Whites run
I know its early but with the content on here turning to utter bullshit and complete crap maybe some fishing talk might lighten the mood? I have had my pot in since before the snapper season ended Was getting good bags of crays when my pot was left alone, hitting a spot i like from the past but this year someone was nearby they weren't only pulling my pot but actually stealing my bait can't believe it, but hey shit happens moved my pots still having trouble with them being tampered with but what do you do, by the way fishing same spots last 5yrs and only lost 1 pot before now but at the moment nor stealing my pot just the crays. But anyway all of a sudden crays have dropped off for me making me wonder, my experience with whites is that they always hit on a full moon you may get splurges on a big swell but the main run is around the full moon. Which to me says is it mid November or mid December? Any thoughts. I have also been catching plenty of double shells lately.
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Shark1
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thank god theres a fishing
thank god theres a fishing post ;p
seen some early whites 3/16 - double shell just parting 6/16 other all still red on a splash on wednesday early morning with m8, quota took less than 30 mins to get
rocko area
as for interference with pots, , look at the gear ID on the other blokes floats, give fisheries a call report what happened and go back in that area, they have new drones and are gung ho to try them Im told
in the old days there was the old splice a couple of trebles in 2m or so under surface, one every 20 cm or so for 2 or 3 m, with 2 or so nice big weights on a 200lb 1 ft leaders for if if they are using a winch, kind of ruins your day, but we would never do that nowadays of course
still trying
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Thanks for that im pretty
Thanks for that im pretty sure it's the guy near me as if i move within eyesight to one of my other spots he follows me, I have reefs everywhere around where i am during winter reds are thick everywhere just sticking pots your only downside.
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uncle
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Always seems to be
Early December since we're been doing it, I prefer to put my pots on sand.
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Bodie
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With the warmer water the
With the warmer water the last couple years and this year looking very similar, will be a latish start again i reckon
Bodie
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With the warmer water the
With the warmer water the last couple years and this year looking very similar, will be a latish start again i reckon
little johnny
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Normal to drop of now
Double shelled. Sluggish they do not move much . Few soft whites around .Very normal . Get the odd ones in close . Jumbos will be moving in to low 30 m mark . Ready for run . Like throwing a bag full of lollies in school play ground .
Brock O
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Thats shit news Guy, as I
Thats shit news Guy, as I said previously when I dropped mine out there during August for a quick soak 100% the pots were getting tampered with, full snapper heads wired inside going missing as well as full bait pots emptied after a week. somebody living on there boat at the back of the island is my guess...
I haven't checked mine in 3 weeks, finally got the Opti running again just today...New HP fuel pump being the issue.
Tuesday will pull the sick card...get out early rebait, quick swim and a squid is on the cards also....back in for a few beers and watch the big race.
sea-kem
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We had a very similar
We had a very similar situation up the coast and we had an idea of who it was, fisheries actually set up a discreet operation and nailed him.
Been no problem the last couple of years, you rely on other blokes doing the righty.
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still trying
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I think/hope that soon there
I think/hope that soon there will be alot more pots out there and I get left alone abit, at the moment there are only about 6 sets of pots in the area. Haven't had too much trouble in the past had 1 pot go missing in 4 years was a bloody good catcher though. Im hoping to get a calm enough afternoon after work 1 day as maybe the swell might have got them out and about.
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straith
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this is why i gave up my pots
stopped trying years ago... just a source of aggravation and frustration,
it seems most ppl these days would steal your watch b4 giving you CPR
still trying
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Sometimes during the whites
Sometimes during the whites run I think I need cpr when your pulling the last pot of the day in a rush before work. Haha I still enjoy it and so does my son he gets abit seasick on the bottom bash sessions but is fine on a quick check of the pots.
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NORUN NOFUN
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I use to absolutely love
I use to absolutely love crayfish but the last few years have just been spoilt rotten, I sorta more love the early mornings on the water now and social aspect of potting with a few mates than I do eating crayfish lol
I kinda wish I'd pull up a cryovac of scotch fillet sometimes haha.
sea-kem
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I'm actually going to have a
I'm actually going to have a red hot crack at Swan crabs this year. Cpastal erosion has slowed us down up the coast and can't be arsed at the extra effort to launch.
