bugman
30-10-2011, 06:54 PM
Gents, Ladies
After my recent post in the Saltwater Section I took the opportunity to indulge in a bit of offshore crabbing over the weekend.
The family and I enjoyed the beautiful Tweed River over the last two days - floating around swimming fishing and just generally enjoying the beautiful fresh blue clear water down near the mouth with the big tides.
Anyway took the opportunity to jump out through the bar Saturday lunch to drop a couple of spanner trays. Just 4 pulls later had over 20 in the esky and that was heaps for us so it was off to find a likely looking spot for the crab pots.
I chose 41 metres on sand to drop one and 36m only 500m from a reefy area to drop another. Chicken frames were the bait of choice.
After spending the night on the boat anchored down nearish the mouth of the river we ducked out this morning to pick them up.
Came to 36m mark - no pot. We hunted around for 15min and nothing. Off to the 41m pot and found the floats and lifted her aboard (heavy). One big male sand crab and 8 three spot (5 male). Not bad for a first effort with the 3 spot going the same size as an above average sand crab. We went back to the first mark but still couldn't locate the pot so I'm off to buy some more next time I'm in Redcliff.
Overall a great weekend with the family with an easy feed added on top. what more can you ask for.
Brett
72988729897299072991
After my recent post in the Saltwater Section I took the opportunity to indulge in a bit of offshore crabbing over the weekend.
The family and I enjoyed the beautiful Tweed River over the last two days - floating around swimming fishing and just generally enjoying the beautiful fresh blue clear water down near the mouth with the big tides.
Anyway took the opportunity to jump out through the bar Saturday lunch to drop a couple of spanner trays. Just 4 pulls later had over 20 in the esky and that was heaps for us so it was off to find a likely looking spot for the crab pots.
I chose 41 metres on sand to drop one and 36m only 500m from a reefy area to drop another. Chicken frames were the bait of choice.
After spending the night on the boat anchored down nearish the mouth of the river we ducked out this morning to pick them up.
Came to 36m mark - no pot. We hunted around for 15min and nothing. Off to the 41m pot and found the floats and lifted her aboard (heavy). One big male sand crab and 8 three spot (5 male). Not bad for a first effort with the 3 spot going the same size as an above average sand crab. We went back to the first mark but still couldn't locate the pot so I'm off to buy some more next time I'm in Redcliff.
Overall a great weekend with the family with an easy feed added on top. what more can you ask for.
Brett
72988729897299072991