nidrac
31-05-2011, 08:34 AM
A bit of a delayed report from the weekend, with the weather down to 10-15's with 5-10's early inshore i was keen to head to the reef but then remembered i had comitments both days not enough time to go for a lure so decided to go for a spear Saturday morning and take advantage of the clean water that comes along with the calm weather. Only one problem, high tide was at 6:30 in the morning and i don't know if anyone has jumped into the water at daylight it is extremely cold! but had to go with a mate to pick up his pots anyway so figured i may as well bite the bullet and have a go. After picking up first 4 pots we had 7 legal crabs in the boat and the sun was just starting to come up, so went for a quick dip after an hour the water became too dirty and we were shivering uncontrolably so we called it quits but was well worth it with my mate getting two barra (59cm, 63cm) and myself getting a 36cm jack, i think this will be the last time i lend him any of my gear as he forgot his weight belt and with him having the thicker wetsuit i gave him mine and he goes to thank me by catching more fish not to mention the barra that i've been wanting to spear for months!
67614 (http://www.fishingtownsvilleforum.net/download/file.php?id=2657&mode=view)
Then went to pick up the final 4 pots resulting in another 10 crabs bringing a total to 17.
67616
With the success of the first day and the elure of finally getting that barra i've been after we couldn't help but give it another go sunday morning and brave the cold once more. With the water being slightly dirtier and the clouds hiding the sun the second day made things a little bit harder but was still do-able. An hour later and again the shivering became so bad it became hard to even load the gun so we called it quits and was back at the ramp by 8:45 with my mate shooting another barra (60cm) and getting myself another two nice fat jacks at 47 and 48cm.
67615
67617
Even though i still couldn't get myself that barra it was a good first attempt and a very different experience to catching them on line or spearing the reef. On a side note to those that have never tried to catch crabs while swimming around its not as easy as you might think it to be, they are angry little fulla's when you disturb them.
Cheers,
Nidrac
67614 (http://www.fishingtownsvilleforum.net/download/file.php?id=2657&mode=view)
Then went to pick up the final 4 pots resulting in another 10 crabs bringing a total to 17.
67616
With the success of the first day and the elure of finally getting that barra i've been after we couldn't help but give it another go sunday morning and brave the cold once more. With the water being slightly dirtier and the clouds hiding the sun the second day made things a little bit harder but was still do-able. An hour later and again the shivering became so bad it became hard to even load the gun so we called it quits and was back at the ramp by 8:45 with my mate shooting another barra (60cm) and getting myself another two nice fat jacks at 47 and 48cm.
67615
67617
Even though i still couldn't get myself that barra it was a good first attempt and a very different experience to catching them on line or spearing the reef. On a side note to those that have never tried to catch crabs while swimming around its not as easy as you might think it to be, they are angry little fulla's when you disturb them.
Cheers,
Nidrac