my bag twice in 30 mins and that's scooping from the dinghy (I only jump out for the huge ones) so I am dropping about 6 that disappear into the weed.
PM me if you want the spot mate as they are everywhere.
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
Mars2atk
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Sounds promising. Hoping
Sounds promising. Hoping they stick around long enough for me to get a decent feed.