White cray run
Submitted by uncle on Fri, 2019-10-18 08:38
Ok when do they start, early December? Thought I heard the guy on c9 fishwatch say next week.
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JohnF
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Bag out easily again this
Bag out easily again this morning. Getting better if anything
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uncle
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16 today
Bloody occys got into 2 pots
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Bodie
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bagged this morning plenty
bagged this morning plenty of spares. deeper pots firing. biggest crays of the season today, and they were very very active in the pot so they are well on the move
Bodie
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bagged this morning plenty
bagged this morning plenty of spares. deeper pots firing. biggest crays of the season today, and they were very very active in the pot so they are well on the move
Swompa
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After pulling on Friday
After pulling on Friday evening for nothing, got 15 today at the top of GI in 8m.
Went for a swim on the inside of the island in 2m and saw hundreds of crays. Never seen so many.
Sea goat
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Got 5 today so was stoked,
Got 5 today so was stoked, after getting none on Friday.Were all in the one pot in 15m, the pot in 8m had nothing, so moved out behind the 3 mile. One day will get my bag!
uncle
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Bugger out of
Action for a few days.
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kirky79
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Pulled ours out today
Feels weird pulling pots out after pulling 25 (5 undersized) Most were Reds too, I think the main lot of Whites may of gone past us. Plenty for Christmas
ChrisG
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And we're done for another
And we're done for another year.
4 pots to go back in the shed until next year
did it hard this year compared to other years
for comparison sake
- last year 4 pots 111 crays from 11 pulls, all but a couple were whites and very few undersize.
- this year 4 pots 69 crays from 12 pulls (albeit 1 pot was stuck for a few days and didn't get pulled), almost a 50/50 mix of reds and whites, more umdersized than last year.
last year fished for 2-3 days before the December new moon and then the week after.
this year new moon in December is going to be very late (so we fished just after the new moon at end of Nov/early dec).
Everything else the same. Depth ground bait all the same.
no bag outs at all, funny funny season for mine.
plus deckhand not as strong and complained more than he did last year but not sure that impacted cray numbers
uncle
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Ha ha sack him
Yeah strange season.
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Lefty 44
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Wow, Had complete
Wow, Had complete opposite.
Been bagging out on the same spot (GI) for the last 2 weeks. Well over 100 crays.
4 pots 3 licenses. getting our 24 in 3 pots most of the time with occy's getting into 1 most trips.
But yes size is a bit smaller this year and getting mostly red now.
JohnF
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2017 was a bumper year2018
2017 was a bumper year
2018 ok but harder
2019 this year nearly as good as 2017 for us
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Sea goat
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reckon i did better last
reckon i did better last year. 6 pulls and averaging 3 per pull. 2 pots only. i was a bit late getting started though so may have misssed the forst few days in shallow. hopefully will get a few tomorrow!
still trying
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This year was about the same
This year was about the same number of crays but spread over 3 weeks going about 3 times a week but very small crays and about half reds. I did alot better at the start of October and the size was about double same spots though I started bringing my pots in last Friday just 1 at a time. I went Tuesday morning for 2 crays from 3 pots.
rather be fishing
Sea goat
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i had new pots thiss year,
i had new pots thiss year, swapped from metal base to wooden based. have 10kg ballast, but reckon i may increase that. since in same spots and getting lesss, perhaps there issnt enough weight, and a bit of movement. still got plenty for chrisstmas though!
uncle
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I'm on a par with last
year. See what happens tomorrow
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Jim
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Im stoked, my best year out
Im stoked, my best year out of 4years doing it. Pull em tommorow after a 4 day soak. Might bring them in depending on how many i get. Although you cant beat pulling your pots then coming home with crayfish and a couple of big pinks!
Bend over
uncle
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After a bit of info for the guys I'm crewing with.
If you have steel bottom pots do you srill need weight. It dosen't look like crays are going into their pots.
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still trying
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I have always added at least
I have always added at least 5 kilos and I use 12mm rod not 6
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SeperateKnob
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Yep most of my mates have
Yep most of my mates have pulled up now for the season. They had pots out to 10m I believe but now only catching undersized
Sea goat
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donuts todday. guesss the
donuts todday. guesss the full mood doesnt help.
uncle i had metal post last year, and at one stage put in extra ballast. dman near couldnt get them back onto the boat first time i pulled them, so quickly toook it out lol!
may be ok if you have a winch etc, but for me pulling them was bloody hard.
