Rotto dive
Tough day in the office. Boss said go get some crays, so I dragged my feet and gathered the required gear and together with Till, headed off to Rotto for a couple of dives. It was a tad lumpy going over, but once there, the water was slick as! At one stage the anchor rope was just hanging straight down.
Learnt a couple of things. The sized males and non setose females were all in deeper water, the setose and berried females (all big) were in the shallows.
First dive, pulled 8 and only one was setose, all were size. Second dive, we pulled 10 between us, 7 were setose or had berries so they were let off straight away. Saw several more that were clearly carry berries, so they were left alone.
We also some how lost a cray from the live well, don't ask me how. Still scratching my head.
Faulkner Family
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nice feed there guys, hope
nice feed there guys, hope you dont find the missing cray in a few days. dont know where the lumpy water was , flat as at 10 am and didnt change till around 1.
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Lucky Tim
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certainly sounds like the
certainly sounds like the crays have come on in the last few days. Might try to sneak out for a quick dip before I fly out on Thursday. Shame about the mystery cray but at least you still came home with a feed.
alfred
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I actually think they are
I actually think they are starting their walk, saw heaps of empty shells.
SamC
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Nice lads!
Sooo keen to get out there it's ridiculous..
Head out for a jig at all Alfred?
Cheers,
Sam
alfred
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Not while the crays are
Not while the crays are about! Will likely do very little fishing again this season and spend more time diving - that is until I know the dollies are on the bite!
alfred
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We were on the water a
We were on the water a couple of hours earlier launched at OR and headed into the win, but by 9.30am it was clam as.
Having said that we were still cruising at 22 knots there and 29 back.
wayneleech
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yeah we saw heaps of empty
yeah we saw heaps of empty shells aswell - this was diving out from mindarie...
most of the crays we got were really soft too....
Frank F
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Nice feed boys.Nice for
Nice feed boys.
Nice for some, work for others
flangies
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Good catch guys :) beats my
Good catch guys :) beats my mi goreng for sure
Excuse my ignorance, but what does setose mean?
danno
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good crays mate cheers danno
good crays mate
cheers danno
wopjrb
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sperm spot on the cray
its a black spot under the tail means the crays got sperm and is breeding
till
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Setose just means that the
Setose just means that the forked endpodites are hairy.
Paul G
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Well done Alfred must get
Well done Alfred must get out there with you one day.
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alfred
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Hey Paul, tanks are in for
Hey Paul, tanks are in for hydro atm, but when they are out, we can head over. Jessie will love diving there. Lots more fish then where we normally dive. There are some huge Harlis there and they know it's off season!
till
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Hmm not sure what happened
Hmm not sure what happened to my post, it appears to have blown up.
Yeah lots more fish than diving out of Perth. We saw stacks of big harlies, a queenie close enough to just about lick, nosy blue grouper, schools of rat YTKs, skippy, pilot fish, buffs and of course wrasse. Also saw some ginormous port jacksons, a few rays and a wobby.
On the shallower dive I looped 5 consecutive red berried females and just gave up, looking for whites instead.
I forgot my catch bag, damn its hard to loop a cray when you have one in your hand already. I did find an dive torch down though, the batteries were knackered.
Ta again for the dive Alfred!
Gully
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Nice work fellas - only wish
Nice work fellas - only wish I was down that way to go do that myself. Bloody work
Good to see lots of breeders around also
Pete D
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Nice crays lads - when is
Nice crays lads - when is the BBQ?
Cheers Pete
alfred
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Opps!
Opps!
till
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the recent household menu
Day before yesterday;
Lobster salad with pink-eye potatoes, beans and lemon relish
tonite; Lobster with vegetables and tarragon oil
& tomorrow; Grilled lobster with mustard and burnt butter.
I might get sick of them soon, but I have had 6 months off =)