Mandurah Crays
Submitted by Ol Tom on Sun, 2015-11-22 18:47
Got one quota from one pot today off james Services. All good size whites in about 12 mtrs
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Boydy
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Hey nice work Ol Tom, glad to
Hey nice work Ol Tom, glad to see you got onto them. Good depth of water that at the moment!
sphere
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nice
Went for a dive myself off the shore and got seven. Plenty about and a good day for it
MandurahMatt
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Bewdey Fellaz
Ol Tom
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Strange
Pull both pots this morning. Not a cracker. Not even the ones I left in there yesterday
Broome lad
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Bit of luck
They walked to garden island an into my pots
C.P
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Nice Pic
Thats what brings us back every year Ol Tom
Buggered if I know why we can bag out one day & get nothing the next day
I have also left crays in the pot & found them gone the next day.
Maybe they escape when the pot is dropping through the water .
Any way youre doing better than me - Boat in for major surgery as you know
Don't you catch them all before I get back out there
meglodon
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Crays can come and go at their leasure
Cray pots are just that not traps unfortunately and they can get out just as easy as they can enter. I believe ECU marine studies section has a bit of video showing this.
Ol Tom
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Yeah I would expect some get
Yeah I would expect some get out. Occys are a problem too. More shells again this morning. Howling winds preventing getting out there and the occy love it
C.P
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Crays getting out of pots
Ive heard a few people say that crays can easily get out of pots but im not so sure.
When i left school (bloody long time ago) I went up to Horrocks with a Mate.
We made a cray pot out of a couple of milk crates & dropped it in holes in the reef platform
No boat, just walked off the beach. If youve been to Horrocks you know what I mean.
We could see the crays in the pot before we pulled it.
We didnt really know what we were doing & initially didnt have a proper neck on the pot.
& when we pulled on the rope, the crays shot out of the opening in a second.
So we realised our folly & fashioned a funnel neck.
Again we could see the crays in the pot but they stayed in there when we pulled the pot
So we caught them & ate them
Im sure they can get out if they really want to but i not so sure thay can get out as easily as they get in .
Not arguing Meglodon, just adding my bit.