more crays
Submitted by Paul G on Sat, 2009-12-12 13:24
Did a dive back on the three mile this morning ,top viz up to 15m,ground was not the best but still bagged out on crays two boats 24 size ,seven size released and 7 undersize. ,had a 6-8 foot bronzy or bull shark cruise by not stoping ,just swam past minding his own biz ,stingrays everywhere 5foot across, some times up to six swimming with us .also had a dolphin come in close and check us out at the end of the dive ,stopped right along side us and just looked us up and down ,only 5m away, looking forward to tommorow.will concentrate on pics tommorow rather than crays i'll leave them to Jesse.
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Faulkner Family
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sounds like the sort of dive
sounds like the sort of dive i would like to do , except from the shark
. great work on the crays , xmas dinner is looking good at your place
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Paul G
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my problem is i give them
my problem is i give them all away , was a great dive and the shark was prity good Jesse was i his glory
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muttdog
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Lots of crays and rays
Hey Paul,
We must of been diving the same spot as you this morning out at the 3 mile west of Jindalee. We also saw a 6-8foot bronzy and heaps of rays.
Funny story about a monster ray, found ourselves a ledge full of crays. I thought I'd take my cray bag off my BCD to load up. Had 3 in me bag went back to the ledge when i turned to load the 4th to find a monster ray mounting my cray bag only 2 meters away. Had to poke it to get it to move on. It worked however the ray thought it'd be a good idea to take the cray bag with him. Lucky for us he dropped it for us to retrieve. Phew! All on camera too. Wayneo might post for all to see.
Excellent moring of diving.
One question. We both wear shark shields, i thought share shields also affected rays, however, there seemed to be no affect on the rays??
Would love to go again tomorrow.
till
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Thats nothing, I was diving
Thats nothing, I was diving Tim's Thicket with Buz last season oand a damn ray parked on my back! I didn;t notice, but Buz mentioned being a little freaked by it.
If you had rays on you, surely it was malunctioning, or off.
Faulkner Family
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that would be a classic to
that would be a classic to see. gotta love the wildlife under the water, so peacfull
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Reefmonkey
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sounds awesome
still yet to see a shark off perth, sounds like a great dive good work on the crays. We had two good dives today, prob put a post up soon if i can fight off hunger and sleep:)
Dave J.
till
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They are a lot less common
They are a lot less common than they used to be. When I got my ticket in 89 we saw sharks every time we were in the water; river, mole, rotto.
Paul G
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Great stuff, it where you
Great stuff, it where you down be its sure worth it when the water is so clean.look forward to the post.
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Paul G
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Not to sure on the shark
Not to sure on the shark shield thing with rays.we don't were them ourselves I think if a shark has lined you up for a meal no shark shield will stop him from giving you a bite .anyways I caught up with wayne at the dive shop today when droping of the bottles for a refill ,he was telling me the tail ,sounds like you guys had a great dive to ,we will be out tommorow ,Alfred and till are coming up in the morning so look out crays .
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Fanatical Fisher
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Pics
Would love to see pics of this sort of stuff. Sounds like you had an awesome day out.
kane
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Good work Paul
Send us a PM with that gyprock quote too, my phone wont work when im away.
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wayneleech
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hi ads(muttdog), paul and
hi ads(muttdog), paul and everyone else! here's some video of that ray, along with a couple of pics:)
Was an awesome dive today - cheers paul for giving us the heads up on the three mile - looking forward to getting back out there!
Video - click the link below:
http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/ac360/waynel2/Diving%20Pics/Diving%20-%2012%2009/?action=view¤t=ray.flv
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nice bit of footage, they
nice bit of footage, they are such a gracefull creature, those little fish that swim with the ray seem to know when its turning as they all see to turn at the same time. at the end i presume you went after that cray thats why the vid ended
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wayneleech
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yeah mate - wasn't really
yeah mate - wasn't really sure where that cray came from... though after a quick loop he was back in the bag:)
till
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Grr I just don't have the
Grr I just don't have the right mojo for Two Rocks.
wayneleech
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huh? did you dive out from
huh? did you dive out from two rocks today till?
till
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Yeah, that was Alfred and I
Yeah, that was Alfred and I on the other boat. We went down the anchor and South and the ground wasn't too good, just lots of small ones. I think Paul took you guys North? I heard it was better your way, probably the first double dive I didn't bag out on all season.
I did see a new nice fish down there, a really big baldy, a few smaller ones, few dhufish etc.
Adam Gallash
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good dive
Looked like a good dive Wayne, that ledge must have been loaded up!
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