Karratha
Submitted by Bodie on Fri, 2008-09-19 12:54
Rumour has it, the lowest tide all year is the 4th of October, and you can walk out on the reefs and pluck the painted crays!!!?!?!?!???
Im in Karratha for that week!!!
Anyone else up there know is this is correct?
till
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Pity the season isn't open
Pity the season isn't open =(
Doesn't it start in November?
Bodie
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Not for painted crays in
Not for painted crays in Karratha
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North of Murions
North of the Murion Islands, Exmouth is open season.
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till
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Oh neato!
Oh neato!
Colby
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Hey Bodie
You still have to get the goggles and snorkels on, best to get out to the islands and have a go out in the shallows there. I never seen anyone walking around picking them up....sorry.
Bodie
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Had a mate tell me they were
Had a mate tell me they were getting them this week walking on the reefs....
altho the mate did manage to get stung by a sting ray!! haha, he did think it was a stone fish!
Fozz
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Karratha Crays
Bodie, there are certainly spots over at the islands where you can collect crays on the low tides. I don't know of any land based spots I can help you with, but maybe some of the other locals fellas can help.
Fozz.
Adam Gallash
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Yeh
Happens at Gnaraloo too where you can walk and the feelers are sticking outa the holes. Never seen it, but heard from a few of the stationhands I was mates with.
We got some low tides here at the moment, getting outa tantas in a decent rig would suck. But should be good to go and find some occy holes.
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milsey
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im up there the 21-26 of
im up there the 21-26 of september and hope thats correct
jay_burgess
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don't know of any land based
don't know of any land based spots, but I know there are heaps of spots out at the islands where you can get 'em on the low tides.
jay_burgess
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oh and I double checked on
oh and I double checked on your rumour, the 4th oct isn't the lowest tide... it's no where near.
Bodie
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isnt it?? just heard it from
isnt it??
just heard it from the boys i work with up there and said its around that time every year???
jay_burgess
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sorry mate
it's correct that tides this time of year are lower than usual, what I meant to say is that the 4th isn't the lowest...
bushpig
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Karratha Tides
You need to get friendly with someone that works for the Dampier Port Authority.
They have a little notebook they give to employees that gives the tides by the hour for the whole year.
Got something to do with getting tankers in and out of the port.
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haha, i have one of those
haha, i have one of those books
harro
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an old guy i met showed me a hole.. lol with conventianlty has a rock over it, when u roll it over there is a nice hole and a few big crays have beeen caught there using bait/hook..lol saw the photos..
i know where it is but never have tried it.
easy wat to get crays, same as shallows near yall,s last yr cple guys grabbed a monster blue groper caught in a rockpool.and there have been other good fish caught in these also.. i musta been too busy getting abs an these small swell days.
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Plastic_freak
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the lowest tides we have
the lowest tides we have hear are usually easter time, that is when the big movement is, there are spots around hear like clevervile beach and also back beack reef. i went to the back beach reef not to long ago and pulled 3 blue bone from 2 little rock pools while i was walking around looking for crabs, i hand speared them and took them home, BEAUTIFUL
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Hope you didnt take all
Hope you didnt take all three seings the bag limit is only two?