Eventfull arvo crabbing!!
Went out crabbing in the boat with the young cousin in law this arvo. We had just finished pulling the first string when this bloke in a yak with a sail on started to head our way waving and yelling. WTF? So we headed over to him and said that a tinny with 5 people on board had sunk in the middle of 'the Lesh'.
We bolted over to find 2 blokes in the water, 1 clinging to the tinny and 1 treading water next to it. The other 3 had been picked up by another tinny beforehand. We pulled both blokes on board and preceeded to pull their crab nets ect in.
Finally after a few tow attempts, we managed to tow their tinny over onto the right side and took these two blokes and boat back to the ramp. They were okay just a bit shocked with the whole thing, but nothing a few bourbons wouldnt fix. They were only in the water for a few minutes and reckoned it happened so quick. If it wasnt for the bloke on the yak flagging us down we wouldnt have known!!
We ended up with 10 size crabs and chucked a heap of small ones back. A fairly jamb packed 3 hours crabbing!! haha.
FEEEISH ONNN!!!
snappermiles
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where did this happen??
and how did the dingy sink?? glad you still managed a feed!
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barneyboy
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Leshanault inlet in Bunbury!!
They didnt say to much but they got caught out in the chop and started sinking. Yeh some nice blue meanies amongst em!!
FEEEISH ONNN!!!
damo6230
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you gentleman Mark
good to hear you saved some fishos and a feed of crabs.....
how bunghole mate?
you coming to Warroora
barneyboy
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dont tell anyone damo!! haha
The bunghole is the bunghole. What more can I say? Dunno about Warroora mate!! That was May aye?
FEEEISH ONNN!!!
damo6230
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yeh May
end of May, whole crew going and looks like I'll fly in/out Perth and join the convoy......
hiting the Vic next weekend
Mrs Benno1
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You sir...are a champion and
You sir...are a champion and you got a feed...top shelf mate :D
Sunny
Faulkner Family
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would have been an exciting
would have been an exciting trip out. well done on helping out with the other crabbers. always good to know others are out there on the lookout. and to still get a feed is a bonus. well done
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
hezzy
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barney ....think we might
barney ...
.think we might have seen your tinnie crew yesty arvo at about 4 pm opposite the collie river tavern ..setting out ... little tinnie was pretty low in the water then and looked to be struggling out & along with five onboard ...and a small outboard ....
my son saw them and pointed them out .......one good wind chop wave would have finished em.
good thing it was in the lesch ..
well done on the rescue .
hezzy
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