Mandurah Crabs - Scooping
Submitted by bulkie on Tue, 2016-12-20 12:30
We'd usually have a fair amount of success scooping off Herron.
Got a 18 month old now and planning to bring him along for some scooping action. My preference is not to go too deep this time round.
After some advice really for anywhere not above knee level. Would be great if most weren't undersized.
AHarman
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dawesville - bouvard
anywhere off estuary rd - early morning or late p.m. (better) heaps in shallows - fair few still under size tho
bulkie
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Might give late pm ago.
Might give late pm ago. We've always done mornings.
crasny1
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Havent seen to many of Dawesville/Bouvard
shallow. Walking around popping for whiting haven't seen to many blues. But this is in the daylight hours.
Problems lately with arvo scoops is the seabreeze whips in and ripples up the water making it harder to spot them. Night time with a spotty/torch/head lamp is better, but not realy the thing I would do with an 18 month old.
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bulkie
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Yeah I know. Bubs sort of
Yeah I know. Bubs sort of limits my options!!!
AHarman
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Was there last weekend
They are there . Fair few undersize tho . Tend to move deeper during daylight hours
uncle
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See theres been a few caught
with 61 undersize crabs.500 buck fine.what a f...ing joke.should take the car!!
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
uncle
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See theres been a few caught
with 61 undersize crabs.500 buck fine.what a f...ing joke.should take the car!!
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
eziliving
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$500 fine then $3050 each
$500 fine then $3050 each for the value of the crabs. Still pretty light imo
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petermac
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we got
we got 19 scooping all size in about 2 hours , just size but heaps of undersize here is a question do you need a fishing licience to scoop for crabs i have been told no , dont worry wifey and me have them any wayss not a lot of flesh in them i wont be going agane for a month crabs will full then and legal size
petermac
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we got
we got 19 scooping all size in about 2 hours , just size but heaps of undersize here is a question do you need a fishing licience to scoop for crabs i have been told no you dont need 1 , dont worry wifey and me have them any wayss
crasny1
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If you are just scooping
from land you don't need a licence. But if you use a boat to get to a spot to scoop you do need one
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opsrey
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Licence
as I understand the rules , if a boat is used in any way to facilitate the fishing activity you need to pay the tax
crasny1
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I think a licence to crab
I think a licence to crab would be a good idea - from land or water. Get some money in for research and a sustainable fishery.
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