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uncle
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That's no good Andy
Erosion must be bad up there. Council is replacing beach sand north of hillarys atm
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sea-kem
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Gin Gin shire have been
Gin Gin shire have been absolute flogs about it especially the CEO. We are hoping to get all indemnities signed over to us so we can do what's required to fix it.
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uncle
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I'm thinking we need a 1 year ban
On the crabs Andy, or at least stop the slaughter on the undersized. So sick of what happens down Mandurah way
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sea-kem
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True, keep reading reports
True, keep reading reports of idots being caught out with buckets of undersize. Even in the Swan.
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uncle
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I know
I reported a mob last year on nedlands jetty
Bloke in Queensland took the call, no one to come out, they were taking undersized fish and crabs, I love my early morning crabbing, but I would give it up for a year!
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Swompa
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Christmas trees starting to
Christmas trees starting to bud so they cant be far off
carnarvonite
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Spot on
Spot on, most recs do not even know that,
little johnny
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Use to go of that
Theory for pinks in warnbro .
hezzy
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xmas trees in mandurah are in
xmas trees in mandurah are in flower , saw some on the serpy banks a fortni8ght ago in full golden bloom ,,
so not the best indicator ime lol
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Swompa
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There are plenty in
There are plenty in harrisdale in full bloom but the closer to the coast you get the less there are.
Ocean is 19 degrees in shoalwater for what it's worth
Shark1
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Gin Gin shire mm wheres our
Gin Gin shire mm wheres our promised boat ramp at Lancelin?
Pete F
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It is never coming to
It is never coming to Lancelin, the decision was made for Ledge Point and perhaps a road to go through between the two. It would stuff the fishing in region though, the reason it is good is because it doesn't get flogged to death with the nearest boat ramps Jurien and Mindarie.
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sea-kem
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Yep no good for us at
Yep no good for us at Seabird Pete, nearest ramp is actually Two rocks btw and we now get heaps of boats pushing up our way. The only good side was they don't hang around too long over the summer months or they have to punch back in the Sou Wester.
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Pete F
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Forgot two rocks, not
Forgot two rocks, not surprised they push north. The other saving grace is the commercial fishing ban to Lancelin. Further north at Wedge they have been complaining the dhu's are getting smashed.
We might not be able to get out all weather at Lancelin but pretty much guarantee a bag out every time we can. It's a double edge sword people wan't the ramp so they can get to the good fishing, then it gets hammered year round by big boats and stuffed in a few years!
Cheers
sea-kem
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Agree, we are limited by the
Agree, we are limited by the beach up there, it's only launchable for about 6 months max. So we have a natural ban anyway, but last year nothing as the coastal erosion saw to that. Managed a couple of trips to launch at Ledge.
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uncle
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Met up with Eric at OR, WARNING!!
We fitted a new double gauge that Eric had made up, fishiers turn up measure my 2 pots which I have used for 6 years and said the gauges were only 53mm instead of 54mm, even the new one, then he said I'd have to fit a single gauge at the opposite end to the bridle, put the pots back in the car, then he measured t2 pots Eric had made and they were ok, fisher's came back and said my double gauges was enough and I don't need one opposite the bridle, so off we go putting the pots in, up comes a a fisher's boat, he had just confiscated 2 pots for no I'd on the floats?? Not a great start, I'll run the grinder over the gauges and be good to go.
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Ericl
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Checked my jig
Hi uncle, checked my jig and 2 pots I have made for Allan. Gap with a vernier measure 54.5mm so I guess I'll take my vernier to the ramp next time. uncle didnt mention my sounder didn't work @#$%^& so had to drop blind. Water wasn't clear either. Dropped near some other pots where fisheries had confiscated the unmarked pots. One apparently had a legal Jumbo. So hoping
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Da pirate
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Gday.
Gday Eric just wanted to say thanks for your
kind offer on the pots and good luck for the
season. I'm skipping this year got a bit on
and also I haven't forgotten come squid
season I'll get you out there for a go at em.
gonna spend time on the sand. For the
summer and once I get my boat sorted
back on the first reef for herring and pike .
cheers mate pirate ..
carnarvonite
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Time has come
Time has come to put the pots back in. pulled them out about a month back because of low catches and starting radiation therapy, they have got the times all sorted so that the mornings are free to go chasing crays again
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Hope all's ok mate?
