Swan Crabs & Cockburn crays!

I went for a crab dive in the Swan in Freswater bay area a few nights ago and got some of these bad boys!

 

Got my ten crabs, carapace size was approx 150-180mm

The end result, cooked big blues that tasted delish and were full of meat. Had a coldy with friends and the feed went down well!

 

Went out the next day in the Sound, had a school of pink snapper swirling on the surface right next to my boat doing their thing. By the time i jumped in the water they spooked and took off as it was that glassy calm on Monday arvo it was awesome. Got my eight crays, eight went to the boat and one very lucky cray made it back to the water hehehe!

 

 

 


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Nice feed there Ryan can't

Wed, 2008-02-13 10:33

Nice feed there Ryan can't beat those swan river crabs sweet as and only one white boy there in the crays. How deep did you dive for your crays ??

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were abounce ya getting the crays in the sound ryan?

Wed, 2008-02-13 10:47


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Yeh!

Wed, 2008-02-13 10:48

Yeh was a nice feed Bill and i had a bet with friends at dinner that i would get through a fair few of the swan crabs but i gave in......the meat was chockers. I was diving in 4-8m of water, usual pinky bommie stuff!

 

 

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Around your normal snapper

Wed, 2008-02-13 10:52

Around your normal snapper ground where you tag early in the year

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deja-vu

Wed, 2008-02-13 10:55

hehehe......yes i took the photo and was thinking the same thing!

I just dive around reefy bommies Rodrat, plenty of that ground around and the crays are in close atm.

 

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Nice feed

Wed, 2008-02-13 10:55

Nice feed there Ryan, gotta go get me some more Exmouth reds soon... mmmm, craaayfish.

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*nice bag out dude* 

Wed, 2008-02-13 11:49

*nice bag out dude*  Surprised Laughing Tongue out

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man i gotta get out and have

Wed, 2008-02-13 11:55

man i gotta get out and have a look for some crays..

 

stupid lack of boat. 

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BANNED ?

Wed, 2008-02-13 15:18

I THOUGHT IT WAS BANNED TO CRAB IN COCKBURN SOUND. ?

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the crabs were from the

Wed, 2008-02-13 15:25

the crabs were from the swan, crays from the sound.

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SRY JUST SEEN THAT ON

Wed, 2008-02-13 17:42

SRY JUST SEEN THAT ON HEADING . !!!!  SILLY ME Tongue out

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Good effort Ryan

Thu, 2008-02-14 07:20

Sounds like a great feed allround.

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