night diving
Submitted by petermac on Mon, 2013-11-25 18:54
being as I have never dived for crays in the south , what is more productive diving for crays night or day diving , up in the NW we always found it was better to dive at night when chasing crays ( I don't rate NW crays as good as crays down here though)
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fishy fingers
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not allowed
you cach cant legally catch crays at night...read your leaflet with your licence, however they are easier if you wanted too just dont get caught...or do it!
petermac
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thanks
I didn't know that how long has that been a rule ??
fishy fingers
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for ever
well I've been diving since I thnk 93 and has always been the case as far as I know
Swompa
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Got my ticket when I was 14,
Got my ticket when I was 14, so 1998. Was a Rule then
catchalittle
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plus perfect time for shark
plus perfect time for shark feeding I think same rules apply for dive as does lifting your pots not allowed during the hours of 730 pm to 430 am summer and 600pm-600am winter on page 4 of the leaflet
Nathan
Vinesh87
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Yeh basically always. Cant
Yeh basically always. Cant pull pots or dive between 7:30pm and 4:30am
petermac
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well
I have to say I didn't know that , me and lots other blokes up north have been doing the wrong thing then we got most of our crays at night I better let the boys still up there know as I know they wouldn't do the wrong thing knowingly
Vinesh87
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Yeh theres lots of good rules
Yeh theres lots of good rules in the brochure. Should probably have a read...
petermac
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but do they
but do they apply north of the 26th parallel
Pitty
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it apples statewide, page 2
it apples statewide, page 2 of current rock lobster guide. If that has been a rule in the past up north, not sure but down here it has been as long as I can remember and I have been diving for cray since 91.
UBIQUE
rocklobster
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Been advised by a mate who
Been advised by a mate who dives that the reason for this rule is because the crays come out of their hidey holes at night to feed and march between reefs and then head back into safety on sunrise. Apparently easy pickings for those willing to break the law, not worth it imo, the penalties aren't worth a feed of cray when you can catch them during the day
Pitty
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My old man told me the same
My old man told me the same thing, when he was younger said he use to dive for crays at night all the time
UBIQUE
boora
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Night cray diving ceased being legal around 1990
Got my dive ticket in 1990 and at that time it was legal to get crays at night but rules changed shortly afterwards. My recollection was a lot of pot pilfering was happening at night and it was one of the reasons why catching crays between dusk and dawn was banned.
rocklobster
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good point boora, thanks for
good point boora, thanks for the enlightenment :-)