devocean
07-07-2006, 09:03 AM
Well with the oldman up he was onto me for a feed of crab ( he had enough of the crayfish trout and tusk fish). I was sceptical with the tides so neap but I thought what the hell. The tides were small so my usual spots were out of the question so I went about trying a few new spots.
The word around was that nothing was moving and I wasnt confident when I arrived at the creek to here from a resident that he hadnt pulled a crab in 5 days.
Anyway listening to the old mans advice (lived in Tully for over 40 years and was once a very good crabber) he told me you never catch crabs in clear water so we headed upstream looking for some dirty water.
Anyway robbed them the next day for 6 nice bucks wih 3 bucks going back 2mm under sized. The highlight was the 2.4 kg buck which went 22cm across the carpace. Certainly my biggest crab fr 2006.
This was a good capture as my old man dosnt belive you can catch big crabs in the round orange jarvis walker pots (he reckons the mouths are to small). Anyway heres a couple of pics
The word around was that nothing was moving and I wasnt confident when I arrived at the creek to here from a resident that he hadnt pulled a crab in 5 days.
Anyway listening to the old mans advice (lived in Tully for over 40 years and was once a very good crabber) he told me you never catch crabs in clear water so we headed upstream looking for some dirty water.
Anyway robbed them the next day for 6 nice bucks wih 3 bucks going back 2mm under sized. The highlight was the 2.4 kg buck which went 22cm across the carpace. Certainly my biggest crab fr 2006.
This was a good capture as my old man dosnt belive you can catch big crabs in the round orange jarvis walker pots (he reckons the mouths are to small). Anyway heres a couple of pics