would but its a bit of a drive from rockingham. If no one else pipes up, I can do it for you.

Does your boat have access like a ladder?

westy

have you tried to pull them off whith the boat ? often over the years iv been able to get them back with a bit of patience , wait until the water clears if you cant see them now , then check em out with a water glass see how there stuck

ie , did you drop them straight into a pinnacle /crevasse in the reef or have they walked along the bottom & in under a ledge , or is the pot sitting in the clear, but your rope is tangled around the reef

I have these suggestions for you to get em off once you have sussed how there stuck as above

1 let out all your pot rope and tie them onto the back bollard on your boat , at a low , long angle, pull them back into the south, south west and around the north west direction, as this is probly how they went in , just reverse the process, the long rope , low angle gives you the best chance to dragg them back out

2 if there dropped, into a crevasse/ledge or hole in the reef, try pulling them up as short as possiuble on the nose of the boat and try to ''POP ' them STRAIGHT BACK UP , or try to drop a small killik down on the pot and pull it at a different angle , , this often will work easily as well

if this doesn't free them , get onto wal or another diver, lol

good luck with it either way

hezzy

 Yeah tried every trick in the book. They have moved about 500m from where they were dropped and are really stuck.  It's all a bit strange. Both pots ended up 10 metres  apart.  Snapped one rope trying to get the pot up.   Not a productive day at all. 

 Wal. Thanks so much for the offer. I will happily pay your fuel bill. Yeah the boat has a ladder. Let me know when you might be able to do it. Cheers. Westy

 Got one stuck a couple weeks ago had to wait a week for the water to clear up enough to see the bottom then it got it free with the boat once I new which way to pull it. Good luck.

rope snapped ,16m. bought new pot tipper 750.00 , looks good have done and still needs major modifications before itl work properly ,

I can help out if you need it - can do it fri/sat/sun this week if that suits you

Tiimmbo. Friday would be excellent. Happy to do early ie 530ish??  Whatever works for you!

Also willing to help if needed, Im keen to get back in the water this week/weekend