Winter claw

[Pointyfish]

Are the red claw harder to catch during the winter months?

[loophole]

i went tonight managed a heap of small ones nothing decent

[rayken1938]

Plenty of big ones in NPD today averaged 30 per pot for 3 hour soak.
Havent got any in berry for a couple of weeks so they have stopped breeding with the cooler weather.
Cheers
Ray

[Mike Delisser]

They powered on all through last winter but it wasn't much of a winter really, the larger ones may be harder to tempt.
Cheers

[winfurn]

out on sunday with a mate at cressbrook and go 200 all good size

[Feral]

Went to somerset sunday, fished from Kilcoy Clubs lease. My sounder packed it in so was having to set pots by estimating the amount of rope let out, got a few, no where near as many as I expected, but considering I was estimating depth I think I might have had the pots a bit shallow. I did get one or two in berry, of those caught most were big females, only a couple of males.

Locals said they were still there in good numbers. Photo of what I got.

[Outdoor Guy]

Hey Feral i know its been mentioned before but how deep approx do you put em?

[Feral]

I like anywhere between about 8 and 20 foot, depending on how bright the day and the clarity of the water. For me near submerged trees or near dropoffs in the 12 to 15 foot range is my normal target.

With North Pine I tend to get more overnight, but they tend to be smaller than those I get during the day.

[Outdoor Guy]

thanks mate tried in Ewen Maddock dam on the weekend with no luck not sure if there there or not,might have to try a bit deeper