stolen cray pots
Submitted by Ralph The All R... on Thu, 2013-03-14 15:15
To the fellow fisherpersons who stole my pots( RJ0952) wooden 3/4 ...from Eglington reef this week.
What a low life u are!!
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scubafish
Posts: 962
Date Joined: 15/08/12
Dido !had plenty stolen in my
Dido !had plenty stolen in my time on the water,gave up putting them out if they dont steel them they poach them.ASS holes!!
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Ralph The All R...
Posts: 12
Date Joined: 25/01/13
cray pots/pulled pots
I know Iam not the only one.....makes u wonder if the guy you talk to at the launch ramp..is one of those.
Now that i have another two pots,and yes you guessed saw a Blue Fibreglass boat pull them last (wednesday17/4/13) as i got close they took a real fast exit!!! Thank guys,hope u enjoyed the crays.the least u could have done was re bait them!!
kamo king
Posts: 190
Date Joined: 30/08/09
Not good mate. Was that out
Not good mate. Was that out from mindarie ?
Ralph The All R...
Posts: 12
Date Joined: 25/01/13
out of Mindarie yes
Do you know the spot do you?? funny question u asked? makes one wonder...
Walfootrot
Posts: 1385
Date Joined: 23/07/12
Linch mob at the ready. rope
Linch mob at the ready. rope - check, tree - check, pop corn - check
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
Rob H
Posts: 5806
Date Joined: 18/01/12
Carve your number into the
Carve your number into the frame, won't stop them but they'll always be wary using them
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
meglodon
Posts: 5981
Date Joined: 17/06/10
I know how you feel
I've had my share of pots stolen from me over the years. I now have my licence number welded on the steel base frame in the hope that if they are stolen one day the DoF might pull it and see the new float number is different from the number on the pot frame...we live amongst bastards unfortunatly.
carnarvonite
Posts: 8671
Date Joined: 24/07/07
Carve
Better to carve your rego numbers in the top frame above where the rope ties to the pot, that way who ever is on the winch will notice it because thats where he is going to place his hand when he pulls it off the tipper.
Ralph The All R...
Posts: 12
Date Joined: 25/01/13
marking the pots
yes good idea,and will do thatin future with the two new pots i have bought.Am also welding the rego on the metal plates.Fisheries department said that this will be a new requirement in the near future,they are also looking into a security seal attached to each pot. If seal doesnt match or has been removed pots will be taken by the fisheries.
flexn
Posts: 232
Date Joined: 19/03/12
What depth was the water you
What depth was the water you were in? Thats why i drop mine deep. Knowone wants to pull up a cray pot from over 40 metres of water
Ralph The All R...
Posts: 12
Date Joined: 25/01/13
Depth.
Yes hi,they were only in 5 mtrs on good reef country,i sure they had been pulled before a few times.But have managed to get over 2 doz crays out of that area.They were only half pots as only have a small 4-2 Stacer.$85 each,,,,....thats why i dont get it...the guys that took them most likely have a $38,000. craft.
Subaquatic
Posts: 514
Date Joined: 23/04/11
Taken or busted off? As a
Taken or busted off? As a diver, I see lots of pots with long ropes busted off. Although there are plenty of pricks around, its not always the case
Ralph The All R...
Posts: 12
Date Joined: 25/01/13
Taken
No they were taken,I am a diver too,i went straight over the side.I have had friends pots being stolen from divers!! then they tied the ropes to the reef!!Nice trick hey. No sorry to say these pots had been in the same location for several weeks and got me a good number of crays ,why wouldnt you leave them in the location? Just the people that took them must have pulled them before.as the day they were taken both pots were over 300 mtres appart.But in the same reef location area. Happy diving.
sea-kem
Posts: 15002
Date Joined: 30/11/09
I haven't bothered this
I haven't bothered this year. Sick of pricks pulling mine last year. I know this as they were rebaiting them. They anuses knew I could only fish them every fortnight. So someone local in the town.
Love the West!
Ralph The All R...
Posts: 12
Date Joined: 25/01/13
makes u wonder
..well have bought some new ones ,but will be maked and only used on the weekends.i was leaving them out during the week and checking them mid week.
One time a dead wobby was in the pot ,left it in there and on the weekend had 6 crays in the pot, all size!!!and they are only half pots.
Walfootrot
Posts: 1385
Date Joined: 23/07/12
Thats a prick losing your
Thats a prick losing your pots or having them pulled. We have changed to pro pots and have found that they done get pulled as often as they are bloody heavy. take them out of the water once the crays start coming in close as thats when you get them pinched.
If your pots are being pulled then contact fisheries, if enough people report and there is a pattern or an area that pots are being pulled, then fisheries can and will target that area.
Brand your pots, weld your number onto the base and if your pots are being pulled or tampered with then report it.
Note that if you dont have enough weight in the base of your pot, currents can move your pots, we have had pots move 300m over night and thought they had been pulled, only to find them full of crays.
This is to anyone that pulls or tampers with other peoples pots, if fisheries catch you you run the risk of losing your car and boat plus a nice fine.
If the owner catches you, then you may well wish that fisheries got you instead.
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
Ralph The All R...
Posts: 12
Date Joined: 25/01/13
reported to fisheries
I agree with all you have said and yes know pots move in rough seas and currents.trouble with taking matters into your own hands the next minute you are up for assult.
D_d_001
Posts: 1522
Date Joined: 09/03/13
RE: taken or busted off
was out in a mates boat a few weeks ago and went over ( leg caught) one just before dawn. We were in probably 30-35m of water and there was 50-60m.
YES 50-60m of rope along the surface. We saw the float and were about 40m away.....still hit the rope. usually drive up water from the floats for this reason but was just so many around. FWIW the the rope trailed along the surface to close the where the next float was ! so there wasn't much margin for error
are there any regulations for amount of rope / water depth. etc? .....seemed dangerous to have so much rope out for the water depth