On a recent trip to the Sunshine Coast & leaving some crab pots out of site I was dissapointed that fellow fishers/crabbers had checked & taken the catch inside..
Obviously floats & pots are clearly marked with my name etc
Is this a standard set or just a one off
I feel that this is stealing as it is my property & what is inside
Next time there will be barbed wire & some other trap to serve as a warning those who are of the arsehole class
ta
mate this is unfortunately a common theme everywhere, crabbing etiquette is long dead.
I cable tie my pots to make it take a smidgeon longer for them to open them, so that hopefully I'll then catch them in the act and have an unfortunate boat on boat collision (if my boat is bigger).
Welcolm to the world of crabbing fella, if they just check your pots you are doin ok, the swines are everywhere.
I think the politically correct term is share farming.
Try to be near your pot, these people are everywhere. I brought some binoculars so I now for sure what's happening near my pots. Unfortunately it's a bit harder at night. I've even seen people walking knee deep in mud, What's up with that?
Darren
Good things come to those who bait
cable tying down here sometimes forces them to 'slash' the pots. Then they are stuffed whether they are still there or not.Originally Posted by Nicko_Cairns
Better off doing nothing, at least if they empty out all the crabs, your pots will still be in tact.
Dad reckons fishing is 10% brains and 95% muscle, the rest is just good luck.
that's natural selection mate, if only we could train up a few crocs.
prob easier to sinkem not the right thing to do but at least ya get half a chance
Bugger the poor etiquette...they are breaking the law, being caught "Interfering with Fishing Equipment" carries a $250 on the spot fine, if they pinch your pot becomes a criminal offence.
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Yeah we got them here on the Richmond too.
I always stay near my dillies but that does not deter them at times.
Bout 3 weeks ago I was checking them around a bend and heres a couple of a***wipes in a tinny checking one of them for me.
Same 2 guys that almost ran over us trying to get to a small creek running into the river just 15 minutes earlier so they could set their trap. morons!!
Got some friends at Maclean on the Clarence river that said the locals are getting a bit tired of the pot slashers at the moment too. keeping their gaff blunt just in case they come across them.
Low tide is always a bonus though. Unmarked traps surfacing everywhere
I don't give a rats about the politically correct term, it's thieving, pure and simple. It's sad times that we all just have to sit back and say, well "that's the way it is",........................... bullsh*t.
What annoys me even more is that it's your fellow fisherman that do this..................................You should be able to take your pots to x place, put them in the water, leave them and go back the next day or whatever to pick them up without them being molested.
It also encourages others to break the law (sinking them) for fear of getting their pots knocked off.
Swines
Pet hate of mine.
VS
A mate of a mate came around a corner up here on a large popular river and found some burley looking blokes grabbing his pot and putting it into their very small tinny, so he verbally challenged him and they told him it was their pot, not his. So he was in a bigger boat so he launched as fast as he could at them and turned away at the last minute creating the biggest wake he could, apparently their little tinny was almost capsizing in a croc habitat creek and they didn't look as interested in the crab pot anymore, so they threw it in the river and headed off, got his crabpot back but was worried they'd be waiting at the ramp so he waited out on the river a fair while before heading back in.. insert applause, well done mate.
Hi.
Here in CQ we put the pots in the mangrove creeks
nice and windy. Normally have two boats and fish\come in from each end. Any Share farmers have 4 blokes and 4 baseball bats Whoops Dongers. If we spring ém.
Personally I'd use my Remington Pump but do gooders fixed that.
I use to cable tie as well but decided I would rather have my pot in the end without being cut. I usually have kids on board so I don't want to challenge them. Soft options I know but just take their details and report them as others suggest. I keep my pots close to where I anchor or areas that are open where they can be seen easily and the fishers don't know who could own the pots. Only the real ba#tards will dare to check them then and they are probably not the ones I would want to confront.
"Fellow fisherman"?? Fat chance, half those blokes couldnt catch a cold if they tried thats why they flog our crabs. Fleas on a dog mate!!
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