Todays Gero Dive

Gday crew - just a quickie no pics sorry

Picked spooled up at 1430 for a arvo sesh at a spot north of gero i thought looked the goods once before on a scouting mish. quick stop at the 440 for some H20 and we hit the beach. Quick let down of the tyres but otherwise uneventful trip we arrived at the spot. looked the goods! had some new gear i was keen to try out so we suncreamed up donned the gear and swum out for a geez at the crayfish realestate. it was suprisingly deep just the 50-60m (between 5-8m) off the beach so the first few dives where a test but quickly settled down into a rythem and we began the hunt. first spots drew a dissapointing 1 size but atleast it was a start. back into the cruiser and up the beach another 100m and straight back into it... this time the spots where on fire! crays everywhere! spooled was on fire couldnt miss wheres i struggled but still managed to nab a couple. some lovely big ledges and a couple of deep caves where spied full of kakkerz out of reach! also seen 2 baldies which got the trigger finger itching for the start of the season! anyways i had a nightshift to get to at 1900 so after a quick gauge out we ended with 5 keepers and 13 released. not a bad effort off the beach but i rekon we can do better lol! tomorrows forecast looks good!! =)

cheers poddy

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nice work

Mon, 2009-11-23 21:19

sounds like you worked hard for them but paid off

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good post mate cheers danno

Mon, 2009-11-23 22:27

good post mate

cheers danno

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5 crays from the beach , you

Tue, 2009-11-24 05:01

5 crays from the beach , you couldnt complain about that. you got a feed and tried out the new gear , pitty about that dirty 4 letter word "work" then again without that you wouldnt have the new gear

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lol

Tue, 2009-11-24 05:30

yeh thats for sure russ thats for sure.... hrrmm 0530 and hour n half to go eyes are hanging! home sleep up get the gear and into it again! hopefully some fresh kakkaz for lunch! yeow

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Good Stuff Poddy

Tue, 2009-11-24 09:15

Great work mate, we got pots in near Sepo... Not much at all yet.  

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nice effort off the shore

Tue, 2009-11-24 06:52

nice effort off the shore Poddy. I was in Gero yesterday and there were plenty of pots and boats right in close at West End so sounds like the crays are in shallow at the moment up there. Good luck this arvo, hope there's cray tails cooking at yours tonight

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lovely water

Wed, 2009-11-25 23:01

yeh guys went out yesterday arvo and got 7 between 3 of us at a new spot in the middle of town and went again this arvo with flagpole and his mate on tank and spooled and i on breath-hold. the score was 4 each so us free divers held our own.. plenty there but lack of size.. yeh paully the old man and father in law have pots in off explosives been gettin 2's and 3's.. the crays are there mate just gotta wait til they start there walk... word is 1-2 weeks... i dont care im underwater so i dont need bait lol

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