Cray Season
Submitted by Watto069 on Sun, 2008-10-19 16:08
Hi All
There has been a bit of talk about crays and as the season is nearly upon us I just wnated to know how many people are planning on getting a licence this season and where abouts they normally go. Also interested in what method everyone uses to catch them
I will be getting my licence and will head out from Mandurah to the 5 fathom bank and other spots. I like to dive for crays using a cray loop or just use my hands under some ledges. I will also be putting some pots out this year.
Best of Luck to all those heading out this season and can't wait to see the photo's and reports
Cheers
Brodie
greeny
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Brodie
Already licenced and waiting for the siren to sound, Also
blew the dust off the cat trap so if anyones missin a cat IT WASN'T ME!!!! lol.
I do all my cray fishing around ocean reef area and do the odd trip to lano & jurien bay do pretty well most years.
carnarvonite
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Cats
No good using cats for bait---they scratch your hands when you try to close the bait box lid on them!!!
wadetolley
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Crays
Yes me and the mrs have got our licences..just have to get one more pot. We will be going out from hillarys, hopefully there is a few around out at the close reefs. I work 8 days on 6 days off...so hopefully get a few good pulls everybreak. Have brought all second hand pots...so if a front comes thru..and i have to fly back to work, i dont lose to much money...also have to use plastic pots as i dont have enough time to let wooden pots soak, every time im back in town.
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Dean
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Yeah we do. I'll be diving
Yeah we do.
I'll be diving for them, If we can get someone to come along. And Will drop a couple of placcy pots we have aswell.
wadetolley
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occy pots
Speaking pots..is it legal to tie a poly occie pipe.. to your crayfish pot??..mate told me you catch heaps of occie doing this.
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carnarvonite
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Occy pots
Its legal to do it but you won't catch any crays while its there.Anything that rattles or is loose on a pot turns them off and why invite an occy to who eats crays to live on your pot.Breakfast in bed!!
You can try it but you will soon get rid of it!!
greeny
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Rosters
Thats a shit hot roster wade, I'm 13 days on and 8 day off. fifo tom price where are you working?
Are the plastic pots any good? because I also have wooden ones which are so bloody heavy and need two people to pull in and because I'm such a tied ass and wont buy a winch. lol. the soak give me the shits but it's gotta be done if ya want the cray.
I've heared some bad things about plastic but i've never used them my self so I wouldnt have a clue.
wadetolley
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roster
Working at good old Golden Grove mate! If i had to work 13 days straight these days..i would be a cranky barstard. Plastic pots are ok..wooden ones are heavy..but you need them to be heavy to hold ground
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Reefmonkey
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Recon
Only dropped my pots a couple of times one plastic one wooden and neva caught squat! only occies and sharks.
That was years ago and i've dived for crays ever since so much eaiser once you've got the hang of it. Did a few recon dives today, i always try to find a few new spots every year so not to hammer the old faithful ledges come cray season...well today didn find nothin found some great ledges in 5-8meters of water but not a cray anywhere yet mustn't have started their walk in yet
Dave J.
Big Kev
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Crays
I've got 2 plastic pots my first time using pots but hoping to get a feed this season. I work at Boddington 1 week on 1 week off fantastic roster.
Kev
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Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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me!
I prefer to dive for them Brodie, use the loop & hands. I like to have a good looky-see whilst im cruising around and seeing fish in their habitat. Normally dive around Garden Island, FFB, Rotto and Tworocks!
I get an Umbrella license that covers everything, cant wait
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roberta
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We
also got license, heading to Leeman, we use plastic pots, old fart and me can't pull slatts in anymore, our roster is everyday is a sunday. Just watch out of back of Garden Island, get pulled (not by you & stolen) Friends have lost/stolen so many pots, watch out for tinnies from Herring Bay (they come from those big expensive boats) & divers (sorry fellow good divers, some not nice) they'll raid pots.
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Watto069
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Hey Ryan do you sell cray
Hey Ryan do you sell cray pots in ya shop!
So many fishing spots. Not enough sickies!!!!!!!
Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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cray gear!
I'll send a PM re!
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Pete D
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Dive dive dive
Got my licence last week and now packed away in the boat. Will be in Port Denison for a week for the start of this season. First time there, so will be a new learning curve.
Looking forward to it after a very busy few months at work.
Cheers Pete
Watto069
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Pete D you should get onto
Pete D you should get onto some nice crays up there. You don't have to go far out to get onto them there
So many fishing spots. Not enough sickies!!!!!!!
D_DOUSH
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If your using placcy pots i
If your using placcy pots i highly suggest putting heaps of weight in them, placcies tend to roll in the swell and crays wont go in, also suggest putting macca or supa lid bait baskets it, much better than using bait pockets wired in, if any one needs any advice please feel free to pm me and im sure i can help, seeing i do it for a living.
Deckhand and member of the Gotone Woodvale team
wadetolley
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advice
why do you think supa lid baskets are better?? just wondering thats all..cheers
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BQ544
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yep looking forward to Nov 15
Nothing better then having a paddle around and seeing these guys
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come out come out & play great photo
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carnarvonite
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MMMM,can smell them cooko\ing now
Nothing better than pieces of flesh done in a frypan with bitter and a little bit of garlic---yummy.Beats doing them on the bbq by not losing the butter/garlic mix.J ust take the shell off and cut into mouth sized bits
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Yummy, where do you live,
Boiled, chilled, mayo, salad yummy, when you get plenty I like a malay curry/basmati rice.
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carnarvonite
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Away from the cold
Live in Carnarvon,Roberta.away from the cold weather.Can still get a feed of crays quite easily up here,though not as easy as when I lived in Two Rocks,was there for 15 years and don't think I missed out on a feed on opening day in that time.
The trick with the cray is to get the meat from the tail in one piece without mangling it.Very simple if you know how.
roberta
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agree Bob's shown me how, all in one piece
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Watto069
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No probs Ryan. Nice photos
No probs Ryan. Nice photos there BQ544 your getting me all excited
So many fishing spots. Not enough sickies!!!!!!!