river crabs, need advice
Submitted by mako magic on Wed, 2011-02-23 20:23
Looking at being in the river friday night in preperation for the rotto swim on saturday morning and was thinking of maybe doing a bit of crabbing while on the water, what locations are producing and what areas arent, and what depths?
thanks
thesupervisor
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are you swiming to rotto
are you swiming to rotto matt? hahah
ive seen alot of boats working the lhs of canning hwy bridge not sure of depths but 2 to 10 mtrs seems to work for me
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mako magic
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haha not me Rob, bugga that,
haha not me Rob, bugga that, ill be happy staying dry in the boat lol, yeah seen alot of guys in the canning lately
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you could try around black
you could try around black wall. seen some posts on here with the crabs from that area
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Aaron Santos
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hi Russ, im pretty new to
hi Russ,
im pretty new to crabbing and fishing the swan, any chance you can share where the black wall is with me.
cheers mate.
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sarcasm0
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Blackwall Reach
Is just to the west of Point Walter, it is a limestone cliff face in the on the south side of the river in Bicton.
mako magic
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yeah russ, was planning on
yeah russ, was planning on trying around there, generally produces
thesupervisor
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should chuck a skirt out the
should chuck a skirt out the back of the swimmers
would get them swimingg fast with a angry marling in the water
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forget the skirt get the
forget the skirt get the Chum!!
Dicey
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Quite abit of boaties around
Quite abit of boaties around blackies getting a few but not as much as months before, another place is the brewery area.
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Pm sent
Pm sent
Aaron Santos
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got 11 lh side of canning
got 11 lh side of canning bridge couple of weeks ago, all in the deeper water tho around the 10m mark. biggest went 186 smallest was 140, no undersized or females. full of meat and real tasty.
good luck.
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went to canning last night
went to canning last night with fresh tailor heads as bait (best) and only managed to get one there, so headed off to OSB way and only managed to get one more but it was a monster at 18cm. They seem to be thinning out a bit now. Thought I would ahve cleaned up with the fresh bait. Heading out early sunday so will see what happens then. I find you get more early morning than you do in the arvo / night
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I drive past the brewery
I drive past the brewery every morning and there are always boats out there. I reckon most of the Swan River crabs would be just about caught by now going by the amount of boats out there all week long. Good luck though Mako. I can't really help you in crabbing in the Swan cause I've never done it but I hope you can find some.
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