Westy74
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Yep 12 mm rods and at least
Yep 12 mm rods and at least 5kg of steel. Your back will never be the same again but more crays I reckon...
still trying
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I think it's the only
I think it's the only exercise I do, like the only time I jog is from the car to the boat after you have launched it.
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uncle
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Ha ha don't do the jogging anymore
Pulling pots manually is good exercise.
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Ericl
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Ocean reef car park
The OR car park 4 to 5 times a week is goving me all the exercise I need
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gregory.hartmann
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Busy day at the OR ramp
Caught 4 size today After 4,2,2,0 in previous pulls over the Full Moon. Had a big 2.5 mtre Bronze Whaler following us today while we pulled our four Pots.
Greggo
uncle
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Another 9 today all size
Another 9 today all size
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still trying
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I got 3 today I think you
I got 3 today I think you will still get them in shallow my other pots were empty but the bait was demolished and had afew shells good size though the ones I got brought in 2 more pots.
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Sea goat
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None on Friday, but 2 empty
None on Friday, but 2 empty heads, sonprob occy food. 1 today. I’m blaming the moon lol, not sure if any merit in that but I’m sticking with it!
JohnF
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15 sat, 13
15 sat, 13 sunday.....dropping off but we are chasing them now.
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biggerfish
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If you don’t mind me asking
If you don’t mind me asking what depth are you at now mate. I know you were fishing back of the bank early on. I’ve only had pots in a week and struggling to find them I’m in 25s back of the 5 behind stragglers now but wondering if Maybe i need to go much deeper. Any info much appreciated I’m hoping to put a few crays on the table Christmas Day but thinking I might of left it too late tia
Play hard fish harder
uncle
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11 today in close
Fishing with a crew from fishwreaked and their happy to be getting crays.
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Lefty 44
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Another bag on the weekend
Another bag on the weekend but occy's took toll on 2 pots.
Sizes are definately smaller now. Will do a couple of drops deeper to try for a jumbo or 2 but otherwise done for now.
Try again for the March run as a top up if required.
Ericl
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Thank goodness for uncle
Uncles pots saved the day(s). Our pots doing lousy, uncles catching the lions share of the crays
Thanks uncle !
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uncle
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All good mate
Boats out of action so its working for all of us.
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bradz
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Reds
5 reds, only 1 white today.
Inside getting nothing. 20m deep getting reds of Ocean Reef.
I did then the best that I knew how. When I knew better, I did better.
Ericl
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Great day on the crays
Easy bag out today with uncle, 29 size crays with 5 returned
Happy to say that our pots contributed well today, Graeme's best pot - 11 crays, our best pot - 10 crays
most were reds, maybe 70 - 30
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uncle
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Very good day Eric
Jodys pissed.happy to see you guys amongst the crays. Enjoying the winch as well.
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uncle
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Very good day Eric
Jodys pissed.happy to see you guys amongst the crays. Enjoying the winch as well.
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uncle
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8 today
Pots out tomorrow.
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sea-kem
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Good bag for us the other
Good bag for us the other day out of only one pot, the other 3 empty. My mate had a jumbo in his of around 6kg in only 6m of water, he reckoned it literally filled the pot.
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NORUN NOFUN
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2 whites and 27 reds on
2 whites and 27 reds on Wednesday, quite a few big berried reds between the 4 pots. Leave them till the weekend and call it quits for the season, easy bag out for the two of us.
uncle
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Thats it all done pots out
Only 5 but we're not complaining crays shared around been eating them and plenty for xmas. Only saw a fisheries guy today and he left us alone.
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Swompa
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23 size between 2 pots and a
23 size between 2 pots and a dive in 5m today. + 5 kakkas.
C.P
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Mandurah
Pulled my pots out Wednesday morning. 6 reds and 1 white, plus another empty carapace of a white that an octopus had eaten. So nearly a bag limit. Checked by fisheries at the ramp which i was quite happy about. Officer said i had the most crays so far that day- it seems Mandurah isn't as good as other areas this season. Sea -Kem, i've never caught a jumbo so its interesting to hear of one so large.
sea-kem
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I'm spewing I didn't get a
I'm spewing I didn't get a pic, he'd already cooked it and munched the legs by the time I got to see it lol.
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JohnF
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down to 5 today, pots out
down to 5 today, pots out tomorrow. Great season.
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sea-kem
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Good bag of 18 for us today
Good bag of 18 for us today including a Jumbo and a Good sized blue swimmer crab feeding on the growth near the floats, bonus!!
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