Hope all's ok mate?
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uncle
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Sorry to hear
That John, hope the wobbys and sharks leave you alone
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carnarvonite
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Nah, all good
All good, no side effects ----so far.
Don't mind shark on the plate, nearly all types except hammers or the bottom dwellers, angels, banjos, fiddlers etc .
Da pirate
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All the best .
All the best to your health old boy .
cheers mate ! Pirate.
carnarvonite
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Old Boy?
Enough of the "Old Boy", shit I'm not 72 yet.
But thanks for all the wishes, they say the last 2 weeks are when it turns to poo so still got a few weeks to enjoy myself, if thats possible.
A reminder to all those who are over 45, get your arse down to the doctors and get yourself checked, either with the finger or a PSA blood test, it may save your life.
Da pirate
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Apologies..
43 .. did my first psa few months back !
luckly a low count ! Thanks mate .
cheers pirate..
Kuz
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dont stop mate
keep going mate and just enjoy yourself.
Kuz
uncle
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Yeah had the scare
You can have a ultra sound now mine was just enlarged, pills have fixed it, it's a mine field out there John
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carnarvonite
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Nightmare run
Covid delayed the op to remove prostate 3 months, had op then urethra join came apart and scar tissue blocked up tube so couldn't pee so catheter inserted through belly. Second op to cut out scar tissue and rejoin urethra. Scar tissue loves growing so blocked off tube again x 3, so now got catheter in to stop it blocking while having 7 weeks of radiation then 1 or 2 more ops to permanently fix water works
So fingers crossed on an easy run home. Not something I would wish on my worst enemy -------maybe!!!!
uncle
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That's sounds shithouse John
Onwards and upwards
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Sea goat
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Got bored so put my pots in
Got bored so put my pots in today. Not expecting anything for a few weeks, but gives me an excuse to get on the water!
Reefsta
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Plenty of time for a soak
Thinking of doing the same, just drop them in somewhere sheltered then start baiting one up in a few weeks to see when the action starts
still trying
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Checked pots today with
Checked pots today with another fishwrecked member got nothing out of 4 pots. He got afew crays diving they seemed very dosile.
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Swompa
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Christmas trees flowering
Christmas trees flowering now as well as some of the seaweed is flowering too.
Brock O
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Recfishwest reporting
Recfishwest reporting scientist Dr Simon as saying another bumper year expected with the whites run antedated slightly earlier this year..Mid November.
Zero from the pots on Sunday, plenty around and good size on a shallow dive..Zero whites though, one soft shell.
Quite a few more pots out compared to last few weeks, Pros out working the shallows already.
sea-kem
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Looks like the spin bowlers
Looks like the spin bowlers are our new Cray market, probably a drop in the bag limit of Crays coming.....
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little johnny
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I went for quick run
Today . Noticed all the weed is flowering already . Like Xmas trees . Sea grass same
Swompa
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Noticed the same on Sunday.
Noticed the same on Sunday. Actually my daughter noticed it before me!
uncle
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Pots are in
Couple of weeks away yet I reakon, shitty water off OR as there bulldozing 100s of tonnes of sand just north of the ramps.
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big john
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Last year
I reckon last year the limestone sediment in the water from the new walls construction impacted the crays off OR (inside the three mile).
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Sea goat
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DID A Pull yesterday. nothing
DID A Pull yesterday. nothing form 4 in10m of hillarys.
little johnny
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Nothing in close
Diving today. No shells nothing .nrth always week before rocko. Taken my time off from December first. Many people say they’re going to run early . It won’t happen .save bait
uncle
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My thoughts
as well Johnny
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uncle
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Not
Yet
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Reefsta
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Couple of reds
Dropped a new homemade pot in about 12m out form Carnac last week and pulled it after 5 days. A couple of good sized reds, which made me happy that the pot caught on its first go. Pulled the pot in and thinking of waiting until start of December. for the whites.
https://imgur.com/qrOjYGm
Reefsta
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Couple of reds
Dropped a new homemade pot in about 12m out form Carnac last week and pulled it after 5 days. A couple of good sized reds, which made me happy that the pot caught on its first go. Pulled the pot in and thinking of waiting until start of December. for the whites.
