Night dive 08/08/10
Submitted by timvb on Tue, 2010-08-10 10:42
Went for a night dive out of Bicton baths on Sunday night, water was pretty cold and vis not so great though was still a good dive.
Ended up getting about 1kg of prawns and 4 scallops. The scallops were awesome so will make more of an effort to try and find more next time. Saw a few huge crabs though didn't have the catch bag so left them there for next time!
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looks like a good feed, but
looks like a good feed, but whats with that ugly looking prawn thing
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mantis shrimp
nice catch - gotta love the scollys!! yum yum
is that a mantis shrimp in bottom pick on the left?
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till
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There are lots more scallops
There are lots more scallops down the bicton baths end, then the blackwall reach end.
I've taken a few of those mantis shrimps, but they're too hard to peel so I just leave them alone now.
timvb
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Yeah I think so, peeling it
Yeah I think so, peeling it was a drama so will leave them alone from now on. Are there any other good spots to dive for scallops?
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too bad im allegic to
too bad im allegic to shellfish:( I heard swan river prawns are really good. Nice catch
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good work
nothing better than using some of the smaller prawns as liveys for big bream:) Then again a feed of prawns and scallops go down a treat!
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Depths
What sort of depths are you guys diving in around that area? 3-5m or a bit deeper!
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timvb
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Around Bicton its about 15,
Around Bicton its about 15, gets deeper up towards blackwall reach
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Bicton is good but you need
Bicton is good but you need to swim nearly all the way across the river and it usually gets better the further you go accross
till
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I'd love to dive for
I'd love to dive for scallops, but there are bugger all around, and thos esmall rough-shelled ones are small =(
Apparently the maritime image trawls a few as a bit of a how-to for the students. I'd love to know the xact spots myself, all I know is north of Rotto in 30m and you don;t get much bottom time @ 30m!
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Till - Im studying there now,
Ill keep a close ear to the ground for this info:D Come summertime I will be doing quite a few dives out on the maritime explorer.
till
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Actually its more of
Actually its more of something they do with fishery students I guess?
They trawl them up, as is done commercially. However, seeing as I don't own a trawler, I'd plan on diving the coords, if only I could get them ;)
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I had a labourer who was
I had a labourer who was doing that exact same course. He reckons they used to hammer gage roads and all they would catch is baby rays and port jacksons.
till
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I got told about 4 miles
I got told about 4 miles north of Rotto, no doubt gage roads is a wasteland.
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One of my classmates
Has done a cert 1 and two in fisheries for the last 12 months. I will have words:D
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Good work, one of my to do
Good work, one of my to do on the list.
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Nice. Never been a diver,
Nice. Never been a diver, but would like to give it a go sometime.
till
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Bad news - its over for
Bad news - its over for awhile;
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