Finally started to fire right up . Started yesterday down there ( guys I know) full pots . Rocko still going good also .

 From 5 pots today in 10 m

16 from 6 pots hillaries, few doughnut pots. 1 under size southern went back.

 Tuesday will be our first pull, and a combined Whiting bash. 

 Went out yesterday in some terrible conditions and got 5 from 2 pots thought run might be over took all old bait out of 2 pots that I could find and replaced with fresh stuff. Got out today in much nicer conditions and searched for missing pots but I think they are gone pulled 2 that I still have 22 crays took our 16 and topped up with bait. 

 Strong easterly today, not unsafe but boat moving so fast it was very difficult for me and my 9 year old deckie to pull the pots up. 1 pot snagged , probably not too bad but couldn't get over it with the wind. 6 good keepers out of the other pots. 4 undersized reds and 2 googy egg females. 

No que at the ramp.  Nice morning with my boy.

13 and all keepers from 2 pots .. had em

in a desert! Water bit cleaner today so

I could see ! Got them back a little closer

too the reef ledge !! Cheers pirate  

went out sunday. got 1,1,2, and 3, so 7 form 4 pots. only econd pull so we were happy. more successful pots were in about 10m.

16,24,24,18 last 4 days, time for a sleep in. 10m hillaries 6 pots 

 First pull for us today and 27 from 4. Very happy with the new winch and tipper, wonder why I hadn't done it before now. Went for a Whiting bash after 22 nice fat Sandies and a Flatty.

 We've still be doing well out of OR in 11m.

Last few pulls; 13, 21, 9, 15

 24 from 32 yesterday. 12m OR. I'm done. 

got my pots in today so fingers crossed we’ll get a few 

only got 3 from 4 oots yesterday. moving them out deeper now.

Got 5 from our first pot in 12m off Hillarys this morning, then 1 pot in 17m had 2 and the other had zilch. Reset our 4th pot in 15m that had gone walkies 50m against the current a couple of days prior that had a batten missing. Now will always keep spares on the boat. 

Have had a hard time of it this season gents, and yet to bag out. Got a new tipper / winch then we managed to bend the tipper against the jetty when retrieving, bent the locking arm, and the bridle keeps choking on the narrow roller that will require adjustment. Had a bust up with a deckie no 1 who was unreliable, persisted to use a crappy collapsible metal pot, had a penchat for tieing this off to my boat when it got stuck whilst ignoring the 2 metre rollers coming through, all while using the minimum bait possible. Replacement deckie is keen as mustard but is a work in progress.  

And Uncle, I would cross my fingers too but I amputated the end of my finger two weeks ago when hooking up the boat to my car. Then learnt the hard way that craybait and a finger injury aren't a good mix. 

James (but my wife calls me Frank Spencer for some reason)

Got 5 from our first pot in 12m off Hillarys this morning, then 1 pot in 17m had 2 and the other had zilch. Reset our 4th pot in 15m that had gone walkies 50m against the current a couple of days prior that had a batten missing. Now will always keep spares on the boat. 

Have had a hard time of it this season gents, and yet to bag out. Got a new tipper / winch then we managed to bend the tipper against the jetty when retrieving, bent the locking arm, and the bridle keeps choking on the narrow roller that will require adjustment. Had a bust up with a deckie no 1 who was unreliable, persisted to use a crappy collapsible metal pot, had a penchat for tieing this off to my boat when it got stuck whilst ignoring the 2 metre rollers coming through, all while using the minimum bait possible. Replacement deckie is keen as mustard but is a work in progress.  

And Uncle, I would cross my fingers too but I amputated the end of my finger two weeks ago when hooking up the boat to my car. Then learnt the hard way that craybait and a finger injury aren't a good mix. 

James (but my wife calls me Frank Spencer for some reason)

Bloody stumpy finger 

 Couple of vids 

I'm not at all computer literate so I don't know why I cant load them. This cray fishing business is getting quite dangerous what with people loosing toes and fingers.

Should show one with 30 plus . Weather this morn was shocking I should have turned around but didn’t .6 more baits left then out . Ready for dhue boys . Pretty keen for fish atm

Nearly bagged out, weather was amazing. Looks like others are moving there pots out deeper off Hillarys.

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 33 from 1  not my pot - i dive -went with a m8 didnt even get to put dive gear on

22m behind gardies

 30 from 4 ...for our 16. Big ones too. Still in shallow OR. 

 7 keepers, got a new pb 2.3kg red.

Using roughy and tuna heads, is there anything better?  I've had to do 3 day pulls due to work.  I presume a few crays are getting back out

I HAVE HAD LUCK WITH BLUE MACKREL IN THE PAST.

ANYONE TRIED HOKI HEADS?

i got a bunch of them, figured i would give em a go.

