Early season crays in pots
Submitted by Paul_86 on Tue, 2013-10-29 13:24
G'day all,
Just wondering if anybody has bothered dropping pots for crays yet this season and if so how have they done?
Seeing a lot of divers getting them so far and it's making me very anxious! Might drop my out there Sunday and let then soak for a few days, see if I can tempt any.
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Oceanside Tackle
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Cray Pots working for sure
Today we had a customer come in and let us know the 2 x Katipo plastic cray pots he purchased off us are getting crays (very happy customer)
Other customers that are using wooden pots are producing also.
Ryan (shop owner) and myself (Josh) are also getting crays in our pots, reds mainly with a few dirty ones & a few cleans ones.
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Rig
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good to hear
good to hear that as I bought a couple last week
chilie
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we put ours out to soak on
we put ours out to soak on sunday. Got the first pull tomoz. There wasn't many pots around at all ( mindarie) I'll let you know how we go.
Paul_86
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Cheers guys, good news! I
Cheers guys, good news! I Will drop mine in this weekend then!
Cheers
Paul_86
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Also, while we're on the
Also, while we're on the subject of cray pots, is it still productive to pull the pots in the afternoon, incase I can't get out to check them in the morning? Just seems everyone checks them 1st thing in the morning, not sure why that is tho, if there's a good reason or just coincidence?
Belly Fish
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Yep
Years ago, I used to put pots out of Two Rocks with my old man, and we always pulled them in the arvo since he was in construction and didn't have time in the morning. We used to do alright, but it can be pretty rough :-)
Paul_86
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Yeah mate I'm in
Yeah mate I'm in construction too now so can't get out before work this season. Yeah gonna depend a lot on the winds in the arvo but better then not at all! Cheers mate
bibs
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morning
pull them in the morning before someone else does.southwester is a pain in the ring after a big day at work also
barracuda
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nothing yet
I have had pots ffb off garden island + around garden for a week with nothing. moved them to james service nothing yet. dudes diving are getting their bag both locations. time to dive :)
crasny1
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Maybe try shallower this time off the year
Been away for 6 yrs, but previous they seem to be closer in than jayne service early. Just off Tim,s or the cut if you are Mandurah way.
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barracuda
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ok thanks will do
ok thanks will do
sea-kem
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When do the the whites run?
When do the the whites run?
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MandurahMatt
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Whites usually start to move
Whites usually start to move in early December.
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scotto
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Soon Andy,
They'll shed shells either this moon or next, then it's on like frikkin donkey kong!
derko5000
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tomorrow mate
tomorrow mate
MandurahMatt
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James service / Murray reefs
I've had mine on Murray reefs for a week now and got nothing.
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sea-kem
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Yeah thought so. Cheers for
Yeah thought so. Cheers for that. Think I might have a crack and try to beat the pot thieves up my way. The other lads did well up there toward the end of the season.
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Rig
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Nicked
Were the nicked seakem? Or pulled before you got there?
sea-kem
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They were pulled Rig and the
They were pulled Rig and the nice aholes rebaited them for me. So they must have got a feed from them.
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Rig
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Cheeky
If your gonna go to the trouble of rebaiting someone's pots at least put a few beers in lol
my mate who is a dongara local pulled his pots one day and found them full of empty export cans, had to laugh.
those old wily boys in the caravan park might be up to a few tricks there if that's where your pots were
Brock O
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Should Pull
Them as early as possible, this will reduce the chance of them;
- Pirate's pulling them for you
- Them escaping
- Occy and others getting to them.
Yes, you will still get them but from what ive read these factors do come into play.