Mandurah crays
Submitted by sphere on Sat, 2016-02-06 01:10
Checked out some ground ive wanted to dive for awhile(again)
Had caught a bag of crays couple of kms south so tried a spot off the shore a bit further north today.
Got in heaps of fish life, nice scenery kakkas in close which there were many of.
Kept heading west. Found some nice lumps and holes which held a few. Some kakkas some just sized some well over. Quite a few soft, some whites, some rregulars.
Didn't see any sized demersals.
Saw some crays that were not quite at the jumbo size at end of dive. Other than wishing id gone earlier in the day, great to be in the water
MandurahMatt
Posts: 613
Date Joined: 18/09/13
Starting to get better again
Starting to get better again on last couple dives, still a bit hit and miss for sizes, havent nailed a full limit since the whites walked in November. Definatly not going hungry, but this season hasn't been as easy as the last one.
Bewdey Fellaz
sphere
Posts: 101
Date Joined: 07/01/15
It has been a bit different
It has been a bit different for me as well with some usual locations full crays early but also they have run earlier than usual.
In sayig that im doing my best to explore new ground each dive which so far has been rewarding not only on the catching front but also for exploring in its form
Last 2 dives there has been quite a mix of sizes. No thumpers though. In saying that I did see 2/3 deep in a cavey ledge yesterday. But not jumbo size, prejumbo
Alot of the crays are soft too. Of all the crays I got yesterday only the white was rock hard.
Last week one moulted in my catch bag. Either that or the movement of the crays in there did it
Jackalchub
Posts: 599
Date Joined: 10/03/12
We got 10 the other day, but
We got 10 the other day, but they pretty much came from 1 ledge which made for lots of swimming and searching. Found one ledge with quite a few moulted heads and quite a few soft reds. So many baby reds.
Jackalchub
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Date Joined: 10/03/12
No big ones though
No big ones though
Jackalchub
Posts: 599
Date Joined: 10/03/12
No big ones though
No big ones though
iamad
Posts: 26
Date Joined: 13/05/08
12 - 15m good
Still plenty around.
Getting 6 - 10 per dive this week. Pots are pretty thick out there though.
Season seems to be a longer one than I remember previously??