pots stolen, pine river

[lippa]

bastards be warned, if i catch ya.
and i will.
shit heads got some of my good pots overnight. i'm pissed.

to the decent humans, keep an eye on ya gear down there, i was talkin to a bloke at the ramp, he had some go missing too.

and the the current didnt roll them up and take them down stream, tidal flow where my pots were would have been less than a 1/4 of a knot. in feeder drains, tide to trees.>:( >:(

[madkeen_fisherkid]

some peoppe have nothing better to do in there pointless lifes then steal people pots. bastards.

[Spaniard_King]

may have to spend a night down there lippa :)

[Matt76]

Never had mine nicked but if I leave em overnight someone has always been in and emptied them and taken out the bait. bastards.

Why do so many people not care about others anymore?

Seems we are moving towards a sad society that only thinks about ones self.

[Foxy4]

Lippa your not the only one who has had pots taken from the Pine. I have lost two lots in the past three years. Not too bad considering that i have not had my boat in the water for two years of those three. I was even sitting near them one night when they got taken. Must have been someone in a very small tinnie, canoe or kayak??

[iceknight]

well i know i ran over 2 pots on friday night in the pine. both were cut off, possibly yours?

Black floats are a No No at night!!!!

both were between dolhes rocks and deep water bend.

Theres also a pro thats using the deep water bend ramp and crabbing stony creek. wev observed him 3 times now checking pots that arnt his. and his also picked our ballons up while we fish off the bridge, thinking they were pots...

cant wait to get hold of that bloke :D Black tinny.... anyone knw him??

[chevyJ]

I can not stand people taking pots. for god sake get off your lazy buts and go and get you own pots and do it yourself.
sorry to hear mate.

That has to be my pet HATE! talk about boat rage!

thanks for the warning

[Matt76]

I assume a pot would show up on a sounder if it were cut off? Maybe its worth a troll around the area to see if it was cut off and may be still down there somewhere?

[TheRealAndy]

well i know i ran over 2 pots on friday night in the pine. both were cut off, possibly yours?

Black floats are a No No at night!!!!

both were between dolhes rocks and deep water bend.

Theres also a pro thats using the deep water bend ramp and crabbing stony creek. wev observed him 3 times now checking pots that arnt his. and his also picked our ballons up while we fish off the bridge, thinking they were pots...

cant wait to get hold of that bloke :D Black tinny.... anyone knw him??

I notice the new reg state a "light-coloured surface float", hopefully most people will follow this advice (not saying yours are dark though lippa).

Lippa I hade some mates who went crabbing the other night and had their pots emptied. Silly season, always happens. Stealing pots is another thing though, perhaps its time we got a group together and did some stealth work and catch a few of these people out. I think some of those new camcorders work a treat with moonlight only.

If anyone has details on the pro then its time to call the DPI.

[therapy]

A couple of years ago Gary Howard mentioned in one of his articles in the local rag about a camo or dark painted boat that was checking pots locally. They worked at night with no nav lights and became very aggressive when approached. These sort of people are out ther and my mates and I have stopped crabbing around here for that reason..sad but true.
Terry......................

[castlemaine]

bastards be warned, if i catch ya.
and i will.
shit heads got some of my good pots overnight. i'm pissed.

to the decent humans, keep an eye on ya gear down there, i was talkin to a bloke at the ramp, he had some go missing too.

and the the current didnt roll them up and take them down stream, tidal flow where my pots were would have been less than a 1/4 of a knot. in feeder drains, tide to trees.>:( >:(

Had a pro crabber that was a client of mine and I asked him whether it was pros or amatures and he said that he'd drop his pots off and while he was working the next area he can see the lights of another pro working the pots he'd just dropped off. He said he had rammed their boats, jumped into their boats and punched them but they still do it. What a bunch of losers!!!
Take a photo if you can Lippa and post it.
Cheers:-/

[lippa]

well i know i ran over 2 pots on friday night in the pine. both were cut off, possibly yours?

