diving for crays at coral bay and kalbarri
Submitted by Versus on Sun, 2013-11-17 14:52
spending a week at each spot over christmas and new years, just wondering if anyone minds sharing some insights on where I might find some crays? Keeping in mind I'm pretty amatuer and can only dive to about 4-5m. Any help appreciated, cheers.
Versus
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Has anyone caught crays at
Has anyone caught crays at coral bay?
milsey
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Yes but to honest it isnt
Yes but to honest it isnt worth the time if you dont know what your doing.
Kalbarri is loaded tho.
Belly88
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No idea
No idea on kalbarri but I don't think it would be to hard to find some.. Caught crays at Ningaloo north of coral bay so I'm sure they would be there..
Belly
Versus
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Ok, well i've only been to
Ok, well i've only been to coral bay once and didn't actually look for them that time. Just wondering if you can find them under coral bombies and such (from shore) or do you need to go to the reef proper (will have a dinghy if that makes a difference)?
And as for Kalbarri, i'm actually staying at Wagoe so wondering if there's a 'safe/protected' option (somewhere between lucky bay-kalbarri) to have a look as the swell etc can be pretty hectic.
lastcast
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i tried pots up there
and was told by a local that is it is not limestone its very rare to see crays at coral bay.
You do get painted crays but they wont normally enter pots.
The other side of the cape is a different story.
Rig
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Wagoe
If your staying at Wagoe you could try anywhere along there in CALM conditions and it would probably be quite good. Otherwise drive south along the beach to lucky bay it's a big calmer inside the lagoon and you might find some there although it does get hammered
Versus
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lastcast- yeh that was what i
lastcast- yeh that was what i was wondering, whether they need limestone or if they can be found amongst coral etc. Rig- Yeh i assume it would be good along there but also assume conditions generally wont be! Oh well, will just have to find out when i get there