Looks like these guys are going to be common again this year
Submitted by BigJevans on Fri, 2019-11-29 08:43
first pull of the pots and of 4 pots had 2 blue rings.... little b@stards
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NORUN NOFUN
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Been potting out of Mindarie
Been potting out of Mindarie for a few years now, never seen one ! Hope it stays that way.
BigJevans
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Date Joined: 07/09/18
recently
up until last year we would maybe see 1 or 2 in a season, we had 5 in the boat from 6 pots in one day last year, something going on making them more and more common
Jsmolly
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Date Joined: 10/04/12
seen 3 on deck this week
seen 3 on deck this week (that we saw) in one pull of 6 pots
meglodon
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Date Joined: 17/06/10
Keep your eyes open
Keep your peepers wide open guys, these things can turn your day bad real quick. The thing to remember is if you can apply CPR until you get to shore the person who has been bitten has a good chance of surviving.
little johnny
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Date Joined: 04/12/11
Bad thing you
Don’t feel them bite. Great looking critters . Found one today in side gunnel . Tiny smallest I’ve seen
Curndog
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Date Joined: 21/11/16
Where are all these blue
Where are all these blue rings? South of river? I’m with norun nofun been potting 4 years out of mindarie and never seen one... don’t want to either!
BigJevans
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Date Joined: 07/09/18
Rocky
I fish out of Rockingham, we were getting 1 blue ring to every cray last week, one was the biggest ive ever seen, be the size of a kids hand, we have tubs under the tipper so when they fall out of the pot theyre contained but this bigger one was climbing the tub, gave us all the creaps!
still trying
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Thought I had 1 on Sunday
Thought I had 1 on Sunday was using a knife to carefully pick it up to show the Mrs but it was just a upside-down starfish, very small one.
rather be fishing
matgod
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Date Joined: 31/01/16
Yeh we had 2 in 1 pot of
Yeh we had 2 in 1 pot of Hillarys yesterday.
timboon
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Date Joined: 14/11/10
Would be interesting to know
Would be interesting to know how many the pros are getting and from which areas.
for safety reasons alone this should be documented.
still trying
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I read on another site a pro
I read on another site a pro had put up a post 5 out of 34 pots didn't say which area.
rather be fishing
bradz
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Date Joined: 29/10/07
Sunday
Got our first (that we have seen) on Sunday out of Ocean Reef. Tiny little bugger sitting in the corner of the pot.
I did then the best that I knew how. When I knew better, I did better.