Swan River Crabs
Submitted by Superfish on Sun, 2019-01-20 19:57
Thinking about giving it another shot next week after a few attempts in years gone by with no sucess. Any decent catches as i have seen a lot of boats crabbing latley?
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shero82
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mate of mine cleaned up by
mate of mine cleaned up by Blackwell Reach a couple of weeks ago. All big boys
Superfish
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Went Friday
Four runs with the 10 nets one big bluey on the last pull and the last net near the old Brewery. Not great had what we thought was good bait mullet and mulies. Lots of crabbers saw a few caught but for us disappointing. We never got our nets into the water until about 8.00 am and ther were a couple of old boys puling there boat out and they had twenty big blueys. Makes me think you have to be there at sparrows near the Narrows Ha Ha. Any body get any this weekend and what is good bait?
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shero82
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never really thought time of
never really thought time of day was a big factor with crabs. We used to get the muddies all day out of Darwin and have certainly netted well in the Swan during the day in the past.
Jackfrost80
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Today would be the perfect
Today would be the perfect day to hit the water inside the Narrows. The crabs would be concentrated on the the chicken carcasses and chop bones thrown overboard during the skyshow
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
grimlock
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Looking from the other POV
Looking from the other POV the amount of reckless crabbers dropping pots in the navigation channel, especially on the perth side is out of control some nights . I almost ran over a tinnie with no nav lights one night just after dark and had my prop fowled on two pots on seperate occasions but floats in the middle of the channel. It's annoying when crabbers are making navigation after dark dangerous .
uncle
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Its more annoying when big
Yachts are on moorings in the middle of channels with no nav lights. Nearly crapped myself! LOTS of crabbers this morning.
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grimlock
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mooring aren't in the middle
mooring aren't in the middle of the navigation channel and when on a mooring you do not need any navigation lights, only if you are actually on the anchor do you need to have your anchor light on
uncle
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When you go thru the narrows
Near the ferry crossing there is a big arse yaught nearly in the centre of the river.quite a shock at 4 am.
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NORUN NOFUN
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Dropped the pots last Sunday
Dropped the pots last Sunday near the southern end of the PWC area and cleaned up. 20 crabs in two hours, all quite big size, with the last pull getting half a dozen of the biggest I have ever seen. Already had the 20 on ice so they went back for another day.
Doc
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We picked up half a dozen XOS
We picked up half a dozen XOS blueys this morning, but we’re up here at Clearville still, plus the 4 muddies from our overnight pot, Singapore chilli crab tonight.
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Your overnight pot would be a
Your overnight pot would be a dilly hey Doc haha
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No mate, overnight pot was a
No mate, overnight pot was a 4 entry pot, they sit upright on the bottom and the crabs enter from the side. Once in there, they find it very hard to get back out.
Dale
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I think they are categorised as a crab trap, can’t use them in WA I don’t think.
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NORUN NOFUN
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Cleaverville is a fav with
Cleaverville is a fav with fisheries Doc, they love fineing grey nomads using set and forget pots.
Doc
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Yes, I’m aware it’s a trap,
Yes, I’m aware it’s a trap, and oddly enough, we’ve already had a visit from the fisheries guys, must have been on the weekend I think, they were looking for people accumulating excess fillets and once we explained we couldn’t do that, they were happy, as for the crab pot, that wasn’t mine, but yes, it was used out of my boat and only overnights. Will look at getting one one day as they are very efficient, obviously not in WA. Weather has been holding up nicely and we’re making power each day, so we’re staying here a little longer.
Dale
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How do you go with fishing and boating licenses?
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Doc
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I have a WA RFL and a
I have a WA RFL and a Victorian Marine license which is like the RFBL you have here, and It’s recognised here and in other states. Only difference is it’s renewable every 5 years where you guys sit it once and have it forever, that’s how I understand it.