Swan River Crabs!!!
With yesterdays arvo weather forecast looking superb and a taste for Swan Crabs on the cooking agender Shaun (FW-Shabba) and myself took off late arvo in chase of big Swan River blueys!!!!!
We had a late arvo launch on my boat and after baiting up at Mosmans Bay it was just a matter of dropping the nets and having a swim to cool off!
After retreiving the drop nets several times we bageed out in 2-3 hours. This arvo sesh was enjoyable and we released many legal sized crabs and just wanted the well over size biggens!!!!
We only wanted a feed and I said to Shabba 12 will do, that we got (released plenty well oversized also) but on the de-baiting run we got a double banger blueys and a few extra so theres's 16 .....YUM =)
Good to catch up again Shaun.........see you tomorrow for Marron mate 
beau
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Those are monsters Ryan!
Those are monsters Ryan!
soupster51
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Crabs
You've got crabs....... I like it.....
Save some marron for me......
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Beerburper
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Nice mate, what bait you
Nice mate, what bait you running?.
It's not about the getting, it's about the doing.
Hook_er
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What depth
hey champ, what depth did you catch those bad boys?
cheers.
Andy_b
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why take females for?but they
why take females for?
but they are great size crabs, ive been getting mine in 4 m of water and about the same size as yours.
flangies
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If everyone only take males
If everyone only take males it does actually have a negative impact on the population. It is healthy to take a reasonable mix.
snappermiles
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nice crabs ryan
i was waiting for someone to amp up about the females!! why wouldnt you?? if everyone only takes males that will cause there to be an inbalanced ratio. the females taste just as good why not harvest as many females as males?? no males equals no babies
ALL FISHERMEN ARE LIARS EXCEPT YOU AND ME! AND IM NOT SO SURE ABOUT YOU!
Andy_b
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lol u call that amping up
lol u call that amping up ahhahah, i just asking a qestion mate not amping up,
i throw back all females myself but thats just me, every body does things different,
each to their own
snappermiles
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yeh sorry andy i didnt mean you were getting agro
i was just waiting for the question about why the females were taken! it seems most people do the same as you and throw all females back but it just doesnt make sense to me! but each to there own
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Andy_b
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all good mate
all good mate
dkonig82
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Great haul
Great haul
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
dodgy
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Bet the males left are very
Bet the males left are very content...
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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Questions!
Depths wise, I crabbed around the 10-20m mark and deeper was more consistent!
Bait used........Tuna heads!
As for the female crab.....read Flangies & Snappermiles answers as they are spot on. I've also had discussions with Fisheries about female crabs and they said the same thing and the officer I spoke to said he takes a big female crab or two!
(As for berried females they go back)
My spots at the Narrows/Brewery 2-4m are firing but I'm liking the lower reaches at the mo!
Yo Soupy....the marron season is early this year......Shabba & Michael are on their way now and then we leave. As for when you return home you have some catching up to do mate =)
Thanks fella's for the comments, the crabs are full of meat and sweet tasting........... gotta love the Swan crabs!
shabba
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yea, nice chilled afternoon
yea, nice chilled afternoon swim,few cold beer's & a awsome feed off bluey's... top day on the swan river..............cheers ryan.