Black floats are a No No at night!!!!

both were between dolhes rocks and deep water bend.

Theres also a pro thats using the deep water bend ramp and crabbing stony creek. wev observed him 3 times now checking pots that arnt his. and his also picked our ballons up while we fish off the bridge, thinking they were pots...

cant wait to get hold of that bloke :D Black tinny.... anyone knw him??

definatly not mine.
i use the correct surface floats for my pots.
oil bottles technically are illegal, no matter the colour. 15cm in any direction i beleive is the law.

were my pots were it would have been impossible for them to be run over. they were in small feeder drains. i have been collecting some info on the pricks. i have a fair idea who is responsible. 5 years ago. i just would have belted shit outa the culprits. bit older and wiser now. i will give all info to fisheries. hopefully they will get off their arse and do somthing.

that pro works from the brissy river to the passage i beleive. hits every system in between for a few days, then moves on. around a 3 week cycle then he starts agian. at 30 bucks a kilo atm, he would only need 15 or so crabs a day to make a decent earn.

cheers


lippa

[lethal098]

time to start sinking pots me thinks, i wont float them anymore unless i am sitting on top of em. sad these days but we cant change it. its a shame and a baseball bat might be the only option. as others have said time for a stealth operation. cheers Lee

[Glenndarryl]

Ouch Mate they have a pointless life so there board so they go steal pots

Sorry to hear dazza

[SWANY22]

lippa got done down the pine yesterday recon it was the pro as i was going in the creek he was going out the only boat in there will get him back though as kama catches up on you.as iceknight said he is in a black boat

[TheRealAndy]

Thats the great part about owning a polycraft, run into things and they bounce off. Not sure how it would go hitting a pro crabber in a black boat at 20 knots though!

[lippa]

ya didnt get his number by chance mate?
they normally have a large yellow sqaure with three to four black letters inside it.

[clone trooper]

The Pine River is my local and I have lost 8 pots in total last year in the pine alone:'( . this year I'm not even going to bother crabbing. not when I can buy a sandy for $5.50. I'm sticking to just fishing this year.
got to admit I have never seen a black boat down there but I aways launch from the dirt ramp at the end of bald hills rd. and normerly stick to the south pine and rarely go past the brigde.

[TheRealAndy]

Is there a rough area where the pots are getting lifted from? I want to have a crack at the theives with a camcorder.

[lippa]

The Pine River is my local and I have lost 8 pots in total last year in the pine alone:'( . this year I'm not even going to bother crabbing. not when I can buy a sandy for $5.50. I'm sticking to just fishing this year.
got to admit I have never seen a black boat down there but I aways launch from the dirt ramp at the end of bald hills rd. and normerly stick to the south pine and rarely go past the brigde.

the pro fishing boundry is on the corner, just pass the little island in the south pine.(heading up stream) you may have seen a sign, with FB on it? so normally you wont see them much past there. good ramp that one, i use it alot as well. the carpark grubs have been leaving it alone lately.

Is there a rough area where the pots are getting lifted from? I want to have a crack at the theives with a camcorder.


mine were in 4 mile creek, it is probably a very good stakeout position.

i will assit where possible mate.

speaking with a work college today. he had 8 (eight) pots slashed in the pine. 4 were past the highway bridge, and 4 down towards dohles rocks. the bastards are getting that lazy to even open pots now, must be easier just to slash them open.


somthing has to be done.
i dunno if it is the pro? but if it is, he will, lose everything.


cheers

lippa

[iceknight]

lippa got done down the pine yesterday recon it was the pro as i was going in the creek he was going out the only boat in there will get him back though as kama catches up on you.as iceknight said he is in a black boat


you had run ins with him too? and seen him doing pots over?

Im going down there this week nearly every night chasing sharks... oh boy if i see him, his never gonna want to crab that area agian!!

[TheRealAndy]

Perhaps a group of us should get together and track these theives down.