Pro Fishing Vessel in Sound
Submitted by Ush on Fri, 2023-05-05 11:38
Gday all, curious - does anyone know of any commercial operations from inside the sound? Was out on Monday 2/5/2023, a vessel pulling a net from the dropoff at the shacks out towards to the medina channel. Gridding the entire area.
Any ideas on whats happening there?
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Swompa
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They were between Mewstone
They were between Mewstone and Stragglers a fortnight back.
Reefsta
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Maybe scallop dredge
Saw what looked like a small scallop type dredge out the back of a 15-20m trawler type boat on my way to Stragglers a couple of weeks back. Might be the same boat, but they weren't actively towing anything. Seemed to be sitting around a lot, so maybe just getting sorted or setting up gear.
sunshine
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And they were in the Sound at sparrows on Wednesday
At 3.45 am .......thought it was very very odd .....I certainly question the legality
scotto
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occy
there is an occy professional that works the sound.
sunshine
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Appeared to be dragging a net
pitch dark but he appeared to be trawling .......and the moment he saw me heading in his direction he changed course.....odd!
Ush
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Interesting, have never seen
Interesting, have never seen it before. the width of the net wasnt much wider then the beam of the boat. Unsure how far back the net went, had some floats suspending it a few meters back.
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sea-kem
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Funnily enough mate I just
Funnily enough mate I just bought 4KG of fresh occy off a local pro. $24KG the Occy themselves were 1.5kg each.
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Blackgold
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Ocky
Hi Sea- kem who is the guy you brought the Ocky from ? Contact number?
sea-kem
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PM me mate
PM me mate
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Blackgold
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Ocky
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carnarvonite
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Mulies?
Sounds like a mulie purse seine boat. Spot the school on sonar, run the net around, close the bottom up then haul it in. There used to be about 5-6 working from Fremantle but think there are only 2-3 now with most mulies coming from Albany now
Brock O
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Recon your onto
Recon your onto Carnarvonte,
The bait fish out wide last week was off the charts, seen a few other sounder pics this week also.
Did a Rottnest trip Wednesday, north of Thomos in the bay seen a few decent schools of snook / gardies.
Livewire
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Yeh it's the sardine boat.
Yeh it's the sardine boat. They work 2am to sun up. Circle the sardines draw the net and pump them on board, once full let the remaining go.
beau
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Mulie/scalies/slimey net
Mulie/scalies/slimey net boats and Blue Lady for bread and butter species and pink snapper
Ush
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makes sense - thanks gents.
makes sense - thanks gents. might have to trail along the back pick off some slimeys/ scalies
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little johnny
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Be little lady ( frank)
Getting yellowtail / herring or mullet . Burleys up starts boat circles them
Ush
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