Swan river crab
Submitted by wogboy on Sun, 2013-11-17 17:44
Got this weird looking crab in the swan yesterday around mosman . Plus we got 4 size blues and 20 slimy mackerel
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Versus
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eeeep, hope its not asian
eeeep, hope its not asian paddle crab http://museum.wa.gov.au/explore/blogs/aquatic-zoology/have-you-seen-crab
tho kinda just looks like a cross with them local white ones (ghost crab?)
Dale
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Moulting
Looks like it might be a bluey that's just done a moult.
cheers
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grantarctic1
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Looks like
looks like a young Asian paddle crab. From the picture it looks like the 6 points are forming on each side of the mouth . You can report it to fisheries ,
http://www.oneperth.com.au/2012/11/01/asian-paddle-crab-swan-river/
Versus
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on second look, it does have
on second look, it does have the prominent spike on sides of carapace, which suggests a blue
Terry
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3 Spot Crab
I am pretty sure that is a 3 Spot Crab....good eating like a bluey and def not the efn Asian illegal immigrant.
Belly88
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Slimy mackerel
I'm more interested in the slimy mackerel...were did you get them in the swan? Seen a few in with the scaleys at eshed but never up river..
Ill second the 3 spot crab also
Mr x
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Yeh it's a 3 spot crab I
Yeh it's a 3 spot crab I don't think they are to common down this way. Saw a pic of another one that came from the swan about a month back very strange.
wogboy
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Slimy mackerel
Yeh belly88 they were like blowies we just got on a mooring at mosman waiting in between pulls and got them untill a boat wanted his mooring back. They were between 200& 300 long a good fight
syddie
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3 spot crab
These are common on our surf beaches.
regards
Ken
Goodz
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You did better than us, we
You did better than us, we only managed 2. What depth did you find them mate?
wogboy
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Yeah goodz we were in about
Yeah goodz we were in about 15m to 20m all where caught around mosmans we tried black wall but only got small ones
Goodz
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Was that you in the red
Was that you in the red fiberglass runabout? We tried mosmans for an hour or so and then over to black wall too. Was in the Bluefin Rouge tinny.
wogboy
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Yeah goodz we were in the
Yeah goodz we were in the fibre glass brownish colour pacemaker I think we spoke at the boat ramp on the way out