Ive used blue mack and tuna heads mainly but roughy and fresh frames ( for $1kg) work ok too 

This morning. Got 13. Had an awesome year on the whites. Plenty of Crays for family and friends.  

Saw on the Aussie Lobster men show they used a stinky sock in the pot for bait. Worked a treat.

Got 12 from 2 pots this arvo..

cheers pirate.  

Finally bagged out this morning. The better weather over the last few days has really helped in getting pot placement right, and dialing in the sonar. Now have a couple of good spots marked which will make things easier going forward. All part of the learning curve I guess.

 been bagging out last 2 weeks 12m Hillarys. Didnt mve from ~ 50m radius. Exactly as people said, too close to reef wont get them. In sand 5-10m from edge off reef, bag after bag.

 So done here, pulled them in today!!

got 7 today, 2 too small, and one pot had eeen raided by an occy, 2 empty hads.

big shark swimming around us in shallow, withiin 3 mile in 5m of water. couldnt tell what type, but bigger than half the boat. glad i didnt go snorkelling!

Mmm good tip jsmolly, I thought I was being crafty finding perfect little sand holes in the reef. Ill move them out a touch further on the leading edge. My first year crayfishing so still learning the basics. 

 Use your sidescan if you got it. Makes it a whole lot easier. 

Sea kem pot placement .but don’t put to much thought into it . You can overthink

 But the edge is where the action is. The best edges are those backed up by good reds ground. Just pick any old transition of sand to reef and you may miss out. As they progress, move further off. Another tip is to find an inside edge which has a good outside edge further east with sand beween them--they will pile up on the inside edge as they head out, and they are often ignored. 

 Finally bagging out.  Got 27 in 3 pots, the other pot needed a small repair..  6 reds full of eggs.  No que at the ramp.. boy and I played the  B52, s  rock lobsters  loud on the way home.

 Well done 

Pulled my pots out

yesterday. Got 4

done for season freezer

is set .. cheers pirate  

 Does anyone know what sort of depth I am looking at out of Halls Head? Heading down for a week and am thinking of dipping my toe in with a 3/4 pot if I don't have to reef it up too far or fetch it in rough weather if the forececast changes.

 Couldn't get out for the last 9 days due to being away with work and then weather. Finally made it out today with not a lot of hope of much being in there... 20 from 4 and all size! Bonza!

We'll use up the last of our bait over the next week and call it a wrap I think. Me and the crew have enough so it's just "xmas present" time now for friends and family. 

 On a side note, some of the reds we got had tiny tails but still well over in terms of carapace size. I almost didn't bother measuring a few and went to throw them back but the deckie double checked and they were size. Quite odd. Not something I had seen before. 

 Pulled 4 of 6 pots to bring in (too hard to fit 6 pots and 3 blokes) after a good couple weeks and got sweet F A today from the 4 pots, 6 or 7 pulls before that were over bags. Was wild out there this morning on the little 4.8 CC, got wet to say the least. Hopefully get something picking up the last 2 pots tomorrow. 

 Brought in our four pots to-day with Zip results,all in all not a bad white run for us with approx 60 size taken the visit of a very irratable GW and two B whalers that came to inspect the catch/pots three times different days.

 First dive of the season yesterday in less than 5m of water. Must be 5 kakkas to each size one. Got 12 in the pots, 8 of which were size and 13 in the dive 7 were size.

Listening to the report of a white on VHF behind GI and having the shark spotter chopper sound an alarm 400m away from us made me a bit anxious, but the thing that irritate us the most was another boat rocking up at the 1000m2 rock we're diving on and duck dive around us trying for crays. 
 

I know I know, it's not our rock and he can go anywhere he wants but there are plenty of rocks around...

 Season done. Pulled our pots in today. As its our first season we had a goal of 50 crays. We just counted our "trophy" bag of all the clipped tails and got 115. Thanks to my hard working deckie, up at 5am then off to primary school without complaint. Thanks to all those that contributed to the thread.

Cheers Anypuddle.

No updates for a while. Anyone still have pots out?

I missed the white run, didnt get into wa untill 18 d3c and pots out 20th, currently have mine on the back of the 5 out from mandurah. 5-6 day soaks are getting me 10-15 decent reds per pull. Interested to know if anyone is still getting them in close? Especially around mandurah/rocko area?

Cheers

No updates for a while. Anyone still have pots out?

I missed the white run, didnt get into wa untill 18 d3c and pots out 20th, currently have mine on the back of the 5 out from mandurah. 5-6 day soaks are getting me 10-15 decent reds per pull. Interested to know if anyone is still getting them in close? Especially around mandurah/rocko area?

Cheers

Good numbers. 3 more weeks be full again in close.