Mandurah Estuary

Im staying on a boat from the 13th-17th of January, is there much happening in the Mandurah Estuary? Is it worth bringing many crab pots? 

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 Most are undersize but there

Sat, 2013-12-28 17:24

 Lot of female crabs and most males are undersize but there are plenty of whiting

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By that time...

Sat, 2013-12-28 17:47

...the crabs should be going off...well worth the effort, but just remember your fishing from a boat license if you're using the boat to catch the crabs, or if you are using it to get to a place to catch crabs!

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Many under size

Sat, 2013-12-28 18:06

If you are prepared to put in a lot of time and move around a fair bit you can get a feed (remember limited to 10 crabs) but you will encounter a hell of a lot of undersize blueys.
Please return the undersize crabs unharmed and as quickly as possible so they have a chance of getting bigger. A hell of a lot of crabs I'm seeing at night in the shallows have a claw or legs missing.

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 Got bucket loads of

Sun, 2013-12-29 19:30

 Got bucket loads of undersized ones today in the Harvey Estuary. Came away with 8 sized ones and got smashed by the roaring southerly.  January will be awesome 

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 Got bucket loads of

Sun, 2013-12-29 19:30

 Got bucket loads of undersized ones today in the Harvey Estuary. Came away with 8 sized ones and got smashed by the roaring southerly.  January will be awesome 

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Crabs

Sun, 2013-12-29 20:05

 Got our quota today done about 12 passes from 10 pots heaps of undersized but still happy with the outcome

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Starting to be worth it for

Mon, 2013-12-30 09:15

Starting to be worth it for sure

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