https://imgur.com/qrOjYGm
Reefsta
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Story on ABC on run
Today's story about the whites. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-19/lobster-migration-whites-run-wa-crayfish-industry/101668544
uncle
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Not
Yet
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Sea goat
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nothing yesterday.
nothing yesterday.
little johnny
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Still nothing up nrth
They start 7 days before us . Still slow double shelled reds under ledges . No shells on bottom , no jelly’s under ledges . Double shell crays don’t feed ( normally) Save bait / fuel . Low 30s will be loaded with horny males . ( waiting for run)
uncle
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Not
Yet
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Sea goat
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im gogin to rebait mine
im gogin to rebait mine tomorrow morning. then probably check again tuesday. dont think will be too far off hopefully. seing a few of thosesea bananas floating aorund. and a few warm days coing up. certainly more and more potts out every time we head out.
looking forward to the first bacth goginstraight on the bbq with some garlic butter!
still trying
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Im checking mine weekly
Im checking mine weekly lately haven't seen a cray in my pots for about a month maybe more very unusual. Im still thinking around 8th dec
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carnarvonite
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Full Moon
My guess the run will happen after the next full moon. Fingers crossed will drop our pots in this weekend---they have been loaded in the boat for nearly 3 weeks
little johnny
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up nrth today
Started.Not huge amounts ( very little ) from my info I got . 6/7 days my guess . No swell . Hot weather slow start ( guess also) . Good luck guys . Watch out for blue rings . Buggers
little johnny
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Heaps more today
And a couple local ( pots not diving)
deep south
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Dived today
Dived today in front of home nearly all soft whites
The next time i see that jig will be in the mouth of something big !!
little johnny
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We all should have a taste
Wednesday . Fingers crossed
sea-kem
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you are right LJ it will be
you are right LJ it will be on next week. Hope everyone gets a few.
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still trying
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I saw a white at the boat
I saw a white at the boat ramp today nothing in my pots
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Bodie
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1st white today, 2nd pull of
1st white today, 2nd pull of the season
little johnny
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People who use
Elastic with wooden lids ( bait boxes) simple 5mm hole in lid zippy tie or tie wire holds lid solid ,stops stingrays and occy ripping your bait box lids off . See heaps taking pots out today . Seen a few people with odd white in there buckets
Brock O
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yep lost a few bait lids
yep lost a few bait lids already this season, marine play and nails atm.
Rebaited mine last week, check in a few weeks when I get home so fingers crossed the bait lasts and there loaded.
Pete F
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It is the seals that rip the
It is the seals that rip the lids off, they are pretty smart once they work out there is a free feed they follow the boats and get straight into the pots soon as dropped till they have a full belly.
Cheers
still trying
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I wish my problem with my
I wish my problem with my bait going missing was animals but unless they put plastic lids back on after steeling the bait I think its humans. Did loose a plastic lid last week first time more pots out there now plenty to choose from hopefully some crays this week.
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carnarvonite
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Occy straps
I use occy strap rubber through the lid and onto the end of the bait box to hold the lid shut, so that you push against and lift lid it to open, rebait , then slide lid in and let the rubber lock the lid shut.
Dropped my pots in this arvo well away from where I have been before so it will be interesting tomorrow to see how we go
sea-kem
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Slightly off topic, I see
Slightly off topic, I see Marc Lecra's boat sank today but recovered. Anyone know how? Bungs maybe?...
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Markie
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I saw that. Lecra had a fury
I saw that. Lecra had a fury boat. Was an ali boat in the pic
Billcollector
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Lack of bungs I reckon
Lack of bungs I reckon
slugger
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cervantes
believe was a couple of months ago, got swamped overnight by big swell left on his mooring
sold his Fury while back
Markie
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Already.
Wow he didn't have that very long
Swompa
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Being fairly familiar with
Being fairly familiar with the bay, how the hell does that happen?
Pete F
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Probably anchored by the
Probably anchored by the stern then. Had a simular problem one night up north with two anchors out in the lee of an island to keep the boat near the shore. Wind blew up from the opposite of the forecast. Was able to get on the boat and fix, before it sank.
Cheers
uncle
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Was some time ago
Still a star??
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Jackfrost80
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Premiership star
Premiership star
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
carnarvonite
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Yesterdays hero
Yesterdays hero, just like yesterdays fish, can only be caught once and won't be there tomorrow
sea-kem
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