Todays dive

went for a dive off Mindarie and bagged out on crays for the first time in my short craying career. Size wasnt too bad with all well over size (80mm+). What was unusual I aslo stumbled across a southern cray and after an epic battle i managed to nab him. Almost lost him a couple of times tho and would have been spewing if i did coz no one would've believed me. Anyway what are the southern's like to eat? Do we usually see them this far up?

Anyway here are the pics.

 


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Southern's are very tasty

Sun, 2010-03-21 19:49

Southern's are very tasty but haven't had them side by side with westerns so can't really comment.
Well done on the catch too, what depth were they in? We tried on Friday but got out after 20mins due to too much surge.

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Those were caught in 12m,

Sun, 2010-03-21 21:57

Those were caught in 12m, Dont think they've walked right in close yet.... I think these were residents.. 

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We do get the southern crays

Mon, 2010-03-22 06:50

We do get the southern crays up this way ,we used to get them in the pots on the pro boat,no many but every now and then ,so it is a great catch .and the do taste good .well done

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Nice Bag

Mon, 2010-03-22 08:18

Great result for sure. Well done.

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well done. nice feed. i take

Mon, 2010-03-22 08:23

well done. nice feed. i take it that the southern is the biggest one with the black around the tail. gotta be happy with a haul like that one

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Awesome haul.  Makes me

Mon, 2010-03-22 20:16

Awesome haul.  Makes me wanna get back into diving again.   Mmmmmm???  More money.

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Southerns

Mon, 2010-03-22 20:35

IMO southerns or fighter crays taste a lot better than reds by a long shot.

Nice catch

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awesome stuff. Looks like

Tue, 2010-03-23 18:52

awesome stuff. Looks like you're in for a tasty treat.

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Nice work mate. Just

Fri, 2010-03-26 18:05

Nice work mate. Just recently done my OW and purchased the umbrella liscence before the fees went up, so I'm hoping to get into some crays before the end of the season. GOod to see there are still some good size around!